Events

Separate Baptist Church Planting Conference
Pastor Joe Esposito and the Pacific Baptist Church of Long Beach, CA hosted the 2013 Separate Baptist Church Planting Conference February 25-28, 2013. See details here.
Baptist History Tour
Evangelist Ted Alexander hosted a spring tour of pivitol Baptist history sites. The tour left from Cozaddale Baptist Termple, Goshen, Ohio Monday April 15, 2013.
Couples Tour
Contact Evangelist Ted Alexander for the fall couples tour. Oct. 22-24, 2013.
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Some Definitions

Jerusalem: The area within reasonable immediate reach of an established church and pastor.
Judaea: The area out of reasonable immediate reach of the established church and pastor, but within reach of a church plant from the established church. This might be 30-40 minutes away up to two hours away.
Samaria and the Uttermost parts: The area out of reasonable immediate reach and therefore out of reach for a church plant using the model in this study. Samaria and the Uttermost parts require a sending out, or apostolic model, what is commonly termed missions. This model concentrates on Judaea, (see Matthew 28:19-20) but a missionary doing the work of an evangelist could use this model for greater success after the first church is planted on the field.
Evangelist: New Testament preacher, someone who preaches the Gospel and gathers converts into existing or new churches.
The established pastor: This is the man whom God often burdens to plant new churches within his Judaea. He is a pastor, doing the work of an evangelist. He will be the pastor of the new church plant until God sends the new pastor. Notice Paul's behavior at Ephesus: "Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears."—Acts 20:31. Paul was an evangelist in the office of a pastor, continuing the work of an evangelist for three years.
Absolute death: When a church dies and has not reproduced itself in the planting of new churches, we term this absolute death.