NC Baptists

Is your church impacting lostness in the surrounding community? Impacting lostness with the gospel of Jesus Christ is at the heart of church revitalization. This breakout session will introduce you to a process and resources available to North Carolina churches that desire to return to their mission of impacting lostness by making disciples. Speaker: Sandy Marks

Jay McGuirk - We are all called to make disciples. But how are we to pursue that in our specific contexts and church bodies? Listen to Jay McGuirk as we explore how our churches can be uniquely positioned to make disciples in a meaningful way.

Mark Smith - The Faith at Home Ministry works alongside pastors and church leaders to develop a holistic family disciple-making strategy based on Deuteronomy 4:9 and 6:7. As churches refocus their ministries to equip families, parents and grandparents will discover new ways to be disciple-makers of their children and grandchildren in the natural rhythms of daily life.

Russ Reaves and Steve Harris - It’s been said that a pocket is not like a pancake, but a waffle. But I say to you that a pocket is like spaghetti, with common strands woven throughout and often from one pocket to another. This session will explore those common strands and how to spot them, how to engage them in disciple-making, and how to leverage strands in one pocket for similar strands in another.

Josh Reed - Ever wonder why Jesus talked to some people and not to others? And why did He often use questions when He was talking to people about the kingdom of God? In this session, you will explore some case studies and develop some responses regarding getting to the heart of the matter with people without being argumentative.

Daniel Dye - Churches see a need for family ministry. Our approach can still leave a perception that responsibility for children's spiritual growth rests with the church. Because of busy schedules in ministry, we are often left with just enough time to plan for the upcoming season. Do great worship services, events and fellowships cause change in the homes of our congregation? In this session, we will look at one church's effort to go beyond seasonal family ministry planning to a long-term process that teaches families to think with the end in mind.

Zac Lyons - Nearly 95 percent of the people who live in luxury apartments, gated communities, government housing communities, trailer parks and other multihousing communities are unchurched. While there is no “one-size-fits-all” model for disciple-making among the different multihousing communities in our state, there are proven principles that can be used as your church seeks to begin a multihousing ministry. During this session, you will learn those principles.

Chris Schofield - John 17 provides the biblical backdrop for this equipping module as participants are challenged to look beyond themselves through the practice of Biblical prayer that focuses on the moving forward of God’s Kingdom.

Kenny Lamm - Corporate worship is very formative in the process of making disciples. We need to be careful about what we are imprinting into the minds and hearts of our people. This session will focus particularly on the musical aspects of worship by first ensuring the songs we sing are worthy. We will also look at the way we lead the songs to prompt participation and have the greatest impact on lives. We will also discuss ways worship leaders can intentionally make disciples in small and large groups through the worship ministry of the church.

Walter Strickland - The Great Commission calls Christians to make disciples of people from every nation. This means that God is glorified by having faithful witnesses to Himself in every cultural context. As a result, it is important for disciple-makers to cultivate younger believers into those who faithfully imitate Christ in their cultural context without having to jettison their culture and adopt their mentor’s culture to be a faithful follower of Christ. Come learn how to do this work in our time together.