The Projects of A Defining Moment
A wide assortment of key ministry projects has been selected for completion in this first phase of A Defining Moment. Please click on the links to the left to view more project information.
Chinese Bible Translation
The Gospel of John has been translated in print and accompanied by an audio recording, as the first accurate translation of Scripture produced by Chinese scholars from the original text for Chinese people around the world. The entire New Testament and Old Testament will be completed soon after.
Great Commission Resurgence
In most evangelical denominations, including the Southern Baptist Convention, a significant decrease in the number of conversions and baptisms has resulted in negative growth in America’s Christian population, ADM attendees learned. Through an initiative designed to work with and provide resources and training for seminary students and church leaders – particularly pastors – LifeWay hopes to renew a focus on the task of fulfilling the Great Commission globally and in the United States, a country now recognized as the fourth largest mission field in the world.
Sharing Jesus Without Fear
This project will train 46,400 leaders in eight regions to share their faith in Jesus. They, in turn, will train 10 others with a multiplying effect that should provide the means by which millions will come to Christ.
Leadership Training Institute
The Institute will train 10,000 pastors and staff in effective leadership skills, ministry skills and personal life skills. A result of such training will help achieve the goal of having 5,000 churches currently in decline become growing churches. Additionally, this program will provide training for thousands of lay leaders so they can better incorporate their faith in their daily business activities and interaction with others in the business communities.
True Love Waits International
Building upon the success of this program in Uganda where AIDS infection fell from over 30% to 6%, this initiative will target six sub-Saharan African countries per year for a total of 30 countries in five years. The goals are to reduce AIDS by 15 percent in each country over the next five years; train at least five national teams in each country to deliver the True Love Waits message; and obtain commitments from 25 percent of the youth population in each targeted country.
True Love Waits Takes the Town
This is a program that encourages youth to wait for marriage before engaging in sexual activities. The goal of this initiative is to train True Love Waits leaders in 10 American communities per year or 50 communities in five years to lead True Love Waits programs in their respective “towns”. In addition a goal is to connect 25 communities in the United States with 25 communities in Africa.
Discipleship in Cuba
Working with approximately 5,500 house churches, LifeWay will help provide a venue for discipleship training that will result in a transformation of the church in Cuba.
Discipleship in Kenya
This three-year project will train 800 teachers, 100 writers, 3,000 teachers and leaders in Ongoing Open Bible Study, and 6,000 church members in Progressive Spiritual Transformational Discipleship.
Discipleship in India
LifeWay personnel will train 500 writers, 12,000 teachers and leaders in Ongoing Open Bible Study, and 12,000 church members in Progressive Spiritual Transformational Discipleship. | 
