Today members of the FBC Monticello, KY Vision team, led by Pastor, Chad Fugitt, will embark on a trip that includes the whole congregation. No, they didn’t charter a 747. In preparation for the event, IMB missionaries to Peru, Alan and Sandy Stone, challenged the team to make sure “that your entire church is involved in [...]
From: Impact Your World Acts 1:8 Update Beulah Baptist Church, Hopkins, S.C. ”We’d been working on our Jerusalem for two hundred years. It was time to go to the ends of the earth,” said Brad Bessent, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, Hopkins, S.C. He was one of the presenters at the February 2009 Impact Your [...]
I asked Vincent Carmen, the Team Leader of Tates Creek Baptist Association Vision Team to share some thoughts about getting his team ready for Panama. (See Panama! post) Here’s what he had to share. Preparation I think that it is essential for a team to be prepared well for their trip. We have put together [...]
Today I am flying out of Cincinnati with a volunteer mission team headed to Panama. The team is composed of members of the missions commitee of the Tates Creek Baptist Association located in the Richmond, Kentucky area. They are headed to Panama with the primary purpose of visioning for future opportunities of partnering with IMB missionaries Kenny and [...]
People call me and ask, “How do we go about choosing a country to partner with?” First I suggest this six step method: Get a globe Spin it Close your eyes Stick out your index finger Move your finger forward until you hit the globe and make it stop spinning Open your eyes and see where your [...]
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Free online training: Watch a complete presentation by Dr. Bobby Gilstrap on the topic of recruiting and training mission teams. Presented live at the North Central States Rally in Indianapolis on January 7, this session will help you obtain strategies and resources for recruiting mission teams, hosting vision tours, and preparing mission team leadership for [...]
Church-wide curriculum for all ages is now available through the Acts 1:8 Challenge. This innovative and relevant curriculum is FREE and written specifically for younger and older children, students, and adults and can be done in a one week format or up to 13 weeks. Each lesson includes a Key Verse and additional supporting verses, [...]
Among the many tools made available as part of the Acts 1:8 Challenge emphasis is the MAP Church instrument designed to help churches develop their missions involvement. MAP Church stands for “Missional Assessment Profiles” for churches. It is a tool that uses surveys filled out by your church members to measure the missions awareness and involvement in the [...]
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Upon my return from the foreign mission field, I had never heard of the Acts 1:8 Challenge (A18C). A few weeks later, after I came on board at the KBC, I discovered that I was the A18C Coordinator for Kentucky! Needless to say, I had a lot to learn to get up to speed. For those of you [...]
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Don’t GO to church! Be the Church! That’s the slogan on the T-shirts worn by volunteers as they carry out ministry projects throughout the local community. It’s all part of an exciting way to engage your whole congregation with the community called “FAITH IN ACTION.” To see Faith in Action in action watch this Faith [...]
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