Missions
A Message from Our Pastor
Missions outreach is not just something we do - it is the heartbeat of our church! Currently, we support 85 missionary projects around the world with a missions budget of over $279,000.
We recently helped one of our own missionary families in Brazil purchase a new building. In one Sunday, God allowed our church family to give almost $40,000 towards this project. We praise God for the tender hearts of our people towards missions.
Our church is totally committed to helping build bridges around the world to reach those who are lost and without Jesus Christ. Jesus came into the world to save sinners (I Timothy 1:15).
Missions is God's heartbeat - Our heartbeat!
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UPDATED OCTOBER 2009
August 23rd marked 10 years since leaving America for Iceland. We praise the Lord for keeping us thus far on the field. A decade may seem like a long time to many, but it is really only a drop in the bucket. I was recently encouraged to get a water bottle from the anniversary celebration of Pastor Bobby Roberson (Gospel Light Baptist, Walkertown, NC). On the side of the bottle it reads, “Celebrating 60 years of ministry.” That is encouraging and motivating! I look forward to seeing our 60th celebration of ministry in Iceland… I’ll be 90 years old.
I was reading my Bible one day and came across this verse, Ps 90:17 “And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” This truly describes mine and Vicki’s desire for the work here in Iceland. May God’s beauty be upon us and the work of our hands be established. He must do the work. Ps 127:1 “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:”
It has been our joy to see the Lord build and keep this church in Iceland. I look forward to seeing what the Lord will do over the next 10 years. I am sure that it will be wonderful.
October 30th we will have six men from CrossRoads Baptist Church (Pastor Dan Proctor, Daytona Beach, FL) come to help us build in the church. They will be here for 8 days. The largest portion of the building is still unfinished. Last year, during the big land dispute with the city’s local government, in an attempt to pressure us into dropping the charges, they pointed out several things in our building that were wrong. We did not cave to the political pressures. The Lord protected us, and the 2 year legal dispute over the property was settled to our satisfaction. We must, however, fix those things that are wrong with the building. We are looking for teams of 5-7 men that are skilled in construction to come and help us. We can provide food, transportation, and shelter to all who come. If your church is interested in sending a building team, please contact me.
Also, please pray that we are able to complete this task quickly. We plan to get a container from the States in order to purchase a suspended ceiling, lights, flooring, and other materials for construction. Donations to help us build would be greatly appreciated.
