Posted: 2/16/07
BGCT sponsors inaugural Inspire ’07
training event to encourage leaders
The Baptist General Convention of Texas will launch its inaugural Inspire ’07 event March 24 at College Heights Baptist Church in Plainview.
The one-day training opportunity for church staff, leaders and members will encourage discussion, learning and ex-change of ministry, evangelism and missions ideas.
David Mahfouz, pastor of First Baptist Church in Port Neches, will be the keynote speaker.
Sunday school training workshops include pre-school, children, youth, adults and general sessions. Eleven specialty workshops include creative church leadership, blended worship, transitional churches, small-group ministry, single-parent ministry, women’s ministry and lifestyle evangelism.
“We’re meeting the needs of the churches,” said Phil Miller, a Bible study and discipleship specialist with the BGCT. “We’re starting from a church vantage point instead of convention offices. We’re encouraging the churches to express their needs so we can develop a conference that addresses them.”
Miller met with many pastors and directors of missions before his team developed workshops.
“We are hoping this (event) will give our churches an opportunity to acquire a new vision for doing ministry in our area,” said Gene Meacham, director of missions for Caprock Plains Baptist Area.
“We have many plateaued and dwindling churches, and they can use some new tools for taking new ideas back to the churches and fresh ideas for doing ministry in their communities.”
For more information, call (888) 244-9400 or e-mail inspire@bgct.org.
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