{"id":101188,"date":"2026-01-30T23:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101188\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:50:07","slug":"intentional-evangelism-bears-fruit-at-georgia-church-biblical-recorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101188\/","title":{"rendered":"Intentional evangelism bears fruit at Georgia church \u2022 Biblical Recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bethlehem Church photos.<\/p>\n

WINDER, Ga. \u2014 Over the course of seven services across three campuses, Bethlehem Church<\/a> celebrated 33 baptisms between Jan. 15-18. Senior Pastor Jason Britt says the baptisms at Bethlehem Church campuses in Winder, Hoschton and Bishop are the result of intentional gospel conversations, prayer and personal engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe there are a lot of conversations before conversions,\u201d Britt explained. \u201cThe larger we become, the more we fight for personal relationships. People want to be known, not just be a face in the crowd. The more intentional we are, the more fruit we continue to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Britt said Bethlehem\u2019s leadership team has worked deliberately to cultivate a church culture where gospel conversations and baptisms are a natural overflow of everyday ministry rather than isolated moments on the calendar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever you celebrate gets repeated,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cThere is no greater celebration at Bethlehem Church than baptism weekends. We believe that every weekend, there is someone giving God one more chance, so we try to think through that lens of creating avenues for gospel conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

That intentionality includes prayer teams available after every service and a short gathering for guests called \u201cFirst Step,\u201d where pastors are available to connect personally with newcomers. \u201cWe want to make sure there are clear next steps for everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Steve Foster, evangelism catalyst for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board<\/a> (GBMB), said Britt regularly reminds Bethlehem members that evangelism is not reserved for pastors or special events.<\/p>\n

\u201cJason consistently tells Bethlehem Church there are three things every believer can do,\u201d Foster said. \u201cEverybody can pray for a lost person. Everybody can invite a lost person to church. Everybody can share their personal testimony or the gospel with a lost person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Britt recently shared many of these principles with pastors from across the state as a speaker in the GBMB\u2019s Engage 6 evangelism gatherings, which are designed to help churches strengthen their focus on personal evangelism, prayer, and gospel intentionality. He said high-attendance weekends can be powerful opportunities when churches approach them with clarity and purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery community has rhythms,\u201d Britt said. \u201cWhat if the church worked within the rhythms of the community?\u201d<\/p>\n

Britt added that lasting fruit comes through follow-up and faithful leadership. \u201cNext steps, personal relationships, and clear pathways for people to engage in community\u201d are what distinguish a crowded room from genuine disciple-making.<\/p>\n

Britt also noted that while many assume people are resistant to the gospel, his experience has shown otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are curious and make assumptions, but very few are actually resistant to the gospel,\u201d he said. \u201cReligion, for many, is a nonstarter. The conversation around spirituality, though, is wide open. Clarity of the gospel has to be defined \u2014 again and again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foster said the fruit seen at Bethlehem reflects principles being encouraged across Georgia. \u201cWhen churches consistently prioritize prayer, invitation, and personal gospel conversations, God honors that faithfulness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For pastors who long to see similar spiritual response but feel weary or discouraged, Britt offered a word of encouragement rooted in vision and hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cThink vision. Think dreaming,\u201d he said. \u201cWe underestimate the toll ministry can take on our dreaming of the future and envisioning what could be. We believe that if God can do it at Bethlehem Church, God can do it anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Church, founded more than 130 years ago, has experienced revitalization in recent years, something Britt said reinforces his confidence in what God is still able to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cOurs is a story of revitalization,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have seen God be faithful in the past, and we are convinced the best is yet to come. We still love to dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

(EDITOR\u2019S NOTE \u2014 This article originally appeared in The Christian Index<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bethlehem Church photos. WINDER, Ga. \u2014 Over the course of seven services across three campuses, Bethlehem Church celebrated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-101188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}