GoStudents keep going and going: Mission projects send 130 students to share the Gospel
GoStudents helps Oklahoma Baptist churches equip students with the task of sharing Jesus with unreached, unengaged people. Through GoStudents, many young people are trained to engage communities around the world as a “powerful witness of the Gospel.” This summer, 130 students and leaders served in eight projects across the globe. Brian Baldwin, student evangelism and missions specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma...
Falls Creek Centennial Choir is ‘ready to go’ Sept. 3
The 500-voice Falls Creek Centennial Choir completed three rehearsals in preparation for the Falls Creek Homecoming Service, Sept. 3, at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, near Davis. Choir members came from all points in Oklahoma in preparation for the event that is part of Falls Creek’s Centennial Celebration Weekend. “We just completed all three rehearsals all across the state, from Tulsa to Lawton to Oklahoma City, and had 500...
Summer staff makes CrossTimbers special
DAVIS—Over the course of three months, 10 four-day sessions and one five-day pre-teen camp, CrossTimbers Children’s Mission Adventure Camp served 4,491 registered campers who represented 125 churches this summer. CrossTimbers experienced 511 spiritual decisions made by campers, including 295 professions of faith in Christ. James Swain, Equipping Team leader for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO), was pleased with all...
Falls Creek’s faithful: Record-high professions of faith observed at 100th year of camp
Andy Harrison, student ministries specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) and Falls Creek summer program director, credited God for working through many people serving at Falls Creek, as well as many Oklahoma Baptists across the state. “God just really used this summer to speak to a lot of people,” Harrison said. “There’s not anything that we manufacture. There’s a lot of prayer that goes into the 100th year...
Jernigan releases new book, ‘Renewing Your Mind’
Christian singer/songwriter Dennis Jernigan (or as he calls himself “song receiver”) has written a new book titled “Renewing Your Mind: Identity and the Matter of Choice,” which became available on Amazon Aug. 1. “Walking out of an identity of homosexuality some 36 years ago, the most asked question of my life has been, ‘Was your healing instant or has it been a process?’” Jernigan said. “Of course the answer is ‘Yes!’ In an instant I...
