New SBTC field strategy aims at high-touch service

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February 1, 2009
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The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention is employing a new strategy it hopes will strengthen its service to churches, pastors and associational leaders.

The new field ministry strategists will relate to churches in assigned areas of Texas, which SBTC Facilitating Ministries Director Tom Campbell said would help give the SBTC staff more personal contacts and greater service to churches.

“Not everyone in Texas can come to the SBTC offices in Grapevine when they need something, so we’re trying to go to them with more efficiency,” Campbell explained.

Thus far, seven field ministry strategists are working in the field, with plans to add three more this year, Campbell said.

“One area of the work of the field ministry strategist will be to partner with associations and directors of missions,” Campbell emphasized. “It is our hope that this partnership will provide encouragement, support, and networking to DOMs and their associations as we seek to reach the state of Texas with the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Campbell said directors of missions are invited to the annual DOM Luncheon, Monday, Feb. 16, at First Baptist Church of Euless during the SBTC Empower Evangelism Conference. The new field strategists will be introduced and their roles explained during the luncheon, Campbell said.

“We will be there to answer any questions directors of missions might have,” Campbell said.

“The main focus of this will be building relationships with pastors and staff members and connecting them to the ministry of the SBTC. We want them to know there is somebody they can talk to.”

The field ministry strategists are:

?Kyle Cox

830-832-2332

kcox@sbtexas.com

?Scottie Stice

830-275-1894

sstice@sbtexas.com

?Chad Barnes

903-439-7600

cbarnes@sbtexas.com

?Ted Elmore

214-725-1513