Author Archives: Scott Pittman

IMB to Host Medical Missions Summit

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 12, 2010

July 8-11, 2010  Warren Baptist Church  Augusta, Ga.  Meeting Human Needs for Eternity  See God’s work around the world through healthcare practitioners. Weigh in on strategies to spawn church-planting movements. Network with professionals based in the U.S. and overseas. Explore opportunities to serve. Learn how to lead medical teams. You’ll quickly discover that medicine is [...]

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Open Air Campaigners

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 2, 2010

In my last post, Open Air Evangelism, I discussed this exciting method for taking the gospel outside the four walls of the church to those who need to hear. One tool I told you about for accomplishing that end is the evangelistic paint talk. In this post I want to introduce you to one of the main [...]

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Open-Air Evangelism

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 29, 2010

When I was a missionary in Brazil we quite often utilized what is termed “open-air evangelism”. Those that came down as volunteers have some great stories about their experiences with this evangelisitic tool – the night air, the large, milling crowds, the thousands of tracts passed out, the drunks and the hecklers, the people speaking [...]

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DeepWater Podcast: A Call to Missions

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 25, 2010

This episode of DeepWater features IMB missionary Janna Smith (pictured below). She shares how God gently led her along the way as He called her into career missions. Janna is the newest member of an IMB impact team in Mexico.  Click here to start listening!

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Sharing Jesus, One Hug at a Time

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 19, 2010

IMB Missionaries Chris and Melody Julian work in one of the most dangerous jungles in Brazil – the concrete jungle of the city of São Paulo. As part of their ministry in the mega city they have started a house church with an unusual name, Zoe Marajoara. Chris explains the significance of the name, “Zoe is Greek [...]

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Strategy Team Pierces the ‘Heart of Darkness’ With the Help of Volunteers

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 10, 2010

What is the ‘Heart of Darkness’? The ‘Heart of Darkness’ is a seven state area in the southwestern portion of Mexico that has a geographical outline resembling a heart shape. The “darkness” part of its name comes from the fact that the entire area is less than 2% Evangelical. Mike Brundart, is the IMB team strategy coordinator for reaching [...]

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DEEP WATER PODCAST From the Phillipines to Mexico: One Couple’s Mission Story

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 9, 2010

Today’s Podcast post features IMB missionaries to Mexico, Angel and Elma Ignácio, pictured below in their home. Listen to their testimony of God’s call to missions that led them from the Phillippines to Mexico.    

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The Acts 1:8 Challenge Factor

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 5, 2010

From the February 2010 edition of Samaria Update. Written by Tim Yarbrough The numbers are in and it’s no surprise they indicate a church’s focus on Kingdom growth and Acts 1:8 missions makes a significant impact on baptisms, mission participants and giving. An informal survey of churches committing to the Acts 1:8 Challenge, versus all [...]

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The Person of Peace Principle

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 2, 2010

What is the person of peace principle in church planting?   Very simply put, this principle puts forth the idea that God always has someone in an unevangelized area that will be receptive to the gospel. Therefore, as church planters and those working with them make their initial contacts with a new area they should be sensitive to the [...]

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E-QUIP An Online Learning Community

By Scott Pittman | Published: February 26, 2010

Free online training for pastors and church leaders when they need it, where they need it. Our Baptist neighbors to the north have developed an exciting new, online tool that provides high quality training resources for you and your church. It is called MissionOhio.E-quip and is offered to anyone, anywhere with web access. Over 200 [...]

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