What a wonderful, refreshing story I needed. Years ago the late Pastor Don Kimbro warned me that the lack of carrying out The Great Commission and baptizing people and helping them grow up to be mature Christians would catch up with the Church. It surely has. The failure of many Churches to carry out The Great Commission in their community has resulted in failure. Some Churches here in New Mexico have not baptized anyone in 8 years! Why be a Church? George Barna: “People have become more selfish, churches have become less influential, pastors have become less Bible-centric”
The greatest failure of the American Church in the last decade or more is the failure to carry out The Great Commission!
Get out of your comfort zone! Get out of your walls! Why Pastors Talk About The Great Commission But Do Not Do It
Pastor Eddy has the answer!
Baptist Press
By Diana Chandler, posted June 21, 2024 in Evangelism, SBC Annual Meetings, SBC News
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez likens himself to the Old Testament Prophet Jonah.
Having taught Sunday School and led worship as a pastor’s son growing up in Coahulia, Mexico, he knew he was called to ministry there.
“That’s one thing I did not want to do, to be a pastor,” Lopez told Baptist Press days after his election as Southern Baptist Convention second vice president. “I said God, ‘You can ask me whatever You want, just please don’t ask me to be a pastor.’ And running away from my calling, that’s why I came to the United States. I’m like Jonah, running away.”
Lopez married, opened a restaurant and by 1999 at just 30 years old, considered himself a successful businessman.
Lopez’s experience and eventual surrender to God’s calling drive his passion for ministry today, intentionally mentoring and encouraging young pastors.
The three restaurants he owns are closed on Sundays, no alcoholic beverages are sold, and only Christian music flows from the speakers. The Rest of The Story Here