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WEB DESIGN
Does your churches website need to be freshened up, or does your church need a web presence? Please fill out the questionnaire and submit it to iba@interstatebaptist.org and let us help you find the best solution and pricing.
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MISSIONARY MOMENTS
October 24-30, 2011
In a small Vermont town, there stood an old vacant church. God called LYANDON and KIM WARREN, North American missionaries, to impact this area and fill that old church. Working bivocationally while building relationships in the town, Lyandon is seeing new life rise up in that old building. New life is exciting, but it is also fragile. Pray for protection and direction as they lead this new group of believers in a small town where most don't know Christ. From the smallest of towns to the largest of cities, your support of missions through CP is making a difference. This week, ask God to bless and multiply the ministry of the Warrens.
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The Kumbh Mela is the largest religious gathering in the world. Every three years, Hindus make a pilgrimage to one of four cities to bathe in the holy rivers. In 2010, the festival was held in Haridwar, India, with smaller festivals held elsewhere. Close to 50 million participated. "JOHNNY and BONITA KRON" serve in South Asia and observed one of the smaller gatherings. "The vastness of the crowd is unbelievable; the heaviness of the oppression is inexplicable," Bonita says. "Watching men, women, young, old, rich, poor -- all attempting to attain salvation through the polluted murky water is heartbreaking. The police made it clear they would not tolerate 'those attempting conversions to Western religion.' Threfore, we wre not able to openly share. We did pray with broken hearts for the millions who attended." Your prayers and participation in CP are needed to penetrate the lostness throughout South Asia. Pray today. |
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Southern Baptists are encouraged to:
Pray for someone who doesn't know Christ. Pray by name for your neighbors and begin relationships with them. Gather with other believers in your neighborhood or at your church to pray together for non-Christian neighbors.
Invest in your non-Christian neighbor. Spend some time getting to know your non-Christian neighbors. Look for opportunities to serve them in ministry.
Invite the person to a Gospel-centered event. As you build relationships with your non-Christian neighbors, take advantage of opportunities to invite them to do something with you and your family. Speak naturally about your faith; lead in prayer over your shared meal. Church holiday events, such as Trunk or Treat, Fall-Fest, Thanksgiving services, Christmas pageants, Christmas Eve, or other Christmas-themed events also have natural "invitation" potential.
Share Christ with your neighbor.God still uses the personal witnessing moment to lead people to faith in Christ. Present the Gospel with your prayed-for neighbor. Or take them someplace where the Gospel will be shared.
Source: SBC Life Oct/Nov 2011 |
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MENTORING IN LEADERSHIP - PART THREE
Making Disciples: Jesus' Method
Jesus told His disciples to make disciples, and He modeled for them how to do that. We also have to understand that Jesus called these men in stages.
The stages of Jesus' call view/download.
Jesus spent time with His Disciples
The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four Gospels. It's action-packed, with fewer extensive teaching segments than the other Gospels. A quick look at Mark's record shows that Jesus shared life with His disciples. They watched Him heal the sick, exorcise demons, confront religious leaders, calm storms, raise the dead, walk on water, multiply food, and overturn tables. These men heard Him answer questions, preach to crowds, silence demons, speak parables, and pray to the Father. They ate with Him, discussed truth with Him, and ministered alongside Him.
All of that was possible because Jesus spent quality time with His disciples. Indeed, He called them first to be with Him (Mark 3:14), and their time with Him changed their world. Mentoring means that we give a mentee much more than a book or a conference; we give ourselves to another person for the sake of the gospel.
Jesus gave His Disciples tasks...and held them accountable.
Imagine following Jesus to the top of a mountain where His garments are changed to a brilliant white. Then, think about bowing in amazement when, still at the top of this mountain, Moses and Elijah show up-the lawgiver and the prophet of Old Testament history who have been deceased for centuries.
Read Luke 9:28-35 - Imagine God's voice saying, "This is My Son ... listen to Him." It's no wonder Peter stated the obvious, "it's good for us to be here!'" Who would've known what to say in the midst of such a miracle? How would you respond?
Peter didn't want to leave; instead, he wanted to build a tabernacle to mark this place. But Jesus wouldn't allow His disciples to stay on that mountain. There was still work for Him to do. There was still work for the disciples to do, too-following in obedience, sharing the good news, and making more disciples. More immediately, a young boy possessed with a demon needed Jesus' help. For that reason, Jesus went with His disciples back down the mountain to do His work. Good mentoring should always lead to Godly action.
Jesus taught His mentees and expected them to act on His teachings.
Luke 9-10 describes this sending out process, including Jesus' instructions (9:1 -6; 10:1-11). He sent them out to take on demons. He challenged them to figure out a way to feed more than 5,000 people when they had far too little food. He required them to pray for more laborers. even while they went out to preach and heal in His name.
Upon their return, they gave Jesus a report of their travels. When they rejoiced in their spiritual power rather than in God's grace, He loved them enough to correct them don't be excited about your power over demons, be excited about your acceptance from God (Luke 10:18-20). These interactions between Jesus and His apostles show us that accountability is a part of Christ like mentoring. Jesus had expectations of those who followed Him. He didn't love them any less when those expectations went unmet, but He always called His followers to grow. We should do the same.
Jesus' gave His life for His disciples.
The death of Jesus is central to our Christian faith. Apart from Jesus' shedding His blood for us, we can't be saved (Hebrews 9:22). Jesus' cross shows us just how much He loved His disciples- and how much He loves us. We don't ordinarily give our lives for those we mentor in this same way. But we can love in such a way that we're willing to give our lives for them.
*Insights from "Mentor - How Along-The-Way Discipleship Will Change Your Life!" Chuck Lawless - ISBN 9781415870013 LifeWay
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ANNUAL CHURCH PROFILE
Has your church completed your Annual Church Profile? All information required to complete the profiles was mailed to each church in Interstate Baptist Association. (Look for the ORANGE envelope!) This year there are only fourteen questions, and should not require a lot of time to complete. Please contact Lila if you need assistance, or would like a copy of last year's profile to use as a guideline. give her a call at 503-452-2930, ext. 21 or e-mail: lila@interstatebaptist.org. |
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Trinity Baptist Church will have a deacon ordination service on Saturday, November 5 at 5 p.m. All pastors and deacions are invited to participate in the service, according to Olin Brock, Pastor. The church is located at 6700 MacArthur Blvd., Vancouver WA. For more information, call the church 360-693-4271. |
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The world of criminal records is confusing and fogged by misconceptions regarding access to and storage of criminal records. Let's continue clearing up those misconceptions.
- According to the Office of the Attorney General, "No single source exists that provides complete and up-to-date information about a person's criminal history." Check it out for yourself!
- Public records are filed by First Name, Last Name and Date of Birth at the courthouses.
- The only way to get 100% confirmation is through a fingerprint match.
So what are you to do?The Office of the Attorney General is of the opinion that "commercial databases offer the advantage to users who cannot access FBI data of broadening the scope of records searched beyond the jurisdictions of past residence."
So try a commercial database! backgroundchecks.com offers many affordable database options including US OneSEARCH or US OneVERIFY to help expand your scope beyond the county courthouse. To view our product descriptions and the reduced LifeWay pricing go to: www.lifeway.com/backgroundchecks.
Start running checks now!
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SAFE MINISTRIES
 "It is always a great concern of mine as to how people are using the SAFE material. I prayerfully hope that everyone has the understanding that SAFE is 'not intended for use' apart from Christ as its undying theme, the Bible as its guide and the church as its chief administrator." (Joey Carroll, SAFE Director)
There will be a SAFE Conference October 28 & 29. The course objectives are:
- Understand SAFE objectives and course material
- Review new updates to material
- Understand tools necessary to bring about permanent change in people
- Effectively facilitate SAFE program.
Click here for detailed conference information.
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DISASTER RELIEF "AUTUMN TRAINING"
- October 28th - 29th, 2011
- CISM Training - Chaplaincy training
- Incident Command System (ICS)
- ServSafe
- This is an advanced course on food safety and is nationally recognized (valuable for deployment in all states). ServSafe manuals need to be preordered so participants can begin studying prior to the first day of class.
Training will take place at:
Camp Touchet
1130 N Touchet Road
Dayton WA 99328
(509) 387-4585
For a church recommendation form for the Chaplain's training click here.
For registration and pricing to attend any or all trainings please click here.
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SIMPLE CHURCH TRAINING
 NWBC would like you to consider and plan on attending the following collaborative event with your network of friends, pastors, planters and churches.
We are grateful to be partnering with FBC Midland and Rivers Church in Colorado to bring you this event in late November. This event is both for church plants and existing churches desiring to increase their presence, practice, and proclamation in their neighborhood and community.
Date, location, topics, etc. are in the attached promo piece and web link. Please go to the link below to register for the PORTLAND event (the event is FREE due to a generous gift from FBC Midland).
Thanks for your interest in growing as a network of churches, desiring to impact Portland with the gospel through healthy churches and healthy, multiplying, new churches.
For date and time and a promo flyer click/view here
Here's the web link: www.seattlechurchplanting.com/simple
The design piece is attached.
Wes Hughes, D.Min., Urban Church Planting Strategist - Portland OR
Go to www.portlandchurchplanting.org to learn more on planting new, multiplying churches in the Portland Metro area. |
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Thank you for reading. If there is something you would like to see and/or would like to add to the IBA Encourager Newsletter please send it to iba@interstatebaptist.org attention IBA Encourager. We would love to hear and share how God is working in your churches and communities. 
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