Category Archives: Evangelism

The Church and the Great Commission

By Wes Kenney, currently a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary A proper understanding of the role of the individual Christian in the fulfillment of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely necessary to the well being … Continue reading

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Going Inward: Taking the Gospel to an Unlikely Place

Marilyn Stewart is a weekly religion events columnist in the New Orleans Times-Picayune and is a free-lance writer for the Louisiana Baptist Message and other publications. *names in this article are changed to protect identities. It’s only Wednesday night, but … Continue reading

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THE “NEW METHODISTS,” Part 4:
What Do We Have to Do to Fix Things?

Dr. Chuck Kelley is President and Professor of Evangelism at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary This is the fourth of a four part series of articles taken from Dr. Kelley’s presentation on the New Methodists. In part one, he … Continue reading

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Some Churches Need to Quit Doing Evangelism

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Evangelism and spiritual harvesting are not for everyone calling themselves followers of Jesus. Fruitbearing is for the obedient. Believers aiming to … Continue reading

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THE “NEW METHODISTS,” Part 3:
What Has Gone Wrong?

Dr. Chuck Kelley is President and Professor of Evangelism at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary This is the third of a four part series of articles taken from Dr. Kelley’s presentation on the New Methodists. In part one, he … Continue reading

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THE “NEW METHODISTS,” Part 2:
The Current State of Evangelism in the SBC

Dr. Chuck Kelley is President and Professor of Evangelism at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary This is the second of a four part series of articles taken from Dr. Kelley’s presentation on the New Methodists. In part one, he … Continue reading

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THE “NEW METHODISTS,” Part 1:
The History of Evangelism in the SBC

Dr. Chuck Kelley is President and Professor of Evangelism at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary This is the first of a four part series of articles taken from Dr. Kelley’s presentation on how Southern Baptists could become the “New … Continue reading

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A 21st Century Tool to Help Reach America for Christ

By Keith Taylor, NAMB Evangelism Response Center Intern, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary “What is the ERC?” That is the question I have the opportunity to answer every time I mention the Evangelism Response Center (ERC) to pastors and students. … Continue reading

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Pitfalls in Witnessing to Muslims

By Michael Edens, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Theology and Islamic Studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Edens served as an IMB missionary in the Arab world for 26 years. A friend of this blog … Continue reading

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How God Captured a Samurai

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, former Pastor of seven churches, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. In the summer of 1964, I arrived on campus at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to work on … Continue reading

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