Engage316: Engaging your community with the Gospel.

An initiative assisting churches to lead others to Christ, to baptize, and to disciple new believers.

Watch this video for inspiration and reminder of the power of John 3:16

Prayer

Join one of the Praying Alabama locations to begin 2025 in prayer for your community and to help begin the emphasis 

Preaching and Baptism

Consider this timeline and these sermon outlines to help you preach to March 16, 2025 inspired by John 3:16. Then plan for a baptismal service on March 23, 2025 inspired by John 3:23. 

Personal Evangelism Helps

Here are some resources to help your church members become equipped to more effectively share their faith in their daily lives and conversations.

GraceTalks

Learn from veteran Alabama Baptist pastor Morgan Bailey as he teaches GraceTalk, a simple guide for sharing your faith using the word “GRACE” as an outline and based on the truth of John 3:16.

The Simple Gospel

Lawrence Phipps, pastor of First Baptist Gulf Shores and leader of It’s Life Ministry, teaches how to use a credit-card sized simple Gospel presentation based on John 3:16 to enhance your personal evangelism or take on group mission trips for an easy, consistent way to share the Gospel with the world around you.

GroupLife

State Missionary Daniel Edmonds teaches how your Sunday School and small groups can plug into Engage 3:16 and establish a platform for ministry and evangelism throughout the entire year.

Celebrations