by the Tribune
We had a great Easter weekend with 407 attending and eight saved in three services in our church. Our first church plant, Aaron Cavin’s Life Church, had 195, and not sure how many salvation decisions. There were four BBF church plants started in the past five years who had a combined Easter attendance of almost 900 this year. The overwhelming majority of these people are previously unchurched!
Sean Sears – Grace Church
Stoughton, MA
I have been serving the Lord as a pastor for 59 Easters. Our final count at Cielo Vista was 3,406 with 80 accepting Christ . God, let me live long enough to see 5,000 in our services for You!
Johnny Morgan – Pastor Emeritus – Cielo Vista Church
El Paso, TX
At Calvary we average 125 and had 160 today with about 20 regulars away on vacation and such. No decisions but lots of visitors for follow-up. Last Sunday I baptized five.
Tim Shafer – Calvary Baptist Church
Hanson, MA
This is our first Easter since opening a second campus 10 weeks ago. Our attendance was just at 1,600. We have 27 people who accepted Christ to follow up on this week.
Jeff Love – Bridgepoint Church
Boise, ID
We had 360, the most ever, with five baptized.
David Almanzar – Canon Community Baptist
Canon City, CO
The Lord blessed us at Northside. We had five adults pray to receive Christ. I also got to baptize a young man that I was able to pray with for salvation last month.
Jon Haley – Northside Baptist Church
Arkansas City, KS
We had a record high last week of 227 and today we had 363. In the first service, eight kids and four adults were saved. Seven kids and four adults were saved in the second service, so 23 total. Had lots of visitors from the 5,000 egg invitations we passed out.
Michael Haley – Cross Creek Baptist Church
Fountain, CO
We had over 190 today (usually about 145), and while we did not have altar results (this is Fort Collins) we did baptize five last week and they were all here today!
Marc Leverett – Bethel Baptist Church
Fort Collins, CO
We had 1,447 in attendance Easter and two people saved.
Herbert Gilbert – Beacon Baptist Church
Taylor, MI
We average 250 and had 379 on Easter. A former Muslim woman who has visited several times accepted Christ this morning. Just got the most precious email from her rejoicing that Jesus is really alive!
Lee Huddleston – Seacoast Church
Redondo Beach, CA
We were blessed despite thunderstorms all weekend. Just under 700 in attendance, five professions of faith on top of four the previous week. One was a self-described atheist who has been attending for several weeks.
Bob Stephenson – Graceway Baptist Church
Springfield, MO
I did a four-week focus on evangelism prior to Easter, and while we average 400 plus in attendance, we had 687 on Easter at The Journey with 17 people inviting Jesus Christ to be their Forgiver and Lord!
Rob Willis – The Journey Baptist Church
Rochester, NH
Our church had a day of evangelism. We had three services, and we were striving to double our attendance (around 350 this year) by everyone bringing a guest. We had 210 in the early morning garden service, 310 in the 9 a.m. service, and 420 in the 10 a.m. service. We estimate 710 unique guests and members, and seven came forward for salvation. I thumbed through the connection cards and there is a lot of follow-up to do this week!
Daniel Dennis – Thomas Road Baptist Church,
Phoenix, AZ
We had a total of 274 yesterday, and it was a great celebration for us. Our attendance was not all that much higher than normal but our church is energized.
Mike “Moose” Marcellus – First Independent Baptist
Church, Austin, TX
We had 1,058 in attendance (three services) with 24 making decisions to follow Christ. The best part for me was a family that came as a result of my son (six years old) inviting his friend to church.
Ben Feldott – Cape Cod Church
East Falmouth, MA
For the first time in our new building and only second time in six years since being pastor of our church, we broke 100 in attendance with 117, and we had one man saved — the brother of one of our ladies. This man almost died two years ago when he slammed his car into a building while in a drunken rage. Drugs, alcohol, and years of being an absent father, and it came down to yesterday and he gave his life to Christ.
Walter Swaim – Abiding Life Baptist Fellowship
Pasadena, TX
Easter was incredible at Sonrise. One hundred and fifty attended the first service, 442 the second, and six adults invited Jesus Christ into their lives. One was my neighbor George. When I preached a funeral not long ago, he was there and said, “I like the way you talk. Is it okay if I come hear you every other Sunday, ‘cause I work every other Sunday?” George was there Easter with several other neighbors. He invited Jesus into his life yesterday.
Otis Ledbetter – Sonrise Church
Clovis, CA
We had quite a day in Wilmington! It was the grand opening of our new auditorium, and we had 1,641 in attendance, with 12 saved, two baptized, and more than 100 first-time visitors. We also had a special push to wrap up our new building expenses, and nearly tripled our average weekly offering.
Kelly McInerney – Bible Baptist Church
Wilmington, OH
Great day at South Creek with 185! Thanks to all those who volunteered! Robert Hodges – South Creek Baptist Church, Orlando, FL Four thousand Easter eggs distributed this year. Four thousand invitations to come to church and hear the Good News of Jesus Christ!
Ben Seyden – Riverside Baptist Church
Kankakee, IL