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What is a Ministry Center?

With the soon-to-be complete Ministry Center in Xeyejup, Guatemala, I thought this might be a great opportunity to talk about exactly what BE's vision and definition of a Ministry Center is.

A Ministry Center is distinct from a church building because the main focus is not the building or the gathering. The gathering serves one purpose: to go out. Most church buildings have the thrust of getting people in. We desire the opposite.

Why Do We Work With Orphans?

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Part of the outreaches that Baptist Evangelism has been involved with since 1998, with Carelink International and in just the last few years working with orphans we have been confronted with questions like, "Why?" "Why meet people on a physical level?" "Why treat the body?" "Why branch out into 'social activism' and help orphans?"

The better question is, Why haven't we sooner? A continuing theme throughout the Bible is that of God being the champion of the undeserving, the unable, the "underdog". God was never ashamed to call Himself the champion of the weak, the helper of the helpless, or the Father to the fatherless. So why, as His representation on earth, should we do anything less?

This isn't social activism

This isn't a social gospel program. This isn't even some "gimmick" to give people the Gospel. This is just God honoring. This is the effectual working out of the love of God shed abroad in our hearts, moving us into a Christ compelled mission of touching people's lives and demonstrating the salvation of man.

Perhaps one of the most oft quoted passages in the work of orphans or the underprivileged would be James 1.27,

"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world."

Where is James coming from in writing this? Where does this definition of pure religion come from? This all stems from the outflow, the outward appearance of faith. We help others because we have been helped. The work that Baptist Evangelism is doing in providing humanitarian aid and caring for the fatherless is action prompted by transformation. It is also demonstrative of the work that has been done. Again, we help because we have been helped. God became Father to every single believer when we were made joint heirs with the Son. We, though destitute and sinking ever further into the mire of our own iniquitous pit, were raised up by the strong arm of the Lord and made to sit with Him in heavenly places. This imagery is acted out in the care of orphans. They are destitute and hopeless by themselves. But, not by any merit of their own, they are raised up in strong arms of Christians who are giving themselves to provide for the weak.

This is not an article written solely to address the purposes of the ministries of Baptist Evangelism, but also a call to arms for others to join us. If you have been changed change other's lives. If you have been touched by the hand of the Lord, touch others. We have been given much and much will be required of us. Are we exercising a pure religion? Are we being Christ-like and giving ourselves for the wretched and the poor? These are the marks of Christian. Are they found in your life?

Networking

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net·work·ing

[net-wur-king]

–noun

1. a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest

The above is taken from Dictionary.com's definition of "Networking". The term has only been in popular usage in the last fifty or sixty years to describe the interaction of people that share a "common interest".

Baptist Evangelism has been on the web for several years now and has been using social networks for most of those years. Part of the reason for this is to provide services and "connectivity" for those with a common passion for reaching the world with the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ.

B.E. is establishing a strategy to be more effective in social networking. This strategy is a means of connecting more people with the ministries of B.E. and how anybody and everybody's skills can be used in the furtherance of the Gospel. Below are some of the ways you can be connected with B.E. and stay informed. We're constantly adding resources and updates on this site as well as on individual blogs. So be sure you stay connected with Baptist Evangelism so we can provide you with what you need to reach the world.