Better Together

Glen Johnson served as the pastor of Good News Free Will Baptist Church for over 36 years. He recently retired to start Kingdom Legacy Ministries, with the focus of inspiring people to live today with forever in mind. Find more at https://www.mykingdomlegacy.org. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Ministry #Legacy #ChristianLiving

Dr. Gerald Prichard, teacher, scientist, and author brings together scientific reasoning and careful biblical study to help us understand the teachings of Jesus. Dr. Pritchard is pastor of First Dayton FWB Church. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Bible #Science #Jesus #Christianity

Brian Williams is the speaker for the Monday night service at the 2026 National Convention. He shares about his ministry at NorthPoint Church and previews his message from John 17, "Focus on the Church." #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Focus #Church #Ministry

Jon Forrest is the speaker for the Sunday morning service at the 2026 National Convention. He shares about his youth ministry at Bethel Free Will Baptist Church and previews his message, "Focus on Loving God." Sunday morning service will be a joint worship with adults and Vertical Three teens. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Focus #LovingGod

Pastor Isaiah Hatfield is the speaker for the Sunday night service at the 2026 National Convention. He shares about his ministry at McCorkle Free Will Baptist Church and previews his message from Luke 10, "Focus on Loving Your Neighbor." Isaiah also serves as moderator of the West Virginia State Association of Free Will Baptists. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Focus #TheGoodSamaritan #Luke10

“The big thing is digging deeper wells, making sure you had the depth to carry you in the dry days of ministry."

Dr. Jeff Crabtree shares things he learned early on in ministry that helped sustain him through years of pastoring and church planting, and practices he kept with his family that maintained a home of discipleship and growth. Dr. Crabtree served as a pastor, a church planter for North American Ministries, trustee on the Welch College board, and now serves in the Ohio Bible Institute for the Ohio State Association of Free Will Baptists.

Dr. Crabtree is the Tuesday night speaker at the 2026 National Convention, with the theme “Focus on the Family” (Ephesians 5:21-6:4). Find all convention information at https://nafwb.org/convention/. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Ministry #Family #Discipleship #Focus

Dr. Cheryl Jeffers, director of West Virginia Free Will Baptist church camp, discusses the legacy that church camp has throughout history, specifically among Free Will Baptists. She also introduces a research study that will be used to measure the impact Free Will Baptist events have on our young people. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Camp #ChurchCamp #Youth #Children

Ken Akers of North American Ministries and Bill Hayes of Hillview FWB Church preview the opportunities to serve in Impact Columbus. Impact is the service project held Saturday, July 18, before the National Convention. Projects will be held at three churches in the Columbus area.

Register by Monday, June 22: https://fwbmastersmen.org/impact/. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Service #Outreach

“We want to empower [students] to be a part of planting churches, pastoring churches, serving in the local church, and all of those things.”

Josh Bennett and Kylah Walker of Free Will Baptist North American Ministries join the podcast to introduce Frontier Student Missions, a new program to give high school students the opportunity to experience church planting and ministry opportunities across North America. Find more or apply at https://frontierstudents.com. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #ChurchPlanting #Ministry #Missions #Students

He was “born” into missions. Kenneth Eagleton, director of global partnerships for IM Inc., is the speaker for the Wednesday night service at the 2026 National Convention. He shares the history of his life in missions work and previews his sermon from Matthew 28.

The Wednesday night service will highlight FWB missions work around the world as we recognize church planters and international missionaries. Find all convention information at https://nafwb.org/convention/. #NAFWB #BetterTogether #Missions #Focus #V3Con2026