30-30 Ministries

Before 30-30 Ministries' volunteer Tony Smith was saved, he confesses that he developed a hatred for God after the passing of his mother. Looking back at his story, Tony now saw how God continued to work in his life, despite the hatred. In addition, Tony said he was a terrible husband and father and that life was "all about me." Tony's passion for sports is what put him on the church grounds where he later gave his life to Jesus. Since then, Tony says life has never been the same.

Even through dangerous careers in the military and law-enforcement, David Souderes did not fear death. However, his childhood memories of the Bible reminded him that one day he would stand guilty before God and have to give an account of his life. What an awesome testimony to kick-off Bowfishing Camp 2022. If your eternal security is not currently in Heaven, we ask that you consider giving your life to Jesus today. He says in John 14:6 that “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." More information on how to begin a relationship with Jesus and secure your future home in Heaven can be found at Love Worth Finding.  If you make a decision to surrender your life to Jesus, let us know at brad@3030ministries.org. We want to share some additional resources with you.

Bowfishing Camp 2021 was a joint partnership with our friends at Liberty Baptist Church in Carnesville, Georgia the weekend of April 16-18, 2021. Without their facility, staff and willingness to host four kids and their chaperones, this year’s Bowfishing Camp would not have taken place.  The following podcast was recorded during the Camp, and we didn't have the full picture of just what God was doing. Prior to this recording, the Gospel had been shared three times in the youth building at Liberty Baptist. During one of the devotions, the Lord spoke to a young man named Ethan. The 12-year-old had some doubts. When he was a young boy, he “said a little prayer and even got baptized.” The Lord revealed to him during Bowfishing Camp that what he’d done years ago wasn’t a real decision to follow Jesus. Ethan nailed down his salvation during Bowfishing Camp. In 10,000 years we'll see Ethan in Heaven and know that the openness from our friends at Liberty Baptist resulted in eternal life. If your eternal security is not currently in Heaven, we ask that you consider giving your life to Jesus today. He says in John 14:6 that “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." More information on how to begin a relationship with Jesus and secure your future home in Heaven can be found at Love Worth Finding.  If you make a decision to surrender your life to Jesus, let us know at brad@3030ministries.org. We want to share some additional resources with you.

Are you generous like Jesus? It can be hard to share information when you’re on public hunting land. On this episode, one hunter shares where a hot gobbler is talking in the afternoon. Wow, what a picture of generosity! We’re in John 15:9-10, as we talk about the second greatest commandment, “Loving others as yourself.” We also welcome a very special young lady, Miss Palmer Kate Dyer, to the 30-30 Ministries’ family. If your eternal security is not currently in Heaven, we ask that you consider giving your life to Jesus today. He says in John 14:6 that “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." More information on how to begin a relationship with Jesus and secure your future home in Heaven can be found at Love Worth Finding.  If you make a decision to surrender your life to Jesus, let us know at brad@3030ministries.org. We want to share some additional resources with you.

Some deer hunters believe that if they could just live in the Midwest around the world's best collection of giant whitetails that life would be much better for them. The reality is that the very same problems they have now would likely follow. After a few months in their new lives, they'd likely discover new problems they never had. As Christians, we're promised eternal life in a perfect place with no problems called Heaven. We'll be there to worship, serve and reign with our Lord Jesus. It'll be a place of perfect harmony where all those who are righteous will care only about using their new and perfect bodies to glorify God. Join us as we open God's Word to Revelation 21-22 and get a glimpse of our future Glory.  If your eternal security is not currently in Heaven, we ask that you consider giving your life to Jesus today. He says in John 14:6 that “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." More information on how to begin a relationship with Jesus and secure your future home in Heaven can be found at Love Worth Finding.  If you make a decision to surrender your life to Jesus, let us know at brad@3030ministries.org. We want to share some additional resources with you.

For the first time ever, 30-30 Ministries held a Camp in Kansas. We joined with our new partners at Tyro Christian Church in Tyro, Kansas the weekend of March 6-8, 2020 and hosted seven boys and their parents.   We enjoyed amazing hunting on private properties in Montgomery County. Members of Tyro Christian Church provided all the overnight accommodations and meals, and we ended our Rabbit Camp during the 11 a.m. Sunday service with the church congregation. During our four devotions with our rabbit campers, we did what we always do—whether in Georgia, South Africa or Kansas—we shared Jesus.    On this episode, we talk to Ben Allen, the instrumental member of Tyro Christian Church who was led by God to approach the church staff and recommend a partnership with 30-30 Ministries. We're certainly thankful Ben was obedient in his calling. We also speak with Kyle Heady, a 15-year-old local boy who attended Rabbit Camp.   For more on hunting rabbits with beagles, check out Sandy Creek Kennels in Buckhead, Georgia, Kane Kutter Kennels in Conyers, Georgia or Gary Potts in Versailles, Missouri. 

For the second weekend of 2020, 30-30 Ministries joined our partners at Harmony Baptist Church in Dooly County as we lodged at Redhawk Plantation.   This was our sixth Deer Camp with our friends at Harmony, and this year we hosted six youth and their parents. As always, we enjoyed some fine hunting and a great CAMO Sunday service at Harmony.   On this episode, we talk to Marshall Kinney, a former camper who was saved at this same Camp one year earlier. Marshall talks about the newness of life he's experienced since becoming a Christian.

For the first weekend of 2020, 30-30 Ministries celebrated with our partners in Lee County at the farm of Keith Kelly. This is a management hunt for does.   Our three boys and one girl collected 12 deer, a new 30-30 Ministries deer hunting record. We also witnessed one young man shoot five deer, two with one shot! More ministry records smashed.    Join us as we talk to our four youth campers and hear those exciting hunting stories. We also received some Biblical wisdom from 30-30 Ministries partner Terry Richardson, who is the current senior pastor at Centennial Baptist Church in Rutledge, Ga.

For the 2019 Georgia youth firearms season, 30-30 Ministries celebrated Year No. 5 with our partners at Hawhammock Baptist Church.    Our four boys and one girl collected three deer. As is so often the case, our girl came out on top, collecting two of the three deer.   Join us as we talk to 13-year-old deer-hunting extraordinaire Isabelle as she shares her hunting stories.   Also, we speak with Allen Dykes from Hawhammock as he explains all the amazing ministry options there are at Hawhammock Baptist Church, 27 Hawhammock Church Rd, Swainsboro, GA 30401.

We met Lea Shaw, 14 at the time, at our 30-30 Ministries' Deer Camp in Oglethorpe County. At that first Camp, she was a sponge, listening to the Gospel and hearing testimonies. At that Camp, God revealed to her that she needed a relationship with Jesus.  Two months later, at our 30-30 Ministries' Rabbit Camp with Crawfordville Baptist Church, Lea made the decision to start following Jesus, and her life was eternally changed. Since then, Lea has come back to several 30-30 Ministries Camps to share her testimony. In January 2019, Lea made a New Year's Resolution to share the Gospel more and to host her very own 30-30 Ministries' Squirrel Camp.

The most common question we get at 30-30 Ministries is how to get involved in a ministry where hunting and fishing is used as a platform to share the Gospel.    The answer is simple: Work alongside our team to host your very own 30-30 Ministries Camp!   Director Brad Gill shares the beginning steps of how to get plugged into a ministry where God’s Aim is Our Mission.

We sit down with our 30-30 Ministries' South African partner Zeriah Wessels with Africa Expectation Safari.  Zeriah gave her life to Jesus in 2011. During our first 30-30 Ministries' Camp together in August 2018, Zeriah made a decision that she wanted to follow through with believer's baptism. She asked 30-30 Ministries Director Brad Gill if he would baptize her, and he was blessed to have the honor. "I wanted to shout it from the roof tops," Zeriah said days, weeks and months after her baptism. The sad news was that her current church in the Limpopo Providence of South Africa didn't approve of her act of obedience in publicly proclaiming that Jesus Christ was her Lord and Savior and that she was saved in 2011. Their reasoning was that adults couldn't be baptized, stating that adult baptism is only for the vilest of sinners and that any spiritual decision Zeriah made earlier in life, whether that was baby baptism or through a teenaged confirmation process, was shrugged off and didn't mean anything.  "I didn't know what I was saying, 'Yes' to," Zeriah shares about her confirmation process in front of the church when she was in the 11th grade.  It wasn't until she was an adult that she fully understood and gave her life to Jesus. The Holy Spirit told her very clearly during our first Camp together in 2018 that it was time for her to be baptized in front of her husband Craig, the 30-30 Ministries' team and the group of 30-30 Ministries' campers who were present.  However, as she went to share the wonderful news with her friends at church, they passed along the information to the pastor and elders, and she was removed from the church body. "It was a very difficult time for me," said Zeriah. We invite you to listen to Zeriah share her difficult story of being removed from a South African church for following through with The Great Commission, a command given by Jesus Christ.  Don't forget to subscribe to the 30-30 Ministries' podcast.

Join Brad Gill and Jeff Horne with 30-30 Ministries as they take a few minutes between two youth hunting safari Camps with Africa Expectation Safari to discuss the fruit they saw during Camp No. 1.  Don't forget to subscribe to the show!