Past Targets

Spring 2019 - Target East Texas Area

Prep Phase (2018)
- Pastors Meeting
- Church Leaders Meeting
- Total Member Involvement Training
- Glad Reapers Training
Go & Disciple Phase (January – March)
- 24 Hour Prayer Vigil or Week of Prayer & Fasting
- 15/5/5 in every community possible (15 Bible Studies, 5 groups, 3 baptisms every 3 months)
- Other activities (Health, Compassion, Friendship Evangelism, Advance Teams, etc.)
Baptize Phase (March-April)
- Reaping Meetings
  - 1 Major Meetings (Seasoned Evangelist, neutral location)
  - 6 Medium Meetings (neutral location)
  - Multiple small meetings (church buildings, school buildings, other locations)
  - Spanish meetings in all Spanish churches (TBD)
- Soul Winning Festival – April 27, 2019, 4-6pm
  - Speaker – Gary Blanchard, Youth/Young Adult Director, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
  - Location – Tyler Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church, 11125 TX-248 Spur, Tyler, TX 75707
  - Music, Testimonies, Baptisms, Powerful Preaching (bilingual)
Teach Phase (May-June)
- New members added to groups
- New groups added to churches
- New churches added to area

Fall 2018 - Target San Antonio Area

Prep Phase
- Oct 25, 2017 Pastors Planning Meeting
- Church Leaders Informational Meeting
- Feb 10, 2018 Prayer Focus & Evangelism Training
Go & Disciple Phase
- Feb – Oct (Reaping site activities)
  - Prayer – 24 Hour Prayer Vigil, Week of Prayer & Fasting or 40 Days of Prayer & Service
  - Every member make 3+ friends for Jesus
  - Every church, school or Advance Team go for 15/5/5 (15 Bible Studies, 5 groups, 3 baptisms every 3 months)
  - Other activities (Health, Compassion, Literature, Friendship Evangelism, etc.)
- Aug 11, 3-5pmPursue Interest Training – Scenic Hills SDA Church
- Aug 24-25 Glad Reaper Training – Highland Hills SDA Church
Baptize Phase
- Oct/Nov Reaping Meetings
  - 3 Major Meetings (Seasoned Evangelist, neutral location)
  - 6 Medium Meetings (neutral location)*
  - Multiple small meetings (church buildings, school buildings, other locations)
  - Spanish meetings in all Spanish churches (Oct 27 – Nov 3)
- Nov 17 Soul Winning Festival 4-6pm
  - Speaker – Alex Bryant, Executive Secretary, North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
  - Location – Phoenician Ballroom Event Center, 6070 Babcock Rd, San Antonio, TX 78240
  - Music, Testimonies, Baptisms, Powerful Preaching (bilingual)
Teach Phase
- New members added to groups
- New groups added to churches
- New churches added to area

* Sample Medium Budget – $5k (2k Advertising & Promo, 1k Rental 9pm double headers, 1k Incentives/Study Materials, 1k Misc – Children’s Program, Guest Speaker or Musician, etc.), Local Church provides Bible Study Card Mailing, Bible Study materials, Group Study materials, GLOW tracts, etc.

Spring 2018 - Target Keene/Fort Worth Areas

Prep Phase
- Jun 8 Pastors Planning Meeting
- Sep 9 Church Leaders Informational Meeting (at Leadership Summit) – Arlington 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Dec 15 Deadline to request Special Target assistance.
- Dec 31 Advance Teams identified
- Jan 10-20 Ten Days of Prayer (in churches)
- Jan 12-13 Glad Reaper Youth Evangelism Training – Fort Worth 1st
- Evangelism Training & TMI (4:00-6:30pm; Jan 13 – Fort Worth 1st; Jan 27 – Keene Spanish)
Go & Disciple Phase
- Total Member Involvement
- 4 Things Every Believer Can Do
- Add Bible Studies & Groups (Sabbath School, Ministry, Bible Study, etc.)
- Advance Teams working
- Jan 31 Promo package & sites deadline
Baptize Phase
- April Reaping Meetings
  - Locations
    - All Church Buildings
    - Advance Team Target Locations
    - SWORD Church Planter Locations
  - Dates
    - Option A – April 14-21 (Includes all Spanish churches and Southwestern Union Pastors Evangelism Exchange locations)
    - Option B – Apr 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-27 (Includes all Andrews Seminary Field School Locations)
    - Option C – Your choice
- Apr 28 Soul Winning Festival 4-6pm
  - Speaker – Bill Kilgore, Religion Professor, Southwestern Adventist University
  - Location – Arborlawn United Methodist Church, 5001 Briarhaven Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76109
  - Music, Testimonies, Baptisms, Powerful Preaching (bilingual)
Teach Phase
- Add new members to Groups
- Add more Groups (Sabbath School, Ministry, Bible Study, etc.)

Fall 2017 - Target Valley Area

* Jun 6 Pastors Planning Meeting
* Aug 12 Church Leaders Informational Meeting
* Aug 12 Prayer Focus & Lay Training – Edinburg English 3:30 – 6:30pm
* Aug – Dec
Total Member Involvement
Prayer Warriors, Compassion, Bible Studies
By members, Clubs, Sabbath School Classes, Groups, Advance Teams
* Aug 31 Promo package deadline
* Sep 22-23 Glad Reaper Training – Mission Hope
* Oct 28 – Nov 4 Reaping Meetings
* Nov 11 Soul Winning Festival – McAllen Convention Center, Jose Rojas, 4-6pm

Spring 2017 - Target Houston/Bay Area

* December 28-Jan 1 (Wed-Sun) GYC at George R. Brown Convention Center
* January 11-21 (Wed-Sab) Ten Days of Prayer (in local churches)
* January 14 (Sab) 3-6pm Evangelism Training at Houston West
* February 24-25 (Fri-Sab) Glad Reaper Youth Evangelism Training
* Jan-Apr – Compassion, Groups, Bible Studies
* Reaping Meetings 1-3 weeks leading up to Soul Winning Festival, Baptisms
* April 22 (Sab) Campmeeting & Soul Winning Festival at World Harvest Outreach Seventh-day Adventist Church (Music, Testimonies & Baptisms, Message by Doug Batchelor, President Amazing Facts)

Fall 2016 - Target Austin & Central TX

Spring 2016 - Target Dallas

Key Elements:

Bible study interest card mailouts (Jan. 4)?
Prayer/Revival Focus – Garland SP Church (Jan. 9, 4-6pm)
Small Groups (Jan. 31-April 2)
Evangelism training (Feb. 27)
MOREcompassion (March 11-19)
1-3 week Evanglistic reaping meetings in every church (April 9-22)
Soulwinning Festival (April 23, 5-7pm)
Literature Distribution Sabbath (May 7)
Second small group cycle starts (June 1)

Target Dallas Team:

Dan Serns
TBA

Fall 2015 - Target East Texas

Spring 2015 - Target San Antonio

Key Ingredients:

SW Union, Region & Texas Cooperation
Plant 5 Churches; Add 2015 Members
City-wide Prayer Meeting
Local Church Repeated Harvest Cycles (Prayer/Revival)
Focus, GLOW Tracts, Bible Studies & Small Groups, Reaping Meetings, Fill the Baptistry Sabbaths, Assimilation Plan)
Bible Worker Trainers & Church Planters
Pathway to Health
100 Homes of Hope
Community, Youth, Club Events & Mission Trips
SENT (Evangelism School)
“MORE” Campaign
SA Metro Evangelism Coordinator & Team
Public Evangelism – Jose Rojas, Mark Finley, Carlton Byrd, Alejandro Bullon; Lynnwood Spangler (4x), Ruben Bullon (6x)

Target San Antonio Team

Dan Serns, Chair
Rhonda Garner, Secretary
Osvaldo Rigacci
Elton Demoraes
Kristina Lockhart
Gary Blanchard
Duane McKey
San Antonio Parish Leadership Team – Rodney Mills, Robin Lopez, Bill Lindeman
Texas Conference Officers (Ex Officio) – Carlos Craig, Gary Brady, Edwin Romero

“And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?” Jonah 4:11