Posted June 30, 2008 in GARBCnews, PrayerLink
Don LeMaster, pastor of Brooklyn Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York, is undergoing radiation treatment for a malignant tumor in his upper chest. Please pray for the effectiveness of the treatment, which will be followed by surgery and possibly further radiation. Pastor Don states, “I have three passionate desires as I go through this experience - that Jesus Christ will be magnified, God’s people will be edified, and lost people will be evangelized.”
Pastor Don’s daughter, Meredith Lee, came through colon surgery and removal of a cancerous thyroid and gall bladder remarkably . However she contracted a serious staph infection. Please pray for Meredith as she recovers from the surgery and infection and continues to battle cancer. She will have more chemotherapy when her body has healed sufficiently.
submitted by Pastor Don LeMaster, Brooklyn Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York
Posted June 11, 2008 in GARBCnews, PrayerLink
Pray for churches in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota that have experienced damage in church facilities or in family homes due to flooding. Towns along the Cedar River in Iowa; i.e., Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, are experiencing record crests and flooding. If you know of churches in the Association that are experiencing flood damage, please email John Greening, GARBC National Representative. The Resource Center has received the following reports:
Families from First Baptist Church of New Hartford, IA, experienced devastation to their homes due to a tornado recently. Now flood waters in the town are an issue. Pastor Ben Epley and his family were evacuated from their home, as were many other New Hartford families.
Fellowship Baptist Church in Des Moines, IA, sits adjacent to a levee for the Des Moines River. The river is predicted to crest at a level that could swallow a portion of the church. A section of the church parking lot has already collapsed. Homes of people from Association churches in Des Moines have been affected as well.
Faith Baptist Church, Mason City, IA, had flooding in their church basement. The Mason City community has been without drinking water and sewage services for several days. Some church people have evacuated their homes.
In our Association family, when one church hurts, we all hurt. Let’s keep these churches in our prayers.
Submitted by Daria Greening, GARBC
Posted June 9, 2008 in GARBCnews, PrayerLink
Dale Schatz, Pastor of Heritage Baptist Church, Bella Vista, Arkansas, and Chairman of the Arkansas Council of Five, recently underwent quadruple bypass surgery. Pray for Pastor Dale and for his wife, Gwen, during this time of recovery and for the ministry of their mission church. Praise the Lord for His protection of Pastor’s life as Dale was unaware of the extensive blockages prior to surgery.
Submitted by: Gwen Schatz
Ruby Hol
Continue to pray for seven-month-old Ruby Hol and her parents, Pastor Trent and Lydia Hol of Willow Creek Baptist Church, West Des Moines, Iowa. Ruby is receiving extensive chemotherapy for Neuroblastoma. Pray that Ruby will respond positively to treatment and uphold Pastor Trent and Lydia as they care for Ruby and seek to be good testimonies to medical personnel.
Submitted by: Londa Crigger, Associate Pastor’s wife, Willow Creek Baptist Church, West Des Moines, Iowa
Posted June 4, 2008 in June 2008, GARBCnews, e-INFO
E-Info, a GARBC newsletter, communicates information about Association happenings, ministry development, church events, and service opportunities. Share your ministry-related information; contact the GARBC Resource Center. Together We Can Accomplish More!
Check out the June issue of E-Info:
- Putting Others First—Reach Internationals in Your Community, Operation Love-VBS Missions Offering, Help Myanmar Victims, Pray for Sister Church in Iowa
- Association Updates—Beat the High Cost of Fuel, GLS TEAM 300, New Children’s Sunday School Curriculum, New IPFBM South American Partner, New BB TEAM member-Grace Baptist Church , Plover, WI
- Classifieds—Vacation Bible School Missions Opportunity, Branson Trip
Posted June 3, 2008 in June 2008, Putting Others First, e-INFO
Reach Internationals in Your Community
Do you have internationals in your community? Do you have a plan to reach them? Would like to increase your church’s direct involvement in international Great Commission ministry? This year’s Pre-Conference Seminar is for you! Ariel Abadiano, a gifted and visionary Filipino leader, and one of our outstanding international partners will be conducting a valuable training session that will enhance your church’s global ministry strategy. Ariel is making a special trip from the Philippines to minister at our Annual Conference. Take advantage of this enriching learning opportunity, Tuesday, June 24, 9:30 a.m. until noon. As a service to our churches, we are offering this seminar free of charge. Email Andrea Gower to register now.
Operation Love - 2008 VBS Missions Offering
Operation Love will direct offerings collected from churches using RBP’s 2008 Dino Detectives VBS program to the many orphans in Africa and Asia. Some children were orphaned by war and others lost their parents by rampant disease . If you choose to adopt this project, be sure to go to www.garbcinternational.org and click on the Dino Detectives image. Four short videos are posted to assist you in promoting this project to your children.
Help Myanmar Victims
Chris Hindal writes, “Over the past two years as I have talked about the International Ministries of the GARBC, I have repeatedly told congregations that I am proud to be part of an Association of churches that has a heart of compassion. I have cited the extraordinary giving that reached out to the tsunami victims in Thailand, as well as to our own countrymen along the Mississippi Gulf Coast who suffered the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Myanmar, like Thailand, is overwhelmingly Buddhist. We must take back the ground for the cause of Christ. We must make a timely response. Everyday that passes brings more suffering. Certainly, believers in GARBC churches will want to be involved in this significant opportunity for sharing the love of God.” You can put your compassion into action by donating now to the International Ministries Emergency Relief.
Pray for Sister Church in Iowa
Recently a tornado touched down in the community of New Hartford, Iowa. The path of the tornado hit a few blocks away from a sister church in our Association, First Baptist Church. Praise the Lord that the church and parsonage were spared, but many people in the community lost their homes, including three families from First Baptist Church. Pastor Ben Epley conveys, “the need for our families is to find rental living, as they look for more permanent residences.” Pray for these families-the Swailes, Bennetts, and Hutchinsons as they seek housing and reestablish their households, and for the ministry of the church in the community during this time of need. Another note of praise–eight sister churches provided encouragement by assisting with the clean-up. Churches caring about churches is what makes the Association a wonderful family! (Read more about the tornado and clean-up on the Baptist Bulletin website.)
Posted in June 2008, Improving Your Ministry Skills, e-INFO
Defending Your Faith
Ask Them Why by Jay Lucas, published by RBP, has been in such demand that the book is in its second printing. Ask Them Why provides Biblical answers to the common questions: Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? Does life have a purpose? Does God exist? This exciting new apologetics book is based on the technique of asking people why they believe what they believe and helping them see the problems with their own views. This book, and its two audio CDs of dramatizations of the encounters, provides a valuable study for individuals, small groups, or Sunday School classes.
Order now.
Leadership Seminar Weekend
A Leadership Seminar is taking place on June 13 & 14, at Bass Lake Camp, Winnebago, MN. Jim Vogel, Associate GARBC National Representative, will be the speaker. To learn more about the seminar weekend, contact Darrell Friar, State Representative of the Minnesota Association of Regular Baptist Churches, 507-893-3249.
Posted in June 2008, Association Updates, e-INFO
Beat the High Cost of Fuel
Did you know that Iowa has some of the least expensive gas in the U.S.? Come the GARBC Annual Conference and fill up your car tank and your heart! Renew spiritually and emotionally by attending the 2008 Conference. An excellent line-up of speakers and workshop leaders will fill up your hungry heart. While attending the Conference, it’s always fun to fill up your food tank as well. Cedar Rapids offers interesting eating places such as Zindrick’s Czech Restaurant in the city’s Czech Village-their old world recipes make for delicious eating!
GLS TEAM 300 Reaches Halfway Mark!
GLS TEAM 300 is about to pass the halfway mark and move into the last lap. Chris Hindal reports that nearly 150 families/churches have committed to giving $30 a month. These commitments enable GLS to distribute RBP Sunday School and VBS curriculum to 200 local churches in 40 countries. An additional 150 families, making a similar commitment, will guarantee that these developing Baptist churches around the globe will have the tools needed to effectively carry out the Great Commission.
GARBC Churches Asked; RBP Delivers!
Writers, Editors, Graphic Artists are putting the finishing touches on RBP’s NEW Children’s Sunday School Curriculum for the upcoming fall quarter. You won’t want to miss ordering this Bible-centered, teacher friendly, student engaging, parent informing, exciting curriculum, available in NKJV or KJV! For a preview, check out our children’s ministries Planting Faith and Growing Faith websites!
Hello South America!
GARBC International Director and wife, Chris and Deb Hindal, report that Peru Baptist Bible College and Church Association, Trujillo, Peru, has become an official partner in the International Partnership of Fundamental Baptist Ministries (IPFBM). We praise the Lord for this ministry in Peru, the second South American country to link with the IPFBM. You might wish to email a note of welcome to director, Enoc Príncipe. Edward Zacarías is the school’s President.
Welcome to Baptist Bulletin New TEAM
Special thanks to Grace Baptist Church, Plover, WI, for subscribing to the TEAM plan for the Baptist Bulletin. The TEAM plan offers the Bulletin to churches at great savings, only $8 per year per subscriber. Find out more by visiting the Baptist Bulletin website. Stay current; stay informed! Subscribe to the Baptist Bulletin.
Posted in June 2008, GARBC Conference, e-INFO
Recharge Your Batteries
Do you grow weary in well doing? The GARBC Annual Conference is the perfect place to recharge your batteries! You will be spiritually refreshed by listening to messages centering on the Conference theme, The Glory of the Cross. Don’t miss the soul stirring messages that will be brought by our speakers; Ariel Abadiano, Gary Anderson, Duke Crawford, Jerry Lancaster, James Maxwell, and John Greening. Purposeful workshops are scheduled to help you and your ministry. Excellent programs will offer children and teens the opportunity to make learn God’s Word, make Christian friends, and enjoy fun-filled activities. Register now for the Annual Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 24-27…you’ll be glad you did!
Posted in June 2008, BuildUP Church Ministry Training, e-INFO
Improve Ministry Effectiveness!
Enhance the ability of your people to serve! Improve the ministry effectiveness of your church and help other like-minded churches receive training by hosting a RBP Training Seminar. Contact one of our friendly RBP regional managers to learn more:
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North Central U.S.
Alan Wilson
Office: 888-588-160, ext 894
Cell: 847 -830-8477
Email: awilson@garbc.org
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Western U.S.
Dallas Shaw
Office: 888-588-160, ext 898
Cell: 208-699-2141
Email: dshaw@garbc.org
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Northeast U.S.
Ross Martello
Office: 888-588-1600, ext. 872
Cell: 616-780-5923
Email: rmartello@garbc.org
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Southeast U.S.
Tenny Corbett
Office: 888-588-1600, ext. 893
Cell: 770-331-405
Email: tcorbett@garbc.org
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South Central U.S.
Bob King
Office: 88-588-1600, ext. 844
Cell: 512-426-1230
E-mail: bking@garbc.org
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Seminars Available to You
RBP offers a range of Build UP seminars for your benefit, including:
- Success in Bible Teaching-basic teacher training
- Impact Teaching-advanced teacher training
- Blueprint-strategies for developing spiritual maturity
- Next Generation-growing teens toward spiritual maturity
Coming in 2009!
- Women’s Ministries-expanding church ministry to women
- Impact Parenting-helping parents raise Godly children
Posted in June 2008, Classifieds, e-INFO
Vacation Bible School Missions Opportunity
Pastor Richard Newell, Grace Baptist Church, Washington, Utah, is seeking assistance from a church youth group to conduct Vacation Bible School this summer. Dates for the VBS are flexible, depending on the youth group’s schedule. If you would like more information about this missions opportunity in Utah, please contact Pastor Newell, 435-817-0836 (cell); 435-628-7453 (church).
Invitation to Branson
Derrold and Jeanne Jones, members of Riverside Baptist Church, Decatur, IL, are hosting a group trip to Branson, MO, to attend Celebrators in Branson, October 6-9, 2008. If you are interested in joining the group for this Christian Conference for Older Believers, featuring special speakers, music, comedy, and a Sight and Sound Theatre production–all at a reasonable cost, please contact Derrold or Jeanne; 217-764-3111, by June 15.
Employment Opportunities at GARBC Resource Center
Regular Baptist Ministries provides ministry-focused people with the opportunity to serve the Lord on a national and international scope. Regular Baptist Resource Center is seeking qualified and dedicated people to fill the current job openings:
- Marketing Coordinator
- Sr. System Administrator and Media Specialist
Visit Regular Baptist Press for more details.