Ignite Your Passion

Sammy Tippit Ministries is combining Ignite Your Passion and Ignite Your Faith into one new and exciting podcast. This new weekly podcast will be centered around renewal, revival, igniting your passion for Christ, sharing your faith and strengthening your family life. This season will have a variety of topics related to renewal and revival. Interviews from Christian leaders around the world, recommended resources and stories of how God has moved in the past & present will all be combined to make this a unique new season of Ignite Your Faith. Be sure to subscribe to the Ignite Your Faith podcast as all future episodes will be housed there.

Matt was born into a family of a gang leader and drug dealer. As Matt began to grow up he so desired to have a father figure that he began to emulate his dad. That life led him into 14 stab wounds, two gunshot wounds, two explosions and a world of addiction. But a pastor who he had befriended never gave up on him and eventually Matt gave his life to Christ. Matt is an entirely new person now and has impacted a multitude of lives around the world for the cause of Christ. You don’t want to miss this incredible story of God’s unrelenting love.

Josh Lair shares his amazing story of God literally rescuing his life from serious addictions and time spent in prison. Josh’s open and honest account of how God used his past struggles to become his greatest area of strength in his ministry today and bring restoration to his life is compelling and insightful. You won’t want to miss this testimony of how the power of the gospel is still alive and moving today.

An incredible prayer movement that is taking place in Ethiopia. You'll hear how 22 generations of a witch doctor ceased with the gospel and how the place of worshiping the spirits has become a place where up to 100,000 Christians gather to seek God. This is a great modern day story that will encourage your faith.

Dr. Frank Harbor is an apologist, an evangelist and an attorney. As a 21 year old atheist, Frank set out to disapprove Christianity but became a Christian as a result. With every generation the gospel message doesn’t change but the method of evangelism changes. God has always been the great innovator and has given us tools to reach the world for Christ. We as Christians must change not the message but how we approach trying to reach people according to the times we live in as had been done throughout Christian history.

Royce Williams is President of Missions Evangelism Ministries. Sammy and Royce discuss the difference between revival and evangelism but how they are also interconnected. When the church has a deep work of God, then evangelism is a fruit of revival. When the church has a revived heart then evangelism begins to explode. They also explore various dynamics on how the gospel is to be brought to the whole world. They discuss this exciting evangelistic movement entitled “Who’s Your One?”. This seems to be the way of the Spirit, beginning on the individual level and then seeing God work on the corporate level.

Sammy and Chad discuss what the essence of the gospel is and what the One Hope Movement entails. The answer for a divided world is a united church. We live in a world that is looking for hope and our only hope is in Jesus Christ. The One Hope movement involves extraordinary prayer for the lost and the equipping of the church for personal evangelism. The One Hope Movement will host a catalytic event that will happen at Kyle Field on April 25th, 2020. We are praying for a Jesus Movement 2.0 - the same Jesus but a movement for today that involves intense and serious praying for the lost. If you want more info about this movement be sure to check out onehopemovement.com

God is sending a revival to many churches in Brazil. It has been realized as a result of the multiplying church movement that Fabrico Freitas heads up. Coordinated, consistent & persistent prayer have been a hallmark of God’s movement in this Brazilian movement. The heart of this movement is to go back to the principles of the New Testament church. These principles include a strong commitment to prayer, evangelism and discipleship in unison, the planting of churches, and participating in acts of compassion.

Dr. Brent Saathoff is Lead Pastor at City Church in San Antonio, Texas - a church which annually baptizes hundreds of newly converted adults. City Church uses its weekend services, its recovery programs and all other kinds of church programs to love people wherever they are at in life with the ultimate goal to bring them to freedom in Jesus Christ. City Church also incorporates a strong discipleship program with its members and feels both evangelism and discipleship go hand in hand.

Shane Pruitt the Director of Evangelism for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention joins the ignite your passion podcast this week. Shane shares about his non-christian background and how he came to fall in love with Jesus. He also dives into the two books he has written, one entitled 9 Common Lies Christians Believe and why these cliches aren’t Biblical even though they are popular within the church. The other book which Shane edited and compiled is entitled Evangelism Takes Heart which dives into cultivating a heart for evangelism.

Frank Shivers, Vice-President of the National Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelist delves into his book Evangelistic Praying: Intercession for Laborers and the Lost. He shares about his heart for laborers for the harvest and explains why this is so very important in our world today.

In this podcast Sammy Tippit interviews evangelist Phil Glisson about the history of the Jesus Movement. Throughout this movement God orchestrated a return to Christ and Christian values in a time where pockets of revival broke out. They discuss what the body of Christ can learn from that movement which be applied to America today.

In this podcast Sammy Tippit interview Dr. Keith Fordham about his journey to become an evangelist. Dr. Fordham also gives some practical advice on how to structure evangelism outreaches for local churches and communities.

In this podcast Sammy interviews Jerry Drace about affinity evangelism. This is the sharing the gospel through events that gather people around a common affinity. Common affinities could include a hobby or interest, stage of life, job, health issue, family composition or interest that people commonly share.

In part 3 of this interview with former Louisiana Baptist Evangelism Director Wayne Jenkins, Sammy and Wayne discuss how and why to share your testimony. Sharing your story is one of God’s most powerful tools to introduce people to the kingdom of God.

In part two of this interview with former Louisiana Baptist Evangelism Director Wayne Jenkins, Sammy and Wayne discuss the practicals of how to share your faith and develop a passion for the lost.

Former Louisiana Baptist Evangelism Director Wayne Jenkins talks with Sammy Tippit about the role of the Holy Spirit in the work of evangelism.

International Evangelist David Stockwell tells how God is moving around the world in evangelism and calls for a new wave of evangelism in the West.

An interview with Dr. Chuck Kelley, President of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Kelley shares key insights for the decline of evangelism in churches today. He coins a term "disciplism" to give a solution to the evangelism crisis.

In part two of Sammy’s interview with Dr. Robert Coleman, they discuss his Christian classic book entitled The Master Plan of Evangelism. They delve into Jesus’ approach to evangelism and discipleship. Exciting principles and examples of how to implement this in any cultural context are explained as well. Dr. Coleman taught at Asbury Theological Seminary and then directed the School of World Mission and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for 18 years. Dr. Coleman also led the Institute of Evangelism in the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College.

Sammy Tippit interviews Dr. Robert Coleman, author of the Christian classic, The Master Plan of Evangelism. Dr. Coleman taught for 27 years at Asbury Theological Seminary and then directed the School of World Mission and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for 18 years. They discuss the nature of revival and evangelism and how the two interrelate. Don't miss these exciting stories and evangelistic lessons directly related to the move of God's Spirit during the Asbury revival.

Does your heart long to bring others to Christ. Do you want to see a revival of evangelism in the church? If you do, you will find help and inspiration in this Ignite Your Passion podcast. International evangelist and author Sammy Tippit describes the launch of this new podcast. He will bring helpful interviews with key Christian leaders and thinkers on the subject of evangelism. Interviews will not only provide a Biblical basis for evangelism but also inspiration and explanation about how to be effective in sharing your faith. Join Sammy Tippit as he interviews pastors, leaders, evangelists and others who have been successful in sharing Christ with others.