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Missions/Missionaries

PRAYING FOR OUR MISSIONARIES, WHETHER, FOREIGN, HOME, STATE, OR LOCAL, WE LIFT YOU UP IN OUR PRAYERS, THROUGH OUR MISSION GROUPS, G.A.'S - R.A.'S - MISSION FRIENDS, BROTHERHOOD, AND W.M.U. !

SOUTHERN BAPTISTS HAVE FOLLOWED GOD'S LEAD TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON BRINGING ALL THE WORLD'S PEOPLES TO HIM AND GOD HAS RESPONDED TO THE FAITHFULNESS OF HIS PEOPLE. THERE IS MUCH TO CELEBRATE, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE GROUPS THAT REMAIN UNTOUCHED BY THE GOSPEL. WE ARE ABLE TO GET THERE IN OUR GENERATION. HOWEVER, THAT LAST PART OF THE JOURNEY MAY BE THE HARDEST, WHY? BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US, CHURCHES, MISSIONARIES, NATIONAL PARTNERS AND OUR "GREAT COMMISSION" PARTNERS TO SEE, AS NEVER BEFORE, THAT ALL PEOPLE COME TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VISION TO SEE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK KIRMANJKI AND KABYLE, THAI AND TATAR, USE SIGN LANGUAGE IN CZECH TO PRAISE AND GLORIFY GOD. "START HERE" IS OUR THEME THIS YEAR. WITH OUR FINANCIAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT WE CAN START HERE AND GO THERE WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST! GIVE TO THE ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING AND LET'S SEE THE WORLD COME TO KNOW AND ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR.

MISSIONARY MOMENTS

JANUARY 1ST, 2012

LYANDON AND KIM WARREN, ARE NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONARIES IN VERMONT. GOD CALLED THESE MISSIONARIES TO A SMALL, OLD, VACANT CHURCH IN A LITTLE TOWN OF VERMONT TO IMPACT THIS AREA AND FILL THAT CHURCH. WORKING BI-VOCATIONALLY WHILE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TOWN, LYANDON IS SEEING NEW LIFE RISE UP IN THAT OLD BUILDING. NEW LIFE IS EXCITING, BUT IT'S ALSO FRAGILE. IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT YOU WILL JOIN US THIS WEEK IN PRAYING FOR LYANDON AND KIM FOR PROTECTION AND DIRECTION TO LEAD THIS NEW GROUP OF BELIEVERS IN A SMALL TOWN WHERE MOST DON'T KNOW CHRIST. PRAY FOR THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO NEED TO HEAR OF GOD AND HIS LOVE.

JANUARY 8TH, 2012

TOM SPRINGFELLOW, IS A NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.. HE IS A NEWLY ELECTED DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS FOR SIERRA BUTTE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, BUT HE IS CERTAINLY NOT NEW TO LIVING A MISSIONS LIFESTYLE AND LEADING OTHERS TO THE LORD. TOM PULLS FROM HIS 20 YEAR EXPERIENCE AS A PASTOR TO ASSIST THE THIRTY RURAL CHURCHES HE WORKS WITH WHO ARE QUICKLY BECOMING LIGHTHOUSES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. TOM WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR PRAYERFUL SUPPORT THIS WEEK AS HE CONTINUES HIS WORK WITH THE SIERRA BUTTE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES IN REACHING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO THE SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD.

JANUARY 15TH, 2012

JEFF STRUECKER, IS A NORTH AMERICAN ARMY CHAPLAIN AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. JEFF HAS SEEN EVERY BATTLE SINCE PANAMA AND WAS INVOLVED AS AN ARMY RANGER DURING A CONFLICT IN SOMALIA. THE INCIDENT ON WHICH THE MOVIE "BLACK HAWK DOWN" WAS BASED. HE IS WITH THE ARMY RANGER TRAINING SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING AND INTERACTS WITH THE ARMY'S BRAVEST AND BRIGHTEST SOLDIERS. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT JEFF IS SERVING AT FORT BENNING AS ARMY CHAPLAIN. GOD IS USING JEFF TO CARRY OUT THE GREAT COMMISSION TO WITNESS TO AND RAISE GODLY MEN AND WOMEN WHO HELP DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF OUR COUNTRY. WE ASK THAT, AS YOU PRAY THIS WEEK, MENTIONED JEFF STRUECKER IN YOUR PRAYERS, BUT NOT ONLY FOR HIM, BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER SOLDIERS THAT HE COMES IN CONTACT WITH DAILY. PRAY THAT HE WILL MINISTER TO THEM AND SHOW THEM AND TELLTHEM ABOUT THE WONDERFUL LOVE OF GOD.

JANUARY 22ND, 2012

TIM BENDER IS A MISSIONARY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE OVER TWO MILLION DEAF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND OVER 80,000 LIVE IN KENTUCKY. REACHING DEAF PEOPLE GOES BEYOND SIMPLY ENLISTING SOMEONE TO INTERPRET WORSHIP SERVICES IN SIGN LANGUAGE. AS A CHURCH PLANTER MISSIONARY, TIM HELPS CHURCHES FIND UNIQUE WAYS TO REACH THOSE INDIVIDUALS. HE ALSO DIRECTS AND TEACHES SEMINARY EXTENSION CLASSES FOR DEAF LEADERS. OUR FINANCIAL AND PRAYERFUL SUPPORT WILL HELP TIM TRAIN OVER 20 DEAF LEADERS, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVEN DEAF MINISTRIES AND CHURCHES. WOULD YOU JOIN WITH US THIS WEEK AND PRAY FOR TIM AS HE CONTINUES WITH THESE NEW MINISTRIES AND CHURCHES SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THE LOVE OF GOD EVEN THOUGH THEY CANNOT HEAR.

JANUARY 29TH, 2012

OUR VERY OWN MISSIONARIES

IN OUR COUNTY WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE MISSIONARIES WORKING OUT OF THE MERIDZO MINISTRIES AT LYNCH, KENTUCKY, THEY ARE GEORGE LEWIS - AND LONNIE AND BELINDA RILEY. ALSO IN THE TRI-CITIES AREA, IS PAULINE WHITE, MSC FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND HAROLD AND JOYCE SCROGGS WITH MSC RETREAT CENTER/ VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS.

IT IS OUR PRAYER HERE AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH THAT NOT ONLY DURING THIS TIME OF PRAYER FOR OUR STATE MISSIONS BUT WE WILL CONTINUALLY REMEMBER THESE "AT HOME" MISSIONARIES, RIGHT HERE IN OUR COUNTY.

HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM IN WHOM THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED? AND HOW SHALL THEY BELIEVE IN HIM WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD? AND HOW SHALL THEY HEAR WITHOUT A PREACHER? AND HOW SHALL THEY PREACH, EXCEPT THEY BE SENT?

ROMANS 10:14&15A