AMAZING NEWS!
TELL EVERYONE!

I want you to get excited that God chose to set a new record among his children here at Central Baptist Church.

For 2008 we make Central Baptist church history -  to date we have baptized 36 people. This has never been done in the history of our church. We still have the months of May through August in the 2007-2008 church year and God willing HE will only add to our number those being saved.

Will you just stop reading this now and give praise to God, shout if you want to because this is great news for our church.

I went all the way back to the first church report in 1959. The church was organized in 1958. There are only 8 times in the 50 year history of this church when more than twenty people were baptized in a year.

In 1959 Central baptized 25.
In 1972 Central baptized 34.
In 1979 Central baptized 23.
In 1980 Central baptized 23.
In 1981 Central baptized 35.
In 1982 Central baptized 29.

From 1983 through 2005, a span of twenty-two years, Central would average only 6 baptisms per year.

From 2000 to 2005 Central only baptized 31 people total.

In 2006, we baptized 22.

In 2007 we baptized 30.

With four months left in the church year, we are at 36 baptisms. This is a new record for our church breaking a 27 year old record.

GOD is at work at Central! Jesus Christ is changing lives.

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Central in a huge way with the highest number of baptisms, but would you believe God for a total of 50 baptisms in our 50th year. I really want us to believe God to go beyond 50.

That is only 14 more changed lives in four months. Will you believe? Will you share, invite, encourage, pray and give? I hope you are excited about this in the life of our church and in the expansion of God's kingdom.

In Christ,
Andy Goode