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MUSIC AND WORSHIP MINISTRIES
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MUSIC AND WORSHIP MINISTRIES Jon Duncan, State Missionary jduncan@gabaptist.org The purpose of Music and Worship Ministries is to strengthen, enhance, and encourage the praise and proclamation ministries of local churches. It is our desire to equip God’s people in discovering biblical worship, which transforms lives. Such worship always leads to powerful ministry engagement. Music and Worship Ministries is also committed to the proclamation ministry of the church. The biblical mandate for choral and instrumental ministry also includes the proclamation of the Word (1 Chronicles 25.1-7). The music of the church not only inspires God’s people—it teaches the Word of God. The music of the church allows the worshiper to grasp and internalize doctrinal truths from Scripture. It also provides a means and vehicle for expressing a unified confession of who we are as God’s people and the message we are responsible to carry out to the nations. The Music and Worship Ministries Department is focused on worship and proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ. Directly tied to “Revitalization,” your Music and Worship ministry is a key component of all 5 Smooth Stones. Our two state choral groups include The Sons of Jubal and the Jubalheirs. The Sons of Jubal is a male chorus comprised of ministers of music and music leaders serving in local Baptist churches. This group has witnessed outstanding growth. In 2014 the group grew to more than 300 men, with an average of nearly 200 singing to capacity crowds throughout the state. The Sons of Jubal sing to well over 10,000 people each year. Plans are underway for a mission endeavor to Israel in 2015 that will include 150 Jubals and at least 100 pastors and lay leaders. We will present concerts at major halls and churches in Israel and the West Bank. The Jubalheirs is a choir composed of women who serve in various capacities in local church ministry. This group has continued to grow in numbers and effectiveness. The 300+ voice choir has presented concerts in a variety of settings. Like the Sons of Jubal, the Jubalheirs’ purpose is all about mission advancement. In 2014 the ladies engaged in a dramatic mission project for the Columbus Baptist Association. They ministered through block parties, medical and dental missions, food and clothing distribution, toy collection for needy children, church renovation projects, rehab center renovations, and even painting the association office. They also presented concerts in churches and at Fort Benning. Seven adults were saved during the weekend and countless presentations of the Gospel took place. The ladies also provide scholarships for music camp participants helping many who, due to cost factors, would be otherwise unable to attend. Like the men’s group, the ladies have several recordings available to minister to the lives of people. In 2014, the ladies also produced a new recording to minister and provide support for their mission projects. Whether at a local church, a retirement center, prison, or mission point across the ocean, these ministry organizations are committed to the cause of Christ. The Jubals represent one of the strongest ministries of its kind in Southern Baptist life. In addition to these outstanding praise and proclamation ministries, we are thrilled with the resurgence of music camps. Surge 150 is drawing students from across the state. All three music camps are healthy and God is blessing the efforts with decisions that honor Christ. When you invest in your children and youth, you are investing in your future. Healthy music and worship in the local church requires such an investment. Nearly 400 students and faculty members make the music camps a major success story of GBC life. This year was especially significant as we provided Georgia Baptist All-State. The group of over 100 select high school students presented concerts throughout Baltimore and Washington D. C. Our music festivals continue to be effective and showing great growth. We witnessed excellent attendance at the Handbell festival which combined youth and adult. The two festivals in one location held at Central Baptist Church in Warner Robins drew over 300 participants. Our Youth Choir Festival (REEL Fest) continues to draw strong numbers. The 2014 REEL Fest held at Zion Baptist in Covington drew over 600 students and sponsors. Worship renewal conferences are taking place throughout the state in churches and associations. As God’s people gain understanding in biblical worship, the level and depth of participation is equally affected. Local church training, Priority of Worship Conferences, and Associational worship training are events that draw excellent participation throughout the state. A prominent part of our work focuses attention to smaller attendance churches. Most of these projects are in cooperation with local associations. In this arena of ministry we are seeing first-hand the connection of Music and Worship Ministries in harmony with the 5 Smooth Stones initiative. As churches seek to “revitalize” and move to the deep water of “spiritual renewal,” we stand ready to resource and encourage leaders. In its twelfth year, Church Music Georgia experienced outstanding participation. Nearly 600 attended the event that offered more than 100 class options over the three day event held at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. The event included a one-day choir retreat which drew over 200 participants. This is a vital training event for church musicians. Leaders from across the state come to receive training and inspiration for their local ministries. One of the highlights included a special presentation by the All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra during the Friday evening worship time. Another area of growth is in the area of personal consultation. Your state missionaries are constantly going to churches throughout Georgia to provide personal help. As specialist, I have worked with dozens of churches dealing with search committee training, conflict mediation, tutoring other worship leaders, and providing encouragement to hurting ministers. A week seldom passes in which we aren’t contacted by ministers of Christ needing some form of personal help. This aspect of ministry continues to grow as we continue to build trust through relationships and competency. We are noticing a major “spike” in this work due to the economic environment of many of our churches. We offer what time is possible and place individuals at the forefront of attention. This focus of service continues to be a major source of time commitment when coupled with the 30+ training events, 20 concerts, 3 music camps, and multiple requests to fulfill other convention requests. It is a blessing to be at the crossroads of ministry for those called to serve. Although we are thrilled with the growth and success of these ministries, the real rejoicing relates to the churches that are strengthened in their ministries. These training opportunities and inspirational events are designed with the church in mind. Of course, we couldn’t provide anything without the incredible support of the churches. It is a joy to serve such wonderful people known as Georgia Baptists! To contact Music and Worship Ministries, please call 1-800-RINGGBC (800-746-4422), 770-936-5265 or email dbailey@gabaptist.org. REGIONAL STATE MISSIONARIES (See Bobby Boswell, Assistant Executive Director) RESEARCH SERVICES Tom Crites, State Missionary tcrites@gabaptist.org
Tim S. Smith, State Missionary tsmith@gabaptist.org
What can YOUR CLASS/GROUP do?
What can YOUR CHURCH do?
The state missionaries of SS/SGM are ready to assist you, your class/group and your church to accomplish the goals of reducing lostness and making disciples. The team has resources and conferences, as well as personal consultations, to assist you in daily Bible reading, training members to share their faith, connecting with members, planning mission projects, starting new classes/groups and training present and potential teachers/leaders. The state missionaries of SS/SGM serve the churches of the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC) that have both traditional and innovative approaches to their small group ministry. In 2014 the SS/SGM state missionaries (Tim S. Smith, Mike Taylor, Jonathan Jordan and Jenni Carter) conducted 444 state/regional/associational/local church training events with a combined attendance of 46,896. They also conducted 386 individual church consultations with pastors and various church leaders. Through the FREE Growing Groups On-Line/On-Demand Training 4,290 pastors, ministers, leaders, directors, teachers and/or members were equipped in various topics to improve their skills to reduce lostness and make disciples. The SS/SGM is “Making Disciples through Groups”. The mission is to partner with leaders to share Christ with the lost, equip people in spiritual growth and reproduce disciples. The work of SS/SGM is concentrated in four areas.
The goal is for SS/SGM to see measurable increases in the following areas…
SS/SGM provides leadership training in local churches, associational, regional, and state events that give Georgia Baptist churches the tools they need to have a healthy Sunday School/Small Groups. Below are the plans for the coming year.
SS/SGM is a resource for churches to receive assistance for leader training and growth ideas. Contact SS/SGM to receive help with:
To contact Sunday School/Small Group Ministries, email: Tim Smith at tsmith@gabaptist.org Jenni Carter at jcarter@gabaptist.org Jonathan Jordan at jjordan@gabaptist.org Mike Taylor at mtaylor@gabaptist.org YOUTH MINISTRIES Doug Couch, State Missionary dcouch@gabaptist.org
This summer, over 3,000 students and their leaders attended Superwow. There were two weeks of Superwow on Jekyll Island and one week in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. Again this year, Impact was two camps, in one location, for high school and middle school students. Both groups met at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa. Over 1,000 students and leaders attended this one great week of Impact. This summer we had our seventh summer of MERGE in Toccoa, Georgia. MERGE is a full-fledged mission camp and there were over 300 in attendance. Students come to know Christ and many students share Christ with a lost individual for the first time. Students completed service projects that included construction projects, Vacation Bible Schools, and a variety of ministry initiatives. The most impressive dynamic of the camp was watching the MERGE students and adults give to the local community by providing over 9,000 hours of service in one week. MERGE is an example of the power of cooperation with the State Convention, association, youth groups from around the nation, and the city of Toccoa working together to bless the community. The 2014 MOVE Conference was held, for the very first time ever, at the Athens Classic Center in Athens, Georgia on January 2 – 3, 2015. The goal of MOVE is to expose students to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to challenge students who already have a personal relationship with Christ to make a difference in their families, church, and on their campuses. With a sold out crowd of over 7,000 students and leaders, MOVE raised $16,000+ for the Mission Georgia Offering. This campaign supports church plants, church revitalization and many other mission projects in Georgia. Over 700 students made decisions of recommitments to Christ, answer a call to ministry, or come to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. For the 16th year of Conclave, held in Chattanooga, Tennessee on January 23 – 25, 2014, there were over 600 youth workers from Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Louisiana come together for three days of training and worship. This was a cooperative effort between the state conventions. In addition, there were over 30 seminars taught by the leading youth ministers from each state. Youth Ministries also leads the Student Ministry Network. The Network exists to help youth pastors and workers connect for networking, mentoring, training and extension. There are more than 40 experienced and trained youth ministers, or “coaches,” around the state of Georgia. To find a coach in your area, please go to http://superwow.com/smn. Regarding the 5 Smooth Stones, each Youth Ministry event creates an environment of Spiritual Renewal from the corporate worship to the small group times. Through offerings taken at events and through service/mission projects, the opportunity for Kingdom Generosity is presented. Church Revitalization is present at each event to provide leadership development. State-wide training opportunities are provided through the network of youth ministers. Each event offers affordable opportunities for church plants to network with other young and small churches across the state. At all events, training times, or in casual conversation with youth ministers and youth, Authentic Evangelism permeates Youth Ministries. Operating costs for Conclave, Impact, Superwow, Merge, and Move are based on conference registration income. Thank you Georgia Baptists for your continued prayers and support. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX REPORT J. Gerald Harris, Editor The 200th anniversary of The Christian Index is just over the horizon. In 2022 your Baptist state paper will celebrate its bicentennial anniversary. In order to insure that The Index will continue to be a viable and influential publication for years to come we are in the process of reinventing The Index to insure its continuing longevity. Todd Starnes of FOX news in New York, delivered the Ray Newman Lectures at Truett McConnell College earlier this year and stated, “The Christian Index is the best Baptist newspaper in the nation.” Unfortunately, your Baptist state news journal has experienced the same misfortune as most other printed newspapers – a precipitous decline in subscriptions. That unfortunate reality has also resulted in a decline in revenue and made The Index more dependent on Cooperative Program resources. It is virtually inevitable that The Index will have to become an online publication only, because of the digital age in which we live. We are already beginning the process of migrating in that direction. We will deliberately be reducing the number of printed copies and hopefully substantially increasing the number of online readers by offering The Index free of charge. Our goal has never been to make a profit, but to be good stewards of our resources while getting the good news of what is happening in Georgia Baptist life to as many of our people as possible. We believe by significantly cutting the cost of printing and mailing and sharing our personnel resources with other ministries in our Convention we can reduce our dependence upon the Cooperative Program and increase our number of readers at the same time. Georgia Baptists need The Christian Index, because we are a major part of promoting the Cooperative Program, the lifeline for our Baptist work at home and around the world. In fact, one senior leader at the International Mission Board recently said, “We need the state papers to survive.” Furthermore, as we tell the story of what God is doing through our state missionaries and in our institutions and agencies we also become a vital proponent of Mission Georgia, our state missions offering. As we migrate to an expanded and more frequent online presence I can see The Christian Index becoming more relevant and timely in our coverage of the events and accomplishments in our churches and among our people. While we want to make sure that we maintain our high quality of writing we will be more receptive to well written news stories from free-lance writers who wish to report on churches that are experiencing successes in the implementation of the 5 Smooth Stones initiated by the leadership of the Convention. Pastors and church leaders can greatly assist us as we launch out into this new venture of news reporting by sending us the addresses of all church members and friends who would like to receive a digital edition of The Christian Index sent to them via email without cost. We will still appreciate the faithful support of our advertisers. In fact, we already have over 100,000 persons to whom we are sending the online copy of The Index, so the number of viewers has tripled and advertisers will also have the advantage of having their event or product broadcast over our Internet radio and our Life With Purpose radio program carried on over 80 stations, most of which are in Georgia. For more information about getting The Index online or how to advertise with us please call us at 770.936.5590 or view free at www.christianindex.org Georgia Baptist Historical Commission Purpose: The purpose of the Georgia Baptist Historical Commission is to support the work of the Georgia Baptist Convention by illuminating the present with the light of the past. Vision: We see a day when the Georgia Baptist Historical Commission provides a fully functional Baptist archive and museum for research and educational purposes. The Georgia Baptist Historical Commission, established in 1986 to continue the work of the History Committee of the Georgia Baptist Convention, serves as the caretaker of 250 plus years of Georgia Baptist history. Fifteen members of the Historical Commission, commissioned by the Georgia Baptist Convention, serve Georgia Baptists by:
The Georgia Baptist Historical Commission carries out its purpose through its working committees: A. Education and Promotion committee seeks to promote the historical narrative of the Georgia Baptist Convention, its churches, associations, and leadership. Furthermore, it seeks to promote the work of the Historical Commission as a tool to be utilized by Georgia Baptists at all levels to understand the historical foundations of their ministries and enhance/support the Five Smooth Stones emphasis of the Georgia Baptist Convention.
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