She came into my office that afternoon and shared with me about her visit to my church. I had only been there about 2 weeks (1 Sunday) but it did not matter. It was my responsibility now. She was from the local small town paper and wanted to do a short interview of the new [...]
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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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Have you heard the news? By Dr. Steve Parr The Georgia Baptist Convention Staff has undergone a realignment to position the staff to fulfill the vision of the Five Smooth Stones. I have been honored to be engaged in working with our Executive Director, Dr.J. Robert White, and our executive leadership to seek the best [...]
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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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 joel southerland In a recent business study it was discovered that only 44% of customers questions via Twitter were answered within 24 hours. STELLAService examined the top 25 online retailers to see how their customer service was on Twitter. They looked at their tweets over a 45 day period in [...]
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 [...]
Sign up for this webinar to learn how your church can Prepare and Lead Evangelistic Events. This webinar will help you: * Prepare for Evangelistic Events * Learn why you should do Evangelistic Events * Baptize more * learn what Georgia’s top Evangelistic Churches do different * maximize the events you are doing * grow [...]
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