The Martin Family
Church Planters Mountain Baptist Church
Somerset, PA
Dear Friends,
1Co 16:13 “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”
1Co 16:14 “Let all your things be done with charity.”
Our theme for 2019, is to live more by faith this year than at any other time in our lives. After a slow spring, we have seen the Lord bless the church this summer. In May, He allowed us to get a bus. He brought in the finances in June to transfer, and register the bus a couple days before our first VBS. We had 8 kids ride the bus for VBS, with 6 of them getting saved. We asked the Lord for 20 kids that week, with 21 showing up. God is so good!
We had our church picnic in August with 20 in attendance. Even though our weekly attendance is still low, the Lord has sent first time visitors for 4 weeks straight, 6 out of the 8 weeks. PRAISE THE LORD! Please be praying for us as we have our fall revival coming Oct 17-20, and on Oct 31, our messenger to India, Cory Chartier will be coming. In November we will be going through the book of Revelation during Thursday night Bible study.
It is so great to see the Lord working, if we, by faith, just wait patiently and allow Him to work.
In Christ
Jim Martin
Email: jimcindy1989@yahoo.com
1Co 16:13 “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”
1Co 16:14 “Let all your things be done with charity.”
Our theme for 2019, is to live more by faith this year than at any other time in our lives. After a slow spring, we have seen the Lord bless the church this summer. In May, He allowed us to get a bus. He brought in the finances in June to transfer, and register the bus a couple days before our first VBS. We had 8 kids ride the bus for VBS, with 6 of them getting saved. We asked the Lord for 20 kids that week, with 21 showing up. God is so good!
We had our church picnic in August with 20 in attendance. Even though our weekly attendance is still low, the Lord has sent first time visitors for 4 weeks straight, 6 out of the 8 weeks. PRAISE THE LORD! Please be praying for us as we have our fall revival coming Oct 17-20, and on Oct 31, our messenger to India, Cory Chartier will be coming. In November we will be going through the book of Revelation during Thursday night Bible study.
It is so great to see the Lord working, if we, by faith, just wait patiently and allow Him to work.
In Christ
Jim Martin
Email: jimcindy1989@yahoo.com
The Anthony Rudolph Family
Anchored Hope Baptist Church
Church Planters Lima, OH
Dear Praying Friends and Supporters,
Your prayers, love, and help has been a great lift to my family and me. Your support has always arrived right on time.
We started off July with a Fourth of Prayer cookout. Anchored Hope invited a few local churches, including Dayton Baptist Church, to join us for a cookout and prayer. The turnout was incredible, and we had a great time together. It also gave our children needed fellowship with friends. Also in July we received a visit from friends from our sending church, Steve Roque Family. It’s always a blessing when they come and visit. Giana and Genevieve got to spend time with their friends whom they started off in the nursery with at Hope.
Another family from one of our supporting churches came by for Sunday morning service to encourage us and they were encouraged about the progress that has been made. Brother Dan Bogan and family attend a supporting church in Cincinnati, OH.
Terrence Irons visited the church. I have personally ministered to Terrence over 30 times over a 4 year period. Including at the jail, Monday night basketball and door to door. It took those many contacts for him to come to church.
Folks are continuing to get saved. While in the park, Giana led two young girls to the Lord, Samajah and Lala Phillips. Praise the Lord for souls saved and for the fact Giana has a heart for souls. After leading them to the LORD, she brought them over to me so they can tell me what they had done.
My family and I had an opportunity to attend and minister at Old Paths Baptist Church for their Bible Conference, and the brethren loved on our family.
If you have a heart for church planting in Black America and love Preaching, please join us for our Harvest Jubilee on September 25-27, 2019 at 7pm each night. Every evening will be filled with Bible preaching, singing, and reports from Church Planters. It was a blessing to be able to spend time with fellow church planters recently. Pastor Todd Bell lives in Maine and has been there for over 20 years and has planted upwards of 20 churches in the state. Pastor Delp is a church planter in Pennsylvania and his church is a year old.
Please keep our balloon payment in prayer, we have until September 1st.
In Christ Jesus,
The Rudolph Family
Hope Baptist Missions
6250 South Ave
Toledo, OH 43615
Ph: 419-867-9996
Email: office@hopetoledo.org
Your prayers, love, and help has been a great lift to my family and me. Your support has always arrived right on time.
We started off July with a Fourth of Prayer cookout. Anchored Hope invited a few local churches, including Dayton Baptist Church, to join us for a cookout and prayer. The turnout was incredible, and we had a great time together. It also gave our children needed fellowship with friends. Also in July we received a visit from friends from our sending church, Steve Roque Family. It’s always a blessing when they come and visit. Giana and Genevieve got to spend time with their friends whom they started off in the nursery with at Hope.
Another family from one of our supporting churches came by for Sunday morning service to encourage us and they were encouraged about the progress that has been made. Brother Dan Bogan and family attend a supporting church in Cincinnati, OH.
Terrence Irons visited the church. I have personally ministered to Terrence over 30 times over a 4 year period. Including at the jail, Monday night basketball and door to door. It took those many contacts for him to come to church.
Folks are continuing to get saved. While in the park, Giana led two young girls to the Lord, Samajah and Lala Phillips. Praise the Lord for souls saved and for the fact Giana has a heart for souls. After leading them to the LORD, she brought them over to me so they can tell me what they had done.
My family and I had an opportunity to attend and minister at Old Paths Baptist Church for their Bible Conference, and the brethren loved on our family.
If you have a heart for church planting in Black America and love Preaching, please join us for our Harvest Jubilee on September 25-27, 2019 at 7pm each night. Every evening will be filled with Bible preaching, singing, and reports from Church Planters. It was a blessing to be able to spend time with fellow church planters recently. Pastor Todd Bell lives in Maine and has been there for over 20 years and has planted upwards of 20 churches in the state. Pastor Delp is a church planter in Pennsylvania and his church is a year old.
Please keep our balloon payment in prayer, we have until September 1st.
In Christ Jesus,
The Rudolph Family
Hope Baptist Missions
6250 South Ave
Toledo, OH 43615
Ph: 419-867-9996
Email: office@hopetoledo.org
The Reitenbach Family
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Dear Friends,
As the summer flies by, we’ve finished one special event and prepare for another. Vacation Bible School went very well even though we had a lower attendance than last year. Elisabeth was feeling well enough to be there for three of the nights. Revival meetings on August 18-23 are rapidly approaching, and I’ve been preaching on the subject of revival in preparation for the meetings. Please pray that our church people would faithfully attend with tender hearts, that visitors would come, and that God’s hand would be on the evangelist and his family to use them in a special way.
While driving for Uber, I recently picked up a college student from India who said he believes in God but doesn’t know what his purpose is for life. Because he knew next to nothing about the Bible, I told him some foundational truths from Genesis and quoted Revelation 4:11 which says that we were created to please God and glorify Him. With that foundation laid, I then gave him a clear presentation of the gospel. As the ride was ending, I encouraged him to read the Bible starting with Genesis, John, and Romans. Oddly enough, my next passenger was also an Indian college student who lives in an apartment complex across the street, and I was able to give him the gospel, as well! He didn’t seem as interested in what I had to say, but I was praising the Lord for those open doors. Please pray that God will work in the lives of these young men and that there will be others in their lives who will water the seeds that were planted.
Please continue to pray for Elisabeth as she has good and bad days with the adrenal weakness. Dealing with that is a marathon and not a sprint. Please pray that she would consistently sleep well at night, which plays a huge part in making progress.
Even as our focus is on the revival meetings, the Franklin County Fair is coming soon in early September. Please pray that we would be properly prepared for it and that God would prepare divine appointments between us and the people there.
Josiah turned ten years old on July 30th. It’s hard to believe that we now have a child in double digits. Time is flying. Thanks for your prayers and support!
In Christ,
The Brett Reitenbach Family
23 Main St
Terryville, CT 06786
Ph: 413-356-0150
Email: pastorbrr@outlook.com
As the summer flies by, we’ve finished one special event and prepare for another. Vacation Bible School went very well even though we had a lower attendance than last year. Elisabeth was feeling well enough to be there for three of the nights. Revival meetings on August 18-23 are rapidly approaching, and I’ve been preaching on the subject of revival in preparation for the meetings. Please pray that our church people would faithfully attend with tender hearts, that visitors would come, and that God’s hand would be on the evangelist and his family to use them in a special way.
While driving for Uber, I recently picked up a college student from India who said he believes in God but doesn’t know what his purpose is for life. Because he knew next to nothing about the Bible, I told him some foundational truths from Genesis and quoted Revelation 4:11 which says that we were created to please God and glorify Him. With that foundation laid, I then gave him a clear presentation of the gospel. As the ride was ending, I encouraged him to read the Bible starting with Genesis, John, and Romans. Oddly enough, my next passenger was also an Indian college student who lives in an apartment complex across the street, and I was able to give him the gospel, as well! He didn’t seem as interested in what I had to say, but I was praising the Lord for those open doors. Please pray that God will work in the lives of these young men and that there will be others in their lives who will water the seeds that were planted.
Please continue to pray for Elisabeth as she has good and bad days with the adrenal weakness. Dealing with that is a marathon and not a sprint. Please pray that she would consistently sleep well at night, which plays a huge part in making progress.
Even as our focus is on the revival meetings, the Franklin County Fair is coming soon in early September. Please pray that we would be properly prepared for it and that God would prepare divine appointments between us and the people there.
Josiah turned ten years old on July 30th. It’s hard to believe that we now have a child in double digits. Time is flying. Thanks for your prayers and support!
In Christ,
The Brett Reitenbach Family
23 Main St
Terryville, CT 06786
Ph: 413-356-0150
Email: pastorbrr@outlook.com
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First Baptist Church - Dwight, Illinois
Midwest Christian Boys Football Camp
2019 ManCamp Decisions
To God be the glory, great things He hath Done! We are excited to share with you some of the decisions made in the preaching services at football camp this year.
Praise the Lord!
- 7 Saved
- 1 called to preach
- 40 surrendered to full-time Christian service.
- 13 surrender to the mission field.
- 40 decisions about keeping a good testimony.
- 24 surrendering to do the will of God.
- 42 surrendered to get ‘all in’ for God
- 58 want to keep making right decisions in life
- 65 want to be better soul winners or soul conscious.
- 30 decisions made about getting right with parents.
- 24 decisions made about getting back to reading their Bible on a regular basis.
- 18 rededications to their call to preach
- 11 making a decision to marry the right one.
- 11 decisions to be a better example.
- 10 decisions to get over bitterness and anger.
- 7 decisions to be more thankful
- 6 decisions to stay pure.
- 6 getting right about sin in their life
- 5 Decisions dealing with electronic devices, cell phones, video games, etc.
- 5 decisions to be a better friend
- 5 decisions about prayer - spending more time in prayer or starting to pray.
- 3 decisions on having a better relationship with siblings, brothers and sisters
- 2 decisions about praying for revival in their youth group.
- 2 decisions about standing strong.
- 2 decisions about staying separated from the world.
- 1 decision on keeping their music right.
- 1 decision on being right with authority.
- 1 decision on serving more in their church.
- 1 decision on loving God more.
- 65 decisions made by adults, coaches and support staff.
- 141 decisions on finishing strong in their Christian life.
Praise the Lord!
