Playback: Texas Baptists Post-Event Media

Steven Bezner, senior pastor of Houston Northwest Church, calls pastors to emphasize evangelism and to break out of a "chaplain" mindset — believing "our primary job is simply to care for those who are inside our churches."

Despite statistics that show Gen Z identifies less with religion than previous generations, Shane Pruitt, National Next Gen Director for the North American Mission Board, said he has seen more conversations among young people in the last three years than in his previous 15 years of ministry. He urges attendees at the 2022 Statewide Evangelism Conference to focus on reaching Gen Z and then sending...

Preaching from Philippians 1:27-30, Robert White, lead pastor of Freedom Church in Bedford, exhorted Christians to gospel conduct — living lives worthy of the gospel — and to live in "gospel community" with each other. He explained that while we must proclaim the gospel, the invitation to Christ is "broader than just the words presented," because it includes the example of our lives.

Dr. Katie McCoy, Texas Baptists director of Women's Ministry, outlines the post-Christian environment in which Texas Baptists now bear witness, a culture that resembles that of first-century Roman culture — which creates undeniable challenges but provides tremendous opportunity for Christ followers.

Eric Hernandez, Texas Baptist apologetics lead and millennial specialist, emphasizes the need to couple apologetics with evangelism, explaining that 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 teaches that Christians are to "refute arguments and reasoning and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the knowledge of God."