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FORT WORTH — As part of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s annual meeting, the African-American Fellowship (AAF) Dinner provided an opportunity for camaraderie among church leaders and members from congregations across Texas and encouraged attendees to be missionally driven.
“It’s so easy for us as Christians to become dull, to become complacent, and to forget why we’re really here in the first place,” said James Womack, who delivered the evening’s special message. “We’re not here just to raise families. We’re not here just to have church every Sunday. We’re not here just to open up our door. But we are here to make a kingdom difference for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
Womack, pastor of Destiny Church in Fort Worth, said the AAF believes that God desires for Christians to be missionally driven ministers and disciples of Jesus Christ.
“There are other things that can drive your life,” Womack explained. “Raising your kids can drive your life. Building a nice house can drive your life. Even building a church apart from the glory of God can drive your life. But what does it look like to be a missionally driven, biblically centered disciple of Jesus Christ?”
Womack urged attendees to take care of God’s ministry, their marriages and their money. Womack said that keeping each of these elements in check would ensure a healthy heart for ministry, which itself would produce a missions focus.
In addition to Womack’s sermon, the dinner also included a time for special recognitions. Representatives of four churches were recognized for participating in an international mission trip for the first time. One church, Mesquite Friendship, had 33 individuals go on such a trip. These missions efforts bore fruit in such countries as Belize, Madagascar and Ecuador.
In keeping with the evening’s missions emphasis, Terry Turner, pastor of Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church in Mesquite and president of the AAF, encouraged attendees during his closing remarks to participate in the 2015 Church Growth Conference in Grapevine, Oct. 10. Turner stressed that the conference will prove important for fuelling the AAF’s effort to grow and mobilize believers to fulfill the Great Commission.
