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THE RECORD

REHOBOTH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Volume XLII February 2019 Number 1

OUR EVANGELISM RALLY IS THIS MONTH! I’m looking forward to it as always, and with Steve Cochran preaching and Tom Fineout leading our worship, it will be a great evening of encouragement, challenge, and inspiration!

How is your personal evangelism going? How is it going for your Church?

I looked back at the “stats” for RBA Churches for the last three years, and it was a bit of a concern. Stats are just stats sometimes, and a person can read too much into some numbers, and you never know if the numbers you have are totally accurate. So, I don’t sweat the numbers, but I do like to be aware of possibilities.

2016 2017

41 Churches turned in ACP’s 39 Churches turned in ACP’s 9816 Members in those 41 Churches 9495 Members in those 39 Churches 315 Baptisms 310 Baptisms

2018 37 (ACP’s) 9205 (Members) 166 (Baptisms)

Why are some Churches more evangelistic than others? What is the best way to get a Church to be more evangelistic?

1. Be Intentional – Prayerfully plan the Church’s calendar with evangelism in mind. If you are too busy and the Church calendar is too busy, evangelism will never rise to be a top priority. We are gifted at creating wonderful Church programs that keep us so busy we don’t have time to do the mission of the Church. We either “lean in” or we don’t. Evangelism is not about passion many times, it is about planning!

2. Provide training – If your Church is small, consider working with several Churches in evangelism training each year or every two years. Research done by NAMB in 2014 showed more than 80% of the top baptizing Churches in North America train their leaders at least once a year how to share their faith. This year RBA will offer the “Let’s Talk-One Conversation” training method written by John Meador of FBC, Euless. Be looking for the date and make it a priority!

3. Be an Example – Deacons, Sunday Teachers, Pastors, and Staff need to model the approach you want the congregation to follow. The specific method doesn’t matter nearly as much as the fact that you are modeling personal evangelism in some way. For Preachers/Teachers, it is easier to share the gospel from behind a pulpit or lectern than on the street or in a home. Why? Because we are more comfortable with a scripted presentation than we are with an unpredictable conversation. Leaders in Churches tend to be better talkers than listeners. To be an effective witness, we must learn to ask questions and listen closely.

Are you weak in personal evangelism? Is your Church weak? You can be stronger this year! We need the inspiration and challenge of our Evangelism Rallies, but then we need to follow through with some of the ideas above!

Kent Pate

Executive Director

~February 2019~

24 - RBA Evangelism Rally

6 p.m. @ FBC, SS

~ March 2019 ~

19 - Administration Team Meeting

2 p.m. @ RBA Office

~ April 2019 ~

2 - Preaching Workshop

25 - Ministry Team Meeting 5:30 p.m. @ RBA Office

~May 2019~

14 - Semi-Annual Meeting 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. @ FBC, Yantis

~ July 2019 ~

18 - Ministry Team Meeting 5:30 p.m. @ RBA Office

23 - Administration Team Meeting 2 p.m. @ RBA Office

~ September 2019 ~

17 - Administration Team Meeting 2 p.m. @ RBA Office

~ October 2019 ~

27 - RBA Annual Meeting @ FBC, Mt. Vernon

Block Party Trailer

Ice Chests Small Bounce House

Large Bounce House Tables & Chairs

Popcorn Machine Sno Cone Machine

Carnival Games Sound System

2 Pop-up Canopies

There is a $100 fee to use the trailer to help cover the costs of maintenance of the trailer.

Contact the RBA office if you would like to reserve the trailer

for your next church event!

Call or email to reserve as soon as possible dates fill up fast!

903-885-2868 or shelly@rehobothonline.org

BGCT

Go to www.bowiebaptist.org for more information.

2019 RBA Evangelism Rally

Music & Worship : Tom Fineout

Worship Minister First Baptist Church, SS

February 24, 2019

6:00 p.m.

First Baptist Church,

Sulphur Springs

Guest Speaker: Steve Cochran

Pastor, CrossWalk Church

Round Rock, TX

Pastor Steve Cochran, along with his wife Karen, moved to Round Rock at the end

of July 2011 in order to birth this new Church. Steve has served as a local Pastor in northeast and central Texas for the past 31 years. His pastoral experience includes

most recently, the Macedonia Baptist Church in Longview, Tx. His prior pastoral experience was with First Baptist Church of Winnsboro, Tx, FBC Rogers, Tx, and FBC

Cameron, Tx. Steve and Karen have a passionate vision for missions ministry. They have 4 adult children who are striving to serve the Lord in various vocations.

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31

(CSB)

It is time to start planning your Church’s VBS! For more information on In The Wild VBS visit vbs.lifeway.com/

County Line Baptist Church is having their VBS June 3-7 in the evenings 6-9pm. Ages 4yrs-6th grade. They invite any Church that would like to partner with them for their VBS to contact Rita Clinton at 903-217-3515.

Dr. Bob McCartney Preaching Workshop

RBA will host a Preaching Workshop

led by

Dr. Bob McCartney of

FBC, Wichita Falls

Tuesday morning, April 2nd

Times: 9 am until Noon

First Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs

More details to follow but mark your calendars!

You won’t want to miss this, Pastors/Staff!

Resources will be provided for those who attend.

TAX Seminars on Websites

There are videos of the annual Tax Seminars on the

websites of each State Convention. Go to their websites, look under resources, and

then select the video topic/session you have questions about.

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) is the primary way we support mission efforts in North America. One hundred

percent of gifts given to AAEO are used to support Southern Baptist missionaries

serving across the United States and

Canada.

he 2019 theme is “Sending Hope”. The scripture verse is “ …He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrec-tion of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3 CSB).

The national goal is $70 million.

Week of Prayer March 3-10, 2019

Easter Sunday

is April 21st

The RBA Office will be closed for Good Friday on

April 19th.

But the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of

Nazareth,[a] who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the

dead! Look, this is where they laid his body.” Mark 16:6 (NLV)

RBA Semi-Annual Meeting

Tuesday, May 14th

First Baptist Church, Yantis

6p.m.. - 7:15p.m.

Church Growth Conference

Weaver Baptist Church is hosting a Church

Growth Conference with

Leader Dan Boler

Monday Evening, February 18th

6-9 p.m.

Anyone is welcome to attend.

Please call Pastor Tom Friday for more information

at 903-588-6388

Tabernacle Baptist Church

Straight 42 Tournament

February 23rd at 10 a.m.

$25 per team for early registration

$30 at the door

Rules will be given at 10 a.m.

Lunch is included!

Fundraiser: Jason Brewer Ministry to Papuan New Guinea

For more information call: 903-866-2315 or 972-754-6487