Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, Last month, we had our missions weekend with an international meal and international day. Actually, every time we meet feels a bit like international day, because our church is made up of people from so many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The cultural diversity in London and in our church […]
Ministry Update – Camping Trip, Sunday Service, Visitor from America, Birthday
Camping – This past weekend, a few of the men from the church went up to the Peak district in the middle of England for some camping and Christian fellowship. Men came from several churches across different parts of the country. We really enjoyed the beauty of that area and the opportunity to spend some […]
Ministry Update – Visitors, Camping Trip, Irish Abortion Ban Repealed, Mission Events, Snode Kids Video
Visitors – It was very encouraging to have two of our neighbours visit the service this past Sunday. Previously, I told them that I am a pastor and invited them to church. On Sunday morning, as I was leaving, we chatted briefly, and I invited them again. And he and his uncle showed up for […]
Ministry Update – New Support Address, Missions Weekend, Holiday, Minor Prophets Series
New Support Address – I have tried to get in touch with all the churches and individuals who support us to let them know that we have a new address for our support. All future support should now be sent directly to the mission that our sending church has: Vision Baptist Missions, PO Box 442, […]
May 2018 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, There is never a dull moment in the work of church planting. Downham Baptist entered 2018 full of enthusiasm as a newly constituted church. Though the Lord has richly blessed the church, the last several months have not been without their challenges. Thankfully, though the resolve of the church was […]
March 2018 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, The Lord continues to bless the work here in southeast London. We are grateful that more people are getting involved in ministry and discipleship. We have also had a few new people start coming to the church, for which we are grateful. At the start of February, we had a […]
Ministry Update – Ireland, Christmas, New Members, Building Update, Boston Summit Trip
At the start of December, Teri and I visited with Josh and Annie Moore, friends of our who are church-planters in the town of Carrick-on-Shannon, Republic of Ireland. We met them several years ago in Northern Ireland while they were students in Bible college on a trip to visit and help several churches across the […]
Northwest Baptist Church Building Update
It has been some time since I have given an update on the building for Northwest Baptist Church in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The reason is that, though we were looking nearly every week for suitable buildings, we had found none. Today we have some exciting news! Just in the past few days we have entered […]
December 2017 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors & Praying Friends, We continue to thank God for His blessings. Two more folks recently became members of the church, and we expect several others to join in the next few months. Also, several more people completed the first level of the Foundations discipleship program. This program helps ground people in the Word, […]
Romania Trip | Job Series | Gibbons Visiting
Last week, a team of eight people from our church went on a missions trip to Romania. We had a great time visiting with Missionary Johnny McGeorge-Oanta, Pastor Remus Oanta, the team of Christian workers, and the various local churches. Johnny visited our church recently and shared about the work there. It was great to […]
