Maine Church Planting: Church Planting in Vacationland

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Boe Ellis of CERICDigital and North American Church Planting Partnerships announced today, in partnership with Barry Murry of the Maine Baptist Association and the North American Mission Board, the release of a new video “Welcome to Maine Church Planting: Church Planting in Vacationland.”

The 5:33 piece is a highlight on  www.mainechurchplanting.com, the Web site, also created and designed by Ellis. There, you will find church planter interviews and other info about Maine.

 

Boe Ellis and Hudson Baptist Association partner to release new look into the Up-State

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Boe Ellis of North American Church Planting Partnerships and CERICDigital announced today, in partnership with Sean Pierce of the Hudson Baptist Association in Albany / Schenectady, NY, the release of a new video “Looking Up-State: Church Planting in the Hudson Valley and Western Mass.”

The 4:45 piece will be featured on the Association’s Website in an effort to create better awareness for church planting in this a very strategic and densely populated area in what is the most un-reached mission field in North America.

The release is the first of many slated for the HBA over the next week. From interviews with individual planters to other promotional pieces for NortheastChurchPlanting.com, we are grateful just to be  involved if even in this small way. Special thanks to Sean Pierce for his vision for the project, and for the Missouri Baptists, who support not only this work but much, much much more in the region.

FOUR-PART SERIES: Toronto Mission Team Training

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This post was published by the NECPCoalition on 02-20-2013. It is re-posted here with permission.

Mission | Toronto | Canada: Mission Team Training with Dan Collison

It’s context. It’s culture. It’s Canada. Welcome to “Mission | Toronto | Canada: Mission Team Training with Dan Collison,” a resource for everyone interested in the contextualization of the Gospel for different cultures; and especially for those involved in or considering a partnership in Greater-Toronto.

Join your host Dan Collison as he and his fellow pastors prepare your teams to be effective for Christ in this, one of the most strategic and most diverse regions in North America.

Produced by the Northeast Church Planting Coalition for the Office of Great Commission Partnerships of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, this four-part video series takes a look inside 1) Canada, 2) Toronto, 3) Church Planting, and 4) a posture called F.L.U.I.D. Each of the 20-minute sessions is designed to be viewed in order, but may also be useful as a stand-alone training.

Special thanks to Mike Sowers and Chuck Reigster of the BSCNC, and to Dan Collison and all of the faithful friends in Canada who made this project possible; Andrew Lamme, Brett Porter, Greg Alexander, Seba Vasquez, Robin Vasti, Daniel Smith, Jarret Hamilton, Tim Heerebout, Jason McGibbon, Ken Wiliams, Sath Arulvarathan, Darryl Weinberg, Rudy Geronimo, Ken Stravens and Arnold Wong.

Session No. 1 – Canada: Holy Poutine. It’s a Whole Different Country

mtt1It’s just a short ride across the river, but this where Baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie turns into Hockey, Tim Hortons and poutine. Things may look very similar, but mission teams will need to know a few things before crossing the border.

Click on the image to the left to launch the video in a Lightbox. If you have any problems, click here.

Session No. 2 – Toronto: Understanding the Most Diverse City in the World

mtt2From the city of Toronto, where 52 percent of the residents are immigrants, to the GTA and the rest of the Golden Horseshoe, Southern Ontario is home to 11 million people; roughly a third of the Canadian population.  Who are they? And how should mission teams think about the city?

Click on the image to the left to launch the video in a Lightbox. If you have any problems, click here. 

 

Session No. 3 – Church Planting: Creating Christian Community with the Never-Churched

Praise the Lord, Toronto Church Planting Network has grown to meet the needs of a growing Toronto. Check in with Dan and a host of planters as they discuss different types of church plants geared for reaching all types of people.

Click on the image to the left to launch the video in a Lightbox. If you have any problems, click here. 

Session No. 4 – F.L.U.I.D.: A Culturally Appropriate Posture for Gospel Effectiveness

Sharing Christ is at the core of the Great Commission and at the heart of every Christian. Yet, in order to be the most effective witnesses, mission teams must have a crystal clear understanding of who exactly they are going to be witnessing to, and what results they should expect.

Click on the image to the left to launch the video in a Lightbox. If you have any problems, click here. 

mtt_dvd11-211x300This series is available as a two-disc DVD set.

Email Abby Edwards in the Office of Great Commission Partnerships.

VIDEO: Vermont Church Planting, a Gospel Witness for Every Town

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Vermont Church Planting: a Gospel Witness for Every Town

It is the most rural and least religious state in the U.S.; more than 600, 000 people in 250+ towns and cities, and only 37 Baptist churches.

Welcome to Vermont Church Planting. We are working toward the day when there is a Gospel witness in every town.

Click the image above to launch our latest video, and consider how the Lord would have you join us!

VIDEO: Are You Ready, Fall River, MA? – On the street with Tom Cabral

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VIDEO: Are You Ready, Fall River, MA? – On the street with Tom Cabral

FALL RIVER, MA – When you live and serve in a blue-collar city like Fall River, MA, your best opportunity to share the Gospel is to take it to the streets. And where better than the corner of Rodman and Plymouth Avenues, Fall River’s busiest intersection.

Come along with planter / pastor Tom Cabral of Redemption Fellowship of Fall River as he carries his cross and shares the redeeming message of our Lord Jesus Christ.

VIDEO: Boston CP Christmas Party

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CERIC CJEllis was honored to be able to cover the End-of-the-Year Party in Boston this past November 30, 2012. Thanks to Joe Souza and his heart for the planters God has called to this time and this place in Boston. God is on the move in Boston. Will you help us? [divider /]

Published on BostonChurchPlanting.com, December 23, 2012

VIDEO: Boston catalyst focuses on family during Christmas

WATERTOWN, MA – Church planting in Boston is a family affair. Praise the Lord the family is growing, as more then 200 planters, wives and kids were in attendance for the third-annual Boston Church Planting  End-of-the-Year Party on November 30, 2012 in Watertown.

“This is what we are all about,” said pastor / planter Tom Cabral from Fall River, MA. “We drove like an hour and a half to be here. It’s great to be with the guys. It’s great for our wives to get together. And it’s great for the kids.”

It was a great time for everyone involved. The kids all received early Christmas presents compliments of Steve Nerger and the Baptist Convention of New England. And the pastors, apprentices, staff members and their wives, compliments of Micah Millican and the North American Mission Board, all received gift cards as just a small token of gratitude for their steadfast work in one of the least reached areas in North America.

Yet, for all the great food, fellowship, great music and gifts. nothing compares with family. Boston Church Planters have got each other’s backs, and their families’ too.

“This is just something we feel we should do,” said Joe Souza, NAMB Lead Catalyst for the area. “We want our planters to know if you come to Boston, you will never be alone. And Christmas is just the perfect time to love on our guys, their wives, their families and their kids. It’s just awesome what God is doing here in Boston.

“Three years ago, we may have had 25 people at this event. And just look at the way God is growing our family. I am very, very humbled and amazed by the whole thing.”

Amazing indeed. As the kids were grabbing for toys it was Souza, Master of Ceremonies, introducing the band from his own Celebration Church in Saugus, MA. And earlier it was Souza’s wife Patricia, and his sister Anna, with the help of Bree Cobb from the BCNE, serving up all the food. Still earlier, all of their kids got in on the action putting out tablecloths and setting up.

And to think just nine years ago the Souzas were not even in Boston. Neither were most of the families present at the dinner. Souza made light of this fact recognizing the “grandfather” in the room, Curtis Cook, lead planter from Hope Fellowship which was planted  in Cambridge, MA in 2003. Other old-timers included James Thomasson who planted in Taunton, MA in 2006.

Since that time no fewer than two dozen planters from all over the world have answered God’s call to come and plant in Boston. And they are starting now to raise up and send out planters from multiple church planting centers.

So, as the Boston Church Planting family celebrated the end of 2012, it was also preparing to welcome in 2013, a year in which it has already more than 20 planters in the pipeline; planters like Shane Colwell who with his wife Amy arrived in Greater Boston just two weeks ago to plant in Worcester, MA; or planters like Brandon Allison who with his wife Miriam and a team from Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, TX arrived just three months ago to plant a church in Revere.

They come – all of them – to proclaim what has been called by many the greatest miracle of all, that the Son of God would come and live among them.

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased! (Luke 2:10-14)

“What a blessing,” Souza commented after the party. “It’s great that it’s over and we don’t have to have a heart attack anymore. But, it’s greater that everybody had a good time, and they know how much we really love them and thank them for their work for the Kingdom.”

NACP Partnerships: Supporting Church Planting & Reaching the Lost in the Northeast and Toronto

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NACP Partnerships: Supporting Church Planting & Reaching the Lost in the Northeast and Toronto

Planting new churches is the most effective way to reach the lost – and there are more than 60 million people in the Northeast and Toronto who are living and dying right now without Christ

Boe and Connie Ellis through a ministry called North American Church Planting Partnerships are supporting Southern Baptist church planters and church planting leaders by providing a catalytic, church planting need – that because of the lack of churches in these areas, there just isn’t local funding for.

We invite you to expand the mission of your church, your organization and your family by partnering with us. You can adopt a planter, a church plant, a city or the whole region.

Your prayers, your teams, and your financial giving through the Metro-New York Baptist Association and the Baptist Convention of New England will not just support our ministry but it will underwrite the work that we are giving away to planters who are not equipped to tell their stories and create new partnerships.

Thank you for helping us help them reach their neighborhoods and the nations. nacppartnerships.com/partnerships

Collegiate Northeast: Connecting NYC Students to Christ

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Collegiate Northeast: Connecting NYC Students to Christ

Boe Ellis and CERICDigital are pleased to announce today the release of a new NECPCoalition project produced for Susan Field of Collegiate Northeast and the Metro New York Baptist Association. This project was shot in September, 2012 with Jimmy Steele. Special thanks to the whole MNYBA staff and the Office of GC Partnerships of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Check out the original post on the NECPCoalition here. [clear /]

Ven a Oaxaca: Seminario Lacy

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Boe Ellis and CERICDigital CJEllis are pleased to announce today the release of our first video entirely in Spanish. ¡Ven a Oaxaca! – It’s a call for native Mexicans to come and live and study at the Dr. G.H. Lacy Baptist Theological Seminary in, you guessed it, Oaxaca, Mexico. Tucked neatly into the country’s historic south-central mountains, the city Oaxaca is home for IMB missionary, Tom Dyson. Serving now as Interim Director of the 75 year-old seminary, Dyson says the greatest challenge is not creating a great place to train the indigenous missionaries and pastors of Mexico, but finding ways to spread the word about the seminary to Mexicans all over the country. We hope this video will help. It was shot and produced in May, 2012 with support from our firm, CERICDigital CJEllis, the IMB and the Center for Great Commission Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Visit www.seminariolacy.org for more information.

¡Ven a Oaxaca! – Es un llamado a los nativos mexicanos a venir a vivir y estudiar en el GH Dr. Lacy Seminario Teológico Bautista en el, lo han adivinado, Oaxaca, México. Ubicado perfectamente en históricos del país centro-sur de las montañas, la ciudad de Oaxaca es el hogar de misionero de la IMB, Tom Dyson. Sirviendo ahora como Director Interino de los 75 años de edad, seminario, Dyson dice que el mayor reto no es crear un gran lugar para entrenar a los misioneros y pastores indígenas de México, pero la búsqueda de maneras de difundir la palabra sobre el seminario a los mexicanos en todo el país . Esperamos que este video te ayudará. Se rodó y produjo en mayo de 2012 con el apoyo de nuestra firma, CJEllis CERICDigital, IMB y el Centro de Estudios de la Gran Comisión en el Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Visita www.seminariolacy.org para más información.

IMB Missionary Spotlight interviews: Oaxaca

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Boe Ellis and CERICDigital CJEllis are pleased to announce today the release of a four-part series of video interviews shot in Oaxaca, Mexico in May 2012 for the Center for Great Commission Studies of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The interviews with Tom Dyson can be found on the CGCS blog here: http://cgcs.sebts.edu/?p=2959.

Missionary Spotlight: Oaxaca, Mexico

The CGCS was blessed in May, 2012 to visit with IMB missionary Tom Dyson in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. There, in the mountains of south-central Mexico, he serves a city of 275,000 people – almost all of them indigenous peoples from all parts of Mexico and from the rural villages surrounding Oaxaca.

We hope these interviews help you gain a deeper understanding of not just this part of Mexico, but of the challenges facing all of our cross-cultural missionaries around the world. And as you connect with Tom on this level, we hope you will seek God more desperately as we seek together to fulfill the Great Commission.

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Understanding Calling and Challenges – What will your life count for when it is all said and done? It is a question Tom Dyson asked himself almost 10 years ago when the Lord gave him a vision to leave the secular workplace and serve abroad as a career missionary. Listen in as Tom talks about understanding that calling and some of the challenges he has faced on the field.

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Responding to the Call – Standing over the city he has served since 2004 and reflecting on calling, on life in Oaxaca, and on the students he is now working with at the Dr. G. H. Lacy Baptist Theological Seminary in Oaxaca, Tom Dyson answers the question, “what does it mean to love God?”

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What Do They Believe? – A history of Catholicism and ancient traditions intersect to create what Tom calls confusion about God, about Christ, about Mary, and about the adversary. How do you deliver the Gospel to a people who believe they have already heard it, and believe they already believe it?  Tom Dyson is living it all out in love for his neighbor in Oaxaca.

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From Virginia to Seminario Lacy – He is an agriculturalist from Virginia serving now as an IMB career missionary and Interim Director of a 75 year-old Baptist Seminary in south-central Mexico. How’s that? Listen in as Tom Dyson talks about his road from the secular workplace to the IMB, and what happened next.

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Church Planting in Fall River: a Walk in the Park

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Boe Ellis and CERICDigital CJEllis are pleased to announce today the release of a new church planting video for Tom Cabral of Fall River, MA. – Tom Cabral was the man for Fall River. It just took seven years in North Carolina for him to figure that out. And now, as Lead Pastor of Redemeption Fellowship of Fall River, Pastor Tom is living out a calling to bring the Gospel back to his hometown. In this video, you will see Tom in an improbable, impromptu microcosm of church planting in general. God is working out His plan through His faithful servants. The evidence, once you begin to take steps in His name, is often right in front of you.

Grace Covenant: A New Church for Chicago

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Boe Ellis and CERICDigital CJEllis is pleased to announce today the release of a new video for Grace Covenant Church.

In the summer of 2012, Dave Johnson with several families from Open Door Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC will be moving their lives to Chicago to plant a Gospel-centered, Christ-exalting community of faith in the North Center neighborhood. The church planting team which started coming together more than two years ago is excited now to be the ninth church plant out of the North American Church Planting Foundation family (nacpf.org).

Johnson and team are needing to create partnerships with churches, foundations, families and individuals who can come alongside them in prayer, by sending teams, and by becoming financial partners. Contact Dave Johnson at cnclife.com.

Taking it Outside: Tommy Waltz, Street Preacher

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Boe Ellis and CERICDigital CJEllis is pleased to announce today the release today a new video for Gospel of God Ministries based in Wake Forest, NC.

Gospel of God Ministries is taking IT outside. They are taking the love and grace and truth of Jesus Christ and hitting the streets with open-air preaching, bible and tract distribution and more… And they need your help. Come along as we follow Tommy Waltz on the streets of Raleigh, Asheville, and Boston. Listen to Tommy’s heart and check your own; and prayerfully consider how you can get involved with this ministry.

Contact Tommy at gospelgm.com.

Boe Ellis and MNYBA look at diversity in NYC

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WAKE FOREST, NC- CERICDigital is humbled and blessed to announce today the release of “Metrocard to the Nations,” a look at the incredible diversity in the most strategic city on the planet.

The Nations have come to New York City. And for maybe the first time, we can think about fulfilling the Great Commission in our lifetimes. And that is not so much because of our grand successes in taking the Gospel to the Nations but in God’s Grand Grace in bringing the Nations to our doorstep. Are you with us?

Join George Russ, Director of Mission with the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association, as we explore the most ethnically diverse city in the United States. Follow Pastor Boto Joseph through Little India, and visit with Tom Richter, Freddy T Wyatt and other pastors in Queens and Manhattan. Come along us as we explore God’s global purposes in New York.

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CERICDigital and MNYBA look at 911 and church planting

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WAKE FOREST, NC- CERICDigital is humbled  and blessed to announce today the release of “10 Years Later – Church Planting in NYC,” a look at the past, the present and the future of Southern Baptist church planting in the most strategic city on the planet. Framed by the events of 911 and the years that followed, this video looks at how the Lord Jesus Christ, the savior of the world, is building His Kingdom globally through the nations and the church planters He has called to Metro NYC. Are you with us?

Listen in as the city tells its own story from New Jersey to Times Square to Jackson Heights, and as men like Steve Allen, Chris Clayman, Tom Richter, Chris High, Rich Perez, Boto Joseph, Freddy T. Wyatt and more challenge you to answer the call to the most densely populated area in the U.S. where less than three percent of the population knows Jesus Christ as the Lord of their lives.