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Newsletter from the Louisiana Baptists Church Planting Team - http://louisianabaptists.org/church-planting
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Collaborate, Network, & Learn @ the Generate Conference with Shawn Lovejoy, March 9-10
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Register today for the Generate Conference, March 9-10 @ Fellowship Church in Prairieville. Get the schedule & info HERE.
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Shawn Lovejoy is the founder and lead pastor of Mountain Lake Church and directional leader of ChurchPlanters.com which sponsors the very popular Velocity Conference. Shawn is the author of The Measure of Our Success, An Impassioned Plea to Pastors. Shawn lives in metro Atlanta with his wife, Tricia, and his three children, Hannah, Madison, and Paul.
Conference attenders will receive a free copy of Shawn's book.
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Kirk Jones & the Fellowship Church Staff
Fellowship Church is one of the fastest growing Church Plants in Louisiana Baptist history, growing from 0-700 since 2002 & experiencing 80% growth in the last 10 years. Learn keys to exponential growth in South Louisiana from Kirk & his staff.
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Breaking Growth Barriers with Bill Dye
Bill has served as pastor of North Monroe Baptist Church since 2001. Since that time North Monroe has grown 51% and now has over 1,800 in worship. Learn keys to leading through & overcoming organizational growth barriers in Louisiana.
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Other Breakouts will include:
- Discover Church Planting - Am I called? How do I get started? - Lane Corley
- Reaching the Other Language Groups in Your Community - Carlos Schmidt
- Getting Started with Coaching & Mentoring - George Ross
- Getting Started with Compassion Ministry - Jeff Cook
- & more
And Louisiana Media Group will lead a breakout & demo some of the latest in church media equipment.
Register HERE.
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2015 Church Planting off to a Fast Start
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Adding eight new churches to our network in February & March. Brings us to 15 for the year! Already 50% to our annual goal of 30!
>> Fuente De Agua Viva, Albany. Church Planter: Ramon Rodriguez. Sponsor: Bethlehem Baptist in Albany. Northshore Baptist Association.
>> Freedom Biker Church in Lafayette, Church Planter: Kent Duhon. Sponsor: Washington Baptist Church, Opelousas. Evangeline Baptist Association.
>> Gracepoint Church in Destrehan, Church Planter: Chris Housewright, Sponsor: Movement Church, Fort Worth, TX. New Orleans Baptist Association.
>> Louisiana Kachin Baptist Church, Church Planter: Nhukm Lama. Sponsor: God's Vineyard Baptist Church, Baton Rouge. Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge.
>> Nueva Vida, Houma, Church Planter: Gonzalo Vargas, Sponsor: Christ Baptist Church, Houma. Bayou Baptist Association.
>> Refuge Church in New Orleans, Church Planter: Justin Haynes. Sponsor: FBC Canton, GA. New Orleans Baptist Association.
>> Trinity Baptist - Lydia Campus, Church Planter: Clay Blaylock, Sponsor: Trinity Baptist, New Iberia. Carey Baptist Association.
>> Vida Nueva in Ponchatoula, Church Planter: Ramon Rodriguez. Sponsor: FBC Ponchatoula. Northshore Baptist Association.
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By the Numbers:
So far in 2015:
100 Professions of Faith &
31 Baptisms
reported by the 63 LBC church plants currently receiving cooperative funding.
Since 2010
when our current 10-3-1 Associational Strategy began
120 New Churches
6,411 Professions of Faith
1,399 Baptisms
(#'s reflect church plants in years 1-3)
See the entire list of current church plants in Louisiana HERE.
And check out our Engage Map & see current plants in Green & Target areas in Orange. Keep up with happenings around our network by connecting with our Facebook Group.
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Two More Basic Trainings schedule for 2015
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Church Planters in Louisiana who have attended a Basic Training event experience 50% higher attendance & 65% more baptisms than those who don't. Our Basic Training is a great workshop for developing or honing a holistic strategy for reaching a community through church multiplication. Bring your team & collaborate & learn from experienced Louisiana church planters. Register for one of the two trainings here: http://louisianabaptists.org/basictraining2015.
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>> I-10/Acadiana Basic Training @ Acadian Bapt Center, Apr 27-28.
>> I-20 Basic Training @ Camp Harris in Minden, May 29-30.
All expenses paid for current & potential church planters & team members.
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Baptisms at Crosspoint Church in Galliano with Church Planter John Boss. Bayou Baptist Association.
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Baptisms at First Hispanic Baptist Church in Haughton with Church Planter Miguel Guillen.
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Burmese Church started in Baton Rouge. Over 100,000 Burmese are living in the US today.
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The Way Church in Denham Springs, gathers for worship in their new facility, remodeled with help from the Louisiana Baptist Mission Builders.
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Lonnie Tucker teaches at the February Basic Training for Church Planting at Camp Living Waters.
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Baptisms at First West Fairbanks in Sterlington with Youth & Worship Leader Cody Keys.
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Church Planting Resources at LouisianaBaptists.org
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If you have a good church planting article or story from your work. Please send it in as we seek to grow our library of resources designed to help & recruit laborers for church planting in Louisiana & beyond:
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