BTTBM FEBRUARY UPDATE

BTTBM FEBRUARY 2016 UPDATE “Keep in the Word, on your knees, loving God, loving each other, building godly homes, worshiping together, sharing the faith, supporting the Lord’s work financially, living life abundantly” BACK TO THE BASICS MINISTRIES P.O BOX 32486 KNOXVILLE, TN 37930

A Fresh Start began airing on WHTN Nashville on Sunday January 24.  The program will air on Sundays at 6:00 p.m.  Recent Nielson ratings revealed that the Nashville television market is the 29th largest in the country.  Memphis is the 49th largest TV market and Knoxville is 61st.  I feel blessed beyond measure that A Fresh Start is able to air in these cities and surrounding counties due to the generous donations of supporters of Back To The Basics Ministries.  Of the 6 paid broadcasts of A Fresh Start each week with 3 in Knoxville, 2 in Memphis, and 1 in Nashville, 5 are in Prime Time.  Also, the program is aired at times I am unaware of on WTWV in Memphis at the choosing of the station manager.  I received an e-mail from a local pastor in the Hernando area who saw the program on a Monday morning.  Our two paid air times in Memphis are at 9:00 p.m. Monday and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.  The program airs for free on IHope TV Knoxville at 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays, as well as each week on the CCN (Creative Christian Network) at no cost throughout the world for those who view television via ROKU.

With the end of the year giving in 2015 being as good as it was, I felt that we ought to give the program a try in the Nashville area, so we are airing the program on WHTN for at least three months.  If enough funds begin coming in from that area locally to cover TV airing costs, we will continue the program in Nashville.  But if not, well, we will have given it a try.

The reason for expanding to new TV markets is not for the sake of personal advancement or promotion, but for advancement of The Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20).  Jesus gave to us to take the Gospel message throughout the world, beyond the local corner of the world where we live.  As a Royal Ambassador (a Southern Baptist mission education organization for boys in grades 1-6), among the first Bible verses I learned as an RA was the Great Commission, to go into all the world and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  That means I not only as a Christian should help to spread the Good News of Jesus through a local church but via other methods and ways that God has given me the ability and resources to do.  So, A Fresh Start TV Program is a way that I can personally fulfill The Great Commission beyond the walls of my local church.

I have said it many times that I do not feel there is a more effective investment of money and time as far as the potential number of people who can be reached for Christ than what is able to be accomplished through a television ministry.  Each time A Fresh Start airs I preach to more people at one time than I have ever preached to in a year’s time in the pulpit of a church.  Now I believe that a Christian should be a faithful member of a local church, but we have been made ambassadors for Christ after being saved to take the Good News beyond the walls of a local church to all the world.  It’s not a matter of either/or but of both/and.  We need both the church and evangelical methods beyond the walls of a church to seek impact the world in a positive way for Christ.

In the next issue of The BTTBM Update I will share how the Lord “dropped in my lap” a TV ministry and why I must be a good steward of what He has given me the ability and resources to do.  I thank those of you again who, through your donations to Back To The Basics Ministries, have partnered with me in doing our part to fulfill The Great Commission.

Blessings,

Bobby Mullins

Executive Director – Back To The Basics Ministries, Knoxville, Tennessee www.drbobbymullnis.com

Pastor – Fellowship Baptist Church, Hernando, Mississippi www.fellowshipbaptisthernando.org