Baptist Friends Spring 2015 Magazine

Greg BoyleTim Carte

Jonathan ComerPollie Deeringer

Mike FoxByron Foxx

Renee Gamble

John GetanehRoger Hilliard

Bob HolmesJody Jenkins

Jeff JonesScott PauleyJohnny Pope

Charles PrescottJohn Reynolds

Herb SamworthTony Sengmany

Tom SextonMatt Sexton

Ralph Sexton

Kyle ShearinCody StinsonPaul Thomas

Tim TomlinsonGayle Washington

David WhitakerJames Zenker

“We reap a harvest from where we place an emphasis.” –Clarence Sexton

by Clarence SextonVisit YouTube.com/faithforthefamily

and watch this life-changing sermon.

Be the difference in someone’s life for that points them to Christ.

Difference Makers

Dear Friend,Welcome to the annual Baptist Friends Conference. Our mutual love for the Lord Jesus Christ brings us together.I am a Christian. I was led to Christ by a personal soul winner. Biblical Christianity has become a way of life for me!

I am a New Testament Church Pioneer. We identify with a

family of Baptist Friends worldwide.

We are committed to the Global Gospel Initiative given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Your friend,

Pray for These SpeakersGreg BoyleTim Carte

Jonathan ComerPollie Deeringer

Mike FoxByron Foxx

Renee Gamble

John GetanehRoger Hilliard

Bob HolmesJody Jenkins

Jeff JonesScott PauleyJohnny Pope

Charles PrescottJohn Reynolds

Herb SamworthTony Sengmany

Tom SextonMatt Sexton

Ralph Sexton

Kyle ShearinCody StinsonPaul Thomas

Tim TomlinsonGayle Washington

David WhitakerJames Zenker

MORNING SERVICE10:45 a.m.

John Reynolds

THE BIBLE TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 9:30 A.M.

EVENING SERVICE6:00 p.m.

Byron Foxx

Conference Schedule

THE TIMOTHY GENERATION10:00 a.m.

Pastor Sexton & Bob Holmes


Pastor Sexton & Jonathan Comer


Pastor Sexton & Jody Jenkins


Pastor Sexton & Tim Carte

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH PIONEER11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.



GLOBAL GOSPEL INITIATIVE1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.




John GetanehRalph Sexton


Matt SextonJohnny Pope


Paul ThomasTom Sexton


James ZenkerGreg Boyle

Visit exhibitors and displays on the church property from 5:30-6:45 p.m.

Visit exhibitors and displays on the church property from 8:30-9:45 a.m.

Church Campus College Campus

Monday · April 13 Tuesday · April 14 Wednesday · April 15 Thursday · April 16

Sunday · April 12

LUNCH WITH FRIENDS12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.




“We reap a harvest from where we place an emphasis.” –Clarence Sexton

A time for friendship, fellowship, prayer, and planning to Evangelize the World with the Gospel

We are to march off the map to the ends of the

earth with the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord Jesus Christ spent forty days with His disciples to firmly establish the fact of His resurrection, to give instruction concerning the kingdom, to prepare His disciples for the work He had given them to do, and no doubt to provide them with true, missionary zeal.

The Bible tells us in the key verse of the book of Acts, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

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INTO ALL THE WORLD“ G o y e t h e r e f o r e , a n d t e a c h a l l n a t i o n s . . .” M a t t h e w 2 8 : 1 9

F ind w hat p ar t G o d

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Countries of the World by ContinentAfrica (54)AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongoCongo, Democratic Republic of DjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuinea

Guinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth Africa

South SudanSudanSwazilandTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

Asia (44)AfghanistanBahrainBangladeshBhutanBruneiBurma (Myanmar)CambodiaChinaEast TimorIndiaIndonesiaIranIraq

EGYPT

TANZANIA

INDIA

ZAMBIA

Miami, FL

Launching Gospel Initiatives

INTO ALL THE WORLD

South SudanSudanSwazilandTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

Asia (44)AfghanistanBahrainBangladeshBhutanBruneiBurma (Myanmar)CambodiaChinaEast TimorIndiaIndonesiaIranIraq

IsraelJapanJordanKazakhstanKorea, NorthKorea, SouthKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLebanonMalaysiaMaldivesMongoliaNepalOmanPakistanPhilippinesQatarRussian FederationSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSri LankaSyriaTajikistanThailandTurkeyTurkmenistanUnited Arab EmiratesUzbekistanVietnamYemen

Europe (47)AlbaniaAndorraArmeniaAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprus

Czech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIcelandIrelandItalyLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMaltaMoldovaMonacoMontenegroNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineUnited KingdomVatican City

North America (23)Antigua and BarbudaBahamasBarbadosBelizeCanadaCosta RicaCubaDominica

Dominican RepublicEl SalvadorGrenadaGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaMexicoNicaraguaPanamaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesTrinidad and TobagoUnited States

South America (12)ArgentinaBoliviaBrazilChileColombiaEcuadorGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameUruguayVenezuela

Oceania (14)AustraliaFijiKiribatiMarshall IslandsMicronesiaNauruNew ZealandPalauPapua New GuineaSamoaSolomon Islands TongaTuvaluVanuatuLONDON

PERU

CANADA

to free “the prisoners of the earth.”

TOKYO

VATICAN

n order to spread the doctrines of the Gospel, we have formed societies. There

are missionary societies appended to every denomination. These societies are to be pillars

and grounds of the Truth, not so much in the maintenance of the Truth as in the spreading of it. We have been wondering why our societies have not greater success. I believe the reason is because

there is not a single word in the Book of God about anything of the kind! The church of God is the pillar and ground of the Truth—not a society!

The church of God never ought to have delegated to any society whatever, a work which it behooved her to have done herself. Instead of sending our subscriptions to associations, we ought to have picked our own men out of our own midst, and found the means to send them forth to preach the Truth as it is in Jesus, ourselves! Now do not misunderstand me. I would not say a single word against any society for the spread of God’s Truth. But I must repeat again, that all societies of that sort spring from an irregular

and unscriptural position of the church. The church, if she were in her right state, would do the whole of the work herself! The city missionary would be a member of the church sent out and supported by the church itself.

The missionary to foreign lands would have the church at his back to whom he would look for support, both in prayers and in subscriptions. I may be wrong, but this has deeply laid upon my soul; and I shall never be satisfied till I see in this church an organization so complete that it does not need a supplement—able to do every good work, and fulfill every necessary office of itself and by itself—welcoming always the cooperation of others—but never needing to depend upon a society for the accomplishment of any purpose to which the Lord God has been pleased to call it.

Excerpt from Sermon 393 by C.H. Spurgeon • Sunday, May 19, 1861

“Our Christian faith is a treasured heritage, not a

contemporary experiment.” Clarence Sexton

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“The Pillar and Ground of the Truth”

Within a few years, five billion of the world’s inhabitants will live in one of

the over two million cities in our world. If our generation is going to reach the lost we must renew our efforts in the cities.

Cities today are filled with people from many different nations. We have an unprecedented opportunity to reach the world that has moved into the city. In some cases, churches that are struggling must be strengthened, and as the Scriptures admonish in Revelation 3:2, “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die...” In other situations we must plant new churches that will reach this international community.

Reaching the World in a City

1. New York, New York - 8,214,4262. Los Angeles, California - 3,849,3783. Chicago, Illinois - 2,833,3214. Houston, Texas - 2,144,4915. Phoenix, Arizona - 1,512,9866. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1,448,3947. San Antonio, Texas - 1,296,6828. San Diego, California - 1,256,9519. Dallas, Texas - 1,232,94010. San Jose, California - 929,936

11. Detroit, Michigan - 871,12112. Jacksonville, Florida - 794,55513. Indianapolis, Indiana - 785,59714. San Francisco, California - 744,04115. Columbus, Ohio - 733,20316. Austin, Texas - 709,89317. Memphis, Tennessee - 670,90218. Fort Worth, Texas - 653,32019. Baltimore, Maryland - 631,36620. Charlotte, North Carolina - 630,478

Excerpt from Sermon 393 by C.H. Spurgeon • Sunday, May 19, 1861

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Ministry information gathered to this point • April 2015

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Ministry information gathered to this point • April 2015

Conference Exhibitors 2015• Aaron Jenkins–Missionary to Ireland • All Points Baptist Missions• Amazing Grace Baptist Missions• Armed Forces Baptist Missions • Baptist College of America• Baptist International Outreach • Baptist Mid-Missions• Baptist Missions to Forgotten Peoples• BCA Publications • Bearing Precious Seed• Bible Truth Music• Biblical School of World Evangelism• BIMI• Central Missionary Clearing House• Crown Publications • Crown Seminary• Deaf Outreach Ministries • Eapaah Family–Missionaries to Ghana• Fellowship Tract League• Fundamental Baptist Books• Getaneh Family–Missionary to Zambia• Global Gospel Initiative• Golden Land Baptist Missions• Hearts and Hands• Hyles Anderson College• International Board of Jewish Missions• International Partnership Ministries• Smithey Family–Missionaries to Chile

• Steve Nutt–Missionary to the Military• James Gentry–Missionary to Jordan • Julie Alexander–Missionary to Liberia • Kleman Family–Missionaries to the UK• Lake Texoma Baptist Camp• Laurie Cox–Thirty One• Local Church Bible Publishers• Mt. Moriah Christian Camp• NTCP Mission to China• NTCP Mission to Nepal–Adarsha Gurung• Pensacola Christian College • Piedmont International University• Reformers Unanimous • Regular Baptist Press • Rock of Ages Prison Ministry • Sexton Family–Missionaries to Germany• Shalom Ministries• Southland Christian Ministries • Teaching All Nations• The Crown College Bookshop• The Crown College of the Bible• The Shepherds Place • The Wilds• Theron Crawford–Missionary to Nicaragua • Training Teachers & Master Clubs• Vision 20/20 Asia• Vision Baptist Missions

Displays open on the church property from 8:30–9:45 a.m., 5:30–6:45 p.m. & after the evening service

Every Christian is the heir to a wonderful Christian heritage. The overwhelming majority of God’s children know little or nothing of the sacrifices that have been made through the centuries in order to preserve for us the “faith which was once delivered

unto the saints” ( Jude 3).

Within the campus of The Crown College is the 30,000-square-foot Christian Heritage Center named in honor of Dr. Lee Roberson. Dr. Roberson has been called by many the

“twentieth-century Spurgeon.”

The Christian Heritage Center is dedicated to continuing our Christian heritage. Displayed within its halls are vivid testimonies to the lives and

ministries of men and women who served Christ by preaching the Bible, pioneering in world evangelism, writing Christ-honoring music, as

well as other avenues of service. Special honor is reserved for those whose blood was spilt for the cause of Christ.

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“Strengthening the things which remain, and starting New Testament Churches.”

CherokeeNavajo

ChoctawMexican American

ChippewaSioux

ApacheBlackfeet

CreekIroquoisLumbeePueblo

ChickasawSouth American Indian

Yup’ikPotawatomi

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SeminoleCentral American Indian

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“Strengthening the things which remain, and starting New Testament Churches.”

e need to recapture what could be termed the “pioneering spirit” that springs forth from the faith life. As we follow the history of the people of God, we find them being led by Moses toward the Promised Land. After the wilderness wanderings and the death of Moses, Joshua led the Israelites across the

Jordan and into Canaan. Battles were fought and victories were won, but the task was not complete. The children of God were to drive out the enemy, but this is something that they did not do.The faith required to trust God for the complete victory is

also the faith that would have made God real to His people.

Their refusal to trust God for the victory and their choice to live without faith brought them to the place where God says of their generation, they “knew not the Lord” (Judges 2:10).

In some places there are large facilities and large numbers of people to lead, but the pioneers who once used those facilities knew firsthand that God provided them. The pioneers who led those large numbers of people before led a people who knew that their leader had personally trusted God for wisdom and direction because there was no other way to get wisdom and direction.

URGENT! We Must Be Difference Makers Now! Erwin Lutzer tells the following story from an eyewitness in Germany during the Holocaust.

I lived in Germany during the Nazi Holocaust. I considered myself a Christian. We heard stories of what was happening to Jews, but we tried to distance ourselves from it because what could we do to stop it. A railroad track ran

behind our small church and each Sunday morning we could hear the whistle in the distance, and then the wheels coming over the tracks. We became disturbed when we heard the cries coming from the train as it passed by. We realized that it was carrying Jews like cattle in the cars. Week after week the whistle would blow. We dreaded to hear the sound of those wheels because we knew that we would hear the cries of the Jews in route to a death camp. Their screams tormented us. We knew the time the train was coming, and when we heard the whistle blow, we began singing hymns. By the time the train came past our church, we were singing at the top of our voices. If we heard the screams, we sang more loudly and soon we heard them no more .

And then the eyewitness shared with Pastor Lutzer, “Although years have passed , I still hear the train whistle in my sleep. God forgive me, forgive all of us who called ourselves Christians and yet did nothing to intervene.

We live in the present. We must take action now! We have the most powerful thing on earth – the gospel. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Nothing is more powerful than the power of God.

Global Gospel Initiatives!

American Native Population

For more information contact Tim Carte at [email protected]

First Nations Mission

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“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32

A university is recognized as a center for learning and a place of knowledge; but, sadly, it is often void of the truth. Christian Volunteers is a ministry of the Temple Baptist Church to over 26,000 students at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. God has blessed this ministry and over the years, we have seen hundreds of students place their faith in Christ and many more trained and encouraged to be a faithful witness for the Lord.

REACHING and TEACHING FUTURE LEADERSTo take the gospel message to university students is to

take the message of Christ to those who are the leaders of tomorrow. We can make a difference in our own nation and around the world by reaching students with the gospel and teaching them the powerful truth of the Word of God.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTSAmerican universities are inundated with international

students from around the world. According to statistics, one out of every three doctoral degrees granted in the United States is granted to an international student. We can literally reach out to the entire world through one university campus. At the University of Tennessee alone we have students from over 85 foreign nations. These students are the brightest and best the world has to offer, and they will go back to their people as leaders and as people of influence. We praise God for allowing us to see many of these students come to know the Lord and become established in the faith. We have seen them return to their homeland with much more than a degree.

EVANGELISM and BIBLE TEACHINGEvangelistic teams are organized to be

on campus and in student housing areas near the campus throughout each week.

A weekly Bible study on campus is held in a classroom in one of the education buildings. This Campus Bible Study has been effective to strengthen Christians in their faith, and also to provide a meeting that Christian students can easily invite their friends to visit so that they might hear a clear presentation of the gospel.

SUNDAY SCHOOL for STUDENTSUniversity students are encouraged to become a part

of our local church. Students attend a special Sunday School class for single adults who are in college, and international students attend the International Class which takes into account their various backgrounds and language barriers.

“The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few” (Matthew 9:37). Many Bible-believing churches are located only a short distance from a major college or university. These campuses need faithful witnesses who will speak the truth in love and lift up the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Local churches can be used of God to win students to Christ and to train and equip those students to reach their campus with the gospel. We are encouraging churches to see the need and take action to reach this generation for Christ. The door is open wide, and the opportunities are endless.

For more information, please contact Tim Tomlinson at (865) 938-8186, Ext. 406.

UNIVERSITY MINISTRY

eens for Christ strives to establish a Christian presence on middle and high school campuses

and other locations where young people gather. This ministry begain in 1991 through the

Temple Baptist Church and Crown College and has been greatly use to bring thousands of young people to a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Hundreds of teenagers throughout Knox County meet each week for a time of prayer and Bible study. Teens for Christ Bible clubs clearly present the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, providing young people with a solid foundation upon which to build their lives. Students are equipped to reach and teach their friends for Christ.

• Some 1.1 million American students drop out of school every year.

• In 2011–12, there were about 13,600 public school districts. with over 98,300 public schools, including about 5,700 charter schools. In fall 2011, there were about 30,900 private schools offering kindergarten or higher grades

forBible clubs in Public Schools

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