By David Evans
Evangelism Team Leader, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board

Editors note: This is the fourth installment of David Evans’ Evangelistic Inches series. The previous three columns can be found at baptistandreflector.org and on the The Reaching App. 

Thus far, we have discussed the first two Evangelistic Inches — “the desire” and the “the tool.”

Today, we will look at the third Evangelistic Inch, which is “the opportunity.”  [Read more…]

By David Evans
TBMB evangelism team

Ask someone a question and they shoot to a Google search. We have knowledge but are not necessarily knowledgeable. We live in a time where Christian music, books, seminaries, podcasts, community groups are everywhere. We live in a time of resource like no other time. We have resources at our disposal and yet baptism trends and church attendance seem to spiral downward. There is a difference in having access to tools and using the tool. [Read more…]

By David Leavell 
President Of The Tennessee Baptist Convention / Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Millington

The devil doesn’t want you to share Jesus! You can take that to the bank! The devil is opposed to anything that represents the Kingdom of God, and that includes you! The Bible says in John 10:10, “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.” Sometimes, Baptists don’t understand or sense the spiritual opposition we face in our families, churches and even at work. When we begin to understand our enemies’ tactics, we can “put up the good fight of the faith.” This certainly includes, but is not limited to, sharing the John 3:16 Challenge. The 3:16 Challenge is to share John 3:16, once a week with a lost person with the intention of leading the individual to personal faith in Jesus Christ.   [Read more…]

David Evans
TBMB Evangelism Team

The crowds had gathered to hear Jesus and He spoke about such things like beatitudes, being disciples, personal relationships, giving to the poor, prayer, fasting and true treasure. In one of His most popular sermons (Sermon on the Mount), He stated: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21 NAS). Jesus describes a way to focus, care and invest in eternal matters. For disciples, Jesus lays out how we can create a desire to follow Him. [Read more…]