Commission on Evangelization

Sister Maria Goretti Browne (Grayson, Ky.), Sister Marie Colette Gerry (Morgantown, Ky.) and Sister Kate Regan (Ripley, Miss.,) create a list of ways that Catholics and Baptists might work together in evangelizing at a recent Glenmary Commission on Evangelization meeting.

Possibilities for Partnering in Evangelization

The postmodern world gives Catholics and Baptists new opportunities to work together.

Research among seekers has shown that there is a hunger for personal relationships. Keeping the formation of those relationships the focus of joint projects, rather than rational arguments, may allow for more sharing between local churches.

The Commission along with the speakers (Rev. Kimbrough and Father Ruff) generated a list of some possibilities that could be explored on the local level:

• Create ways to educate one another: listening sessions with ministers of other churches; Bible study around a common theme. For more on these, see Educating for Inter-Church Understanding—Listening Session under Ideas That Work
  Identify new times for joint worship, especially prayer services and a potluck (e.g. Pentecost)

• Explore holding a Spiritual Conference which could consist of testimonies/ faith stories, prayer, praise, and music by both churches

• Interchurch marriage preparation by both ministers

• Distribution and follow up with the Jesus Video project

• Youth Fest involving other churches\Inter-church training for visitors to the homebound in the county

• Working together in ESL (English as a Second Language) programs

• Christian Women’s Job Corps, part of the outreach of the Baptist Missionary Women’s Union, pairs a mature Christian woman with one who is struggling. A covenant agreement involves meeting twice a month—once for support and once for Bible Study together. For more: www.wmu.org

• Cooperative social service programs which bring church members together

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