Better Together

"They are special people who have stepped away from their culture, learned another language, live away from family...I think we ought to honor that."

 

Dr. Neil Gilliland, director of member care for IM, Inc., shares ways we can care for missionaries beyond financial and prayer support. #NAFWB

Kenneth Akers of Free Will Baptist North American Ministries and Impact Director joins the podcast to discuss Impact Memphis, the one-day outreach program taking place Saturday, July 17 to kick off the 2021 National Convention.  

Service and outreach projects will take place at the Faith FWB Church in Oakland, Tennessee and the Cross Creek FWB Church in Olive Branch, MS.

Sign up for Impact Memphis 2021 and receive a free t-shirt for your participation: http://www.fwbmastersmen.org/impact/. Find more National Convention information at https://nafwb.org/convention/.

“The watching world cannot be influenced by what they cannot observe.”

Ruth McDonald, veteran missionary to Japan, joins the podcast to discuss the “uncomfortable” parts of discipleship—living the Christian life in close proximity with those who don’t share our faith and values.

Read Ruth’s article in ONE Magazine: http://onemag.org/pitching_tents.htm. #NAFWB

In addition to planting churches, we all need to do what we can to help churches in our area become stronger. Pastor Terry Pierce of Connect Church Tupelo shares how his church plans to “adopt” churches in their area to better reach their community.

Gordon Sebastian pastored Peace Church in Wilson, NC for 40 years. Upon his retirement, he handed the reigns to Dr. Rusty Russell. Rusty explains how Bro. Gordon was able to have such a long tenure at Peace, and how the pastoral transition was able to take place so smoothly while maintaining successful ministries at the church.

For more on successful pastoral transitions, read the blog “Addressing the Pastoral Crisis: Better Transitions” at https://nafwb.org/blogs/. #NAFWB

“How can we help you continue to reach boys and girls with the Gospel, even if we’re not doing an after school club?”

Jeff Nichols, state director for Child Evangelism Fellowship of Tennessee, joins the podcast to talk about creative ways CEF is helping churches continue to reach children even with so many schools being online. One opportunity is through a very unique method of hosting a Backyard Bible Club.

Find more information about Child Evangelism Fellowship at www.cefonline.com or www.cefoftennessee.com. #NAFWB

Rick Bowling joins the podcast to discuss evangelism and our personal responsibility as Christians to share the gospel with others, citing well-known Free Will Baptist soul-winners like Bob Shockey, Roy Thomas, Connie Cariker, and Trymon Messer.

 

Rick serves as Cross Cultural Officer and director of Hispanic ministries for Free Will Baptist North American Ministries.

 

Read Rick’s article, “If Not You, Then Who?” from the February-March issue of ONE Magazine: http://onemag.org/you_who.htm. #NAFWB

“There are redeeming factors to technology, but the overwhelming tide of technology is designed to get your child’s attention.”

Speaker and author Arlene Pellicane joins the podcast to encourage parents on how they can get kids to focus more on digital “vegetables” instead of digital “candy.”

Arlene is co-author of “Screen Kids: 5 Skills Every Child Needs in a Tech-Driven World.” Find the book and more of Arlene’s resources at https://arlenepellicane.com. #NAFWB #Parenting #Technology

“More money is stolen through fraud than is given to missions.”

Roger Peyton of James Greene & Associates talks about safeguards churches should have in place to avoid financial and legal pitfalls that can be debilitating to ministry.

Don Matchett, director of development for IM, Inc., discusses the endowments that are being created in order to sustain missionaries and missions organizations as they continue to reach the world. He also talks about some other avenues of giving that can directly help those in need.

Find more about giving to IM, Inc. at https://iminc.org/give/. #NAFWB