Bow Tie Baptists

Picking up where we left off at the end of Episode 5, we continue our discussion on the structure of the RA program at our church in Laurens, SC. Specifically, we finish outlining what a typical meeting consists of, awards, and uniforms. Jody also gives an example of a way he has found which helps the younger boys learn memory verses easily.

If you have an RA group in Upstate South Carolina and are interested in bringing your group to the RA Field Day we reference in this episode, email us at [email protected] and we will get more information to you.

Join us as we continue our discussion about the Royal Ambassadors program in episode 5 of the Bow Tie Baptists Podcast. This week, we transition from the program and its history at a national, and even international level, to how we have structured the program to be the most impactful for the boys at our church in South Carolina.

We decided to break this episode into two parts. In part 1 we talk about how we got involved, obstacles we overcame early on in leading RAs at our church, and begin sharing the timeline of a typical Wednesday night RA session end part 1 with our discussion about prayer and why we put so much emphasis on it in our weekly meetings. 

Reach out to us if there’s anything you’d like to know more about how we operate our RA group at [email protected]

Join JT and Jody as they share the story of the Southern Baptist Convention's Royal Ambassadors program. They discuss what the program looks like now and some of the changes over it's 116 year history which has allowed it to effectively teach boys about missions since 1908.

If you want to learn more about RAs, see current resources, or pursue establishing a group at your church, you can find that information, and more, by going to ⁠www.wmu.com/ra⁠.

The majority of the history Jody shared throughout the episode was sourced from a downloadable PDF which you can find under the resources tab at ga-ra.org.

CORRECTION: Since recording this episode, the National WMU announced on January 28 their board approved the Royal Ambassadors be the missions discipleship group for boys in grades 1-12. This decision moves the Challengers program (grades 7-12) under the broader RA umbrella.

We kick off 2025 with an episode discussing our decisions to complete a "Bible in a Year" reading plan. We also go into the challenge Jody gave JT and how it's going for them both so far.

We also spend a few minutes talking about an article we shared on X from The Baptist Courier, which is very enlightening as to why it's beneficial to read through the Bible. You can find that article here.

Follow our social media accounts as we share the daily reading's from the Bible in a Year we are working through.

You can access the Messianic Genealogy image from Answers in Genesis here.

Join the Bow Tie Baptists for this bonus Christmas episode.

In this episode, JT and Jody discuss ways to keep Christ as the focus of your family’s Christmas gatherings before talking about Lottie Moon and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Foreign Missions.

There's lots of laughs to be had in this episode, and you definitely don't want to miss the end of the episode, something happened nobody saw coming.

Check out this link to learn more about Lottie, the offering, and her famous cookie recipe: https://www.imb.org/generosity/lottie-moon-christmas-offering/

If you'd like to pre-order Bow Tie Baptists Merch, you can find it here: https://filledquiveroutdoors.com/bowtiebaptists

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Join hosts JT and Jody as they kick off the Bow Tie Baptists Podcast with an episode full of random facts, hearty laughs, and a vision for the podcast.

Hear about their backgrounds, goals for the show, some topics they want to focus future episodes on, and one person they'd each like to have on as a guest in the near future.

They also share the story of how they came up with the show's name and logo.

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