Volume 22 • Issue 6 • November & December 2010

A note from your Director of Missions ⋅ Glenn Davis

Calendar What is our score?

November
1 Baptist Women World Day of Prayer When I became a Director of Missions I thought that I needed to take up the sport of
8 Disaster Relief Meeting, HOKSBA, 11am golf. In all my years of pastoring I had played only a few times. But before moving onto
17 S.S. Team Meeting @ Ryan’s, 12:30 the field where I would serve in this new role, my wife and sons bought me a set of golf
25-
25-26 Thanksgiving - HOKSBA Office Closed clubs. So as the weather began to warm up that spring, I started trying to learn to play a
little golf. I practiced some, took some lessons to learn the proper way to swing a golf
28-
28-5 International Missions Emphasis:
club, and started playing some with a few of the pastors in the association.
Week of Prayer, Missions Study
and Lottie Moon Offering
I did play several times the first summer I was here, but I never really fell in love with
the game. The next year I played fewer times. And this year I have played 9 holes once.

December
My strategy when I play golf is try to hit the ball with whatever club is suggested by the
closest player who looks like he knows what he is doing. Sometimes I just use the same
club he used. And to the frustration of real golfers, I rarely keep score.
6 HOKSBA Christmas Banquet
See article for details
Such a strategy for golf, as you can imagine, is not very effective in making me a real
11 Special Ed, Christmas Party, South City
golfer. And such a strategy in leading our association or our churches is not very effec-
13 Disaster Relief Meeting, HOKSBA, 11am tive in our area of calling.
24-
24-27 Christmas - HOKSBA Office Closed
30-
30-31 In D.E.P.T.H Conference, Topeka We know the mission in golf is to put the ball in the hole in as few strokes as possible.
at the Performing Arts Center And we know the mission in church life is to make as many authentic disciples of Jesus
as possible. But many pastors and DOM’s don’t have a real strategy for accomplishing
the mission God has given them in the context where God has called them.
Weekly Prayer Emphasis for We often just look around to find someone who appears to be doing well, and try to play

November our game with their club. We are like David in Saul’s armor. It FAITH Evangelism
Strategy worked for them, if GPS, or small groups, or contemporary worship worked for
Nov. 1 Calvary•
• Pastor Michael Scott them, we try their strategy in our place.
Nov. 8 Cambodian • Pastor Sorn Im
Nov. 15 Cedar Pointe • Pastor Dennis Burns When I play golf, I just hit the ball, and then go play it wherever it lies. There is really
Nov. 22 Celebration • Pastor James Albers little strategy because I don’t really have much of an idea of where the ball is going to
Nov. 29 Country Acres • Pastor Kelly Randolph end up. Sometimes I hit it long and straight. Most of the time my problem is that I find
myself standing too close to the ball after I hit it.

December What is the solution for my golf game? That is not the point. The point is that we need
to lead our churches with much more intentionality and skill.
Dec. 6 CrossPointe • Pastor Greg Williams
Dec. 13 CrossRoad • Pastor Wendell Skinner
The mission is clear and compelling. The strategies must be set based on our context and
Dec. 20 Crusaders • Pastor Ron Harris
the assets at our disposal. And the tactics we use must be measured to impact the strate-
Dec. 27 Faith • Pastor Jerry Smith
gies designed to accomplish the mission.

It is time in our ministries for us to swing with a known target in mind. Remember that
the score in this game really does matter.
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 Heart of Kansas
Christmas Banquet
December 6, 2010
6:30pm
The Heart of Kansas’
Christmas Banquet will
be at Metropolitan Baptist
Church located at 525 W.
Douglas. This event is for
paid church staff and their
spouses. An RSVP is
appreciated. The menu
this year will be BBQ.
Special Education
Mary Lou Pratt
Every year our fall event is taking the Special Ed. group to the
Pumpkin Patch at Cox Farms. The bus was loaded with the group
and away we went. Behind my drivers seat I could hear the sounds
of the excitement as everyone was talking together and all at once
as we rode down the street.
We were the first ones at Cox farm. We were blessed with perfect
parking for every vehicle that was in our group. In all, there were
thirty of us, seven of which were new faces! We were at Cox farm
for an hour collecting pumpkins, petting animals and riding on the
wagons pulled by a tractor. It was great fun for all.
After the pumpkin patch we all went back to South City Baptist
Church and everyone painted their pumpkin and laughed and joked
and had a lot of fun. We then ate our lunch and then had story time.
Mike Morgan is a great story teller. He talked about Jesus and serv-
ing. How Jesus is our great example and how even at this event
many of us were doing what Jesus did by helping each other. He
talked about the ultimate sacrifice and the plan of salvation, plant-
ing seeds I would say. How we all can share the Word by example
and sharing what we know about Jesus.
I know it was God who brought me to this ministry, but I want to
thank all who were part of this plan. Praise God! Our next event
will be at South City Baptist Church and will be the Christmas
Party on December 11th from noon to 4p.m. Bring a gift and join the
fun. Hope to see you there. RSVP to Mary Lou Pratt, 316.201.5757.
Set Free Ministry
Early this fall we had another Arkansas mission team working at the
Set Free House. They were a group of 10 retirees who spent the
whole week working there. They finished the mudding and taping in
the living and dining rooms, stairways and the south kitchen. They
also did a lot of electrical work and hung all the cabinets in the
south kitchen. We need volunteers to finish the mudding and taping
in the north kitchen and hang the cabinets. We also have some doors
to hang and some finishing work and then will be able to do the
tiling and carpeting. Please contact us if you are interested in help-
ing.
As I have mentioned before, an intricate part of the Set Free minis-
try is to have a discipleship “ranch” to take people to after they
come in off the street. They would stay there sixty plus days. The
property needs to be a good distance from town, but close enough
for churches to help with Bible Studies and other volunteer minis-
tries. An ideal location would have an old farm house and about 5
acres, either donated or have a reasonable long term lease, but we
will look at any and all options. Please keep this in prayer and let us
know if you know someone who could help with this.
Good Neighbor Centers
Our Good Neighbor Centers are still touching lives in our commu-
nity through benevolent ministries. We have seen many people
come to our centers and give their lives to Christ. Our GNC’s are in
need of funds and food to meet the great needs. The needs in Wich-
ita are continually growing and all of our centers need your assis-
tance. Many laid off workers in Wichita are running out of unem-
ployment and we have seen a large increase of new families coming
to our centers. At 16 cents per pound, we can purchase food at the
Food Bank which makes our dollars go so much further. I would
love to come and speak to your church or SS class on the needs of
the GNCs and how we can help.
Evangelistic Mission Trips
It is not too early to start praying about going on an evangelistic
mission trip next year. Each year we take a group to an evangelistic
event the day before the Rose Bowl parade. We usually depart on
December 30th and return January 1st. Each year we see numerous
lives changed and many people touched by the Gospel.
Also in mid February we take a group to New Orleans to do street
evangelism the Friday and Saturday of Mardi Gras. We hand out
over 50,000 tracts each year and share the Gospel with many peo-
ple. This is a very important mission field that we need to reach. We
usually leave early Thursday morning and return late Sunday after-
noon.
Juvenile Detention Ministry
Loren Phippen, Evangelism Director

Over the last several months I have been meeting with a small
group of men who are concerned with the lives of these kids when
they get out of the facilities. Many do not have a good Christian
influence and go back to their old lifestyle. There is a real need
for Christian men to mentor these youth. Donnavan Karber for-
mally of Youth Horizons and now of Christian Association of
Youth Mentoring provided mentor minister training for several of
us in early October. If you would be interested in hearing about
how you can make a difference in one of these kids’ lives please
let me know.

God continues to bless us in this ministry. We see many lives

changed at JDF and at the Boy’s ranch. Also one of our church
members is ministering at the Spartan Lake Side academy where
he is able to touch lives with the Gospel. I recently got clearance
Abraham Arevalo, Hispanic Church Planter Strategist
to help at Spartan. The ranch has allowed me for the last year or
so to sign out 2 boys every Saturday morning at 5 a.m. to take
them fishing. For some of them this has been their first time fish- The Churches of HOKSBA continue working together to share
ing or going to the lake. I am able to disciple them more and build Christ with every person in our community. Once more, the
relationships which sometimes continue after they are out. churches of HOKSBA have shown what cooperation is all about.

Please continue to pray for this ministry and your involvement in
it by donating your time or providing funds for Bibles and other
needs. In particular, we need youth pastors and workers who
could give a Friday night every few months or so to help in JDF.
This would give a connection for them to continue being discipled
after they are released. Some of these kids have never really had
someone who loved and cared for them and they desperately need
that.
This October, more than 60 volunteers worked together to present
Judgment House in Spanish to more than 240 people. The title for
this year was: Unexpected. For the second consecutive year, 4 His-
panic churches in our association partnered with Sharon Baptist
Church to make Judgment House in Spanish a reality.
This drama took place on October 21st & 22nd and was a success. In
addition, Sharon Baptist Church is having wonderful results with
their regular presentations in English.

Judgment House in Spanish is a proof of the great things God can do

Theological Education
Dave Mitchell and Jim Presnell of River Community, met with
Midwestern Theological Seminary this past month. It was deter-
mined that Midwestern will no longer be offering satellite classes
in the HOKSBA office beginning January 2011. If you have any
questions about this, please contact our office at 316.943.3446.
through us when we work together. No matter our background, cul-
ture or language, God can use us in a wonderful way for His glory
when we cooperate as churches.
What was the biggest achievement? 21 people gave their life to Je-
sus!

River Fest
Loren Phippen, Evangelism Director
The River Fest will be changing dates and possibly locations for
2011. The dates are June 3rd - 11th. Our outreach will be starting
Thursday evening June 9th and ending Saturday evening June
11th. We will be doing the horse shoe ministry, block party and
other ministries. Please put that on your calendar and please lift
this outreach to our Lord in prayer.
Information on Spanish
Speaking Churches
If you have Spanish speaking friends and would like to give them
information on Spanish speaking churches in the Wichita area, call
Abraham Arevalo at HOKSBA or on his cell phone at
316.371.4312.
We have brochures available at the HOKSBA office with informa-
tion on Spanish speaking churches in our area. Feel free to pick
some up and hand them out to your Spanish friends and neighbors.
 Seven Questions that Will
Make or Break Sunday School
From the HOKSBA Sunday School Team
The following seven questions were presented by Dr. Thom Rainer as
he met with Sunday School leadership prior to the associational evan-
gelism rally the end of August. Sunday School leaders are encouraged
to ask and answer these questions as they consider the evangelistic
emphasis of the Sunday School ministry of their church.
1. Are your Sunday School classes open groups? An open group is an
ongoing study of the Bible into which anyone can come at any given
point. A closed group is generally a more focused or defined study
which lasts 6 to 13 weeks. Open groups are more a source of evangel-
ism; closed groups are more focused on discipleship. If you haven’t
had a new member join your Sunday School class in the last six
months – your group is closed. It is more about attitude than cur-
riculum.
2. Is there intentionality of evangelism in your Sunday School? Are
we truly trying to reach people? Do we believe that lost people are
going to hell? Sunday School classes that have become intentional
about evangelism in the Sunday School are exploding!
3. In your prayer time(s) at church – do you ever pray for the lost? Are
you praying for lost people, by name, in your Sunday School class?
4. Is there an intentional effort to start new classes? Why don’t we
start new classes? We have a “me” vision rather than a Kingdom vi-
sion. Our goal should be 10% growth every year. Accordingly, if we
start September 2010 with 20 classes, our goal should be to end the
year with 22!
5. Do you have a plan to invite people? 85% of the un-churched indi-
cate that they would come to church if two things happened: 1 – some-
one invited them; 2 – they offered to bring them into the building (by
either picking them up at home or by meeting them in the church park-
ing lot). Remember – Satan calls us to in-action; Jesus calls us to act.
6. Is there Bible study materials readily available for guests? If not, the
guest will assume – I am not welcome. Are there extra Bibles in the
classroom?
7. Does the leadership of the church, department, and class model
evangelism? If evangelism is not modeled by the leadership of the
class, department, and church – it will not be embraced by the mem-
bers of the class. Evangelism is more “caught” than “taught”. When
you have a passionate heart to share the Good News, people will see
it!
Evangelism Response Center
Loren Phippen , Evangelism Director
I have recently been trained and certified as a facilitator for the Evangelism Response Center. The ERC is responsible for handling thousands of phone calls
from people who have spiritual questions and interest in knowing more about Christ.
The ERC receives the phone call on one of their 800 numbers and transfers it to a logged on telephone encourager (TE). The TE answers questions and leads
the conversation to the Gospel and many of these lead to people praying to receive Christ. You can log on to the system any time that is convenient for you.
Please contact Loren at HOKSBA if you have an interest in sharing God’s love through this ministry.
Reaching the Lost with Horseshoes
By Gail Phippen
The Heart of Kansas Southern
Baptist Association (HOKSBA)
sponsored its first “horseshoe
ministry” event at the Kansas
State Fair this year. The horse-
shoe ministry was first used by
the association at the annual
River Festival in Wichita and
was such a success that the idea
was born to try the event at the state fair. Loren Phippen, Director of
Evangelism for the association and Carl Brown, member of Country
Acres Baptist Church, worked diligently to pull this even together in just
a few weeks time. The association had never attempted an event of this
size but once the idea was out to the volunteers, the money and the inter-
est just blossomed. The association ordered 5,000 horse shoes in antici-
pation of what God would do at the fair.
The horseshoe ministry works in a very simple fashion. As people
approach the booth a greeter tells them they will be given a free horse-
shoe with their name stamped on it if they will allow us to tell them what
John 3:16 means to us. While their name is being stamped on the shoe
the gospel is shared with them and they are given the opportunity to pray
and accept Christ as their personal savior. Whether they pray to receive
Christ or not they are given a gospel track with their horseshoe and of-
fered a New Testament.
The Ridin’ For Christ Horseshoe Ministry in North Carolina gener-
ously stamped all 5,000 horseshoes with John 3:16 and shipped them in
time for use at the fair. Around fifteen of our local churches signed up to
man the booth during various days and times. We also had a great group
of volunteers from a church in Pratt, Kansas, that is in a different associa-
tion. There is no way anyone was prepared for the response they would
see and the work that it would take to pass that many people through the
booth, but they all worked like true servants of God and gave it their all.
It was proof positive of what we can accomplish if God’s people are
willing to come together to reach our communities for Christ.
Approximately 4,700 horseshoes were given out at the fair and the
response from fairgoers was overwhelming. Over 100 people made pub-
lic confessions of salvation and were willing to give their personal infor-
mation so our local churches could do follow up and discipleship. There
is no way to know what God is doing in the hearts of all the others who
heard the gospel during the ten day event. It was truly amazing to see
how many people were sincerely open to hear the gospel message. The
world wants us to believe that no one is interested and will not listen to
believers who are willing to share their faith. Those who saw lives
touched and such a large number of people hear the gospel message
know better and look forward with anticipation to see how God will use
them in other witnessing venues and again next year at the fair!
Please put on your schedule the dates for next year’s state fair outreach
which will be September 9th -18th 2011.
Celebrate Recovery Heart of Kansas SBA
Tom Melton Non-Designated Income
Ronald Simmons said, “I want to destroy a myth that seems to be floating CHURCHES Sep 10 Jan - Sep 10
around recovery. This rumor is, relapse is a part of your recovery. For AVIATOR 400.00 2,300.00
some strange reason people believe that to become free or participate in BELIEVERS 866.93 8,610.71
the process of recovery you must go out and relapse, returning to recovery CALVARY 2,517.04 12,121.51
to start this process over again.” The Bible teaches that once you receive
CEDAR POINTE 360.55 3,379.51
the good new of Jesus Christ, you never have to take another drink, fix or
hit again. CELEBRATION 0.00 2,427.99
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Galatians 5:1 “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep CROSSROADS 0.00 49.97
standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” FAITH, ANDOVER 200.00 1,500.00
FIRST, HAYSVILLE 670.86 6,101.43
John 8:31-32 “…If you continue in my word, than you are truly disciples
FIRST, MAIZE 0.00 213.00
of mine; and you shall know the truth and the truth will make you free.”
FIRST, MULVANE 1,151.91 9,145.24
When Christ comes into your life through salvation, a genuine believer FSBC, HUTCHINSON 964.99 4,109.03
receives the gift of the Holy Spirit that sets us free. We must appropriate HARMONY 0.00 621.40
the power given to us by the Holy Spirit and feed upon his Word and IGLESIA BAUTISTA BUENAS NUEVAS 0.00 64.00
Spiritual ministry. When one stops feeding themselves with God’s Word IGLESIA BAUTISTA GETSEMANI 0.00 1,068.62
and Spiritual ministry then they become weak and place themselves in
IGLESIA BAUTISTA NUEVA VIDA 89.00 755.00
danger of relapse.
IGLESIA CRISTIANA LA REDENCION 50.00 500.00

When we have a testimony of victory it is because they have learned to IMMANUEL 3,360.18 16,433.21
persevere through life’s problems and life’s disappointments. Stress, frus- IMMANUEL, NEWTON 1,203.30 4,745.01
trations, depression, impatience, self-pity, exhaustion and boredom are INDIAN SOUTHERN 0.00 117.00
triggers for relapse, but not the cause of relapse. LAO BAPTIST 0.00 400.00
METRO EAST 2,303.28 16,820.17
People that are relapsing need Celebrate Recovery!
METROPOLITAN 568.44 7,131.10
MIDWAY 792.36 6,606.63
5th Annual HOKSBA Fall Two-Person Scram- NEW LIFE COMMUNITY BAPTIST 0.00 190.00
ble Golf Tournament NINNESCAH VALLEY 52.28 336.41
OLD TIME GOSPEL 0.00 373.50
Charley Powel, Recreation Committee Chair
OLIVET 654.66 6,998.85
Forty-Six men and women from the Heart of Kan- PARKVIEW 245.35 2,426.50
sas Southern Baptist Association faced mild tem- PLANEVIEW 0.00 100.00
peratures in the 80’s with a light breeze chasing a PLEASANTVIEW, DERBY 1,102.73 11,098.21
little white ball around Hesston Golf Park on Satur- PRAIRIE TRAIL 78.81 1,355.55
day, October 9, 2010 at the Fifth Annual Fall Two- RIVER COMMUNITY 1,890.29 13,674.43
Person Scramble Golf Tournament. What a contrast to last year with tem- RIVERVIEW 377.34 2,855.55
peratures in the 30’s and winds around 20 miles an hour. The Lord pro- ROLLING HILLS 0.00 1,174.00
vided an absolutely gorgeous day this year. The fellowship, like our SHARON 846.53 8,215.33
spring Fellowship Golf Tournament was absolutely GREAT! After the SOUTH CITY 0.00 2,544.86
golf we gathered for some hamburgers and wonderful homemade Monster SOUTHSIDE 85.00 724.00
Cookies (thanks Jean) while the scores were tallied up. Everyone won SOUTHWEST 102.98 939.52
something. It truly was a GREAT day of fun and fellowship! See SOUTHWIND FELLOWSHIP 129.20 1,227.54
www.hoksba.org to see who won some prizes. THE MISSION 0.00 324.88
TRINITY 149.07 1,473.29
Golf Tournaments scheduled for 2011 include:
TYLER ROAD 309.16 3,400.11
11th Annual HOKSBA Fellowship Golf Tournament – Saturday, April 30th
6th Annual HOKSBA Two-Person Scramble Golf Tournament –Saturday, VICTORY 0.00 350.00
October 8th WICHITA KOREAN 0.00 600.00
WOODLAND 0.00 879.00
If you are interested in serving on the committee for the 11th Annual TOTAL 22,622.24 176,382.06
HOKSBA Fellowship Golf Tournament, please contact Charley Powell at
(316) 650-1959 (cell) or by e-mail at xtremegolfer2@cox.net. The com- *Contributions received after the last day of the
mittee will start work in late January to mid February 2010. We do need month will be recorded into the following month.
more workers.

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Men’s Ministry
Bob White
Heart of Kansas men, did you participate in the Bigger Break-
fast on September 25th for a “somewhat” simultaneous men’s
breakfast and prayer time? Some of our churches gathered for
breakfast and launched a 40 day prayer plan for spiritual re-
newal. Did you attend the 2010 men’s retreat at Webster Con-
ference Center on October 15th and 16th? We had a little more
than 100 registrations. It was an excellent meeting.
This is your first reminder for the October 2011 Men’s retreat.
Please pray for the HOK men’s ministry team as we try to be a
real encouragement in starting men’s ministries in several
churches. There is a lot of help available, call the HOK office
or the KNCSB office in Topeka.
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Baptist Homeless Ministry
Deborah Long-Torrens
We are going to have our Christmas dinner on Christmas day.
If you have a group or a choir that would like to perform at
our Christmas dinner please contact Deborah Long-Torrens.
Winter is around the corner so we need men & women’s
coats, hats, gloves, long johns, sleeping bags and backpacks.
This past month the Baptist Homeless Ministry served 120
people with groceries, gave out 60 care packages, 60 people
were given bible tracts, 10 Bibles were handed out, and 6 peo-
ple accepted Christ!
If you would like to learn more about the Baptist Homeless
Ministry or would like to volunteer please contact Deborah
Long-Torrens at 316-204-9517.