Preview of 2013 State Evangelism Conference by Steve Parr The Georgia State Evangelism Conferences have expanded in recent years by virtue of what we call the 1-4-1-4 Plan. The conferences have rotated every other year with a central gathering in odd numbered years followed by four conferences held in various regions during even numbered years. [...]
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Just A Story? Every time this year rolls around I hear Pastors running about trying to find the best way to tackle the Christmas Story. They know they need to “come up with” three or four sermons on the Christmas story. So we all begin… Which individual perspective should I tell the story from? What [...]
Fall is here! The cool temperatures around the state have been quite enjoyable and the activity has ramped up! Most of us by now have made it through our fall Small Group push and are looking down the barrel of an evangelism event. I know there are many different opinions of fall events such as [...]
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7 Reason Why Your Church Should Host an Evangelistic Fall Festival by Dr. Marcus Merritt The end of another Georgia summer is sure to be accompanied by several things: 1) kids are headed back to school, 2) college football mania is about to begin, and, 3) churches are planning their fall festivals. However, if you [...]
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What evangelism strategy leads to more than twice as many baptisms than those who fail to utilize it? by Steve Parr August brings forth what I like to call the “Baptist New Year.” Ordinarily a new cycle for the year begins for you Sunday School or Small Group Ministries with new leaders taking their [...]
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By Contributing Author – Jimmy Kinnaird This document contains four areas to help you: First, submit your story on MostImportantThing.org (MIT) if you haven’t already; second, to connect the MIT Facebook page to your Facebook Newsfeed, if you haven’t done this either; third, to enhance your Facebook sidebar with your salvation story; and last, ideas [...]
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The Five Smooth Stones – Authentic Evangelism by Dr. Marcus Merritt By now you probably are aware of the Georgia Baptist Convention’s emphasis on “The Five Smooth Stones.” Naturally, the office of Evangelism Ministry is most directly involved in the Authentic Evangelism stone. Perhaps our office is most associated with the State Evangelism Conference, but [...]
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Recently our staff made a list of the books that had impacted us in the area of evangelism and church growth. When we compiled our lists we had dozens of books to choose from and from those books we selected the “Top 10″ leadership/evangelism/church growth books. You will notice that not all of the books are [...]
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by: J. Marcus Merritt Evangelism Ministries/GBC Recently my son, Nathan, caught this five-pound bass in a pond near our home. Nate is a good fisherman – his dad is not. Perhaps the reason he is a better fisherman than his dad has to do with the fact that Nate actually has a strategy. My son [...]
Do you ever need some instant training, help or encouragement? The internet gives us that ability today. The Canadian National Baptist Convention has put together a video training website with many videos on leadership and evangelism. Click on the link below to browse the [...]
