Archives for July 2008

Our missionary wife, Teri Snode, is celebrating her birthday today. Please pray especially for her. They are missionaries in Northern Ireland and we are blessed to have them serve as missionaries sent Read more […]

I arrived back in the states yesterday from Santiago, Chile. I had a wonderful and blessed time. God is really working in the lives of our missionaries there and their church and ministry. I want to Read more […]

Just a note to wish John a very special Happy Birthday. Without John and his family Vision Baptist Church would not exist. I want to ask you to pray especially for them. They are on their way back now Read more […]

The following came in from Pastor Wayne Cofield about the people who went on the trip to South America. Please pray that God will continue to use this special trip in their lives: The Mission Team had Read more […]

This just in from John Pearson: Andrew had about a 2 hour surgery this morning to assess and clean out the areas of his foot that are showing signs of infection. They will be keeping him for at least Read more […]

God is blessing the work here in great ways. Yesterday I had the privilege to go with 39 people mostly young people to the top of a mountain here and talk about our responsibility to get the gospel to Read more […]

God blessed in many ways this week in the Youth Congress here in Santiago, Chile. Several made professions of faith, many others made decisions and got things right with God. Tonight there were something Read more […]

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish our brother in the Lord a very special congratulations. They are being blessed on two fronts. First Pastor Lawrence is celebrating his 4th anniversary Read more […]

God has been so good sending us Pastor Ronald Tubillas. He is doing a great job in the church and we are so very grateful for him. This past Sunday they celebrated the 2 year anniversary of the Spanish Read more […]

Andrew Pearson is a fine man and I think all of you know him. He operates the camera in most of the services. He was injured in a motorcycle accident a few days ago. He needs our prayers. Here is Read more […]

I have been very busy and so have not updated you like I would normally do. God is really working. It is always and honor to be in the home of Jason and Lori Holt. They are wonderful servants of God. Read more […]

Sunday afternoon we will be taking approximately 20 students and kids to camp. I can not wait. God has radically formed my life from the preaching I heard at summer camp. There is just something about Read more […]

I am in Santiago, Chile with our missionaries, Jason and Lori Holt. We are about to leave to go and preach in a youth meeting. The meeting will actually be starting at about 8 pm. I am really looking Read more […]

I copied this from Travis Snode’s blog I read the following in Ray Comfort’s Evidence Bible, and I thought it would be helpful, especially in an age when pornography is so prevalent. Would you Read more […]

The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it. The old cross brought Read more […]

Good Morning “People of Vision”, As our Pastor is preparing to leave for Chile I wanted to give you a few prayer requests that pertain to what our church is doing in the mission of God. Mark Coffey is Read more […]

The following article is quite long but worth every bit of the read. I think it truly explains a lot of what is happening and if I could get our men to read this and step up it would be a tremendous blessing. Read more […]

Jason Holt has written an article that you need to read that speaks of the needs to have more preachers in Chile. Though sometimes we think of these countries as evangelized or Christian they are far Read more […]

Charles Spurgeon Though I rejoice in sudden conversions, I entertain grave suspicions of those suddenly happy people who seem never to have sorrowed over their sin. I am afraid that those who come by Read more […]

The team that represents our missionaries in Peru and Venezuela held their first meeting last night. Ten of our committee members and five of our missionaries were able to attend. We had a wonderful time Read more […]

I wanted to extend a very special thank you to Heather Trojahn. She has been with us for over 6 weeks now serving as a summer intern. She has been a real blessing to our church and ministry. It is Read more […]

I was privileged to preach for Pastor Luis Gamez on Sunday evening through Tuesday evening in Dalton, Georgia. He is the pastor of the Iglesia Bautista Palabra de Vida. He is doing a wonderful job and Read more […]

Thought I would give you a report on the Asia World Evangelism Committee. We met Sunday night after church and had a real good time discussing what we were doing, and could do, in Asia. We read, outloud, Read more […]

Many of you have requested that we put the video we showed on Sunday Morning online. Here is the 2008 “Nights of Knights” VBS Video. You will see that we have added something to the opening of it. We Read more […]

Camp BreakOUT 2008 July 27th – 30th at Hard Labor State Park Registration Deadline this Sunday, July 20th As Chad Gordan, youth pastor at Victory Baptist Church in Loganville, GA and I have been Read more […]

(written by Elisha A. Hoffman) Earlier today while I was in the shower I was singing (aren’t you lucky that you do not have to hear that) “Is your all on the Altar” and the Lord dealt with my heart convicting Read more […]

All I can do is schedule the meeting but God will have to show up to work. We have invited Pastor Tim Fellure to be with us for a 3 day meeting in September. Put September 3-5 on your calendar now. Pastor Read more […]

God really blessed this week! David Lundy and his team worked so hard this week to reach young boys and girls with the gospel message. God gave us 5 professions of faith, an average attendance in the Read more […]

The above video speaks of what God is doing in North Africa. Our missionary, Tyler Masters, had this on his blog. I was very excited to see the video and though it is not about our missionaries in Read more […]

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, One more month in the states and all I can say is that I really miss being in Peru. We have done quite a bit of traveling and preaching in new churches trying to raise Read more […]

I want to invite you now to prepare to take courses in the Bible Institute starting in just a few days. Our starting date is August 11 and will go through December 2 Each class will last one hour or Read more […]

This is from a different point of view but you will find it hard to argue against. Listen and let me know what you think!

Here are pictures taken by Katherine Fies that I thought all of you might enjoy: Hope you enjoyed seeing what all is happening. YOU can come and be part of this all. Read more […]

I truly believe that you would enjoy the quote of the day and I know that you would be a blessing to all the missionaries, countries, other special prayer requests that you will see. Just follow the directions Read more […]

I don’t know if all of you read the BCWE Blog so I wanted to include here what John Pearson wrote about Andrew Pearson’s accident. We thank God for His goodness in sparing Andrew to serve God. We do Read more […]

Travis and Teri are members of our church. They are faithfully serving God in Northern Ireland. They just had their 6th wedding anniversary on July 6. I want you to know them and pray for them. You Read more […]

The following is from Tyler Master’s blog and I thought that it might encourage you as you give to help us do things that get the gospel to the entire world. Technology is absolutely amazing. After our Read more […]

I am so proud of our very own Kristen Pearson who is serving God on a short term mission’s trip to Morocco. I read her blog every time she posts and I am watching God grow her every day! I am going to Read more […]

I found the following insight for leaders and thought that you might enjoy it and learn from it as I did. This might help you as you lead in our church or if you are a pastor or leader in another church Read more […]

The World Evangelism Quote of the Day is going out again. If you do not get you, you should. In it I put the name of a missionary, special requests for prayer, a country of the day, and a blog that you Read more […]

As I read the blog post below I thought of how blessed we are to have missionaries around the world reaching people with the gospel. Please imagine this scene with me and think and pray for your friend Read more […]

I just want to praise the Lord for how good He is to us! He blessed the services today. He has given us 2 vans to use to pick people up! I have the privilege of working with a wonderful staff and pastoring Read more […]

My son, Chris, just sent me this! I really like it and wanted to share it with you. I hope this can be our attitude when we come to church! 1) I am coming to focus on You, God, not anything or anyone Read more […]

Can I ask you to pray before you come to church each time? We are in such desperate need of God to work. I want to see Him show His power. I am begging Him for a spiritual break through in our church. Read more […]

I just wanted to write a quick reminder to all the teen and parents about our upcoming summer camp. We are really excited to be partnering with Victory Baptist Church to host Camp BreakOUT this July 27th Read more […]

Monday evening the Nights of Knights will be starting. Lots of people have been working very hard to get things ready. I hope you will be praying for every teacher, the students, those that will be Read more […]

Psa 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. How I want this verse to be true in my life! God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, All One and I have no one Read more […]

Taken from the Pastor’s Pen on Satan’s Strategy Part 2 “It was advertised that the devil was going to put his tools up for sale. On the date of the sale, the tools were placed for public inspection; Read more […]