Landrum P. Leavell II Center for Evangelism & Church Health

Dr. Preston L. Nix, Director

Statistics show that many of our SBC churches are not experiencing healthy church growth. Most new members in Baptist churches are from someone else’s church, and most churches have no clearly defined strategy for making disciples by moving unsaved and unchurched people through conversion to the image of Jesus Christ.

The Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health, as a ministry of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, seeks to be informed by such statistics, looks to the LORD of the Church for His expectations, then faithfully seeks to make a difference through evangelism, church growth, and church health strategies.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary operates the Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health, the first facility of its kind in the Southern Baptist Convention. Named for our seventh president, Dr. Landrum P. Leavell II, the Leavell Center exists as the Seminary’s ministry to churches, agencies, and institutions of the Southern Baptist Convention. Our purpose is to assist Southern Baptist churches, agencies, and institutions in the development and implementation of strategies for effective evangelism and measurable church growth.

The Leavell Center conducts conferences and think tanks dealing with church revitalization and effective evangelism. The participants include students, faculty, pastors and church staff members, as well as other local church and denominational leaders.

The Leavell Center employs demographics experts who accesses data from the U.S. Census Bureau for any community in the United States. With this information, he can develop a demographic and psychographic profile that will assist churches and parachurch ministries for a nominal fee. The demographic reports can be ordered from the Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health through the NOBTS website.

One of the primary goals of the Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health is to motivate and equip students to fulfill the Great Commission through their personal witness as well as through the churches where they serve. The Leavell Center provides Gospel tracts for free to NOBTS and Leavell College students to utilize in their outreach efforts. The Director of the Leavell Center regularly takes students into the communities throughout the city of New Orleans to give them experience in door-to-door evangelism and street witnessing which they can employ in their local church settings.

For more information about the Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health, its programs, services, or calendar of events, contact the Leavell Center at 504.282.4455, ext. 8820. You can also email us at leavellcenter@nobts.edu or visit us on the NOBTS website to order customized demographic reports.