Return of the neighborhood church? Rainer encourages ‘welcome and relationship.’
Evangelism is “the headwaters of everything,” according to pastor and ministry leader Sam Rainer. “All church health flows downstream from evangelism.” Rainer, pastor of West Bradenton Baptist Church, Bradenton, Florida […]
Emphasizing need for evangelism at state conference
As Alabama Baptist leaders gathered March 1–2 in Montgomery, each speaker shared the importance of evangelism. “We’re all commanded to do the work of an evangelist,” said David Burton of […]
Ten Marks of a Church God Uses in Evangelism
Years ago, during my time in seminary, I came across a comprehensive book on church evangelism, titled “Evangelism Through the Local Church.” One chapter stood out to me: “The Church God […]
Rembert’s cohort helps pastors, associations serve urban communities
Dewayne Rembert said over the past few years, he’s gotten the same phone call several times. “They would say, ‘We really need a Flatline Church in our area,’” he said. […]
Gilbreath: Give invitations at the end of services with compassion, urgency
Sammy Gilbreath said if a pastor woke up on Sunday morning and God told him, “Today is going to be Joe’s last Sunday,” he bets the message and invitation “would […]
Evangelism leaders encourage passionate sharing of the gospel
“We’ve always had a goal of inspiration,” said Rob Jackson about “E3: Evangelize, Establish, Equip,” the state’s annual evangelism conference held at Lakeside Baptist Church in Birmingham on Jan. 26–27. […]
Gainey: Perspective shift can make disciple-making natural part of daily life
Mark Gainey said disciple-making would be simplified for many people if they could think of it as one daily act — moving the people around them one step closer to […]
Dowdy said he believes evangelism begins in heart of pastor
Tim Dowdy told attendees at the Alabama Baptist State Evangelism Conference that the key to church evangelism is the heart of the pastor. “A pastor once told me he was […]
Reavis says the Holy Spirit gives power for Kingdom work
Herb Reavis attended Moody Bible Institute and often saw a plaque there that read, “Near this place Dwight L. Moody knelt and asked God for a school.” “Moody wasn’t educated […]
Reach more in ’24 for Christ, urges Rob Jackson
If Alabama Baptists want to “reach more in ’24,” we need to do less talking, open our eyes to the lostness in our communities and “commence going,” said Rob Jackson, […]