“We want to be an evangelistic organization that does church rather than a church that does evangelism. People sometimes say ‘Public evangelism doesn’t work.’ But it does work. Sometimes it’s church that doesn’t work. People come to evangelistic meetings and get used to hearing clear, powerful Biblical messages, listening to outstanding music, being greeted warmly and called if they miss a meeting. Then they are baptized and all those things stop. We’ve decided to be an evangelistic organization that does church the same way, rather than a church that occasionally does evangelism.”
–Bill McClendon, Pastor of South Tulsa Adventist Fellowship (Oklahoma Conf), one of the fastest growing English speaking churches in the North American Division. In 2000 Bill planted the church with five other families. Each year he hold about five three-week evangelistic series and some weekend reaping events, plus inviting in a guest evangelist such as Kenneth Cox. After two years he sold his software business and began to pastor full time. In the five years of their existence they have baptized 325 people. Membership is about 525. He Knows What He’s Talking About!
Thank you for your testimony pastor Bill. I have seen in Hope Chanel.
Hello pastor McClendon,
My name is Duane Card. My wife and I were watching Really Living this past Sabbath afternoon on Hope Channel, and we listened to your moving testomony. We are Seventh-day Adventists, but we have been staying home for several Sabbaths now, kind of losing motivation to attend another church service. We were both moved by your story, as we were laying in bed watching the program.You have motivated me to get back to witnessing and sharing jesus christ with others. I agreed with everything you had to say about sharing the gospel with people, and not just having worship services. I am originally from Los Angeles, however I moved to Fort Worth Texas in 2006.From my wife Camella and I, we want to say God bless you and your family and all that you do at your church. You gave up a tremendous amount of money to serve the Lord full-time and you are now an incredible inspiration in my life. Hope we can visit your church someday. God Bless you!
Would love to know if Pastor McCledon would be interested in coming down to Melbourne Australia to share his testimony etc.
Would love to hear from him
I work for the Victorian Conference here in Melbourne Australia as Assistant to the President and we are keen to hear from him
Blessings
Dear Cveta,
Bill McCledon is now the Ministerial Director for the Washington Conference. You can contact him by email; bill.mcclendon@wc.npuc.org or by calling the conference at (253) 681-6008. Hope that helps!