837 Commit to Home Church Evangelism

A total of 837 Potomac Conference home church Hispanic leaders (and another 534 leaders in the New Jersey Conference) have committed to take part in a nationwide week of evangelism, scheduled next month. GPS por la Vida (healthy small groups) training sessions took place last fall to prepare for the upcoming campaign. Organizers explained the 2019 North American Division (NAD), Columbia Union and Potomac Conference plan, and provided material that helped train and motivate small group leaders.

“The mission of the Potomac Conference is to ‘Grow Healthy, Disciple-Making Churches,’” says Jose Esposito, Hispanic Ministries director. “In order for this to be concrete, leaders must have a spiritual lifestyle, not only by going to church once a week, but by having a connection on an everyday basis like the primitive church did. This is why home church ministry is so important.”

These training sessions attracted nearly 2,000 field coordinators, pastors and small group leaders, under the direction of Esposito; Rubén Ramos, vice president of Multilingual Ministries for the Columbia Union; Alejandro Bullón, evangelist and international lecturer; and Tony Anobile, vice president of Cultural Ministries for NAD.

Of those who attended, 837 church members committed to work with administration to help grow and plant additional home churches within the Potomac territory. “If at least 800 people open their homes to the home church ministry and have an average of five people attend each week, that would spark an unprecedented growth of some 4,000 people,” explains Esposito. “Imagine the souls won for Christ and the personal relationships developed with the Savior!”