“The unreached population is 99.5% of the 130 million people that live in Japan.”

For the last 38 years, Ken and Judy Bailey have served as career missionaries to Japan with Free Will Baptist International Missions. They discuss the growth of the gospel in Japan, but also the critical need to continue to reach the second most populated unreached people group in the world.

They are back in the US raising the necessary financial support to return to the field as quickly as possible. To learn more about the Bailey’s ministry and to support them financially, visit https://iminc.org/missionaries/kenneth-and-judy-bailey/. 

Make plans for your church to participate in the World Missions Offering (WMO) Sunday, April 25: https://iminc.org/wmo/. #NAFWB

Dr. Brad Ransom, Chief Training Officer for Free Will Baptist North American Ministries, presented "Generating Momentum" at the 2020 Leadership Conference.

Find other seminars and resources from the conference at https://nafwb.org/leadershipconference/. 

“It’s just a different ministry. You just have to adapt…do what you can do.”

Nearly 36 years into his pastorate at Blue Point Church, everything Ernie Lewis knew about pastoring changed. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down life in his community, and he had to figure out how to minister to his congregation and reach the people around him in ways he never had before.  

Tim York, moderator of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, joins the podcast to address the pastor crisis Free Will Baptists are facing. With approximately 125 churches currently needing pastors, Tim offers some ideas and actions that can alleviate this problem.

Some blogs addressing the issue: https://nafwb.org/blogs/.

Resources to help churches and pastors: https://nafwb.org/refresh/. #NAFWB

Dr. Brad Ransom, chief training officer for Free Will Baptist North American Ministries, presented "How to Recruit Volunteers" at the 2020 Leadership Conference.

Find the notes from his presentation as well as other seminars from the conference at https://nafwb.org/leadershipconference/. #NAFWB

“Lord, where do you want to use me? Where is the need?”

For Kris and Tana Willis, God’s answer to their questions was “Anchorage, Alaska.” They are preparing to serve as church planters in a city with no Free Will Baptist Church within 100 miles.

Find out more about the Willis’s ministry at http://www.fwbnam.com/willis/. #NAFWB

Jeff Jones, pastor of Hilltop Church in Fuquay-Varina, NC, presented "Implementing Discipleship Groups" at the 2020 Leadership Conference. 

Find the notes from the presentation and other seminars from the conference at https://nafwb.org/leadershipconference/.

“The fruit of disciple-making really doesn’t land in the fact of ‘Have I made a disciple?’ but ‘Can I make a disciple that can make another one?’”

After several years in the ministry, Chris Moix came to a realization that he had never actually made a disciple. Through a myriad of circumstances, he began to model his discipleship philosophies after the example of Jesus, and began creating disciples that in turn became disciple-makers. #NAFWB

Chris serves as lead pastor of Harrah Church in Oklahoma.

Jose Rodriguez presented "Gospel Unity in Cultural Diversity" at the 2020 Leadership Conference.

Jose is the dean of the Spanish Ministry Institute at Welch College. 

Find notes from Jose's seminar as well as other seminars from Leadership Conference at https://nafwb.org/leadershipconference/.