Oklahoma Baptists participate in Dare 2 Share LIVE
Dare 2 Share LIVE was a one-day evangelism training event on Oct. 12 that trained students to start a Gospel movement in their communities. The event was broadcasted live from Denver, Colo. to locations across the country. Three of those locations were in Oklahoma—McAlester, First; Mustang, First; and Tulsa, First. Across the country, thousands of teens were equipped to pray, serve others and share the Gospel—all at the exact same...
Called to rescue: GoStudents 2019
GoStudents helps Oklahoma Baptist churches equip students with the task of sharing Jesus with unreached and unengaged people. This evangelism strategy of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma primarily serves churches that cannot send an entire mission team, but can send one or two students. This summer, GoStudents had its highest number of students and youth leaders participate. A total of 322 participants consisting of 17 teams...
6 key ingredients to a successful ‘See You At The Pole’ post rally
In 1990, a small group of high school students in Texas felt led by the Lord to pray for their schools. God gave them compassion for their lost classmates who needed to know Christ. They determined that their school’s flag pole would be the best gathering place to pour out their hearts to God. Little did they know that it would lead to a movement in the years that followed that involved thousands of groups of Christian students doing...
5 takeaways from GoStudents 2018
We are so thankful to the Lord for the historic summer we had with GoStudents. In one year, we have doubled the number of students involved in our projects, going from 140 to 280 participants in 2018. These projects are impacting lostness and the lives of the students involved like never before. What are some things we’ve learned along the way? Here are five “takeaways” from this summer. 1. More Opportunities Several years back, we...
Evangelism: Don’t just talk about it… be about it
Over the last few years the Youth Evangelism Conference (YEC) has been transformed into primarily a training and equipping event, though it is still an event for every kind of student. When asked what type of student should churches bring to YEC we say “ALL of them!” Core students go deeper. Fringe students get encouraged to go all in. Evangelists find their happy place. Scaredy cats are in good company. Unsaved students hear the...
