1 00:00:00,383 --> 00:00:02,966 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:05,489 --> 00:00:08,730 (engine revving) 3 00:00:08,730 --> 00:00:11,430 - [Theron] When I figured out where everybody lives, 4 00:00:11,430 --> 00:00:14,250 I began to go out and reach them 5 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:16,950 the best way I possibly could. 6 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:19,560 And I'm not going to wait on the crowd 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:20,910 to come to reach people, 8 00:00:20,910 --> 00:00:22,770 so I want to reach them with the gospel 9 00:00:22,770 --> 00:00:26,943 and give them a place to worship in their own language. 10 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:32,280 - As I look at Theron Hawkins, he's truly a missionary. 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,910 He doesn't look at sitting and waiting for people 12 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,650 to be in the doors of the church. 13 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:41,400 He's thinking, "No, I've got to get out to where they are." 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,350 - No, no, no, I'm not Haitian. 15 00:00:43,350 --> 00:00:46,110 I was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 16 00:00:46,110 --> 00:00:50,700 The Lord just somehow, in his creativity and humor, 17 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:53,041 allowed the Haitians to come into my life. 18 00:00:53,041 --> 00:00:55,200 (Theron speaking Haitian Creole) 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,210 - He came to work with us as a catalyst 20 00:00:57,210 --> 00:00:58,833 with Alabama Baptist. 21 00:00:58,833 --> 00:01:00,210 (Theron speaking Haitian Creole) 22 00:01:00,210 --> 00:01:03,240 He and his wife moved to be where the people are, 23 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,040 and less than two years ago, 24 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,430 they started a church that today runs over 300. 25 00:01:08,430 --> 00:01:13,230 - It's in my DNA to be a starter, a missionary, 26 00:01:13,230 --> 00:01:15,210 and to reach people for the Kingdom 27 00:01:15,210 --> 00:01:17,400 and to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,630 I will plant this church 29 00:01:18,630 --> 00:01:20,250 and I will plant another one afterward. 30 00:01:20,250 --> 00:01:21,810 I will plant another one afterward. 31 00:01:21,810 --> 00:01:23,670 End goal is to build the kingdom. 32 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:26,437 It's up to us to take those opportunities and say, 33 00:01:26,437 --> 00:01:27,780 "Could this be a Bible study? 34 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:29,370 Could this just be a relationship? 35 00:01:29,370 --> 00:01:31,080 Or could this be a church?" 36 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,960 - We have the Myers-Mallory mission offering, 37 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,050 and a good piece of that 38 00:01:37,050 --> 00:01:40,110 goes into starting new churches. 39 00:01:40,110 --> 00:01:42,960 - Those offerings help support that planter 40 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:44,520 and make sure that that church 41 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,740 can be self-sustaining in the end. 42 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:49,230 That's the end goal and the end game. 43 00:01:49,230 --> 00:01:51,450 I would like to say to them thank you. 44 00:01:51,450 --> 00:01:53,040 Thank you. Thank you. 45 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,770 We're so grateful for your partnership. 46 00:01:55,770 --> 00:01:58,950 We're so grateful for you investing in us. 47 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:02,010 Also, we have a support network of coaching. 48 00:02:02,010 --> 00:02:05,310 Those relationships, they are very important and vital, 49 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:08,430 but it feels good to know that I was obedient 50 00:02:08,430 --> 00:02:09,947 to the call of God 51 00:02:09,947 --> 00:02:12,660 and I'm in the right place at the right time. 52 00:02:12,660 --> 00:02:15,150 Everybody's not going to go to your church, 53 00:02:15,150 --> 00:02:16,230 and so we have to realize 54 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:18,750 that there is lostness all around us. 55 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:22,350 - So yes, church planting, do we need it? Yes. 56 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:25,170 Pockets of Alabama, spaces in Alabama 57 00:02:25,170 --> 00:02:27,870 do not have the gospel. 58 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:29,850 - I'm on mission for Jesus, 59 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:32,010 and he gave me the Haitian people 60 00:02:32,010 --> 00:02:36,395 because he know that I would care for them like he does. 61 00:02:36,395 --> 00:02:39,062 (upbeat music)