With much regret and pain of heart, we have moved to withdraw and discontinue our administration of financial missionary support for Mike and Pam Anderson, missionaries to Kitale, Kenya.
We took this action because of practices which have been implemented in the churches in Kitale under Mike’s missionary leadership which are contrary to and incompatible with the Doctrinal Statement of Beliefs and Practices to which all of us in our Baptist Faith Missions fellowship have committed our mutual agreement. These doctrinal distinctives are the core of our missionary principles, policies, and practices.
We also want to emphasize that these doctrinal differences do not pertain to any teachings of our essential evangelical faith, such as the virgin birth of Christ, His Deity, the substitutionary redemption of His death, or the inerrancy of the Scriptures. Rather, they related to the constitution and character of the churches, their organization and membership, and the administration of the churches’ Gospel ordinances.
We wish to affirm our Christian love for Mike and Pam, and we commend them for their whole-hearted service to Jesus Christ and the people of Kenya. We believe that all these transactions have been conducted in Christian love and with the Spirit of Christ. All our mutual relationships remain amicable.
We hope and pray that God will give them direction and provision as they continue to pursue God’s will for their lives and their service to Him.
We will continue disbursing to them their monthly salary and pay their hospitalization premium for the next 6 months [December 2009 – May 2010] to assist them during this time of transition. We will also continue to forward to them any offerings designated to them through BFM for the same 6-month period. Contributors who wish to continue supporting them with your offerings are encouraged to contact them concerning how they wish to receive them.
You will find their personal correspondence also printed in the December 2009 issue of our monthly newsletter, The Mission Sheets. You may correspond with them personally via the contact information they include in their letter: mpandersonkenya@yahoo.com
Thursday, December 10, 2009
2010 SPRING CONFERENCE
THINK 'SPRING' ALREADY!
2010 BFM SPRING MISSIONS CONFERENCE DATES
APRIL 12, 13, 14
Hosted by Thompson Road Baptist Church, Lexington KY.
You may contact Pastor Dave Parks at daveparks@insightbb.com
2010 BFM SPRING MISSIONS CONFERENCE DATES
APRIL 12, 13, 14
Hosted by Thompson Road Baptist Church, Lexington KY.
You may contact Pastor Dave Parks at daveparks@insightbb.com
THANKSGIVING OFFERING - DECEMBER UPDATE
THANKSGIVING OFFERING UPDATE: $37,742.00
AS OF THIS WRITING [10 December], WE HAVE RECEIVED $37,742.00 TOWARD THIS YEAR’S THANKSGIVING OFFERING. That includes $300.00 which was received during October and $37,442.00 during November.
HELP US MEET OUR $100,000 GOAL FOR OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING WE NEED AND USE THE THANKSGIVING OFFERING TO MEET ALL THE NUMEROUS COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE TO OUR MISSIONARIES WHICH ARE SUPPLIED FROM GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS.
Every one of us should give as generous and sacrificial offering as we can to meet this goal.
AS OF THIS WRITING [10 December], WE HAVE RECEIVED $37,742.00 TOWARD THIS YEAR’S THANKSGIVING OFFERING. That includes $300.00 which was received during October and $37,442.00 during November.
HELP US MEET OUR $100,000 GOAL FOR OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING WE NEED AND USE THE THANKSGIVING OFFERING TO MEET ALL THE NUMEROUS COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE TO OUR MISSIONARIES WHICH ARE SUPPLIED FROM GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS.
Every one of us should give as generous and sacrificial offering as we can to meet this goal.
"I AM RESOLVED" 2010 MONTHLY GENERAL FUND
“I AM RESOLVED…”
There’s nothing hokey or corny about making RESOLUTIONS.
The only problems we have with resolutions is that:
[1] We think about RESOLUTIONS only around New Year’s time – it is not a lifestyle conduct;
[2] We make RESOLUTIONS impulsively and whimsically – without any real commitment to keep them;
[3] We don’t make RESOLUTIONS out of spiritual conviction, and therefore we rely upon the energy and power of our flesh to keep them…and therefore, we don’t;
[4] We make our RESOLUTIONS about fleshly and material interests – and don’t have any heart, interest, or passion for the Kingdom of God;
[5] We ignore God and don’t consult Him about our RESOLUTIONS – and therefore, when we don’t ask Him, we don’t receive from Him.
But, we can’t follow Jesus Christ, and we can’t grow in grace, and we can’t make progress toward maturity in Christ without resolution.
SO, WILL WE RESOLVE TO SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM IN 2010 BY GIVING MORE GENEROUSLY AND GRACIOUSLY TO THE MONTHLY GENERAL FUND?
I am going to include again this month a small suggestion I included in last month’s update. I hope you will read it and act on it!
HERE’S WHAT EACH ONE OF US CAN DO!
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE OUT THERE – I’m talking about all of us GIVING FRIENDS in our Baptist Faith Missions fellowship. Let’s just play with some numbers. Let’s say there are 100 of us churches who are committed to helping our missionaries. Let’s say that in each of these 100 churches there are 30 GIVING FRIENDS. [In some churches, there will be more…in others, fewer – but, let’s begin here.] That would be 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS.
Let’s say each of us 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS gave an extra $5.00 per month during 2010 toward the General Fund offering – THAT ADDITIONAL $15,000 PER MONTH WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARD ASSURING THAT OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS WOULD BE MET! Some of us can give more. Our missionaries need all the help we can give them.
This is only one small, simple, do-able plan that every one of us can resolve to do!
IF YOU ARE MAKING THIS RESOLUTION – OR HAVE A SIMILAR OR BETTER SUGGESTION – LET US KNOW HOW WE ALL CAN MUTUALLY PROVOKE AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO GOOD WORKS!
There’s nothing hokey or corny about making RESOLUTIONS.
The only problems we have with resolutions is that:
[1] We think about RESOLUTIONS only around New Year’s time – it is not a lifestyle conduct;
[2] We make RESOLUTIONS impulsively and whimsically – without any real commitment to keep them;
[3] We don’t make RESOLUTIONS out of spiritual conviction, and therefore we rely upon the energy and power of our flesh to keep them…and therefore, we don’t;
[4] We make our RESOLUTIONS about fleshly and material interests – and don’t have any heart, interest, or passion for the Kingdom of God;
[5] We ignore God and don’t consult Him about our RESOLUTIONS – and therefore, when we don’t ask Him, we don’t receive from Him.
But, we can’t follow Jesus Christ, and we can’t grow in grace, and we can’t make progress toward maturity in Christ without resolution.
SO, WILL WE RESOLVE TO SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM IN 2010 BY GIVING MORE GENEROUSLY AND GRACIOUSLY TO THE MONTHLY GENERAL FUND?
I am going to include again this month a small suggestion I included in last month’s update. I hope you will read it and act on it!
HERE’S WHAT EACH ONE OF US CAN DO!
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE OUT THERE – I’m talking about all of us GIVING FRIENDS in our Baptist Faith Missions fellowship. Let’s just play with some numbers. Let’s say there are 100 of us churches who are committed to helping our missionaries. Let’s say that in each of these 100 churches there are 30 GIVING FRIENDS. [In some churches, there will be more…in others, fewer – but, let’s begin here.] That would be 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS.
Let’s say each of us 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS gave an extra $5.00 per month during 2010 toward the General Fund offering – THAT ADDITIONAL $15,000 PER MONTH WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARD ASSURING THAT OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS WOULD BE MET! Some of us can give more. Our missionaries need all the help we can give them.
This is only one small, simple, do-able plan that every one of us can resolve to do!
IF YOU ARE MAKING THIS RESOLUTION – OR HAVE A SIMILAR OR BETTER SUGGESTION – LET US KNOW HOW WE ALL CAN MUTUALLY PROVOKE AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO GOOD WORKS!
2010 WINTER CONFERENCE PROGRAM
“GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE”
2010 WINTER MISSIONS CONFERENCE
in the interest of Baptist Faith Missions
January 17-20
Park Ridge Baptist Church
Gotha, Florida
407-295-6296
Ben Glover, Pastor
407-719-9861
bentonglover@aol.com
Sunday January 17
10:00 A.M. Sunday School
11:00 A.M.
6:30 P.M. – Pastor Louie Carver
Monday January 18
5:00 P.M. Supper
7:00 P.M. – Pastor David Pitman
8:00 P.M. - Pastor Elton Dunbar
Tuesday January 19
10:00 A.M. - Missionary Harold Draper
11:00 A.M. - Pastor Darrell Messer
12:00 Noon Lunch
5:00 P.M. Supper
7:00 P.M. - Dr. Cecil A Fayard, Pastor
8:00 P.M. - Pastor Glenn Archer
Wednesday January 20
10:00 A.M. - Pastor George Sledd
11:00 A.M - Pastor George Lock
12:00 Noon Lunch
5:00 P.M. Supper
7:00 P.M. – Pastor David Parks
HOTELS
Being close to Walt Disney World, we have several hotels in the area. The Best Value Inn at Winter Garden is about 5 miles away, but very nice, and quite a bargain. 407-654-2020, 1800-947-7478; $38.00 if you ask for the “Park Ridge Baptist Church Special Rate”.
DIRECTIONS TO THE CHURCH
FROM THE TURNPIKE
Take exit 267B (Ocoee / Hwy 50). Go east on Hwy 50 approximately ½ mile to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn right and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
FROM THE 408 EXPRESSWAY
Take exit 1 (last exit before Turnpike) to Hwy 50. Turn left and go one block to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn left and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
FROM INTERSTATE 4 (WEST OF ORLANDO)
Exit at US27 and go north to Hwy 50. Go east on Hwy 50 approximately ten miles to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn right and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
FROM INTERSTATE 4 (EAST OF ORLANDO)
Exit at the 408 Expressway and go west. Take exit 1 (last exit before Turnpike) to Hwy 50. Turn left and go one block to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn left and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
2010 WINTER MISSIONS CONFERENCE
in the interest of Baptist Faith Missions
January 17-20
Park Ridge Baptist Church
Gotha, Florida
407-295-6296
Ben Glover, Pastor
407-719-9861
bentonglover@aol.com
Sunday January 17
10:00 A.M. Sunday School
11:00 A.M.
6:30 P.M. – Pastor Louie Carver
Monday January 18
5:00 P.M. Supper
7:00 P.M. – Pastor David Pitman
8:00 P.M. - Pastor Elton Dunbar
Tuesday January 19
10:00 A.M. - Missionary Harold Draper
11:00 A.M. - Pastor Darrell Messer
12:00 Noon Lunch
5:00 P.M. Supper
7:00 P.M. - Dr. Cecil A Fayard, Pastor
8:00 P.M. - Pastor Glenn Archer
Wednesday January 20
10:00 A.M. - Pastor George Sledd
11:00 A.M - Pastor George Lock
12:00 Noon Lunch
5:00 P.M. Supper
7:00 P.M. – Pastor David Parks
HOTELS
Being close to Walt Disney World, we have several hotels in the area. The Best Value Inn at Winter Garden is about 5 miles away, but very nice, and quite a bargain. 407-654-2020, 1800-947-7478; $38.00 if you ask for the “Park Ridge Baptist Church Special Rate”.
DIRECTIONS TO THE CHURCH
FROM THE TURNPIKE
Take exit 267B (Ocoee / Hwy 50). Go east on Hwy 50 approximately ½ mile to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn right and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
FROM THE 408 EXPRESSWAY
Take exit 1 (last exit before Turnpike) to Hwy 50. Turn left and go one block to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn left and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
FROM INTERSTATE 4 (WEST OF ORLANDO)
Exit at US27 and go north to Hwy 50. Go east on Hwy 50 approximately ten miles to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn right and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
FROM INTERSTATE 4 (EAST OF ORLANDO)
Exit at the 408 Expressway and go west. Take exit 1 (last exit before Turnpike) to Hwy 50. Turn left and go one block to Blackwood Ave. (Health Central is on the corner). Turn left and go 3 blocks (block one is four lanes; blocks two and three are a single lane) to Crystal St. and turn left. The church is just ahead on the left.
Friday, November 13, 2009
NOVEMBER UPDATES
2010 BFM WINTER CONFERENCE
JANUARY 17, 18, 19, 20 [Sunday-Wednesday]
Conference Theme: “GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE”
Park Ridge Baptist Church, Gotha FL [Orlando area]
For more information:
Pastor Ben Glover / 407.719.9861 / bentonglover@aol.com
Plan to spend your Winter Break with us – sharing Missions fellowship and promoting the interests of our Missionaries!
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MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS / SOLVENCY
“WE URGENTLY NEED AN IMMEDIATE & CONSISTENT INCREASE OF AT LEAST $15,000 TO OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS!”
I hope you will read all our missionaries’ letters. They are not complaining – our missionaries never complain – but they do need to tell you how their ministry activities are suffering because we are having to reduce our monthly disbursements to them. THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING PORTIONS OF THEIR MONTHLY DEPOSITS TO HELP MAKE UP THE MONTHLY DEFICITS WE ARE INCURRING BETWEEN THE MONTHLY OFFERINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE MONTHLY COMMITMENTS/DISBURSEMENTS WE MAKE TO OUR MISSIONARIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
It has reached a critical-mass point. For the past 3 months, we have made significant deductions from the very commitments we have made to our missionaries.
In other words, I HAVE CALCULATED THE STANDARD DISBURSEMENTS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO GIVE THEM BY THE MONTH…AND THEN, WHEN WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS TO MEET THOSE COMMITMENTS, WE TOOK BACK PART OF THE COMMITMENT TO MAKE IT BALANCE OUT!
HERE ARE THE COLD, HARD NUMBERS:
AUGUST: $5075.05
SEPTEMBER: $8465.99
OCTOBER: $6273.47
These amounts are the ADDITIONAL TOTAL DEDUCTIONS I TOOK FROM THEIR MONTHLY DEPOSIT CALCULATIONS BEFORE I MADE THEIR DISBURSEMENTS. Proportional amounts were deducted from each missionary’s deposit to make up the total amount.
Look again this month. The General Fund Offerings is $26,905.09.
THANK YOU, GIVING FRIENDS! FOR THIS OFFERING!
But, the Tier 1 [Essential Maintenance Transactions / EMT] disbursements we will make to our missionaries THIS MONTH are $47,065.58.
That is the STANDARD MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS AMOUNT
EACH MONTH for:
salaries [$23,860.00]
standard expense allowances [$12,450.00]
hospitalization premiums [$9133.08]
and Mission Sheets publication [$1622.50].
WE MUST IMMEDIATELY AND CONSISTENTLY INCREASE OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS BY AT LEAST $15,000.00 to meet these every-month essential, standard commitment / disbursements.
DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THEM. NO GENERAL FUND OFFERING IS TOO SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT.
HERE’S WHAT EACH ONE OF US CAN DO!
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE OUT THERE – I’m talking about all of us GIVING FRIENDS.
Let’s just play with some numbers.
Let’s say there are 100 of us churches who are committed to helping our missionaries.
Let’s say that in each of these 100 churches there are 30 GIVING FRIENDS. [We are praying for many more.] That would be 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS.
Let’s say each of us 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS gave an extra $5.00 in December toward the General Fund offering – THAT’S RIGHT, OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS WOULD BE MET!
Some of us can give more. Our missionaries need all the help we can give them.
=================================================
HELP US MEET OUR $100,000 GOAL FOR OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING
We are carefully budgeting last year’s Thanksgiving Offering to make it last through 2009. WE NEED AND USE THE THANKSGIVING OFFERING TO MEET ALL THE OTHER COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE TO OUR MISSIONARIES WHICH ARE SUPPLIED FROM GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS.
Every one of us should give as generous and sacrificial offering as we can to meet this goal.
JANUARY 17, 18, 19, 20 [Sunday-Wednesday]
Conference Theme: “GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE”
Park Ridge Baptist Church, Gotha FL [Orlando area]
For more information:
Pastor Ben Glover / 407.719.9861 / bentonglover@aol.com
Plan to spend your Winter Break with us – sharing Missions fellowship and promoting the interests of our Missionaries!
=================================================
MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS / SOLVENCY
“WE URGENTLY NEED AN IMMEDIATE & CONSISTENT INCREASE OF AT LEAST $15,000 TO OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS!”
I hope you will read all our missionaries’ letters. They are not complaining – our missionaries never complain – but they do need to tell you how their ministry activities are suffering because we are having to reduce our monthly disbursements to them. THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING PORTIONS OF THEIR MONTHLY DEPOSITS TO HELP MAKE UP THE MONTHLY DEFICITS WE ARE INCURRING BETWEEN THE MONTHLY OFFERINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE MONTHLY COMMITMENTS/DISBURSEMENTS WE MAKE TO OUR MISSIONARIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
It has reached a critical-mass point. For the past 3 months, we have made significant deductions from the very commitments we have made to our missionaries.
In other words, I HAVE CALCULATED THE STANDARD DISBURSEMENTS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO GIVE THEM BY THE MONTH…AND THEN, WHEN WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS TO MEET THOSE COMMITMENTS, WE TOOK BACK PART OF THE COMMITMENT TO MAKE IT BALANCE OUT!
HERE ARE THE COLD, HARD NUMBERS:
AUGUST: $5075.05
SEPTEMBER: $8465.99
OCTOBER: $6273.47
These amounts are the ADDITIONAL TOTAL DEDUCTIONS I TOOK FROM THEIR MONTHLY DEPOSIT CALCULATIONS BEFORE I MADE THEIR DISBURSEMENTS. Proportional amounts were deducted from each missionary’s deposit to make up the total amount.
Look again this month. The General Fund Offerings is $26,905.09.
THANK YOU, GIVING FRIENDS! FOR THIS OFFERING!
But, the Tier 1 [Essential Maintenance Transactions / EMT] disbursements we will make to our missionaries THIS MONTH are $47,065.58.
That is the STANDARD MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS AMOUNT
EACH MONTH for:
salaries [$23,860.00]
standard expense allowances [$12,450.00]
hospitalization premiums [$9133.08]
and Mission Sheets publication [$1622.50].
WE MUST IMMEDIATELY AND CONSISTENTLY INCREASE OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS BY AT LEAST $15,000.00 to meet these every-month essential, standard commitment / disbursements.
DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THEM. NO GENERAL FUND OFFERING IS TOO SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT.
HERE’S WHAT EACH ONE OF US CAN DO!
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE OUT THERE – I’m talking about all of us GIVING FRIENDS.
Let’s just play with some numbers.
Let’s say there are 100 of us churches who are committed to helping our missionaries.
Let’s say that in each of these 100 churches there are 30 GIVING FRIENDS. [We are praying for many more.] That would be 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS.
Let’s say each of us 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS gave an extra $5.00 in December toward the General Fund offering – THAT’S RIGHT, OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS WOULD BE MET!
Some of us can give more. Our missionaries need all the help we can give them.
=================================================
HELP US MEET OUR $100,000 GOAL FOR OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING
We are carefully budgeting last year’s Thanksgiving Offering to make it last through 2009. WE NEED AND USE THE THANKSGIVING OFFERING TO MEET ALL THE OTHER COMMITMENTS WE HAVE MADE TO OUR MISSIONARIES WHICH ARE SUPPLIED FROM GENERAL FUND OFFERINGS.
Every one of us should give as generous and sacrificial offering as we can to meet this goal.
Friday, October 9, 2009
OCTOBER REPORT
THANK YOU, EVERY GIVING FRIEND!
I’M GOING TO BEGIN MY REPORT TO YOU THIS MONTH BY THANKING EVERY GIVING FRIEND WHO GIVES SACRIFICIALLY, LIBERALLY, FAITHFULLY, AND CHEERFULLY TO OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS.
Let me tell you what I do every month – and several times during every month. I THANK GOD FOR EACH OF YOUR GIFTS...and especially to you who give to our General Fund. You are those who are on the front line of giving and who are enabling us to meet the modest essential financial commitments we have made to our missionaries.
Each of our 14 missionary families is provided for equitably from the General Fund. And so, on behalf of every one of our missionaries, I want to thank you every one.
We don’t say it often enough, but you are the human means God uses to supply our missionaries’ needs. And you not only demonstrate the proof of your love to Christ and His Gospel and your obedience to His commission to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature – but you also provide very real, basic, and practical needs in our missionaries’ daily lives and ministries. For that, WE ALL THANK YOU – AND THANK GOD FOR YOU!
GENERAL FUND SHORTFALLS
Again, here at the beginning of October, we are encountering shortfalls in our monthly General Fund giving which supplies the Essential Maintenance Transactions. Our General Fund offerings keep our missionaries on their fields of service. You who have given have done so with commitment and sacrifice. I scan down through the monthly General Fund offerings, and your names and offerings are there – month after month.
Many of your names are included in your church’s name and offering. You are giving through your church. God knows who you are and keeps good accounts.
IF YOU ARE NOT GIVING MONTHLY TO THE GENERAL FUND, WOULD YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER DOING SO? That is our greatest, most urgent pressing need right now. If every one of our missionaries’ Giving Friends would give monthly offerings to the General Fund, not only would our missionaries’ essential maintenance needs be met, but WE COULD INCREASE THEM.
As it is, now in October, we will need to reduce our missionaries’ monthly deposits in order to break even on their Essential Maintenance Transactions. THIS IS THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW WE HAVE HAD TO DO THIS! [Please refer to the August issue of the Mission Sheets for a full explanation of EMT / Essential Maintenance Transactions and how they must be supplied by the monthly General Fund offerings we receive – also posted here under AUGUST]
WE WILL NEED TO REDUCE OUR MISSIONARIES’ OCTOBER TOTAL DEPOSITS BY ANOTHER $6275.00 TO MAKE OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUNDS ENDS MEET. We will make up this deficit by making a proportionate additional deduction from each missionary’s total monthly deposit for October.
We are carefully budgeting the remaining Thanksgiving Offering from 2008 to last until the end of the year. We use the Thanksgiving Offering to meet the other support services and more periodical “as-needed / PRN” commitments we have promised to provide for our missionaries “as the Lord provides”.
HELP US PROVIDE FOR OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS!
“TROUBLESOME TIMES ARE HERE!”
We are very sensitive to the troubled economic climate and environment in which we live. Many of you are hurting deeply and badly. Many of our churches are struggling financially also. We all feel it.
We are not asking anyone to neglect your first and primary responsibility to maintain the Gospel ministry of your own church and take care of your pastor.
“GOD IS AN EXPERT AT MULTI-TASKING!”
But, we also believe that God is able to make all grace abound toward us – so that we, having all sufficiency for all things, may have an abundance for every good work. [2 Corinthians 9.8] As one of the young men in our church told me the other day: “GOD IS AN EXPERT AT MULTI-TASKING!”
NOT “EITHER/OR” BUT “BOTH/AND”
The Lord Jesus doesn’t give us the option of choosing between giving to the mission of our own local churches OR giving to the mission He has given us to preach the Gospel to the whole world. Jesus Christ commands us to be His witnesses “BOTH IN JERUSALEM AND JUDEA – THEN TO SAMARIA – AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME...TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”. God help us – we must! God helping us – WE CAN...AND WE WILL!
GOD GIVES TO US WHAT HE WANTS US TO GIVE TO HIM!
We must ask God to give to us – so we can give to His Gospel, His Kingdom, His servants, and His Glory. We know He is able. We believe He will if we ask Him and trust Him. [2 Corinthians 9.10-11]
2009 THANKSGIVING OFFERING GOAL: $100,000.00
Many of you have been planning your 2009 Thanksgiving Offering since you gave your 2008 Thanksgiving Offering. God bless you for your commitment to giving.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING, WOULD YOU BEGIN THIS YEAR? No one should think that just because you can’t give what you would like to give – or what someone else is able to give – that your offering is insignificant. IF EVERYONE OF US GIVES WITH PURPOSE, GENEROSITY, AND CHEERFULNESS – THEN GOD WILL MAKE IT GROW INTO MISSIONARY OUTREACH OF THE GOSPEL INTO ALL THE WORLD – TO THE GLORY OF GOD!
GIVE TO THE GLORY OF GOD! GIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!
“Grace be with you all. Amen.” Hebrews 13.25
I’M GOING TO BEGIN MY REPORT TO YOU THIS MONTH BY THANKING EVERY GIVING FRIEND WHO GIVES SACRIFICIALLY, LIBERALLY, FAITHFULLY, AND CHEERFULLY TO OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS.
Let me tell you what I do every month – and several times during every month. I THANK GOD FOR EACH OF YOUR GIFTS...and especially to you who give to our General Fund. You are those who are on the front line of giving and who are enabling us to meet the modest essential financial commitments we have made to our missionaries.
Each of our 14 missionary families is provided for equitably from the General Fund. And so, on behalf of every one of our missionaries, I want to thank you every one.
We don’t say it often enough, but you are the human means God uses to supply our missionaries’ needs. And you not only demonstrate the proof of your love to Christ and His Gospel and your obedience to His commission to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature – but you also provide very real, basic, and practical needs in our missionaries’ daily lives and ministries. For that, WE ALL THANK YOU – AND THANK GOD FOR YOU!
GENERAL FUND SHORTFALLS
Again, here at the beginning of October, we are encountering shortfalls in our monthly General Fund giving which supplies the Essential Maintenance Transactions. Our General Fund offerings keep our missionaries on their fields of service. You who have given have done so with commitment and sacrifice. I scan down through the monthly General Fund offerings, and your names and offerings are there – month after month.
Many of your names are included in your church’s name and offering. You are giving through your church. God knows who you are and keeps good accounts.
IF YOU ARE NOT GIVING MONTHLY TO THE GENERAL FUND, WOULD YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER DOING SO? That is our greatest, most urgent pressing need right now. If every one of our missionaries’ Giving Friends would give monthly offerings to the General Fund, not only would our missionaries’ essential maintenance needs be met, but WE COULD INCREASE THEM.
As it is, now in October, we will need to reduce our missionaries’ monthly deposits in order to break even on their Essential Maintenance Transactions. THIS IS THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW WE HAVE HAD TO DO THIS! [Please refer to the August issue of the Mission Sheets for a full explanation of EMT / Essential Maintenance Transactions and how they must be supplied by the monthly General Fund offerings we receive – also posted here under AUGUST]
WE WILL NEED TO REDUCE OUR MISSIONARIES’ OCTOBER TOTAL DEPOSITS BY ANOTHER $6275.00 TO MAKE OUR MONTHLY GENERAL FUNDS ENDS MEET. We will make up this deficit by making a proportionate additional deduction from each missionary’s total monthly deposit for October.
We are carefully budgeting the remaining Thanksgiving Offering from 2008 to last until the end of the year. We use the Thanksgiving Offering to meet the other support services and more periodical “as-needed / PRN” commitments we have promised to provide for our missionaries “as the Lord provides”.
HELP US PROVIDE FOR OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS!
“TROUBLESOME TIMES ARE HERE!”
We are very sensitive to the troubled economic climate and environment in which we live. Many of you are hurting deeply and badly. Many of our churches are struggling financially also. We all feel it.
We are not asking anyone to neglect your first and primary responsibility to maintain the Gospel ministry of your own church and take care of your pastor.
“GOD IS AN EXPERT AT MULTI-TASKING!”
But, we also believe that God is able to make all grace abound toward us – so that we, having all sufficiency for all things, may have an abundance for every good work. [2 Corinthians 9.8] As one of the young men in our church told me the other day: “GOD IS AN EXPERT AT MULTI-TASKING!”
NOT “EITHER/OR” BUT “BOTH/AND”
The Lord Jesus doesn’t give us the option of choosing between giving to the mission of our own local churches OR giving to the mission He has given us to preach the Gospel to the whole world. Jesus Christ commands us to be His witnesses “BOTH IN JERUSALEM AND JUDEA – THEN TO SAMARIA – AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME...TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”. God help us – we must! God helping us – WE CAN...AND WE WILL!
GOD GIVES TO US WHAT HE WANTS US TO GIVE TO HIM!
We must ask God to give to us – so we can give to His Gospel, His Kingdom, His servants, and His Glory. We know He is able. We believe He will if we ask Him and trust Him. [2 Corinthians 9.10-11]
2009 THANKSGIVING OFFERING GOAL: $100,000.00
Many of you have been planning your 2009 Thanksgiving Offering since you gave your 2008 Thanksgiving Offering. God bless you for your commitment to giving.
IF YOU HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN OUR THANKSGIVING OFFERING, WOULD YOU BEGIN THIS YEAR? No one should think that just because you can’t give what you would like to give – or what someone else is able to give – that your offering is insignificant. IF EVERYONE OF US GIVES WITH PURPOSE, GENEROSITY, AND CHEERFULNESS – THEN GOD WILL MAKE IT GROW INTO MISSIONARY OUTREACH OF THE GOSPEL INTO ALL THE WORLD – TO THE GLORY OF GOD!
GIVE TO THE GLORY OF GOD! GIVE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!
“Grace be with you all. Amen.” Hebrews 13.25
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