Mike & Mary Wallace, Missionaries in Mexico City
August 1, 2023 (Jun. - Jul. ‘23)
Dear Pastors, Friends & Family,
We made a quick trip to the border in June for Bibles, tracts, etc. and all went well. About the same time and in the same area, a missionary friend of ours had a close call. He was intentionally bumped by another car. When he stopped, they attempted to either carjack or kidnap his family. He sped away and they tried to run them off the road, but fortunately he was able to evade them.
Back in Mexico we enjoyed being back out with the church ministering in the open-air markets and knocking doors. Mary was witnessing to two young ladies named Mariel and Mariana, both having forms of the name Mary. As I heard Mary start to share the gospel, I knew it might be a while, so I started tracting doors, cars, and people in the immediate area keeping an eye on Mary for safety. As I finished and came back, all three “Marys” - my wife, Mariel & Mariana all had big smiles on their faces because these two young ladies both received Christ as their Savior. They then introduced us to some friends passing by, and we got to witness to their friends and give them Gospel tracts.
Since our last prayer letter, apart from seeing people saved, we have had many baptized, discipled, received Bibles, start attending our church, and we had a wedding. We usually have first-time visitors at almost every service. I have had a few people come to church recently who received tracts, though we didn’t witness to them at the moment. They read the tracts, got saved on their own, and later visited our church, bringing the tracts with them. We are glad for those who come to church, hear the Gospel and get saved, but as Christians we must all always take the Gospel out to the people. Summer is hot but soon Fall will be here, yet Hell never cools, and it is forever. We have witnessed recently in several very dangerous areas with much cartel influence where people worship Santa Muerte. It has been a blessing though to see people saved in these areas, some with tears, often saying “thanks” afterward, shaking my hand or hugging Mary.
Our volcano, Popocatepetl, remains extremely active, continuing to spew ash all over the city and surrounding states in Mexico. Volcanic ash is causing some to go blind. I actually got an eye infection this week that spread to my sinuses. Mary also got an infection and we both went to the doctor for treatment last week. The main airport has stayed closed temporarily, as well as another international airport in the area. It did give us the opportunity, however, to witness to one of our Jewish doctors, sharing from the Old Testament. With all the news about Popocatepetl, scientists have found a new volcano forming about 20 miles south of us. There are actually over 300 volcanos, most of them small, in the area of Mexico City and it’s surrounding area. There are at least 48 active volcanoes in Mexico, and over 2,000 volcanos in the country of Mexico, most of them being smaller.
Our 7th grandchild, Charles Zion Jay Wallace was born on the 4th of July to our son, Joseph & daughter-in-law Joanna. Please continue to pray for our son, Stephen, and his choking & breathing problem. He was going to visit us about a week ago to visit our gastroenterologist surgeon since he doesn’t have insurance there, and the medical costs are very cheap here. But Stephen nearly broke his foot at work and has serious problems with tendons & ligaments, so please pray for that, too. Once he is better he plans to visit here for a few days for his other problem.
Please also pray for Mary as she had just recovered from her stomach problems from July, when she got sick again from a separate episode of stomach problems from poor sanitation causing a bad infection from parasites. Please keep praying for us to find a building in our new area to start a new church. Our Bible Institute is going well, and we just had a young man in our church, David, surrender to full-time ministry.
We appreciate you all very much & are grateful for you. We pray for you all, too.
We are “...your servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5
Mike & Mary Wallace in Mexico City
Cell: 330-419-0520
Email: contact@mexico-missionaries.com
Mail:
P.O. Box 908
Donna, TX 78537
www.mexico-missionaries.com
Support & Sending Church:
First Baptist Church of Kenmore
2330 East Avenue
Akron, OH 44314
330-745-3619
Pastor Joe Grimaldi
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Mark and Sabrina Holmes – Missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa
On May 14th, Truth Baptist Church celebrated an anniversary 17 years to the day that it was founded. It turned out to be our largest attendance on the property, with about 400. We were glad to host Evangelist Doug Neary of A Look at the Book Ministries for the commemorative service, and I used the occasion to announce the rebirth of our bus ministry, as three buses were used that day. On the last Sunday of May, one of our supporting pastors, Bro. Ben Lang of Temple Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana, preached the 8th anniversary service for Grace & Glory Baptist Church. There were 158 in attendance, including 53 visitors.
At the beginning of May, I was privileged to have an evangelist friend pay for Noah (my third son) and me to join him in visiting Missionary Kevin Wynne’s work in Mexico City. We were truly challenged by the ministries and focus of the largest independent Baptist church in the world. It was an honor to speak in a couple of their Sunday school classes and teach in their college of nearly 300 students. The trip was special for Noah as he made some new missionary-kid friends and also won several people to Christ during their church-wide soul winning.
Other notable events of these months included the completion of our 26th semester of Providence Baptist College & Seminary. Six students have finished their training, and 30 more are now serving in 12-week internships at their home churches and various other host ministries. Sadly, Chindo Solomon was our first student to have his schooling cut short by a disease that ended his time on this earth. On May 24, I preached to a full auditorium in Chindo’s hometown, and several hundred people who gathered for his funeral heard the same Gospel that he preached faithfully during his years as a student pastor at one of our local-area church plants. Lastly, the first two weeks of June was the survey trip for Coty and Allyson Powers, who quickly befriended our family when we “met” through social media contacts a few months ago. Please pray for them as they continue to raise support to come to Nigeria as missionaries.
June ended with another trip to Kumasi to partner with the FBMI Team Ghana in conducting their 4th Student Missions Institute for Training in Evangelism. This camp was unique, in that it was their first graduation for 12 of the students who were faithful to each of the first 4 years. There was a record total of 120 registered from several churches; they conducted 19 five-day Bible Clubs, with 1,335 children enrolled and 626 personally counseled for salvation. I was happy to have Victoria and Brian join me for this great week.
Believing God,
Mark Holmes
Serving With:
FBMI – Missionary #90
507 State St
Hammond, IN 46320
Sending Church:
Faith Baptist Church
8467 Canal Rd
Gulfport, MS 39503
228-863-6993
holmesfaith@hotmail.com
missionaryholmes.blogspot.com
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The Wynnes – Missionaries to Mexico
Dear friends,
We continue to hold street meetings along with door to door soul winning and are seeing great results. Juan was hungry as was his family. He worked hard in the market but bandits held him up and took everything just before he went shopping for his food. He was praying “God if you exist, please help us!”
One of our people met him and invited him to a park where I was preaching. I often give a prize of 30 dollars or 500 pesos to the child who paid the best attention to the sermon. This helps the children keep good attention. Out of 350 people and probably 150 children Juan’s little boy won. We also gave him a food basket. Best of all Juan and his son received Christ as Savior!
Sunday, he came bringing his family his sister and his sister in law. He told them this is the church God used to answer my prayers. He and his family have been coming now faithfully!
We had a Pastors Conference in June and it was a blessing to have Tom Wallace come. He is 93 and has been preaching 73 years! We had over 600 Pastors come and they were greatly helped! We ordained 2 more Pastors in June.
June saw 1,268 Saved at Church and 892 Baptized and another 230,151 Saved in street meetings and 2,611 Baptized! 36,492 were Saved in Columbia and 892 Baptized! All this is fruit for your account. Thank you for your prayers and giving. We love and appreciate you greatly!
In Christ,
Kevin Wynne
Mail address:
7421 Marbach Road
San Antonio, TX 78227-1701
Phone: 011-52 (55) 5632-6966
Email: kevintwynne@yahoo.com
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The Putnam Family – Missionaries to Brazil
Goodness gracious, 2023 is flying by! It was a busy winter for us here. God has been so good to us and we’re excited to share what the Lord’s done over the past few months.
We had our very first missions conference in June. Bro. Tim Barrett preached for us and we had 2 ladies trust Christ during the conference. The people really seem to have caught on to the vision of faith promise giving. None of the folks had ever participated in a faith promise program before and it was exciting to see the folks commit over $150 monthly to this.
As I mentioned we had 2 ladies saved during the conference. One was Aline. She is 31 and lives not far from the church. She had reached out to me asking for prayer for her spiritual life. We had made a visit with her and spent several hours with her witnessing to her and her mom Ivanilda. Neither had made a decision during that visit, but just a week later during the conference, Aline was saved. Her mom came just a few weeks later for a Sunday evening service and also trusted Christ. Please pray for this family to continue to grow. Kelvin, Aline’s 15-year-old son, needs to be saved as well.
As a result of our first commitment to faith promise, we are excited about partnering with another missionary. Bro. Josiel is a missionary in northern Brazil and, Lord willing, in September I will be going on a mission’s trip with 3 other men to visit him and try and be a blessing to him and his young family. Please pray for the needed funds and God’s blessing as we make this trip.
Mrs. Inês just moved to Pinda a little over a month ago and lives just down the street from the church. She’s been coming faithfully since. We visited with her and she told us of her son, daughterin-law, and 3 grandkids that need to be saved and get back in church. Her 15-year-old granddaughter Jackie has many problems. Jackie came to the Wednesday evening service last week and then the following Sunday the whole family was in church. Please pray for Leonardo, Aline, Hugo, Jackie, and Lucas. Inês has a heart to see her family reached and it’s been awesome to see God use her already in the short time that we’ve known her.
Bro. Allen and his group of 24 others will be with us already next week (August 1-7). We have 40k John and Romans and invites that we’ll be distributing throughout Pinda. Unfortunately, the container with our John & Romans did not arrive in time, but thankfully we should have just enough to put together to be able to reach the majority of our city. Please pray for this effort as well as the anniversary conference that we will be having on August 5 and 6. We will be having a teen revival on the 5th. Please pray for many souls to be saved and that Christ would be exalted by this effort.
We are all doing well. The kids just started school and we’re excited for another productive year of growth and learning. It was a blessing to have my sister Olivia with us for a few weeks in June. May the Lord continue to use your life for His honor and glory as we strive together for the sake of the Gospel!
Love in Christ,
Keith, Jamie, Lainey, Clayton & Silas Putnam
Sent By:
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
Elgin IL 60124
Contact:
Putnams to Brazil
9n889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
Phone: (847) 695-6222
missions@nwbbc.com
info@nwbbc.com
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The Miyashita Family – Church Planting Missionaries to Japan
Insulate (7/27/2023)
The summer heat is definitely going into high gear here in Nagoya. Because of the metal roof at the new church building, our Air conditioner had been struggling to keep the entire place cool with the beaming sun and 100 degree weather. With the help of our interns, we were able to get insulation hung under the roof. While people were previously starting to sweat when the service was over, some felt cold during the service for the first time!
We are continually reminded that God continues to use even the smallest of things in the long term. When we did our special Christmas service last year, only two people came and we said we would never do it again. However, both people have since been back to the church and one of the two has been coming to church recently as well as attending our online Bible study.
After the invitation, she told Rosie that she wasn’t able to raise her hand yet, because she isn’t sure if there is ONLY one God yet. However, she continues to come and listen.
Please continue to pray that the Holy Spirit will convict and guide!
PRAISES:
- Church insulation installed without problems
- People continuing to hear the Gospel
PRAYER REQUESTS:
- Young men to train for the ministry
- Summer outreach activities
- Church growth
- Place to use for second church plant
- Intern safety
- 5 people to get saved and baptized this year
Yours for Japan,
The Miyashita Family
Contact:
Reaching Japan
PO Box 442
Alpharetta, GA 30009
ReachingJapan.com
Email: James@ReachingJapan.com
Phone: (470) 278-7415
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The Owens Family – Church Planters in Bulgaria
Dear friends,
Thank you for your prayers for Stefcho and Betty. Praise the Lord that they made the decision and were baptized on May 28, our last Sunday before our 6 month furlough. We have had a busy schedule so far with many doctors appointments and meetings. Please pray that God will continue to bless this short furlough, that all of our medical concerns will be resolved, and that He will bring us safely back to Bulgaria on November 28.
We are praying that God will allow us to raise the funds needed to finish our church Sunday school building and office/apartment before returning to Bulgaria in November. We will do the labor ourselves with the help of church members, but will need to raise $17,000 for the materials to complete this project.
Bro. Martin is doing a great job preaching and leading the church in our absence. Please pray that he will stay encouraged and that God will give him the wisdom to lead. We are also thankful for missionary Jeff Shergalis, who has been a great friend and blessing to us over the past few years and is helping with some of the services and the music.
Please continue to pray for the following young couples, that they would stay faithful in our absence and grow closer to the Lord. Trajcho and Emi; Mladen and Ani; Tsvetko and Maria; Yanko and Katya; and Stefcho and Betty. Thank you for your faithful support for our ministry as we strive to see souls saved, baptized, and grounded in the Word of God.
Serving for Jesus,
The Owens Family
Support Address:
WB World Missions
PO Box 1147
Huntington, WV 25713
Sending Church:
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Pastor Dennis Morrello
2650 North Terrace
Huntington, WV 25705
304-412-4383
Mailing Address:
The Owens Family
Ulitsa “Prolet” 4
Studena 2344
Bulgaria
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The George Family – Missionaries to Argentina
Dear prayer partner,
God is so good! This last month we have been in CA, keeping a full schedule. When we arrived here, there were a few openings in the calendar, but God filled them promptly, and our calendar is complete for the rest of the year! It has been remarkable to meet many individuals and make friends this month. Also, Bernice was privileged to lead a young lady to Christ during Saturday soul-winning!
Lord willing, we should be in Argentina this December! We are on track to be fully funded by then and can’t wait to get to work in Posadas! So much will happen in the following few months as we continue to stay very busy on the road, moving back to Argentina the first week of December and then to Posadas in January. Please pray for wisdom and provision.
Thank you for your investment in getting the gospel to the Argentine people!
For His Service,
Benjamin and Bernice George
Contact:
(319) 499-7590
hopeforargentina@gmail.com
Sending Church:
Marion Avenue Baptist Church
Pastor Joseph Brown
215 South Marion Ave
Washington, IA 52353
info@marionavenuebaptist.com
855-825-4113
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Jason & Lori Holt – Chile Church Planter & Latin America Director for VBM
Tent Meeting at the Chile Baptist College
Each year during our July winter break from classes, we host a 4-day conference with morning sessions for pastors, local church leaders, and young people. In the evenings, we have singing and preaching with believers from churches throughout Chile. This year, we were honored to have Trent Cornwell, the pastor of our sending church in Georgia, and Kyle Coker, one of our supporting pastors, challenge our Chilean pastors and churches with soul-stirring Bible messages. This trip also provided a great chance for Lori and me to reconnect with many of the pastors, their wives, and our missionary team in Chile. We had numerous opportunities to counsel and encourage our dear Chilean coworkers. Soon this furlough will be over, and we will be back in Chile serving alongside them.
From Children’s Church to the Pulpit
Those who have followed our ministry for many years have probably seen a picture of Benjamin Santis in some of the group picturesof our first church plant in Chile. We met Benjamin’s family back in 2006 when he was 6 or 7 years old. He was later saved, baptized, and discipled in our church. Since we turned that church over to Chilean leadership in 2013, God has continued to work in Benjamin’s life. Last year, after graduating from a local university in Santiago, he surrendered to preach and is now studying full-time in our Bible college! Praise the Lord! We are now seeing preachers enter the ministry after more than 15 years of investment in their lives!
Reaping a Harvest at Harvest Baptist
We were thrilled to see 15 people from Harvest Baptist Church on the southern island of Chiloe travel 12 hours to attend our 4-day winter conference in Santiago. In January 2022, Josué Moreno and his family were sent from Santiago to serve in Chiloe. Since then, they have seen much growth! God is saving souls and transforming lives. We are very thankful to witness all God is doing and to see the committed group that traveled such a distance for the conference! Keep praying for this church plant.
Contact:
PO Box 442
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(470) 377-3667
jason@connectchile.org
Sending Church & Support Address:
Vision Baptist Church
Vision Baptist Missions
PO Box 647
Dawsonville, GA 30534
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Josh & Alyse Szwarga – Missionaries to New Zealand
July seemed to fly by, much more than any month since we arrived on the field last year. Many previously mentioned ministries continue on faithfully, with minor pauses like we had this month due to illness and school holidays. By the final week of the month though, youth group, Bible studies, and canvassing were back into action.
We want to keep the Friend Day, August 20, before you in prayer. Every member has been active with inviting friends for that day. Rarely can 100% involvement be obtained, however, the excitement has been contagious throughout the church and we are either nearing or at full involvement. We could have every individual in attendance who promised, but all is in vain unless the Holy Spirit is in the service that day, working through the Gospel message. Pray specifically for Pastor Fraser as he preaches, for God to meet with us, and for many unsaved to be present and to trust Christ.
A constant and increasing theme in the ministry here has been the power of prayer. It was difficult to maintain a list of God’s answers to prayer in July. Prayers answered of visitors in church, spiritual growth in new Christians, new ministry opportunities, the list continues! We share as many of these as privacy and discretion will allow, as we are sure you will understand. This is clearly a team effort; as you pray for us, and then we bring specific prayers to God regarding spiritual battles here. God is working through our combined prayers. “Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.” (II Corinthians 1:11)
Having preached a message on “Prayer Unlimited” several weeks ago, it was only fitting that God would place a vacant church building on the market the following day. It is a prayer request that requires an “unlimited prayer” and we ask you to join us in praying for God’s will to be done. The matter could be settled either way by the time this letter reaches you, but to those who receive this in early August, may it be a focus of prayer along with the upcoming Friend Day.
Thank you for praying,
Josh, Alyse and Bentlee Szwarga
Updated Address:
51B Taniwha Place
Bethlehem, NZ 3176
Mailing Address:
Szwargas to New Zealand
9zn889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
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Church Planting News
Evangelist News
Ron Alberico III – Alberico Update
Dear Praying friends,
12 years to the day that I collapsed with my present health issues, we heard an evangelist who did not know us preach in June on the woman with “an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.... (Mk. 5:25-6) What a miraculous, gentle, loving reminder from the Lord that He knows our family’s struggles!
Praise to God for our faithful supporters, and also a family in the ministry who gave us some much needed money in the month of July!
Prayer for much transition going on around us, and needs affecting all areas of our life (finances, housing, health, inflation, etc...). Nothing new on the need for monthly support other than more lost support.
Your servant in Christ,
Evangelist Ron Alberico
Bob & Sue Jones – Missionary Evangelists
We are thrilled to announce that our grandson Rob Jones and family have surrendered to go to South Africa as missionaries. They are members of Clays Mill Baptist Church, . Their pastor is Jeff Fugate and they are being sent out under the authority of this church to do missions work. They plan to take a survey trip there in September to seek the Lord’s will where to plant a church. As soon as they return, they will begin deputation work, seeking churches to financially and prayerfully support them. They may be reached at (859) 619-2217.
July 2, I preached by way of Zoom at the Anchor Baptist Church, Waterford, Ireland, Missionary and Pastor Don Thatcher. This church was started by this missionary family many years ago. The Lord has wonderfully blessed all their labor! They now have a nice building to meet in after holding services for years in a hotel conference room. Many souls have been saved and baptized since its beginning. I have been privileged to preach revival meetings every year for over ten years until covid began. It is very difficult to start and maintain a great work like this but they have been faithful and the Lord has rewarded their efforts. They have a special prayer need and that is they have to move very soon and housing is so expensive and difficult to find.
Bob & Sue Jones,
Missionary Evangelists
Contact Info:
8422 Emmaus Road
Harrison, TN 37341
Cell: 423-504-6519
evangelistbobjones@att.net
Sending Church:
Clays Mill Road Baptist Church
3000 Clays Mill Road
Lexington, KY 40503
Ken Pennington – Last of the Last Days Evangelism
We are so very happy to be back here in good old USA. I think the Lord showed us, on our survey trip to the Philippines, that we are to keep our II Corinthians 5:18 ministry and our heart and energy, here in our home land, where we know the language, and the culture, and where God has so clearly given us a burden to do all we can in these last days to oppose and expose the wiles of the Devil, in his ploy to destroy America and all of God’s people.
I think we all remember when other nations called America a “Christian Nation,” and we sent missionaries all around the world. Now we need to make a turn back to God before He returns. II Chronicles 7:14.
Since 1985 the Lord has had me planting old fashioned Fundamental Independent Baptist Churches and reaching folks for Christ and teaching them to live for Him. Now in these years before the Lord calls us all home, He has shown me my ministry in Acts 20:24, to “finish my course with joy” by preaching and teaching about Satan’s Greatest Weapon, The Big Lie.
During times I have pastored, I have always appreciated when an evangelist would emphasize and reinforce the things I had been preaching to my folks. I enjoy using the medium of Power Point to help me more effectively preach and teach on how Satan is using his lies to confuse folks about the clear teachings of the Lord in His Word.
I really welcome the opportunity to be with you and your folks, soulwinning and preaching on any of these subjects noted below, or others you may need: May the Lord bless you in these days before He comes.
Ken Pennington
479-979-5091
1602 Riverpoint
Clarksville, AR 72830
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Tim & Kim Whitfield – Global Ambassadors for World Mission
This letter is an update on the new ministry the Lord has given us. Since graduating from Bible College 44 years ago, the Lord has allowed us to serve Him for 21 years as missionaries in Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. We are thankful for every opportunity to serve, and for the many lessons He has taught us through these experiences. Each phase of ministry has given us a unique perspective of the relationship between Pastors and Missionaries. The Lord has used the years of service to develop a “Heart for Missions” in our lives, and reminded us that we not only have a Heart for Missions, but we really are Missionaries at Heart!
After more than a year of seeking His will through much prayer and waiting on His timing, we are stepping into a new phase of ministry. In April, I resigned as Pastor of Jonesboro Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Arkansas and we moved to Amarillo, Texas. We have joined Central Baptist Church (Pastor Allen Copeland). Central has voted to send us out into this new ministry as “Global Ambassadors for World Missions.”
We are available for Missions Conferences, Missions “Booster” Sundays, or Missions “Mini” Conferences over a weekend, Missions Revivals, or any other way that we might be a help in the area of missions. My heart is to preach, teach, encourage, and challenge churches for the cause of World Missions. We are also praying for opportunities to teach and to preach missions in Christian schools, or special modular courses for both Pastor and missionary students in Bible Colleges. Eventually, we hope to make annual Missions trips to different countries around the world. These trips are especially designed for Pastors and those who could be potential missionaries.
Please feel free to call me any time at 870-615-0705 if you have any questions or would be interested in having us to help you develop Christians who have a “Heart for Missions.”
His servant and yours,
Tim Whitfield
(870) 615-0705
GA4WM@cbcamarillo.net
Sending Church:
Central Baptist Church
1601 SW 58th Ave
Amarillo, TX 79110
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Dr. Joseph A. and Holly Carson – Missionaries – Printing-Preaching-Teaching – North America & Beyond
Dear praying friends of the Carson’s and NTMI,
Summer seems to have arrived in Northern California with temperatures expected up to 106 F. next week. For an Alaskan like myself that heat is a bit difficult to handle.
VBS just ended at Heritage Baptist Church in Anderson, CA with Pastor Tom Lucatorta. I believe it was a great week with many decisions made by the kids and followed by new visitors the next Sunday morning service.
We are preparing for a three week road trip now and will be in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. Near the end of July I will be in Connecticut and Massachusetts. In mid August I am planning a trip to Alaska for a couple weeks. Please be in prayer for all the air travel and road miles. My old 2000 Ford pickup must needs go into the shop on Monday for dry rot motor mounts and drive line work. We do not yet know the cost but with the way prices have been going up I doubt it will be free!
Our Filipino printing ministry is scouting the paper dealers looking for the best bulk paper prices as well as looking at what paper weight and brightness to standardize on for tracts, booklets, and fliers. The first tract file has been sent over for them to make a trial run. Some day it would be nice if we could get a heavy duty commercial cutter for trimming and cutting. For now they will make do with a manual cutter.
The new NTMI.org website is still in the works. I have identified 20 books and booklets we will make available as eBooks for all that want to have a digital copy. First each one needs to be updated with contact information as well as new copyright and trademark legalities. We have a new helper in this area and are very thankful. We can always use more help in typing, arranging and setup for the tracts, booklets and books. If you or anyone you know would be willing to be of help in the ministry please reach out to me personally. My phone number and email address are at the bottom of this prayer letter.
Folks often ask about what our most pressing needs are. 1. We need help in the production of tracts and discipleship material. There is much that has to happen prior to going to press and “no man is an island unto himself”. We cannot do it all nor are we skilled in all areas as well as we would like to be. We need help. NTMI basically operates as a one family organization - Holly and I. We do have help from time to time with fantastic volunteers. What we truly need is a solid, heart right, sold out individual or couple that is self funded - either by raising support or living on retirement income - desiring to serve the Lord in the discipleship printing ministry and relocate to the Los Molinos/Red Bluff, California area. Secondly we need more help from those that can do computer set up of various books, booklets, typing, tracts, etc. on a computer remotely from their current home. We could really reach untold numbers if we had this help.
2. We need financial support to help with computers, programs, paper, toner, printer maintenance, monthly building expenses, utilities, etc.
If you have an idea for a Gospel Tract or booklet and do not know how to get it into a quality final product, please reach out to us and we would be happy to help. Even if you can draw up something on a piece of paper and send us a picture of your idea(s), we can take it from the kitchen table to final printed tract with art work and all. Let us know how we can help you reach your mission field.
Thank you for your prayers, financial support and encouragement.
In the King’s Service,
Dr. Joe and Holly Carson
Dr.JoeCarson@gmail.com
New Testament Ministries International
P.O. Box 5
Los Molinos, CA 96055
907-727-8200
Sending Church:
New Hope Baptist Church
Pastor William Maricle
3360 Coffey Lane #C
Santa Rosa, California 95403
http:/NewHopeNews.net
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Evangelist Cliff Burwell
August 3, 2023
Dear Praying Friends,
It’s hard to believe that in just five more months this year will be history. It’s amazing how fast time flies. Much has been accomplished for our Lord in this ministry in the past seven months. We have stayed busy preaching in many good independent Baptist churches trying to encourage God’s people. In our next newsletter we will give you a report on the churches where we have held meetings. It’s always encouraging when we see people down the aisle making decisions for the Lord. God certainly is good.
In my counseling sessions with preachers across the country I have been made aware that a number of God’s men are battling with health problems. I don’t feel at liberty to mention their names but God knows who they are and they need your prayers. Please pray for a missionary in Oklahoma who is recovering from hip surgery. Pray also for a preacher in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana who are battling with cancer. Another pastor, here in North Carolina will be facing surgery this month. Several others are facing similar health problems and need you to pray for them. I am so glad that our God is still in the prayer answering business. Thank you for caring and praying for these men.
Not only does God still answer prayer but He is also still in the soul saving business. Mrs. Burwell and I enjoy opportunities to witness for the Lord as we pass out our smiley face tracts. Often the tract opens the door for a verbal witness. Recently I was in a Best Buy store looking for a new keyboard for our computer. As the salesman showed me the different options to choose from, I handed him a tract. We began to talk about where he went to church. That opened the door and I was able to give him a clear presentation of the plan of salvation. He bowed his head and received Jesus into his heart. What a blessing!
Charlotte and I are thankful for all you do for us. May God continue to bless you as we serve Him together.
Evangelist and Mrs. Burwell
5816 Huffine Ridge Dr
Gibsonville, NC 27249
August 1, 2023 (Jun. - Jul. ‘23)
Dear Pastors, Friends & Family,
We made a quick trip to the border in June for Bibles, tracts, etc. and all went well. About the same time and in the same area, a missionary friend of ours had a close call. He was intentionally bumped by another car. When he stopped, they attempted to either carjack or kidnap his family. He sped away and they tried to run them off the road, but fortunately he was able to evade them.
Back in Mexico we enjoyed being back out with the church ministering in the open-air markets and knocking doors. Mary was witnessing to two young ladies named Mariel and Mariana, both having forms of the name Mary. As I heard Mary start to share the gospel, I knew it might be a while, so I started tracting doors, cars, and people in the immediate area keeping an eye on Mary for safety. As I finished and came back, all three “Marys” - my wife, Mariel & Mariana all had big smiles on their faces because these two young ladies both received Christ as their Savior. They then introduced us to some friends passing by, and we got to witness to their friends and give them Gospel tracts.
Since our last prayer letter, apart from seeing people saved, we have had many baptized, discipled, received Bibles, start attending our church, and we had a wedding. We usually have first-time visitors at almost every service. I have had a few people come to church recently who received tracts, though we didn’t witness to them at the moment. They read the tracts, got saved on their own, and later visited our church, bringing the tracts with them. We are glad for those who come to church, hear the Gospel and get saved, but as Christians we must all always take the Gospel out to the people. Summer is hot but soon Fall will be here, yet Hell never cools, and it is forever. We have witnessed recently in several very dangerous areas with much cartel influence where people worship Santa Muerte. It has been a blessing though to see people saved in these areas, some with tears, often saying “thanks” afterward, shaking my hand or hugging Mary.
Our volcano, Popocatepetl, remains extremely active, continuing to spew ash all over the city and surrounding states in Mexico. Volcanic ash is causing some to go blind. I actually got an eye infection this week that spread to my sinuses. Mary also got an infection and we both went to the doctor for treatment last week. The main airport has stayed closed temporarily, as well as another international airport in the area. It did give us the opportunity, however, to witness to one of our Jewish doctors, sharing from the Old Testament. With all the news about Popocatepetl, scientists have found a new volcano forming about 20 miles south of us. There are actually over 300 volcanos, most of them small, in the area of Mexico City and it’s surrounding area. There are at least 48 active volcanoes in Mexico, and over 2,000 volcanos in the country of Mexico, most of them being smaller.
Our 7th grandchild, Charles Zion Jay Wallace was born on the 4th of July to our son, Joseph & daughter-in-law Joanna. Please continue to pray for our son, Stephen, and his choking & breathing problem. He was going to visit us about a week ago to visit our gastroenterologist surgeon since he doesn’t have insurance there, and the medical costs are very cheap here. But Stephen nearly broke his foot at work and has serious problems with tendons & ligaments, so please pray for that, too. Once he is better he plans to visit here for a few days for his other problem.
Please also pray for Mary as she had just recovered from her stomach problems from July, when she got sick again from a separate episode of stomach problems from poor sanitation causing a bad infection from parasites. Please keep praying for us to find a building in our new area to start a new church. Our Bible Institute is going well, and we just had a young man in our church, David, surrender to full-time ministry.
We appreciate you all very much & are grateful for you. We pray for you all, too.
We are “...your servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Corinthians 4:5
Mike & Mary Wallace in Mexico City
Cell: 330-419-0520
Email: contact@mexico-missionaries.com
Mail:
P.O. Box 908
Donna, TX 78537
www.mexico-missionaries.com
Support & Sending Church:
First Baptist Church of Kenmore
2330 East Avenue
Akron, OH 44314
330-745-3619
Pastor Joe Grimaldi
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Mark and Sabrina Holmes – Missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa
On May 14th, Truth Baptist Church celebrated an anniversary 17 years to the day that it was founded. It turned out to be our largest attendance on the property, with about 400. We were glad to host Evangelist Doug Neary of A Look at the Book Ministries for the commemorative service, and I used the occasion to announce the rebirth of our bus ministry, as three buses were used that day. On the last Sunday of May, one of our supporting pastors, Bro. Ben Lang of Temple Baptist Church in Muncie, Indiana, preached the 8th anniversary service for Grace & Glory Baptist Church. There were 158 in attendance, including 53 visitors.
At the beginning of May, I was privileged to have an evangelist friend pay for Noah (my third son) and me to join him in visiting Missionary Kevin Wynne’s work in Mexico City. We were truly challenged by the ministries and focus of the largest independent Baptist church in the world. It was an honor to speak in a couple of their Sunday school classes and teach in their college of nearly 300 students. The trip was special for Noah as he made some new missionary-kid friends and also won several people to Christ during their church-wide soul winning.
Other notable events of these months included the completion of our 26th semester of Providence Baptist College & Seminary. Six students have finished their training, and 30 more are now serving in 12-week internships at their home churches and various other host ministries. Sadly, Chindo Solomon was our first student to have his schooling cut short by a disease that ended his time on this earth. On May 24, I preached to a full auditorium in Chindo’s hometown, and several hundred people who gathered for his funeral heard the same Gospel that he preached faithfully during his years as a student pastor at one of our local-area church plants. Lastly, the first two weeks of June was the survey trip for Coty and Allyson Powers, who quickly befriended our family when we “met” through social media contacts a few months ago. Please pray for them as they continue to raise support to come to Nigeria as missionaries.
June ended with another trip to Kumasi to partner with the FBMI Team Ghana in conducting their 4th Student Missions Institute for Training in Evangelism. This camp was unique, in that it was their first graduation for 12 of the students who were faithful to each of the first 4 years. There was a record total of 120 registered from several churches; they conducted 19 five-day Bible Clubs, with 1,335 children enrolled and 626 personally counseled for salvation. I was happy to have Victoria and Brian join me for this great week.
Believing God,
Mark Holmes
Serving With:
FBMI – Missionary #90
507 State St
Hammond, IN 46320
Sending Church:
Faith Baptist Church
8467 Canal Rd
Gulfport, MS 39503
228-863-6993
holmesfaith@hotmail.com
missionaryholmes.blogspot.com
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The Wynnes – Missionaries to Mexico
Dear friends,
We continue to hold street meetings along with door to door soul winning and are seeing great results. Juan was hungry as was his family. He worked hard in the market but bandits held him up and took everything just before he went shopping for his food. He was praying “God if you exist, please help us!”
One of our people met him and invited him to a park where I was preaching. I often give a prize of 30 dollars or 500 pesos to the child who paid the best attention to the sermon. This helps the children keep good attention. Out of 350 people and probably 150 children Juan’s little boy won. We also gave him a food basket. Best of all Juan and his son received Christ as Savior!
Sunday, he came bringing his family his sister and his sister in law. He told them this is the church God used to answer my prayers. He and his family have been coming now faithfully!
We had a Pastors Conference in June and it was a blessing to have Tom Wallace come. He is 93 and has been preaching 73 years! We had over 600 Pastors come and they were greatly helped! We ordained 2 more Pastors in June.
June saw 1,268 Saved at Church and 892 Baptized and another 230,151 Saved in street meetings and 2,611 Baptized! 36,492 were Saved in Columbia and 892 Baptized! All this is fruit for your account. Thank you for your prayers and giving. We love and appreciate you greatly!
In Christ,
Kevin Wynne
Mail address:
7421 Marbach Road
San Antonio, TX 78227-1701
Phone: 011-52 (55) 5632-6966
Email: kevintwynne@yahoo.com
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The Putnam Family – Missionaries to Brazil
Goodness gracious, 2023 is flying by! It was a busy winter for us here. God has been so good to us and we’re excited to share what the Lord’s done over the past few months.
We had our very first missions conference in June. Bro. Tim Barrett preached for us and we had 2 ladies trust Christ during the conference. The people really seem to have caught on to the vision of faith promise giving. None of the folks had ever participated in a faith promise program before and it was exciting to see the folks commit over $150 monthly to this.
As I mentioned we had 2 ladies saved during the conference. One was Aline. She is 31 and lives not far from the church. She had reached out to me asking for prayer for her spiritual life. We had made a visit with her and spent several hours with her witnessing to her and her mom Ivanilda. Neither had made a decision during that visit, but just a week later during the conference, Aline was saved. Her mom came just a few weeks later for a Sunday evening service and also trusted Christ. Please pray for this family to continue to grow. Kelvin, Aline’s 15-year-old son, needs to be saved as well.
As a result of our first commitment to faith promise, we are excited about partnering with another missionary. Bro. Josiel is a missionary in northern Brazil and, Lord willing, in September I will be going on a mission’s trip with 3 other men to visit him and try and be a blessing to him and his young family. Please pray for the needed funds and God’s blessing as we make this trip.
Mrs. Inês just moved to Pinda a little over a month ago and lives just down the street from the church. She’s been coming faithfully since. We visited with her and she told us of her son, daughterin-law, and 3 grandkids that need to be saved and get back in church. Her 15-year-old granddaughter Jackie has many problems. Jackie came to the Wednesday evening service last week and then the following Sunday the whole family was in church. Please pray for Leonardo, Aline, Hugo, Jackie, and Lucas. Inês has a heart to see her family reached and it’s been awesome to see God use her already in the short time that we’ve known her.
Bro. Allen and his group of 24 others will be with us already next week (August 1-7). We have 40k John and Romans and invites that we’ll be distributing throughout Pinda. Unfortunately, the container with our John & Romans did not arrive in time, but thankfully we should have just enough to put together to be able to reach the majority of our city. Please pray for this effort as well as the anniversary conference that we will be having on August 5 and 6. We will be having a teen revival on the 5th. Please pray for many souls to be saved and that Christ would be exalted by this effort.
We are all doing well. The kids just started school and we’re excited for another productive year of growth and learning. It was a blessing to have my sister Olivia with us for a few weeks in June. May the Lord continue to use your life for His honor and glory as we strive together for the sake of the Gospel!
Love in Christ,
Keith, Jamie, Lainey, Clayton & Silas Putnam
Sent By:
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
Elgin IL 60124
Contact:
Putnams to Brazil
9n889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
Phone: (847) 695-6222
missions@nwbbc.com
info@nwbbc.com
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The Miyashita Family – Church Planting Missionaries to Japan
Insulate (7/27/2023)
The summer heat is definitely going into high gear here in Nagoya. Because of the metal roof at the new church building, our Air conditioner had been struggling to keep the entire place cool with the beaming sun and 100 degree weather. With the help of our interns, we were able to get insulation hung under the roof. While people were previously starting to sweat when the service was over, some felt cold during the service for the first time!
We are continually reminded that God continues to use even the smallest of things in the long term. When we did our special Christmas service last year, only two people came and we said we would never do it again. However, both people have since been back to the church and one of the two has been coming to church recently as well as attending our online Bible study.
After the invitation, she told Rosie that she wasn’t able to raise her hand yet, because she isn’t sure if there is ONLY one God yet. However, she continues to come and listen.
Please continue to pray that the Holy Spirit will convict and guide!
PRAISES:
- Church insulation installed without problems
- People continuing to hear the Gospel
PRAYER REQUESTS:
- Young men to train for the ministry
- Summer outreach activities
- Church growth
- Place to use for second church plant
- Intern safety
- 5 people to get saved and baptized this year
Yours for Japan,
The Miyashita Family
Contact:
Reaching Japan
PO Box 442
Alpharetta, GA 30009
ReachingJapan.com
Email: James@ReachingJapan.com
Phone: (470) 278-7415
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The Owens Family – Church Planters in Bulgaria
Dear friends,
Thank you for your prayers for Stefcho and Betty. Praise the Lord that they made the decision and were baptized on May 28, our last Sunday before our 6 month furlough. We have had a busy schedule so far with many doctors appointments and meetings. Please pray that God will continue to bless this short furlough, that all of our medical concerns will be resolved, and that He will bring us safely back to Bulgaria on November 28.
We are praying that God will allow us to raise the funds needed to finish our church Sunday school building and office/apartment before returning to Bulgaria in November. We will do the labor ourselves with the help of church members, but will need to raise $17,000 for the materials to complete this project.
Bro. Martin is doing a great job preaching and leading the church in our absence. Please pray that he will stay encouraged and that God will give him the wisdom to lead. We are also thankful for missionary Jeff Shergalis, who has been a great friend and blessing to us over the past few years and is helping with some of the services and the music.
Please continue to pray for the following young couples, that they would stay faithful in our absence and grow closer to the Lord. Trajcho and Emi; Mladen and Ani; Tsvetko and Maria; Yanko and Katya; and Stefcho and Betty. Thank you for your faithful support for our ministry as we strive to see souls saved, baptized, and grounded in the Word of God.
Serving for Jesus,
The Owens Family
Support Address:
WB World Missions
PO Box 1147
Huntington, WV 25713
Sending Church:
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Pastor Dennis Morrello
2650 North Terrace
Huntington, WV 25705
304-412-4383
Mailing Address:
The Owens Family
Ulitsa “Prolet” 4
Studena 2344
Bulgaria
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The George Family – Missionaries to Argentina
Dear prayer partner,
God is so good! This last month we have been in CA, keeping a full schedule. When we arrived here, there were a few openings in the calendar, but God filled them promptly, and our calendar is complete for the rest of the year! It has been remarkable to meet many individuals and make friends this month. Also, Bernice was privileged to lead a young lady to Christ during Saturday soul-winning!
Lord willing, we should be in Argentina this December! We are on track to be fully funded by then and can’t wait to get to work in Posadas! So much will happen in the following few months as we continue to stay very busy on the road, moving back to Argentina the first week of December and then to Posadas in January. Please pray for wisdom and provision.
Thank you for your investment in getting the gospel to the Argentine people!
For His Service,
Benjamin and Bernice George
Contact:
(319) 499-7590
hopeforargentina@gmail.com
Sending Church:
Marion Avenue Baptist Church
Pastor Joseph Brown
215 South Marion Ave
Washington, IA 52353
info@marionavenuebaptist.com
855-825-4113
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Jason & Lori Holt – Chile Church Planter & Latin America Director for VBM
Tent Meeting at the Chile Baptist College
Each year during our July winter break from classes, we host a 4-day conference with morning sessions for pastors, local church leaders, and young people. In the evenings, we have singing and preaching with believers from churches throughout Chile. This year, we were honored to have Trent Cornwell, the pastor of our sending church in Georgia, and Kyle Coker, one of our supporting pastors, challenge our Chilean pastors and churches with soul-stirring Bible messages. This trip also provided a great chance for Lori and me to reconnect with many of the pastors, their wives, and our missionary team in Chile. We had numerous opportunities to counsel and encourage our dear Chilean coworkers. Soon this furlough will be over, and we will be back in Chile serving alongside them.
From Children’s Church to the Pulpit
Those who have followed our ministry for many years have probably seen a picture of Benjamin Santis in some of the group picturesof our first church plant in Chile. We met Benjamin’s family back in 2006 when he was 6 or 7 years old. He was later saved, baptized, and discipled in our church. Since we turned that church over to Chilean leadership in 2013, God has continued to work in Benjamin’s life. Last year, after graduating from a local university in Santiago, he surrendered to preach and is now studying full-time in our Bible college! Praise the Lord! We are now seeing preachers enter the ministry after more than 15 years of investment in their lives!
Reaping a Harvest at Harvest Baptist
We were thrilled to see 15 people from Harvest Baptist Church on the southern island of Chiloe travel 12 hours to attend our 4-day winter conference in Santiago. In January 2022, Josué Moreno and his family were sent from Santiago to serve in Chiloe. Since then, they have seen much growth! God is saving souls and transforming lives. We are very thankful to witness all God is doing and to see the committed group that traveled such a distance for the conference! Keep praying for this church plant.
Contact:
PO Box 442
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(470) 377-3667
jason@connectchile.org
Sending Church & Support Address:
Vision Baptist Church
Vision Baptist Missions
PO Box 647
Dawsonville, GA 30534
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Josh & Alyse Szwarga – Missionaries to New Zealand
July seemed to fly by, much more than any month since we arrived on the field last year. Many previously mentioned ministries continue on faithfully, with minor pauses like we had this month due to illness and school holidays. By the final week of the month though, youth group, Bible studies, and canvassing were back into action.
We want to keep the Friend Day, August 20, before you in prayer. Every member has been active with inviting friends for that day. Rarely can 100% involvement be obtained, however, the excitement has been contagious throughout the church and we are either nearing or at full involvement. We could have every individual in attendance who promised, but all is in vain unless the Holy Spirit is in the service that day, working through the Gospel message. Pray specifically for Pastor Fraser as he preaches, for God to meet with us, and for many unsaved to be present and to trust Christ.
A constant and increasing theme in the ministry here has been the power of prayer. It was difficult to maintain a list of God’s answers to prayer in July. Prayers answered of visitors in church, spiritual growth in new Christians, new ministry opportunities, the list continues! We share as many of these as privacy and discretion will allow, as we are sure you will understand. This is clearly a team effort; as you pray for us, and then we bring specific prayers to God regarding spiritual battles here. God is working through our combined prayers. “Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.” (II Corinthians 1:11)
Having preached a message on “Prayer Unlimited” several weeks ago, it was only fitting that God would place a vacant church building on the market the following day. It is a prayer request that requires an “unlimited prayer” and we ask you to join us in praying for God’s will to be done. The matter could be settled either way by the time this letter reaches you, but to those who receive this in early August, may it be a focus of prayer along with the upcoming Friend Day.
Thank you for praying,
Josh, Alyse and Bentlee Szwarga
Updated Address:
51B Taniwha Place
Bethlehem, NZ 3176
Mailing Address:
Szwargas to New Zealand
9zn889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
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Church Planting News
Evangelist News
Ron Alberico III – Alberico Update
Dear Praying friends,
12 years to the day that I collapsed with my present health issues, we heard an evangelist who did not know us preach in June on the woman with “an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.... (Mk. 5:25-6) What a miraculous, gentle, loving reminder from the Lord that He knows our family’s struggles!
Praise to God for our faithful supporters, and also a family in the ministry who gave us some much needed money in the month of July!
Prayer for much transition going on around us, and needs affecting all areas of our life (finances, housing, health, inflation, etc...). Nothing new on the need for monthly support other than more lost support.
Your servant in Christ,
Evangelist Ron Alberico
Bob & Sue Jones – Missionary Evangelists
We are thrilled to announce that our grandson Rob Jones and family have surrendered to go to South Africa as missionaries. They are members of Clays Mill Baptist Church, . Their pastor is Jeff Fugate and they are being sent out under the authority of this church to do missions work. They plan to take a survey trip there in September to seek the Lord’s will where to plant a church. As soon as they return, they will begin deputation work, seeking churches to financially and prayerfully support them. They may be reached at (859) 619-2217.
July 2, I preached by way of Zoom at the Anchor Baptist Church, Waterford, Ireland, Missionary and Pastor Don Thatcher. This church was started by this missionary family many years ago. The Lord has wonderfully blessed all their labor! They now have a nice building to meet in after holding services for years in a hotel conference room. Many souls have been saved and baptized since its beginning. I have been privileged to preach revival meetings every year for over ten years until covid began. It is very difficult to start and maintain a great work like this but they have been faithful and the Lord has rewarded their efforts. They have a special prayer need and that is they have to move very soon and housing is so expensive and difficult to find.
Bob & Sue Jones,
Missionary Evangelists
Contact Info:
8422 Emmaus Road
Harrison, TN 37341
Cell: 423-504-6519
evangelistbobjones@att.net
Sending Church:
Clays Mill Road Baptist Church
3000 Clays Mill Road
Lexington, KY 40503
Ken Pennington – Last of the Last Days Evangelism
We are so very happy to be back here in good old USA. I think the Lord showed us, on our survey trip to the Philippines, that we are to keep our II Corinthians 5:18 ministry and our heart and energy, here in our home land, where we know the language, and the culture, and where God has so clearly given us a burden to do all we can in these last days to oppose and expose the wiles of the Devil, in his ploy to destroy America and all of God’s people.
I think we all remember when other nations called America a “Christian Nation,” and we sent missionaries all around the world. Now we need to make a turn back to God before He returns. II Chronicles 7:14.
Since 1985 the Lord has had me planting old fashioned Fundamental Independent Baptist Churches and reaching folks for Christ and teaching them to live for Him. Now in these years before the Lord calls us all home, He has shown me my ministry in Acts 20:24, to “finish my course with joy” by preaching and teaching about Satan’s Greatest Weapon, The Big Lie.
During times I have pastored, I have always appreciated when an evangelist would emphasize and reinforce the things I had been preaching to my folks. I enjoy using the medium of Power Point to help me more effectively preach and teach on how Satan is using his lies to confuse folks about the clear teachings of the Lord in His Word.
I really welcome the opportunity to be with you and your folks, soulwinning and preaching on any of these subjects noted below, or others you may need: May the Lord bless you in these days before He comes.
Ken Pennington
479-979-5091
1602 Riverpoint
Clarksville, AR 72830
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Tim & Kim Whitfield – Global Ambassadors for World Mission
This letter is an update on the new ministry the Lord has given us. Since graduating from Bible College 44 years ago, the Lord has allowed us to serve Him for 21 years as missionaries in Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. We are thankful for every opportunity to serve, and for the many lessons He has taught us through these experiences. Each phase of ministry has given us a unique perspective of the relationship between Pastors and Missionaries. The Lord has used the years of service to develop a “Heart for Missions” in our lives, and reminded us that we not only have a Heart for Missions, but we really are Missionaries at Heart!
After more than a year of seeking His will through much prayer and waiting on His timing, we are stepping into a new phase of ministry. In April, I resigned as Pastor of Jonesboro Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Arkansas and we moved to Amarillo, Texas. We have joined Central Baptist Church (Pastor Allen Copeland). Central has voted to send us out into this new ministry as “Global Ambassadors for World Missions.”
We are available for Missions Conferences, Missions “Booster” Sundays, or Missions “Mini” Conferences over a weekend, Missions Revivals, or any other way that we might be a help in the area of missions. My heart is to preach, teach, encourage, and challenge churches for the cause of World Missions. We are also praying for opportunities to teach and to preach missions in Christian schools, or special modular courses for both Pastor and missionary students in Bible Colleges. Eventually, we hope to make annual Missions trips to different countries around the world. These trips are especially designed for Pastors and those who could be potential missionaries.
Please feel free to call me any time at 870-615-0705 if you have any questions or would be interested in having us to help you develop Christians who have a “Heart for Missions.”
His servant and yours,
Tim Whitfield
(870) 615-0705
GA4WM@cbcamarillo.net
Sending Church:
Central Baptist Church
1601 SW 58th Ave
Amarillo, TX 79110
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Dr. Joseph A. and Holly Carson – Missionaries – Printing-Preaching-Teaching – North America & Beyond
Dear praying friends of the Carson’s and NTMI,
Summer seems to have arrived in Northern California with temperatures expected up to 106 F. next week. For an Alaskan like myself that heat is a bit difficult to handle.
VBS just ended at Heritage Baptist Church in Anderson, CA with Pastor Tom Lucatorta. I believe it was a great week with many decisions made by the kids and followed by new visitors the next Sunday morning service.
We are preparing for a three week road trip now and will be in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. Near the end of July I will be in Connecticut and Massachusetts. In mid August I am planning a trip to Alaska for a couple weeks. Please be in prayer for all the air travel and road miles. My old 2000 Ford pickup must needs go into the shop on Monday for dry rot motor mounts and drive line work. We do not yet know the cost but with the way prices have been going up I doubt it will be free!
Our Filipino printing ministry is scouting the paper dealers looking for the best bulk paper prices as well as looking at what paper weight and brightness to standardize on for tracts, booklets, and fliers. The first tract file has been sent over for them to make a trial run. Some day it would be nice if we could get a heavy duty commercial cutter for trimming and cutting. For now they will make do with a manual cutter.
The new NTMI.org website is still in the works. I have identified 20 books and booklets we will make available as eBooks for all that want to have a digital copy. First each one needs to be updated with contact information as well as new copyright and trademark legalities. We have a new helper in this area and are very thankful. We can always use more help in typing, arranging and setup for the tracts, booklets and books. If you or anyone you know would be willing to be of help in the ministry please reach out to me personally. My phone number and email address are at the bottom of this prayer letter.
Folks often ask about what our most pressing needs are. 1. We need help in the production of tracts and discipleship material. There is much that has to happen prior to going to press and “no man is an island unto himself”. We cannot do it all nor are we skilled in all areas as well as we would like to be. We need help. NTMI basically operates as a one family organization - Holly and I. We do have help from time to time with fantastic volunteers. What we truly need is a solid, heart right, sold out individual or couple that is self funded - either by raising support or living on retirement income - desiring to serve the Lord in the discipleship printing ministry and relocate to the Los Molinos/Red Bluff, California area. Secondly we need more help from those that can do computer set up of various books, booklets, typing, tracts, etc. on a computer remotely from their current home. We could really reach untold numbers if we had this help.
2. We need financial support to help with computers, programs, paper, toner, printer maintenance, monthly building expenses, utilities, etc.
If you have an idea for a Gospel Tract or booklet and do not know how to get it into a quality final product, please reach out to us and we would be happy to help. Even if you can draw up something on a piece of paper and send us a picture of your idea(s), we can take it from the kitchen table to final printed tract with art work and all. Let us know how we can help you reach your mission field.
Thank you for your prayers, financial support and encouragement.
In the King’s Service,
Dr. Joe and Holly Carson
Dr.JoeCarson@gmail.com
New Testament Ministries International
P.O. Box 5
Los Molinos, CA 96055
907-727-8200
Sending Church:
New Hope Baptist Church
Pastor William Maricle
3360 Coffey Lane #C
Santa Rosa, California 95403
http:/NewHopeNews.net
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Evangelist Cliff Burwell
August 3, 2023
Dear Praying Friends,
It’s hard to believe that in just five more months this year will be history. It’s amazing how fast time flies. Much has been accomplished for our Lord in this ministry in the past seven months. We have stayed busy preaching in many good independent Baptist churches trying to encourage God’s people. In our next newsletter we will give you a report on the churches where we have held meetings. It’s always encouraging when we see people down the aisle making decisions for the Lord. God certainly is good.
In my counseling sessions with preachers across the country I have been made aware that a number of God’s men are battling with health problems. I don’t feel at liberty to mention their names but God knows who they are and they need your prayers. Please pray for a missionary in Oklahoma who is recovering from hip surgery. Pray also for a preacher in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana who are battling with cancer. Another pastor, here in North Carolina will be facing surgery this month. Several others are facing similar health problems and need you to pray for them. I am so glad that our God is still in the prayer answering business. Thank you for caring and praying for these men.
Not only does God still answer prayer but He is also still in the soul saving business. Mrs. Burwell and I enjoy opportunities to witness for the Lord as we pass out our smiley face tracts. Often the tract opens the door for a verbal witness. Recently I was in a Best Buy store looking for a new keyboard for our computer. As the salesman showed me the different options to choose from, I handed him a tract. We began to talk about where he went to church. That opened the door and I was able to give him a clear presentation of the plan of salvation. He bowed his head and received Jesus into his heart. What a blessing!
Charlotte and I are thankful for all you do for us. May God continue to bless you as we serve Him together.
Evangelist and Mrs. Burwell
5816 Huffine Ridge Dr
Gibsonville, NC 27249
