I recently learned that Dr. James Eaves, long time professor of Church Growth Evangelism at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, has died at age 90.
Dr. Eaves and Dr. Roy Fish, Personal Evangelism, were the main reasons I felt God directed me to attend Southwestern.
The following story never grows old:
While serving as pastor in Albuquerque, NM he led his church in weekly reciting:
"They will not seek, they must be sought
They will not come, they must be brought
They will not learn, they must be taught"
In my opinion, this is a great statement of the Mission and Methods of the local church.
Dr. Eaves told us that a "Lady of the Evening" was won to Christ, was baptized and sat on the very front row in his church. Some of the older women in the church started gossiping and thought the new believer was flaunting her past.
He reminded those "Holier than Thou" women that it could well be that the new believer had more of the Spirit of Jesus than they did! The gossiping stopped.
Dr. James Eaves, R.I.P.
Glenn <><
Just West of Yesterday
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