BT Staff / Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Swart 50 Years in Ministry

Jeff Swart recently celebrated the 50-year-anniversary of the day he surrendered to God’s call to ministry. He surrendered to the call of ministry on July 15, 1974, his 21^st birthday, at Sagamount Church Camp in Joplin, Mo.

Jeff earned a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. and a Master of Religious Education from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Texas.

During these 50 years of ministry, Bro. Swart pastored Mt. Zion, Garland, Kan.; Grace, Bryant; Heritage, Nevada, Mo. (missionary/church planter); Craft, Jacksonville, Texas; Calvary Baptist, Mesquite, Texas; First, Red Oak, Texas and First, Galena, Kan.

He also served as associate pastor at Highland Park Baptist in Independence, Kan. and Antioch, Conway; dean of Students at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas; a Bible teacher in 10 Bible institutes, colleges and seminaries around the world; a church planter/missionary, the assistant director of Foreign Missions for BMA of America Missions (now BMA Global) and as president of the BMA of America (2019-2021). He currently serves as the senior adult pastor at Antioch, Conway.

Bro. Swart is also a writer. During his time serving at BMAA Missions, He wrote The Church Planting Model, a step-by-step model for planting churches through personal evangelism and discipleship. This model is presently being used in more than 50 countries of the world and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

God has allowed him to preach/teach more than 12,000 times in 19 states and 30 countries. He is a part of a men’s discipleship program, MD5, and has loved the opportunity to teach and mentor other men.

Bro. Jeff’s proudest accomplishment, other than receiving Christ as his Savior, is the fact that he and his wife, Debbie have been married over 51 years and he is Dad to 3 great kids and Papa to 10 grandchildren.

“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” is Jeff’s life theme song and his favorite Scripture is Acts 20:24 (NIV): “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me — the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”