NAMB
Evangelism
Training for
Pastor/Staff
April 9 at BAGBR
11:45 am-1:45 pm
Lunch Provided
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Passion Week, An Easter Journey
March 25-29, 2024
Lunch & Bible Study 11:30
AM - 12:45 PM Daily
Passion Week Schedule
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Greetings from
Executive Director Dr. Tommy Middleton
Sermons - Tommy Middleton
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Dear BAGBR Churches,
Zechariah 11: 4 “Pasture the flock doomed to
slaughter.”
This is not a desirable and rewarding
ministry. Taking a flock to the
pasture and caring for them, knowing they
would soon die, is not a calling any of us
would want. And yet, days were coming
when God’s judgment would fall. What
should or could Zechariah do? If they
were going to die anyway and there was
nothing that could be done to forestall or
avoid this, then why not forsake
them?…because any effort done to change
their future would be to no avail.
Instead the prophet was told to carry them
to pastures and feed them, care for them,
shepherd them. In our churches we have
many who seemingly are indifferent to
spiritual things. And even though they
attend services regularly, they seem to bear
NO fruit. If you were to have an
honest conversation with them, it would be
determined that either they are lost or
extremely wayward. So what can you do?
Pasture them. We are not allowed to
kick them out because there is nothing in
their behavior that would necessitate church
discipline, but neither is their real
evidence indicating they are “sheep.”
Jesus warned about pulling up the tares from
among the wheat. That process could uproot
and cause loss of wheat. (Mt. 13: 29-30)
We must trust God to be the Lord of the
harvest, and in the end He will separate the
sheep from the goats, the wheat from the
tares (Mt. 25: 32). There are those
rare times when “one” will be suddenly
converted and begin to bear much fruit.
Feed the flock, pasture the flock, stay with
the work and trust God to work out His will
in His way among the flock. WE must remain
faithful shepherds. Pasture the flock.
In Christ,
Tommy Middleton
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Baptist
Association of Greater Baton Rouge
& Adoniram Judson, Jr. Mission and Ministries Center
10560
Airline Highway ~ Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Phone: (225)
296-3943
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The Baptist
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MISSION |
The
Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge has as
its present mission (A) to establish new
relationships between both the churches and pastors;
(B) to strengthen existing relationships of the
churches and members through a commitment to a
vision for kingdom growth that is larger than the
local church. This commitment can be evaluated by
the degree to which the local church members will
penetrate their community with the Gospel of Jesus
Christ through family and community orientation and
social involvement that exemplifies the caring and
sharing nature of Jesus Christ.
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Director Tommy
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