About Church Alive 365

The 1st Annual Church Alive 365 Ministry Leadership Conference ‘Church Alive 365’ was held in July of 2003 under the leadership of Pastor Eldridge Spearman. The conference is based in part on the book ‘Church Alive! Comparing Church Work with the Work of the Church written by the late Rev. Harold E. Trammell who served as Mount Jezreel Baptist Church’s sixth senior pastor. Today, Church Alive 365 is a three and a half day conference the combines teaching, preaching and worship; in which the “work of the Church” is defined, described and made alive according to the New Testament. Church Alive 365 identifies the qualities of good ministers and members, exposes the adversary of the Church, covers issues facing the Church, and explains proper Church financing, and actively engages in missions, social action, mental and behavior health and the environment.

Christ-focused leaders like you are greatly transforming lives in our community today. Scores of pastors, church leaders and members have found this conference to be an invaluable tool to motivating congregations to actively engage in the work of the church. At The 2019 Church Alive 365 Ministry Leadership Conference we will equip, encourage, and empower your leadership FOCUS! You will experience powerful peer networking, Christ-centered thought leadership and practical, biblically-based training. Join us and take your ministry to a higher level of service.

A Tribute to the VISIONARY the Late
Rev. Dr. Harold E. Trammell

Author of the book

“Church Alive!”

August 15, 1924 – December 15, 2006

Comparing Church Work

With the Work of the Church

What exactly is the Church?
What does it mean to unite with the Church?
What attitudes do we need as healthy church members?
What should we be doing as the Church?

These and other questions the late Rev. Dr. Harold E. Trammell himself wondered about early in his ministry.  In his search for answers, he formed the Church Alive Institute.  The Institute is a five-day teaching seminar in which the “work of the Church” is defined and described according to the New Testament.  It lists the qualities of good ministers (members), exposes the adversary of the Church, covers issues facing the Church, and explains proper Church financing, and active engaging in missions and social action.

Scores of pastors, including John K. Jenkins and Walter E. Fauntroy, and church leaders have found his teachings to be an invaluable tool in motivating congregations to actively engage in the work of the church.

In 2003, following his retirement, Pastor Trammell and one of his sons in the ministry, his successor, Pastor Eldridge Spearman, collaborated on offering the Church Alive! experience to pastors and church leaders throughout the metropolitan area.  They decided to invite preachers and scholars to join Pastor Trammell at Mount Jezreel in discussing contemporary issues of church growth and development.

We thank God for Pastor Trammell’s leadership to the Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church for thirty-seven years.  We thank God for the legacy he left us and we will continue in the manner that he has taught us.