Focus Church: Gosport Baptist Church
Pastor, Jack Wright
Associational Focus: Pray for direction as executive committee meets next Tuesday.
Pray for guidance as mission trips are in the planning stage and more to join in sharing Christ in Guatemala. We still need 3 more to fill the team and airline ticket need to be bought in 1 weeks.
Our sights are now move to the end of school and the the summer of vacation bible schools. Pray for the leaders as they enlist workers and for the workers as they prepare.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
5/7/08 Lee Joyner
24648 Plywood Mill Rd.
Andalusia, AL 36421
jenlee@surfbest.net
Lee is the chaplain for Covenant Hospice in Crestview, Fla. The chaplain position in the Crestview office has been eliminated beginning in May due to financial concerns. Please pray for God's provision for another job for Lee and for God's blessings and direction.
5/8/08 Nick and Brittany Nye
605 N. High St. Box 120
Columbus, OH 43215
nick@veritascolumbus.com
Nick is a pastor in the very beginning stages of a church plant, started April 15, in the Short North Arts district of Columbus. Pray for the many folks who are dealing with addictions that are keeping them from experiencing the freedom of the Gospel.
5/9/08 Frank Pilcher
140 Killdeer Ln.
Martinsburg, WV 25405
FrankTCBA@comcast.net
Frank, a ADOM for the Tri-County Association, asks that we pray for New Vision Church, beginning Sunday services in their new building by June 1, that they will have unity of spirit and vision as this new work launches in the community. Also pray for North Jefferson Mission, that has met three times at night in a Jefferson County school, to have a clear vision, inroads into the community, and a strong core group.
5/10/08 Alphonso and Charlotte Campsen
PO Box 929
Winslow, AZ 86047
accampsen@cableone.net
Al is associational missionary for Fourcorners Association, which is an American Indian association of churches in northeastern Arizona. Pray for McNary Apache Church and their upcoming new church – that teams from a sister church will begin building in May or June.
5/11/08 Brenda Baldwin
300 Chatillon Rd.
Rome, GA 30161
brendagail@floydcountybaptist.net
Brenda is director of associational ministry evangelism for Floyd County Association. Pray for the Baptist Center as it's moved to a new location, for the setting up of a new food pantry, and for the dental ministry to begin in August. Also pray for the Tuesday and Thursday Bible studies to grow in number and depth with the Lord.
5/12/08 Marion Warren (Judy)
P.O. Box 433
Euless, TX 76039
marionjudyw@yahoo.com
Marion is founder of Marion Warren Evangelism Association and a COSBE member. Please pray for him and Judy as they speak at Faith Fellowship Church, Hanston, Kansas (April 27-30), First Baptist Church, Premont, Texas ( May 4-9), and Crossroads Crusade, Springfield, Colorado ( May 18-22).
5/13/08 Rudy and Rose French
6033 E. Antioch Rd.
Springville, TN 38256
rosemfrench@hotmail.com
Rudy and Rose are MSC missionaries. Pray for them as they leave the first of May for Canaan to work in resort ministries during the summer months.
IMB Focus:
NORTHERN CHILENOS OF CHILE (chee-LAY-noh). The Northern Chileno Strategy Group writes: "Over the past few months, you have been praying for various volunteer teams that have come to northern Chile to work among the people here, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Your prayers have been evident, as Christ has been shared in neighborhoods with little or no evangelical presence. We have seen an openness that we have never experienced before. God is indeed moving, and we have felt your prayers opening doors. During the week before Easter, a volunteer team conducted several Bible Clubs with an unprecedented response--not only from children, but also from youth and adults. At a couple of evangelistic services, there was 'standing room only,' with people standing outside listening as well. Pray for the missionaries of northern Chile as we follow up on those who expressed an interest. Pray for true revival to break out across northern Chile." http://www.arvteam.com/
SOFIA, BULGARIA (SOH-fee-uh). Two college students will be arriving this month to spend the summer doing student outreach ministry in Sofia. Thank the Lord for supplying these workers! Please remember them and the students with whom they will come in contact. Ask the Father to prepare the soil to receive the seed of His Word and to bring forth a great harvest. Pray that the seeds will not be snatched away and choked out by the cares of this world. The goal is to have a Bible study group started that will continue at the end of the summer when they have to return to their college studies. Pray for these two students to be blessed and to grow closer to our Father during their time here and for them to be a blessing to the people with whom they will come in contact. pray4bg@yahoo.com; http://www.teambulgaria.org/
CHINA. Surveillance and expulsion are real threats for international Christians serving in China. Chinese Christians who are fervent in witness face the possibility of even more severe persecution. Yet thousands of workers and millions of local believers count the cost and move forward into the fields of service with great determination to make His name known. Pray today for all who give their lives so that His kingdom can come and His will be done on earth as in heaven.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
April 30, 2008 Issue
Focus Church: Good Springs Baptist Church
Pastor, without pastor
Associational Focus: Pray for direction of an advisory team for associational work meeting tomorrow.
Pray for guidance as mission trips are in the planning stage and more to join in sharing Christ in Guatemala. We still need 3 more to fill the team and airline ticket need to be bought in 2 weeks.
Our sights are now move to the end of school and the the summer of vacation bible schools. Pray for the leaders as they enlist workers and for the workers as they prepare.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
4/30/08 Bill Johnson
PO BOX 911
Conyers, GA 30012
missionsconnections@yahoo.com
Bill is a missionary with the Stone Mountain Association. Conyers Romanian Mission Pastor, Igor Coada, is currently an international student graduating May, 2008. Pray for God to provide his salary for two years to help pay for the expensive visa change needed after he graduates.
5/1/08 Mike York (Carolyn)
P.O. Box 5323
Logan, WV 25601-5323
cbamissions@wv-cis.net
Mike is a church planter for the Coalfields Association. Pray for the upcoming associational revival, April 28-May 3. Pray for provisions to advertise on the radio and in the newspaper for this unprecedented opportunity to reach the Coalfields Association for Christ.
5/2/08 Terry and Kay Dorsett
30 Jones Brothers Way, Ste. B
Barre, VT 05641
terrydorsett@vermontbaptist.org
Terry Dorsett, a church planter for Vermont, asks for prayer for the first Friday of May and of June as they hold youth-led revival services in Barre. Pray for many unchurched teens to come and for the teens who will lead the revival to be filled with the Spirit.
5/3/08 Bob Loy
2700 University Blvd., S.
Jacksonville, FL 32216
bloy@jaxbaptist.org
Bob is executive director of The Jacksonville Port Ministries. Please pray for two needed minivans for the ministries. The vans are used to transport seafarers from their ships to the centers, purchase supplies, and to churches for worship. All four vans have high mileage and constant repairs.
5/4/08 Ellis Prince (Ginger)
P.O. Box 38538
Baltimore, MD 21231
together@gallerychurchbaltimore.com
Ellis Prince is a church starter for the Baltimore Association. Pray that they will secure a place to hold services by the end of May. Pray that they reach their goal of seeing 10,000 people invited to their preview services. Thank God for their children being accepted into the local charter school.
5/5/08 Ted H. Knach Jr.
theodore.h.knach@afghan.swa.army.mil
Ted is an Army Reserve chaplain deployed in Afghanistan. Please pray for his bringing God to the soldiers and soldiers to God. Pray for him, for the safety of soldiers who are in war zones, and for peace in Afghanistan. Also pray for his wife Mary Shelley holding down the home front.
5/6/08 Michael and Devon Cooper
1200 NE 168th
Ridgefield, WA 98642
mrs.cooper@teacher.com
Michael and Devon are church planters in Salmon Creek, Wash. Please pray for their spring and summer events. Also pray for continued relationships with those in the community, for others to help disciple new believers, and for more to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
IMB Focus:Wednesday Window on the World for the week of April 29, 2008
FULBE OF NIGERIA (FUL-bay). The Fulbe Team thanks you for praying for the Annual Northeast Baptist Conference that was held in February. Several churches have committed to help with Fulbe ministry this year. Plans are being made to train these churches in the “Creation to Christ” evangelism method that has been very effective with Muslim peoples. Also in the planning stages is the selection of specific villages for outreach. Pray that this training will be effective in bringing many Fulbe to Christ. Also ask God to open doors and enable the Fulbe Team and Nigerian Baptists to enter the villages that they want to reach. Most importantly, pray that they will be led by the Spirit of God and follow His plan.
50 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR CUBA. A retired pastor walks the mountainous countryside for hours each day. He stops at homes and along the way to tell everyone he meets the good news of Jesus. Last year he made 2,640 visits, all on foot, to share the gospel. That is an average of 220 visits per month, and about seven visits per day--and he is 88 years old! “Pray that the Lord will lengthen my life, to be able to keep working in the Lord’s service,” he asks. “Pray that Cuba might be won to Christ,” he adds. As Cuban Baptists are in the midst of the “50 Days of Prayer for Cuba” emphasis, please ask the Lord for 1 million Cubans to come to Christ, and for a church to be started within walking distance of each one during the next three years. Pray for others, like this retired pastor, who daily share their faith with those in Cuba who do not know Christ. fiftydaysofprayer@50dias.org
LAST FRONTIER. “When a farmer puts a tiny seed in the ground, covers it with dirt, and continues to water it, he is not always worried about that individual seed sprouting because he has planted so many in his fields. But when an overseas worker plants a truth in a heart, he knows he might not ever see that person again in order to cover that truth and water it. So the worker worries that the seed might never sprout in that individual’s heart, and he worries about the rocks/obstacles in the way and the birds/enemy who want to devour the seed. But we praise God continually for His promise that His Word will not return void! Would you join so many of us workers who are planting seeds in hearts and pray that these truths will be watered and will sprout and grow into a marvelous plant that glorifies God? Pray for seeds planted in both believing and unbelieving hearts, for God is still tending the plants that have started growing in His garden.”
Pastor, without pastor
Associational Focus: Pray for direction of an advisory team for associational work meeting tomorrow.
Pray for guidance as mission trips are in the planning stage and more to join in sharing Christ in Guatemala. We still need 3 more to fill the team and airline ticket need to be bought in 2 weeks.
Our sights are now move to the end of school and the the summer of vacation bible schools. Pray for the leaders as they enlist workers and for the workers as they prepare.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
4/30/08 Bill Johnson
PO BOX 911
Conyers, GA 30012
missionsconnections@yahoo.com
Bill is a missionary with the Stone Mountain Association. Conyers Romanian Mission Pastor, Igor Coada, is currently an international student graduating May, 2008. Pray for God to provide his salary for two years to help pay for the expensive visa change needed after he graduates.
5/1/08 Mike York (Carolyn)
P.O. Box 5323
Logan, WV 25601-5323
cbamissions@wv-cis.net
Mike is a church planter for the Coalfields Association. Pray for the upcoming associational revival, April 28-May 3. Pray for provisions to advertise on the radio and in the newspaper for this unprecedented opportunity to reach the Coalfields Association for Christ.
5/2/08 Terry and Kay Dorsett
30 Jones Brothers Way, Ste. B
Barre, VT 05641
terrydorsett@vermontbaptist.org
Terry Dorsett, a church planter for Vermont, asks for prayer for the first Friday of May and of June as they hold youth-led revival services in Barre. Pray for many unchurched teens to come and for the teens who will lead the revival to be filled with the Spirit.
5/3/08 Bob Loy
2700 University Blvd., S.
Jacksonville, FL 32216
bloy@jaxbaptist.org
Bob is executive director of The Jacksonville Port Ministries. Please pray for two needed minivans for the ministries. The vans are used to transport seafarers from their ships to the centers, purchase supplies, and to churches for worship. All four vans have high mileage and constant repairs.
5/4/08 Ellis Prince (Ginger)
P.O. Box 38538
Baltimore, MD 21231
together@gallerychurchbaltimore.com
Ellis Prince is a church starter for the Baltimore Association. Pray that they will secure a place to hold services by the end of May. Pray that they reach their goal of seeing 10,000 people invited to their preview services. Thank God for their children being accepted into the local charter school.
5/5/08 Ted H. Knach Jr.
theodore.h.knach@afghan.swa.army.mil
Ted is an Army Reserve chaplain deployed in Afghanistan. Please pray for his bringing God to the soldiers and soldiers to God. Pray for him, for the safety of soldiers who are in war zones, and for peace in Afghanistan. Also pray for his wife Mary Shelley holding down the home front.
5/6/08 Michael and Devon Cooper
1200 NE 168th
Ridgefield, WA 98642
mrs.cooper@teacher.com
Michael and Devon are church planters in Salmon Creek, Wash. Please pray for their spring and summer events. Also pray for continued relationships with those in the community, for others to help disciple new believers, and for more to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
IMB Focus:Wednesday Window on the World for the week of April 29, 2008
FULBE OF NIGERIA (FUL-bay). The Fulbe Team thanks you for praying for the Annual Northeast Baptist Conference that was held in February. Several churches have committed to help with Fulbe ministry this year. Plans are being made to train these churches in the “Creation to Christ” evangelism method that has been very effective with Muslim peoples. Also in the planning stages is the selection of specific villages for outreach. Pray that this training will be effective in bringing many Fulbe to Christ. Also ask God to open doors and enable the Fulbe Team and Nigerian Baptists to enter the villages that they want to reach. Most importantly, pray that they will be led by the Spirit of God and follow His plan.
50 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR CUBA. A retired pastor walks the mountainous countryside for hours each day. He stops at homes and along the way to tell everyone he meets the good news of Jesus. Last year he made 2,640 visits, all on foot, to share the gospel. That is an average of 220 visits per month, and about seven visits per day--and he is 88 years old! “Pray that the Lord will lengthen my life, to be able to keep working in the Lord’s service,” he asks. “Pray that Cuba might be won to Christ,” he adds. As Cuban Baptists are in the midst of the “50 Days of Prayer for Cuba” emphasis, please ask the Lord for 1 million Cubans to come to Christ, and for a church to be started within walking distance of each one during the next three years. Pray for others, like this retired pastor, who daily share their faith with those in Cuba who do not know Christ. fiftydaysofprayer@50dias.org
LAST FRONTIER. “When a farmer puts a tiny seed in the ground, covers it with dirt, and continues to water it, he is not always worried about that individual seed sprouting because he has planted so many in his fields. But when an overseas worker plants a truth in a heart, he knows he might not ever see that person again in order to cover that truth and water it. So the worker worries that the seed might never sprout in that individual’s heart, and he worries about the rocks/obstacles in the way and the birds/enemy who want to devour the seed. But we praise God continually for His promise that His Word will not return void! Would you join so many of us workers who are planting seeds in hearts and pray that these truths will be watered and will sprout and grow into a marvelous plant that glorifies God? Pray for seeds planted in both believing and unbelieving hearts, for God is still tending the plants that have started growing in His garden.”
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
April 23, 2008 Issue
Focus Church: Good Hope Baptist Church
Pastor, James & Helen Ruth Morgan
Associational Focus: Praise for the 7 who finished the ESL Classes this past weekend and for our SemiAnnual meeting.
Please remember VBS! So much of the work is being done now to have a great VBS in just a few weeks.
Remember those preparing for mission trips. If your church is going please let us know so we might pray as you go.
Remember churches in revival, this weekend Midway will begin revival Sunday evening.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
4/23/08 Brenda Crim
8310 Summerset Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99518
brenda.crim@gmail.com
Brenda serves the collegiate ministry for the Alaska Convention. Pray for Spring Pungowiyi, an Inupiaq Eskimo, serving on staff at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in Anchorage.
4/24/08 Amaury Santos (Stephanie)
205 Convention Dr.
Cary, NC 27511
asantos@ncbaptist.org
Amaury is senior consultant for Hispanic church planting for the North Carolina Convention. Pray for sponsoring churches anxious to reach Hispanics, for mature Hispanic leaders, and for traveling and health mercies for Amaury, his wife, and three young sons.
4/25/08 Charles and Lynne Stebbins
5644 Chestnut Fork Rd.
Bedford, VA 24523
admin@stebbinssafety.com
Charles and Lynne serve as MSC missionaries with the New York Convention as Disaster Relief directors. Pray for needed finances as they attempt to reequip their feeding unit after the theft of some of their equipment. Pray as they provide Disaster Relief training from April into next fall in New York, New Orleans, and Tennessee.
4/26/08 Cecil Dale
714 S. Eighth St.
Norfolk, NE 68701
cecildale1@msn.com
Cecil is an associational missionary for the Kansas-Nebraska Convention. Pray for new churches and church planter/pastors for the Nebraska towns of Craig, Lyons, Randolph, Columbus, Genoa, and Grand Island.
4/27/08 Tim and Andrea Whitesides
936 Cranston Dr., SE
Calgary, AB T3M 1E3
CANADA
Whitesides_tim@yahoo.com
Tim and Andrea are church planters in south Calgary. Southwinds Church, less than a year old, meets weekly for worship in a community center. Pray they will reach the people of this city and pray for the Southwinds team as they develop relationships with the families who attend these activities.
4/28/08 Joe and Cindy Boney
414 Spruce Rd.
Kamiah, ID 83536
joe_cindyboney@yahoo.com
Joe is associational missionary and law enforcement volunteer. Cindy is education coordinator. Pray for a church planter for Fellowship Church in McCall that was birthed in November, 2007. Fourteen attend regularly and four ministry points have been located in a 45-mile area. There are no Southern Baptist works in this area.
4/29/08 Betty and Burl Traylor
7750 Cranbrooke Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32219
mrburl@bellsouth.net
Betty and Burl are MSC missionaries serving as directors of Sidewalk Fun Day School in low-income areas. Pray for God to enable them to open new sites, to provide a new truck to pull the twenty-foot trailer, and to meet all other financial needs - both personal and in the ministry.
IMB FOCUS
NORTH SUMATRA MALAY OF INDONESIA (MAY-lay). In February, you were asked to pray about a series of training sessions for men concerning community development that would take place in one village of North Sumatra Malay. Give thanks that these meetings allowed the men to learn important principles from the Word concerning using talents, time and money wisely. After these training sessions were completed, the men formed a committee to choose one project from among the eight ideas that emerged from this training. Please continue to pray that as this committee of men meets, they will learn to work together, trust each other, and consider the needs of the whole village rather than their own personal gain. A major obstacle seems to be the lack of trust men have for each other. This is evident between families as well.
CRIOLLO OF NORTHERN ARGENTINA (cree-OL-yoh). Missionary David Holt, the strategy coordinator for the Northern Argentine Criollo, has a vision for reaching the hard-to-get-to populations in the interior of the province of Corrientes. He plans to unite the tourism industry with evangelism. "Corrientes has much to offer outdoorsmen, especially those interested in hunting and fishing. Many of our people, the Criollo, are employed in the tourism trade as guides, equipment experts and the like, throughout the hunting and fishing businesses. The Northern Argentine Criollo Strategy Group is working together to focus on regions of the province ideal for hunting, fishing and evangelism. We plan to bring in Christian hunters and fisherman as evangelistic volunteers. Among the Criollo people, the men are the hardest to reach, mostly due to a wrong idea about who Jesus is. Bringing in Christian men who treat their Criollo guides with respect and agape love, while sharing their interest in the outdoors, will open doors to sharing the gospel and create opportunities for missionaries to follow up with those interested in learning more about the real Jesus Christ. Please pray with us that the details for the strategy will be worked through, and that God will continue to work in the hearts of those whom He is preparing both to give and to receive the message of the Good News." http://www.nacriollo.com/
TSWANA OF BOTSWANA (t'SWAN-ah). While taking her own children to a Friday children's meeting at Gaborone Baptist Church, missionary Lisa Jones was overwhelmed at all the neighborhood children who were in attendance. These meetings have been going on for years, and the church has been so faithful in reaching out to the children of Gaborone. They sing, they play games and, most importantly, they hear and respond to the Word of God. Please praise God for these children's meetings as well as for the pastor's wife and the youth who lead these beautiful children. Also ask God to use these times to raise up the next generation of Christians in this country. Pray that they will carry the message of the gospel to the nation of Botswana.
Pastor, James & Helen Ruth Morgan
Associational Focus: Praise for the 7 who finished the ESL Classes this past weekend and for our SemiAnnual meeting.
Please remember VBS! So much of the work is being done now to have a great VBS in just a few weeks.
Remember those preparing for mission trips. If your church is going please let us know so we might pray as you go.
Remember churches in revival, this weekend Midway will begin revival Sunday evening.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
4/23/08 Brenda Crim
8310 Summerset Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99518
brenda.crim@gmail.com
Brenda serves the collegiate ministry for the Alaska Convention. Pray for Spring Pungowiyi, an Inupiaq Eskimo, serving on staff at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in Anchorage.
4/24/08 Amaury Santos (Stephanie)
205 Convention Dr.
Cary, NC 27511
asantos@ncbaptist.org
Amaury is senior consultant for Hispanic church planting for the North Carolina Convention. Pray for sponsoring churches anxious to reach Hispanics, for mature Hispanic leaders, and for traveling and health mercies for Amaury, his wife, and three young sons.
4/25/08 Charles and Lynne Stebbins
5644 Chestnut Fork Rd.
Bedford, VA 24523
admin@stebbinssafety.com
Charles and Lynne serve as MSC missionaries with the New York Convention as Disaster Relief directors. Pray for needed finances as they attempt to reequip their feeding unit after the theft of some of their equipment. Pray as they provide Disaster Relief training from April into next fall in New York, New Orleans, and Tennessee.
4/26/08 Cecil Dale
714 S. Eighth St.
Norfolk, NE 68701
cecildale1@msn.com
Cecil is an associational missionary for the Kansas-Nebraska Convention. Pray for new churches and church planter/pastors for the Nebraska towns of Craig, Lyons, Randolph, Columbus, Genoa, and Grand Island.
4/27/08 Tim and Andrea Whitesides
936 Cranston Dr., SE
Calgary, AB T3M 1E3
CANADA
Whitesides_tim@yahoo.com
Tim and Andrea are church planters in south Calgary. Southwinds Church, less than a year old, meets weekly for worship in a community center. Pray they will reach the people of this city and pray for the Southwinds team as they develop relationships with the families who attend these activities.
4/28/08 Joe and Cindy Boney
414 Spruce Rd.
Kamiah, ID 83536
joe_cindyboney@yahoo.com
Joe is associational missionary and law enforcement volunteer. Cindy is education coordinator. Pray for a church planter for Fellowship Church in McCall that was birthed in November, 2007. Fourteen attend regularly and four ministry points have been located in a 45-mile area. There are no Southern Baptist works in this area.
4/29/08 Betty and Burl Traylor
7750 Cranbrooke Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32219
mrburl@bellsouth.net
Betty and Burl are MSC missionaries serving as directors of Sidewalk Fun Day School in low-income areas. Pray for God to enable them to open new sites, to provide a new truck to pull the twenty-foot trailer, and to meet all other financial needs - both personal and in the ministry.
IMB FOCUS
NORTH SUMATRA MALAY OF INDONESIA (MAY-lay). In February, you were asked to pray about a series of training sessions for men concerning community development that would take place in one village of North Sumatra Malay. Give thanks that these meetings allowed the men to learn important principles from the Word concerning using talents, time and money wisely. After these training sessions were completed, the men formed a committee to choose one project from among the eight ideas that emerged from this training. Please continue to pray that as this committee of men meets, they will learn to work together, trust each other, and consider the needs of the whole village rather than their own personal gain. A major obstacle seems to be the lack of trust men have for each other. This is evident between families as well.
CRIOLLO OF NORTHERN ARGENTINA (cree-OL-yoh). Missionary David Holt, the strategy coordinator for the Northern Argentine Criollo, has a vision for reaching the hard-to-get-to populations in the interior of the province of Corrientes. He plans to unite the tourism industry with evangelism. "Corrientes has much to offer outdoorsmen, especially those interested in hunting and fishing. Many of our people, the Criollo, are employed in the tourism trade as guides, equipment experts and the like, throughout the hunting and fishing businesses. The Northern Argentine Criollo Strategy Group is working together to focus on regions of the province ideal for hunting, fishing and evangelism. We plan to bring in Christian hunters and fisherman as evangelistic volunteers. Among the Criollo people, the men are the hardest to reach, mostly due to a wrong idea about who Jesus is. Bringing in Christian men who treat their Criollo guides with respect and agape love, while sharing their interest in the outdoors, will open doors to sharing the gospel and create opportunities for missionaries to follow up with those interested in learning more about the real Jesus Christ. Please pray with us that the details for the strategy will be worked through, and that God will continue to work in the hearts of those whom He is preparing both to give and to receive the message of the Good News." http://www.nacriollo.com/
TSWANA OF BOTSWANA (t'SWAN-ah). While taking her own children to a Friday children's meeting at Gaborone Baptist Church, missionary Lisa Jones was overwhelmed at all the neighborhood children who were in attendance. These meetings have been going on for years, and the church has been so faithful in reaching out to the children of Gaborone. They sing, they play games and, most importantly, they hear and respond to the Word of God. Please praise God for these children's meetings as well as for the pastor's wife and the youth who lead these beautiful children. Also ask God to use these times to raise up the next generation of Christians in this country. Pray that they will carry the message of the gospel to the nation of Botswana.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 16, 2008 Issue
Focus Church: First Baptist Church Fulton
Pastor, John & Connie Copeland
Associational Focus: First, Thank you for the prayers last week as I was in revival. God did a tremendous work in the church and still continues. Praise to HIM!
Pray for and encourage other to come with you to our Semi-annual meeting at Grove Hill Baptist church this Saturday evening. We will begin at 6:30pm.
Pray for the 7 that are getting ready for Guatemala and the 2 or 3 still undecided. I know finances are and issue so pray for the Lord to supply that need if it is His will for them to go.
NAMB Focus: Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement
4/16/08 Don and Wanda Reed 1775 South BeretaniaHonolulu, HI 96826Dreed003@hawaii.rr.comDon and Wanda Reed are retired NAMB missionaries. He is now serving as interim DOM for Honolulu-Windward and CLOBA Associations, which have elected a task force to study the best way to do cooperative work on the island. Pray God will provide His solution and they will be attuned to the Holy Spirit's leadership.
4/17/08 Kevin (CH) Banks (Carol) charles.k.banks@us.army.milCH is a battalion chaplain who was deployed to Iraq in early March. Pray for a successful mission, safe return, spiritual awakening, strengthened families, and sound minds.
4/18/08 Alex DiMatteo984 Burdeck St., Apt. ASchenectady, NY 12306pad5959@yahoo.comAlex is a church planter/outreach coordinator with the Hudson Association and the New York Convention. Praise the Lord for bringing people to this church who are willing to share in the work. Please pray for all the summer missions teams coming from the South.
4/19/08 Bill Johnson1205 Maple St.Conyers, GA 30208missionsconnections@yahoo.com Bill is a missionary serving with church community ministries for the Stone Mountain Association. Pray for Igor Coada, a Romanian pastor, who has come to the U.S. to pastor the Romanian speaking people. Pray for God's financial provision, a change from immigration to resident status, and more church partners for this Romanian pastor.
4/20/08 Dave Wedekind (Jeanne)915 Doty St.Green Bay, WI 54301dwedekind@mwbc.org or jwedekind@mwbc.org Dave and Jeanne work with the Minnesota-Wisconsin Convention. Dave serves with Disaster Relief/Missions Ministries and Jeanne is WMU/Missions Education. Pray for an easy transition to these areas and for the move from Green Bay to Rochester, Minnesota.
4/21/08 Rex Rains (Laura)1100 Mound View Dr.Dubuque, IA 52003rex@newlifedbq.comRex is a church planter and pastor of New Life Church. Praise the Lord for the prayers He has already answered. Pray for a youth leader, for their mission to serve the poor and oppressed, for God's financial provision for needed remodeling and for a new building.
4/22/08 Misael and Hilda Castillo1001 SW 10th Ave.Okeechobee, FL 34974-4915mcastillo@flbaptist.org Misael and Hilda are missionaries serving in Okeechobee and Misael is migrant ministries director for the Florida Convention. Praise the Lord for the Youth Migrant Camp in March saw 221 youth with 17 salvations! Pray for the camps May 2-3 and also one on May 10. Also pray for the new Migrant Ministry in Homestead.
IMB Focus:
CATALONIANS OF WESTERN EUROPE (KAT-uh-loh-nee-ans). "Thank you, Lord, and thank you prayer partners," workers write. "In answer to your prayers, we now have a new sister in Christ! At the end of the ongoing discipleship Bible study, C. expressed her desire to accept Jesus as Savior and Lord, and she did so through a beautiful prayer. Another reason for rejoicing is that the believer in whose apartment the Bible studies are being held prayed a prayer of reconciliation to God. After the death of a loved one, she has had faith issues. Please continue to pray for A., as she is every day closer to surrendering to Christ. Pray that these new believers will follow Jesus in baptism and will continue their growth through a lifelong study of God's Word." Bcn_sos@yahoo.es
CHURCH PLANTING IN ZIMBABWE. The topic of repentance and revival seems to be popping up everywhere you go these days in Zimbabwe. People have done all they can to make ends meet, and it is not enough. The despair and hopelessness are evident wherever you go. People are saying, "Only God can help us now!" They are right. Only God can. But first, God's children must be living in obedience to Him. The situation in Zimbabwe makes this time ripe for revival. Pray for God's Spirit to move mightily across Zimbabwe in the coming days.
KURDS OF IRAN. Please pray for two Iranian Sorani-speaking Kurds, K and R. They are newly married and have only been believers for a short period of time. Nonetheless, they are growing strong in their faith. Both K and R are Kurds from the western Iranian province of Kordestan (which means Kurdistan). However, they have not lived there for some time. K and R want to return to their home province, where there are only a few believers and house groups out of several million people, to do evangelism and church-planting work. Please pray for them as they step out in faith in this ministry. Ask God to provide for their needs and to give them trusted partners in the work. Pray that God will save many Sorani Kurds in the province of Kordestan in Iran. doulos@comcast.net
Pastor, John & Connie Copeland
Associational Focus: First, Thank you for the prayers last week as I was in revival. God did a tremendous work in the church and still continues. Praise to HIM!
Pray for and encourage other to come with you to our Semi-annual meeting at Grove Hill Baptist church this Saturday evening. We will begin at 6:30pm.
Pray for the 7 that are getting ready for Guatemala and the 2 or 3 still undecided. I know finances are and issue so pray for the Lord to supply that need if it is His will for them to go.
NAMB Focus: Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement
4/16/08 Don and Wanda Reed 1775 South BeretaniaHonolulu, HI 96826Dreed003@hawaii.rr.comDon and Wanda Reed are retired NAMB missionaries. He is now serving as interim DOM for Honolulu-Windward and CLOBA Associations, which have elected a task force to study the best way to do cooperative work on the island. Pray God will provide His solution and they will be attuned to the Holy Spirit's leadership.
4/17/08 Kevin (CH) Banks (Carol) charles.k.banks@us.army.milCH is a battalion chaplain who was deployed to Iraq in early March. Pray for a successful mission, safe return, spiritual awakening, strengthened families, and sound minds.
4/18/08 Alex DiMatteo984 Burdeck St., Apt. ASchenectady, NY 12306pad5959@yahoo.comAlex is a church planter/outreach coordinator with the Hudson Association and the New York Convention. Praise the Lord for bringing people to this church who are willing to share in the work. Please pray for all the summer missions teams coming from the South.
4/19/08 Bill Johnson1205 Maple St.Conyers, GA 30208missionsconnections@yahoo.com Bill is a missionary serving with church community ministries for the Stone Mountain Association. Pray for Igor Coada, a Romanian pastor, who has come to the U.S. to pastor the Romanian speaking people. Pray for God's financial provision, a change from immigration to resident status, and more church partners for this Romanian pastor.
4/20/08 Dave Wedekind (Jeanne)915 Doty St.Green Bay, WI 54301dwedekind@mwbc.org or jwedekind@mwbc.org Dave and Jeanne work with the Minnesota-Wisconsin Convention. Dave serves with Disaster Relief/Missions Ministries and Jeanne is WMU/Missions Education. Pray for an easy transition to these areas and for the move from Green Bay to Rochester, Minnesota.
4/21/08 Rex Rains (Laura)1100 Mound View Dr.Dubuque, IA 52003rex@newlifedbq.comRex is a church planter and pastor of New Life Church. Praise the Lord for the prayers He has already answered. Pray for a youth leader, for their mission to serve the poor and oppressed, for God's financial provision for needed remodeling and for a new building.
4/22/08 Misael and Hilda Castillo1001 SW 10th Ave.Okeechobee, FL 34974-4915mcastillo@flbaptist.org Misael and Hilda are missionaries serving in Okeechobee and Misael is migrant ministries director for the Florida Convention. Praise the Lord for the Youth Migrant Camp in March saw 221 youth with 17 salvations! Pray for the camps May 2-3 and also one on May 10. Also pray for the new Migrant Ministry in Homestead.
IMB Focus:
CATALONIANS OF WESTERN EUROPE (KAT-uh-loh-nee-ans). "Thank you, Lord, and thank you prayer partners," workers write. "In answer to your prayers, we now have a new sister in Christ! At the end of the ongoing discipleship Bible study, C. expressed her desire to accept Jesus as Savior and Lord, and she did so through a beautiful prayer. Another reason for rejoicing is that the believer in whose apartment the Bible studies are being held prayed a prayer of reconciliation to God. After the death of a loved one, she has had faith issues. Please continue to pray for A., as she is every day closer to surrendering to Christ. Pray that these new believers will follow Jesus in baptism and will continue their growth through a lifelong study of God's Word." Bcn_sos@yahoo.es
CHURCH PLANTING IN ZIMBABWE. The topic of repentance and revival seems to be popping up everywhere you go these days in Zimbabwe. People have done all they can to make ends meet, and it is not enough. The despair and hopelessness are evident wherever you go. People are saying, "Only God can help us now!" They are right. Only God can. But first, God's children must be living in obedience to Him. The situation in Zimbabwe makes this time ripe for revival. Pray for God's Spirit to move mightily across Zimbabwe in the coming days.
KURDS OF IRAN. Please pray for two Iranian Sorani-speaking Kurds, K and R. They are newly married and have only been believers for a short period of time. Nonetheless, they are growing strong in their faith. Both K and R are Kurds from the western Iranian province of Kordestan (which means Kurdistan). However, they have not lived there for some time. K and R want to return to their home province, where there are only a few believers and house groups out of several million people, to do evangelism and church-planting work. Please pray for them as they step out in faith in this ministry. Ask God to provide for their needs and to give them trusted partners in the work. Pray that God will save many Sorani Kurds in the province of Kordestan in Iran. doulos@comcast.net
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
April 2, 2008 Issue
Focus Church: Forest Avenue Baptist Church
Pastor, Don & Glenda Rushing
Associational Focus:
ESL Training coming up on the 12 & 19 @ Thomasville BC. Prayer that God would raise up leaders to serve in this great ministry need in our county.
Hispanic Worship Service April 12th @ FBC Fulton
Semi-Annual Meeting April 19th @ Grove Hill Baptist
Please Pray for Br. Chris & Kim as they are in revival at his parents home church in Wetumpka, Ala. Sunday through Wednesday.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
4/2/08 Dan Johnson
City of Roses Abundant LifevChristian Center
Pana, IL 62557
pastor_Dan_Johnson@yahoo.com
Dan is a pastor who runs a community ministry center witnessing to over 1,500 people monthly through a free clothing pantry and resource center. Pray for God's provision for him and his family as they hope to add a food pantry, a homeless shelter and a warming center.
4/3/08 Larry Miguez
729 Second St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
rsbm@bellsouth.net
Larry is director of the Rachel Sims Baptist Center and the Carver Baptist Center. Please pray for two 15-20 passenger mini-buses for these two centers to use in their ministries.
4/4/08 Kenneth Herman
P.O. Box 70
Buckeye, AZ 85326
kherman@azcorrections.gov
Ken is a chaplain with the Arizona Department of Corrections in Buckeye, AZ. Praise God for the volunteers who share Christ in a prison setting. Please pray for God's mighty work in the lives of inmates and staff at the Lewis Complex. Please also pray for his daughter who is due in July with triplets.
4/5/08 Paul Kwon (Sun-Young)
13722 116th Ave. Ct. E.
Puyallup, WA 98374
opkwon@gmail.com
Paul is planting a multi-ethnic congregation in Des Moines, WA., and is asking for prayer for the health of this new church. Please pray for strength and healing for Paul as he is undergoing major treatment for leukemia. Pray also for God's provision for the medical expenses that will far exceed the insurance coverage
4/6/08 Don McCutcheon (Katheryn)
205 Convention Dr.
Cary, NC 27511
dmccutcheon@ncbaptist.org
Don is executive leader of mission growth evangelism for the North Carolina Convention. Pray for the Intentionally Evangelistic Church Seminar in Wilmington April 1-3. Churches from that area, who attended that seminar less than a year ago, are already experiencing increases in baptisms and assimilation. Pray that God would choose to use this in many churches.
4/7/08 Michael Thomson
12 Lenwood St.
Lower Cloverdale, NB E1J1L2
CANADA
michael.thomson@providencechristianchurch.org
Michael is a church planting pastor serving in the Canadian Convention. Please pray for the new church plant in Dieppe, New Brunswick, a French speaking Bible study, (the first in Eastern Canada ministering to the Acadian people group). Pray for the seeds that have been sown, for those being drawn closer to the Lord, and for a fruitful harvest.
4/8/08 Matt Johns (Ashley)
4610 Clivedon Ter.
Norcross, GA 30092
mjohns@re-christ.org
www.re-christ.org
Matt is president of Re-Christ Ministries. Pray for two more leaders to join the RE-CHRIST team, for God's financial provisions for their needs, and for prayer support.
IMB Focus:
COLOMBIA. Thank you for praying for the men's group from the El Camino Baptist Church who has adopted an evangelistic ministry project to two poverty-level barrios (neighborhoods) in their city. One group goes out every other Sunday morning. The other group makes their visits on Sunday afternoons. To reach each location requires several bus rides and one-and-a half to two hours of time (one way). The men have responded in a great way, and several teams have been formed so that no one person is overburdened. Please pray for the people who live in these two barrios, asking that they will hunger to hear God's Word, that they will open their homes to these men, and that the men of the barrio, as well as the women and children who are already attending, will participate.
MOROCCAN ARABS OF MOROCCO (muh-RAH-kan). Your heart aches with each pump of blood to your exhausted body. Your lungs are afire. Water streams out of your eyes--your body's attempt to ease the damage of the biting sand, burning sun, and intense heat. Your legs are numb, except for the occasional stabbing throb of an ill-placed step on the rocky terrain. Despite the pain and suffering, you have chosen to run this race--the Marathon de Sables: a grueling competition occurring every April, and spanning 151 miles through the Moroccan Sahara. Every year, approximately 500 participants carry provisions on their backs, running during the day and sleeping in communal Berber tents to keep warm during the near-freezing temperatures at night. The metaphor of a race is used to describe the Christian life: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1, KJV). Pray for our Moroccan Arab brothers and sisters who face persecution and suffering while struggling to be faithful in following Jesus. Praise God that He does not leave them alone, but strengthens and provides for them while they follow Him. Ask that believers will have strength to "run in such a way as to get the prize" (1 Corinthians 9:24b, NIV), and that others will see that it is worth the temporal pain of this life to follow Christ. http://www.experiencename.com/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN YI OF CHINA (ee). A brother has been sharing his faith boldly, despite the cost and persecution that comes with doing so. He has suffered much, both physically and financially. Like many others from the villages, he has found tempting the call to go east to China's large cities. The promise of work and money there is not always realized, but the poverty here is palpable. Yet kingdom work needs his voice in the mountains of his ethnic homelands. Pray that the Lord will provide him all that he needs, body and soul, through a good harvest and deliverance from trouble. Pray that small business opportunities will arise to keep him in the villages, and his witness among the people. The path he follows is a difficult one, but he is learning anew about trusting the Lord in everything. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear....But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:25, 33). http://Yi.peoples.org
Pastor, Don & Glenda Rushing
Associational Focus:
ESL Training coming up on the 12 & 19 @ Thomasville BC. Prayer that God would raise up leaders to serve in this great ministry need in our county.
Hispanic Worship Service April 12th @ FBC Fulton
Semi-Annual Meeting April 19th @ Grove Hill Baptist
Please Pray for Br. Chris & Kim as they are in revival at his parents home church in Wetumpka, Ala. Sunday through Wednesday.
NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.
4/2/08 Dan Johnson
City of Roses Abundant LifevChristian Center
Pana, IL 62557
pastor_Dan_Johnson@yahoo.com
Dan is a pastor who runs a community ministry center witnessing to over 1,500 people monthly through a free clothing pantry and resource center. Pray for God's provision for him and his family as they hope to add a food pantry, a homeless shelter and a warming center.
4/3/08 Larry Miguez
729 Second St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
rsbm@bellsouth.net
Larry is director of the Rachel Sims Baptist Center and the Carver Baptist Center. Please pray for two 15-20 passenger mini-buses for these two centers to use in their ministries.
4/4/08 Kenneth Herman
P.O. Box 70
Buckeye, AZ 85326
kherman@azcorrections.gov
Ken is a chaplain with the Arizona Department of Corrections in Buckeye, AZ. Praise God for the volunteers who share Christ in a prison setting. Please pray for God's mighty work in the lives of inmates and staff at the Lewis Complex. Please also pray for his daughter who is due in July with triplets.
4/5/08 Paul Kwon (Sun-Young)
13722 116th Ave. Ct. E.
Puyallup, WA 98374
opkwon@gmail.com
Paul is planting a multi-ethnic congregation in Des Moines, WA., and is asking for prayer for the health of this new church. Please pray for strength and healing for Paul as he is undergoing major treatment for leukemia. Pray also for God's provision for the medical expenses that will far exceed the insurance coverage
4/6/08 Don McCutcheon (Katheryn)
205 Convention Dr.
Cary, NC 27511
dmccutcheon@ncbaptist.org
Don is executive leader of mission growth evangelism for the North Carolina Convention. Pray for the Intentionally Evangelistic Church Seminar in Wilmington April 1-3. Churches from that area, who attended that seminar less than a year ago, are already experiencing increases in baptisms and assimilation. Pray that God would choose to use this in many churches.
4/7/08 Michael Thomson
12 Lenwood St.
Lower Cloverdale, NB E1J1L2
CANADA
michael.thomson@providencechristianchurch.org
Michael is a church planting pastor serving in the Canadian Convention. Please pray for the new church plant in Dieppe, New Brunswick, a French speaking Bible study, (the first in Eastern Canada ministering to the Acadian people group). Pray for the seeds that have been sown, for those being drawn closer to the Lord, and for a fruitful harvest.
4/8/08 Matt Johns (Ashley)
4610 Clivedon Ter.
Norcross, GA 30092
mjohns@re-christ.org
www.re-christ.org
Matt is president of Re-Christ Ministries. Pray for two more leaders to join the RE-CHRIST team, for God's financial provisions for their needs, and for prayer support.
IMB Focus:
COLOMBIA. Thank you for praying for the men's group from the El Camino Baptist Church who has adopted an evangelistic ministry project to two poverty-level barrios (neighborhoods) in their city. One group goes out every other Sunday morning. The other group makes their visits on Sunday afternoons. To reach each location requires several bus rides and one-and-a half to two hours of time (one way). The men have responded in a great way, and several teams have been formed so that no one person is overburdened. Please pray for the people who live in these two barrios, asking that they will hunger to hear God's Word, that they will open their homes to these men, and that the men of the barrio, as well as the women and children who are already attending, will participate.
MOROCCAN ARABS OF MOROCCO (muh-RAH-kan). Your heart aches with each pump of blood to your exhausted body. Your lungs are afire. Water streams out of your eyes--your body's attempt to ease the damage of the biting sand, burning sun, and intense heat. Your legs are numb, except for the occasional stabbing throb of an ill-placed step on the rocky terrain. Despite the pain and suffering, you have chosen to run this race--the Marathon de Sables: a grueling competition occurring every April, and spanning 151 miles through the Moroccan Sahara. Every year, approximately 500 participants carry provisions on their backs, running during the day and sleeping in communal Berber tents to keep warm during the near-freezing temperatures at night. The metaphor of a race is used to describe the Christian life: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1, KJV). Pray for our Moroccan Arab brothers and sisters who face persecution and suffering while struggling to be faithful in following Jesus. Praise God that He does not leave them alone, but strengthens and provides for them while they follow Him. Ask that believers will have strength to "run in such a way as to get the prize" (1 Corinthians 9:24b, NIV), and that others will see that it is worth the temporal pain of this life to follow Christ. http://www.experiencename.com/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN YI OF CHINA (ee). A brother has been sharing his faith boldly, despite the cost and persecution that comes with doing so. He has suffered much, both physically and financially. Like many others from the villages, he has found tempting the call to go east to China's large cities. The promise of work and money there is not always realized, but the poverty here is palpable. Yet kingdom work needs his voice in the mountains of his ethnic homelands. Pray that the Lord will provide him all that he needs, body and soul, through a good harvest and deliverance from trouble. Pray that small business opportunities will arise to keep him in the villages, and his witness among the people. The path he follows is a difficult one, but he is learning anew about trusting the Lord in everything. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear....But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:25, 33). http://Yi.peoples.org
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