Pure in Heart Community Baptist Church, Lancaster

Pastor Reginald Scott and Pure in Heart Community Baptist Church have taken seriously one of their Core Values, Evangelization of the Lancaster community near Cedar Valley Community College. They have adopted an evangelistic theme for 2009 “Sharing Godly Love with God’s People” (I Cor. 3:6-7 NLT). Their desire is “Getting the word out that Jesus Loves You.” This campaign has been developed and taught by Pastor Scott and will kick off June 2009-June 2010. Their goal for these 12 months is to reach 1000 souls for Christ.

Even before the official kick-off date, they have aggressively been seeking souls for Christ. Since this one-year old church began in 2008, they have reached 92 people with the message of hope in Jesus Christ. They have had 10 professions of faith since February 2009. Their initial evangelism strategy has been emphasizing “Frangelism” (Friends, Family, Associates and Neighbors). One of their members, a young lady, has been very committed to witnessing to her friends, family, and so forth. She has been bringing people to church with her every week. A couple of weeks ago, she was stopped by the Lancaster Police just a few blocks away from the church. The police wrote her a citation for having a bad windshield and another violation which required the impounding of the car on the spot. This inconvenience did not bother this new sister in Christ. They simply got out of the car and walked the rest of the way to church. The pastor felt that God had given him a message on that day that was particularly “right” for this young lady, and the Holy Spirit led the two who came with her to give their lives to Christ on that Sunday.