Decades ago, Martin Luther King Jr. called the 11 a.m. hour on Sunday morning “the most segregated hour in America.” Statistics show that it still is. A vast majority of…
Why do most Tennessee Baptist churches have more people in worship each Sunday than in Sunday school? When I checked last, the average Tennessee Baptist church had approximately 75 percent…
Evangelism in the New Testament is organic — natural and irregular. Evangelism should occur naturally from all believers and will occur at irregular times. Evangelism was not programmed. Instead, evangelism…
As you think about your youth ministry, why not plan a youth baptism celebration? Are there students in your youth ministry who have made salvation decisions but have not been…
By Raymond Smith “The Cloud,” simply stated, is a computer or a group of computers working together connected to the Internet. If you own a cell phone, or a smartphone,…
When I was a student at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, my professor of counseling, Stanley Watson, used to say “Actions precede attitudes.” He would speak about how a married…
Imagine the scene as the Farr family arrives at church. Mr. Farr goes to a men’s Sunday school class on the third floor of the building. Mrs. Farr says, “I’ll…
Almost every football team, in every practice, runs through their two-minute offense. You have to know what to do when the game is on the line and time is running…
A unique component of what we refer to as “Harvest Plants” is the 1-5-1 Strategy. While you may see many similar kinds of outreach strategies operating in North America, we…
Who: I am John Parrott, who retired as Director of Missions in the Holston Valley Baptist Association in 2013, having served more than 18 years. Before serving as DOM, I…