Churches needed to blanket El Paso with gospel

EL PASO—Over the last three years, churches across Texas have worked during spring break with SBTC missions and evangelism staff in south Texas cities such as Corpus Christi, Laredo and McAllen to bring the gospel to hundreds of thousands of people.

Through the efforts, people have been saved and baptized and churches begun.

The weeks of March 11 and March 18, churches are needed to bring the gospel to people in the El Paso area, working alongside local churches to sow gospel seeds among their neighbors by distributing thousands of door hangers, interpersonal contact, block parties, backyard Bible clubs, and other activities.

The spring break effort will lay groundwork for the week of April 15, as Team Impact, a strength demonstration ministry, plans more than 100 character oriented anti-bullying assemblies in El Paso area schools, said Jack Harris, an SBTC evangelism strategist. Also that week, mass rallies for middle and high school students on Wednesday night and college students on Thursday night will be held. The week will culminate on April 20 with a city-wide evangelistic rally at the El Paso Coliseum.

“We would love to see your church involved in this important effort to saturate the El Paso area with the gospel message,” Harris said. “Today more than ever, people need hope. There is no hope outside of Jesus. But with him, there is amazing hope for today and for eternity. So we need many, many churches to join hands in taking that message to El Paso over spring break.”

For churches in the El Paso area, a planning and information meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 14 at Cielo Vista Church in El Paso, 3585 N. Lee Trevino Dr. 79936.

For more information on the effort, call the SBTC evangelism office toll-free at 877-953-7282 (SBTC) or Chuy Avila, south Texas missionary/church planter, at 817-832-8875.

TEXAN Correspondent
Jerry Pierce
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