January 27, 1999
Pacesetter churches
recognized for baptism record
___By Ken Camp
___Texas Baptist Communications
___FORT WORTH--A Houston church that baptized the equivalent of 78 percent of its average Sunday school attendance last year was among more than 200 Texas Baptist churches recognized at the annual Pacesetters Banquet in Fort Worth.
___Just As I Am Church in Houston reported the highest percentage of baptisms for 1998. Wayne Modeste is pastor.
___Other churches that reported baptizing the equivalent of 20 percent or more of their average Sunday school attendance during the 1998 church year, listed with the pastors' names, are:
___Abiding Faith, Missouri City, Bobby Morgan; Airline Manor, Houston, J.D. Andrews; Anderson, College Station, Joe Dan Franklin; Arrowhead, Wichita Falls, Jimmy Hatcher; Bamore Road, Rosenburg, Harvey Abke; Baptist Temple of San Benito, Jearl Petree;
___Believers, Emory, Bryan Hutchinson; Believers, Smithson Valley, New Braunfels, Perry Taylor; Belmore, San Angelo, Chris Seidlitz; Bethel, Big Lake, Henry Googe; Bethel, Graham, Dale Brooks; Bethel, Nacogdoches, M.A. Ervin; Bethsaida "Y", Bivins, Clayton Sheets; Beverly Hills, Fort Worth, William Atchley;
___Bible Way, Dallas, W.R. Smith; Bluff Dale, Bluff Dale, Pat Bush; Bolton Street, Amarillo, Leon Green; Buchanan West, Buchanan Dam, David Montgomery; Calvario, Corpus Christi, Pete Castro;
___Calvary, Canyon, Dennis Noblett; Calvary, Freeport, Larry Arnold; Calvary, Gladewater, Prentiss McGee; Calvary, Jacksonville, James Jacobs; Calvary, Midland, David Smith; Calvary, Seagoville, Curtis Hardie; Calvary, Stamford, J.C. Baker;
___Calvary Road, Willis, John Walker; Canyon Creek, Temple, Philip Riegel; Cedar Knob, Belton, Alvin Sutton; Central Avenue, Hamlin, Travis Crutchfield; Central, Wichita Falls, Ray Miller; Central, Elbo, near Big Spring, Robert Rachuig; Choate, Kenedy, Curtis Moyer;
___Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Mike Richmond; City Church Baptist of Amarillo, Don Lane; Cliffside, Amarillo, George Haddox; Colfax, Ben Wheeler, Bryan Daniel; Colony, Orange, Ferrel Massey; Comfort Hispanic Baptist Mission of Comfort, Pedro Aguila;
___Community Lighthouse of Sherman, John Trafton; Cottonwood, Cross Plains, Joe Coppinger; Crestview, Lamesa, Pat Githens; Crossroads, Terrell, Bobby Deets; Culleoka, Princeton, David White; Dial, Honey Grove, Alan Stoddard; Eagle Heights, Flower Mound, Randy Templin; East 4th St., Big Spring, Dudley Mullins;
___Elmwood, Abilene, John Wade; Fairdale, Hemphill, Forest Owens; Fairview, Palo Pinto, Roy Burson; Fairy, Hico, Bob Ray; Faith, Chandler, Gerald Edwards; Faith Memorial, Archer City, John Welter; Fellowship, Belton, Shane Scott; Fellowship, Porter, Barry Phillips;
___First, Bacliff, Gary Sills; First, Blackwell, Jackie Gestes; First, Booker, Brent Farney; First, Buffalo Gap, Stephen Joiner; First, Campbell, Cary Kinnaird; First, Castle Gap, Jim Medley; First, Cisco, Chris Craig; First, Crane, David Miracle; First, Cranfill Gap, Bill Schibler; First, Gail, Clifton Igo;
___First, Groveton, Lewis Jones; First, Hamshire, Joseph Constantine; First, Harker Heights, Jay Thomas; First, Liberty, Allen Owens; First, Lindale, Denny Autrey; First, Lipan, Dave Samples; First, Little River, Dennis Moody; First, Lott, Randy Osborn; First, Maypearl, Tony Sheffield; First, Millsap, Warren Osburn;
___First, Montague, Darius McKay; First, Montgomery, Kenneth Hayman; First, Murphy, Kirk Taylor; First, Neches, Charles Grasty; First, Newcastle, Lowell Wright; First, Nolanville, Mike May; First, Normangee, Don Semonski; First, Paint Rock, Tony Gruben; First, Petrolia, Rick Ergle;
___First, Poyner, Jeff Godwin; First, Rhome, Ron Graham; First, Rio Vista, Paul Pinyan; First, Robstown, Abe Enrriques; First, Santa Anna, Marty Reed; First, Smithville, Mike Clements; First, Somerset, Russ Frazier; First, Sterling City, Jason McGuire; First, Trenton, Doug Gifford;
___First, Godlett in Vernon, Gary Chapman; First, Academy, Wayne Wester; First, Jarrell, Max Johnson; First, Moffat in Temple, Wiley Zinn; First, Old Ocean, Paul Carter; First Southern, Laneville, James Rust;
___Freedom, Amarillo, Robert Bennett; Friendship, Beaumont, Mark Viator; Friendship, McKinney, Roland Burnett; Friendship, Silsbee, Alvin Strother; Friendship, Weatherford, Richard Sego; Fort Graham, Whitney, Allan Lane; Gateway, San Antonio, Charles Houston; Gateway Church of Mansfield, Bruce Edwards; Genesis, Austin, Gilbert Chavez; Georgetown, Pottsboro, Michael Butler;
___Grace, Liberty, Charles Smith; Green Valley, Houston, Truman Howze; Harmony, Vidor, T.J. Bordeon; Harmony, Weatherford, Lynn Ray Crosslin; Hartburg, Orange, Fred Raney; Heights, Liberty, Jerry Gibson; Heights, Texas City, R.L. Calhoun;
___Hillcrest, San Angelo, Jim Wilkerson; Hillside, Electra, Bobby Webb; Hilltop, Alto, William Little; Hilltop, Woodville, Kenn Freeland; Hodges, Hawley, Burtis Williams; Honea, Montgomery, Joel Wilson; Hopewell, Tyler, Dennis Terry;
___Iglesia Bautista Avondale in Harlingen, Jorge Zapata; Hilltop, Springtown, Johnnie Conway; Iglesia Bautista Betania in Houston, Richard Castillo; Iglesia Bautista Camino Real in Denison, Sammy Garcia; Iglesia Bautista El Mesias in Dallas, Eduard Valdez; Immanuel, Monahans, Robert Mitchell; Immanuel, Olney, Stephan Collard;
___Jones Prairie, Livingston, Royce Pennington; Just As I Am, Houston, Wayne Modeste; Klondike, Klondike, Terry Bryan;
___Lake Community, Flint, Glen Clifton; Lakeview, Belton, Sam Callaway; Living Hope, College Station, Butch Smith; Lone Oak, Snook, Ed Walker; Lytton Springs, Dale, Robert Griffith; Martindale, Martindale, Glen Howe; Memorial, Killeen, Joe Rich; Midway, Dayton, Sam Mills; Mill Creek, Bellville, Monte Byrd; Minnehulla, Goliad, Ronald Edwards;
___Mision Bautista Ridgecrest of Greenville, Jose Amaya; Mission Bautista Emanuel of Fort Worth, Roberto Arrubla; Missouri City, Missouri City, Dennis Young; Muldoon, Muldoon, Jack Broadwater; Murphy Road, Plano, Mark Forrest;
___Nesbitt, Marshall, Dick Sawyer; New Faith, Gainesville, Clifford Allred; New Hope, League City, Jeff Jones; New Hope, Scroggins, Jim Boyte; New Life, Cooper, Jackie Stanfield; New Life, Robstown, Raul Elizondo; North Hardin, Silsbee, Danny Gilliam; Northlake, Dallas, Danny Souder; Northwest, Amarillo, Anthony Pennington;
___Oak Grove, Elmo, Bill Coffey; Oak Hills, Floresville, John Henson; Oakville, Oakville, Ed Benick; Old North, Nacogdoches, Eugene Tomlin; Open Door, Cibilo, Mike Cockerham; Oplin, Clyde, Riley Fugitt; Pearsall Road, San Antonio, Statt Riddlebarger; Pecan Grove, Richmond, Scott Riling; Pine Forest, Onalaska, Larry Shine;
___Pleasant Valley, El Paso, David Vela; Pollok, Pollok, Joe Carriere; Primera Iglesia Bautista, Dumas, Juan Garcia; Primera Iglesia Bautista of Gainesville, Jose Antonio Vazquez; Primera Iglesia Bautista of Evant, Humberto Rosales; Princeton Park, Rowlett, Joe Hewitt; Providence, Paris, Mike Shupp; Reagan, Reagan, Bob Norris; Rivercrest, Fort Worth, Claud Slate;
___Riverside, Riverside, Jim Newton; Rock Hill, Quitman, Shawn Gibson; Rockett, Red Oak, Gerald Spriggs; Saginaw, Fort Worth, Guille Seigler; Salt Creek, Brownwood, Art Allen; San Jacinto, Amarillo, Stan Coffey; Sand Hill, Texarkana, Steven Cain;
___Second, La Grange, Ellis McKinzie; Second, New Braunfels, William Kaberle; Second, La Porte, Bobbye Worsham; Shady Grove, Nacogdoches, Darryl Smith;
___Sierra Point Community Church of Euless, Richard McCormack; Skyline, El Paso, Bill Brammer; South Park, Lubbock, Jimmy Fikes; South Seminole, Seminole, Shane Kinnison; Southeast, Amarillo, Robert Field;
___Southside, Lufkin, Jeff Robinson; Southwest, DeSoto, Bryan Waite; Stadium Drive, Fort Worth, Scott Kelley; Tabernacle, Gainesville, Craig Cagle; Taylor's Valley, Temple, Ron Winsman; Tennyson, Tennyson, Bryan Ross; The Church in Cityview, Fort Worth, Burton Purvis; The Crossing, Mesquite, Charlie Brown; Timber Crest, Waco, Lain Teel;
___Tolar, Tolar, Armo Bentley; Trinity, Royse City, Mack Scott; Trinity Life, Garland, Russell Rogers; Union Grove, Richards, Edwin Parker; University, Kingsville, Jerry Tanner; Utopia, Utopia, Jimmy Linn; Vaughan, Hillsboro, Steven Taylor;
___Victory, Brazoria, Jamie Hill; Victory, Groesbeck, Billy Anderson; Victory, Woodville, Thomas Martin; West Athens, Athens, James Greer; Westover, San Marcos, James Love; Woodrow, Silsbee, James Crall; and Zion Hill, Peaster, Michael Bay, pastor.Frontpage / Contents/ Masthead / Why We're Here / Links / Archive / E-mail us/ SUBSCRIBE!