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By Warner Smith on March 30, 2010
There are only 84 congregations in all religions in Bartow. To adequately serve our county we need to start a minimum of 516 churches. This is number for needed new congregations is based on a ratio of 100 members per new church. If these churches were started by traditional means, by purchasing land and constructing [...]
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By Warner Smith on March 29, 2010
Warning: Reading this devotion may burst your bubble!
The world in which we live is a very sick place. Lincoln did not release all of the slaves for all time. Atlanta the home of Martin Luther King Jr. is now considered a city which is instrumental in human trafficking domestically and globally.
Human trafficking has become a [...]
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By Warner Smith on March 26, 2010
Jack will soon be released from prison on probation for dealing drugs. He will join the other 154,197 adults who are currently on probation in Georgia. Jack, like half of those in prison, was raised by his mother. He never knew his Dad. Jack began selling drugs in order to help his mother purchase the [...]
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By Warner Smith on March 24, 2010
Are you guilty? Have you ever said things to your children which you later regretted. If you are a parent I am sure you have. There are parents however who for some insane reasons abuse their own children. Sam is such a child. His dad often yells at him from his drunken stupor such hurtful [...]
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By Warner Smith on March 23, 2010
Maria recently moved to Bartow county from Miami. Maria’s grandparents escaped to the Unite States from Cuba 50 years ago. They still keep in contact with relatives who live in Cuba about the church planting movement going on there. Since moving to Bartow county, Maria’s family has not attended a church [...]
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By Warner Smith on March 22, 2010
Todd recently turned 18. Todd stopped going to church at the age of 12 when his parents quit making him attend. His senior year in high school has been very difficult. He has struggled to make good grades. Now Todd’s parents are going through a nasty divorce. And just this week, his girlfriend Libby, told [...]
Posted in Pray Now Bartow | Tagged Encouragement, Evangelism, Marriage and Family, Ministry, Prayer, service, Unchurched |
By Warner Smith on March 18, 2010
Lisa, a second grader, is one of the few children in her class that attend church in Bartow county. There are around 18,000 children in preschool, elementary, and high school in our county. Many of them will never go to church. They will never know the true reason for Christmas or Easter, or hear someone [...]
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By Warner Smith on March 17, 2010
Walter has lived in Bartow county his entire life. Over the years he has seen many changes take place in his community. He used to attend church every Sunday until a year or so ago. When asked why he no longer attended church, Walter simply replied “church is not like it used to be.”
Almost everyone [...]
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By Warner Smith on February 24, 2010
Below is a video in which Dr. Ronnie Floyd the Chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force of the Southern Baptist Convention gives concerning the work he and the task force will give to the convention this coming June. It is long but very informative.
Dr. Ronnie Floyd has been a pastor for over 33 [...]
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By Warner Smith on February 24, 2010
If you have always gone to church you could have trouble accepting the truth that you need a spiritual rebirth. According to Jesus’ teaching everyone “must be born again.”
We all need to be twice born. Once “from above,” or a supernatural rebirth.
Christianity at its very core, is about our each having a supernatural rebirth. This [...]
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