SBTS Joins KBC in 'Reaching Out 2004' Event
Nearly 200 members of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) partnered with the Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC) to take part in the “Reaching Out 2004” campaign on Nov. 13, 2004. The students and seminarians partook in numerous projects throughout the day, such as door-to-door evangelism, servant evangelism and urban outreach, international evangelism, and prayerwalking.
According to the Baptist Press (BP), the newsletter of the Southern Baptist Convention of which the SBTS takes part, reflections from the event were positive and powerful.
“I just enjoy going out and meeting people for the first time and checking them out spiritually and ... looking for an opportunity for someone to be receptive to the Gospel,” said Bill Mackey, executive director of the KBC to BP. “Working with seminary students is encouraging.”
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Twyla Fagan, Southern’s director of Great Commission ministries, reported that at least two people turned to Christ through the event.
“These types of events open our eyes to the reality of what’s going on around the world,” Fagan said to the BP. “We heard reports about a couple of people who were saved. But even if there was just one, it’s all worth it.”
According to the BP, Mackey was “encouraged to find a number of believers acting as lights in their communities” as he reached out through the campaign. One such example was of a woman who adopted two “special needs children and was attempting to spread the love of Jesus throughout her neighborhood.”
“There are some wonderful witnesses in the community,” Mackey said. “It’s encouraging to see that God is at work.”
The receptiveness of people and the importance of the evangelistic task should encourage Kentucky Baptists to participate in further outreach projects, he said.
“The people have been amazingly open to let us talk with them in almost every case,” Mackey said. “The people are open to spiritual conversations. There is some ministry taking place in the community.”
“Reaching Out 2004” was held in conjunction with the KBC’s Crossover Louisville initiative.
