RESOLUTION #8 – EVANGELISM

WHEREAS, we believe the biblical mandate to share Jesus with every person in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth; and

WHEREAS, we believe Texas to be our Jerusalem and Judea; and

WHEREAS, we believe in equipping and assisting local churches in fulfilling the great commission; and

WHEREAS, the SBTC has a strategy to assist local churches to double their baptisms next year utilizing resources and training available through the ministry departments of our convention; and

WHEREAS, the SBTC will recognize churches who double their baptisms during a “Victory Celebration” at the Empower Evangelism Conference in 2006;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the messengers to the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, meeting in Plano, Texas, October 25-26, 2004, encourage SBTC churches to double their baptisms in 2005 over 2004.