In Havre, Montana, a unique Go Montana story is unfolding. It all started in the mind of Pastor Chris Richards of Immanuel Baptist Church who was seeking a way to connect with adolescent kids on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. He pondered how he could utilize the warrior spirit of Native Americans as a bridge to the Gospel. What happened … Read More
Strengthening Your Discipleship Ministry
At the center of the mission of each local church is making disciples. One of the roles of the Strengthening Team is to equip and resource churches in this pursuit. Our partners at LifeWay recently provided training for discipleship leaders from across the MTSBC. These ministry specialists sharpened their skills in their area of ministry and networked with other leaders … Read More
The Value of MPact Montana
The MTSBC exists to support the mission of the local church in making disciples and one of the most valuable tools utilized by the MTSBC to encourage, exhort and equip pastors for their calling is MPact Montana. At MPact, pastors will experience quality training that has been contextualized for Montana. The Theme of MPact 2019 is Leadership. Every church must develop a … Read More
RevTalk
One benefit to all MTSBC pastors from the partnership with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention is access to live streaming events. Once a month, the Revitalization Team of SBTC, led by Kenneth Priest, addresses topics that equip the pastor to be more effective in his essential roles. These Webex events are easily assessible by following the links below and … Read More
Effective Ministry Leadership
Most agree that Ephesians 4:11-12 demonstrates God’s plan to grow and mature His Church. No matter which translation you read, the emphasis of the text is that Christ Himself personally gave the Church (among others) pastors to train His people for the work of the ministry. They are to build up the body of Christ by investing their time and … Read More
Multiplication of Ministry Specialists and Coaches
One of my priorities as the Church Strengthening Team Leader is to develop ministry specialists in each region of our state who can encourage, exhort, and equip churches in their region to be more effective in a specific area of ministry. I believe that as we develop and deploy empowered leaders in our churches, those churches have a greater Gospel … Read More
A Collective Mission
The birth of the church in Antioch is found in Acts 11. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, men from Cyprus and Cyrene went to Antioch where they shared the Gospel with Greeks and a great number believed. When this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to check it out. The grace of God was evident … Read More