Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Emergency Need!
HELP!
In East Asia (I cannot share the exact location online), among an unreached people group, four families of national believers were kicked out of their community. They were forced to leave everything behind (home, clothes, furniture, food etc). They have been displaced and they have nothing. Since they are from a devout Muslim community they have no support or assistance. Since they were the entire church in their community, there are no brothers or sisters in Christ to help them where they are. They need our help!
I want to ask you to pray for these believers. They are totally dependent upon God and they are part of the body of Christ. When one part suffers, we should all feel the pain. Please pray that God would be merciful to these believers and provide for their every need. Also pray that God would use, what looks like a trial, and use it for His glory and for the furtherance of His kingdom.
If you would like to financially assist these national believers, Mission Surge has a contact that knows where each family has been displaced to. He can and will personally deliver the gifts that you provide. Every penny you send will go to these national believers that have been displaced.
Unfortunately, we are so new that we have not had sufficient time to get our Mission Surge website and paypal information completed so that you can donate online. For now, we need you to make your check out to Mission Surge with a memo of "National Believers" and mail it as soon as possible to:
Mission Surge
c/o Cleary Baptist Church
1580 Florence Byram Road
Florence, MS 39073
2 Cor 8:3-4: For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints (ESV).
Please spread the word by forwarding, facebooking, and spreading this need by word of mouth. Spread the word and pray for these families! You can also help by clicking here and keep up with what is going on at Mission Surge. Also be on the lookout for missionsurge.com
Thanks
In East Asia (I cannot share the exact location online), among an unreached people group, four families of national believers were kicked out of their community. They were forced to leave everything behind (home, clothes, furniture, food etc). They have been displaced and they have nothing. Since they are from a devout Muslim community they have no support or assistance. Since they were the entire church in their community, there are no brothers or sisters in Christ to help them where they are. They need our help!
I want to ask you to pray for these believers. They are totally dependent upon God and they are part of the body of Christ. When one part suffers, we should all feel the pain. Please pray that God would be merciful to these believers and provide for their every need. Also pray that God would use, what looks like a trial, and use it for His glory and for the furtherance of His kingdom.
If you would like to financially assist these national believers, Mission Surge has a contact that knows where each family has been displaced to. He can and will personally deliver the gifts that you provide. Every penny you send will go to these national believers that have been displaced.
Unfortunately, we are so new that we have not had sufficient time to get our Mission Surge website and paypal information completed so that you can donate online. For now, we need you to make your check out to Mission Surge with a memo of "National Believers" and mail it as soon as possible to:
Mission Surge
c/o Cleary Baptist Church
1580 Florence Byram Road
Florence, MS 39073
2 Cor 8:3-4: For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints (ESV).
Please spread the word by forwarding, facebooking, and spreading this need by word of mouth. Spread the word and pray for these families! You can also help by clicking here and keep up with what is going on at Mission Surge. Also be on the lookout for missionsurge.com
Thanks
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
New Blog Title, New Ministry, and New Opportunities
My blog, "The Reformed Pastor" has now been renamed, as you can tell. It is now titled Mission Surge. Mission Surge is a brand new ministry that is in the very early stages of development. Mission Surge is seeking to impact individuals, families, churches, communities, and the ends of the earth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We hope to see individuals impacted as they understand the biblical gospel and respond to it on a daily basis. We hope to see families impacted as mothers are challenged to assume their biblical roles, fathers are called upon to assume their biblical roles, and children are taught the Word of God and the ways of God first and foremost in the home. We hope to see churches revived and purified and in turn impacting their communities with the gospel. We hope to see communities impacted by churches taking the initiative to go to the lost and unchurched, and instead of inviting them to "their church", seek to plant a Bible study where they are, in their community, or apartments.
Finally, it is our desire to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. We hope to do that by providing the ministry needs of indigenous pastors. For a few hundred dollars a month we can supply local pastors in the Dominican Republic with transportation, resources, and supplies to disciple their barrios. We will know of needs within the body of Christ in the DR, Africa, India, and in other countries that we will be able to meet. We will be able to provide food for the hungry, water for the thirsty, and the gospel for the unreached for a fraction of what it would cost to send a full time missionary from America. Then we can go link up with our indigenous pastors periodically to encourage them and support them with mission teams from America. The Gospel will literally work through us, as individuals, our families, our churches, into and through our communities, and to the ends of the earth. More information will be coming, hopefully in the near future, at missionsurge.com as we develop and launch our brand new website. I will let you know when it is up and going!
One last mission surge note: November 12 and 13, at Cleary, we will be hosting a Mission Surge conference. Dr. Paul Young (Mount Zion Baptist Church), Dr. Justin McClendon (Briar Hill Baptist Church), Pastor Jerry Marcellino (Audobon Drive Bible Church), Missionary Gene Pickern (International Mission Board), Dr. Greg Belser (Morrison Heights Baptist Church), and myself will all be speaking this weekend on how the gospel impacts individuals, families, churches, communities, and the world. More details about the workings of Mission Surge will be revealed that weekend as well. Mark it on your calendar and begin spreading the word. It will be a weekend you wont want to miss.
Also, if you are not following this blog, please subscribe as a follower above...also you can go to clearybaptist.org and click on the newsletter tab and sign up to have this blog delivered directly to your computer each week. Finally, please spread the word about Mission Surge, the conference, and this blog as you feel led. Until next time...
We hope to see individuals impacted as they understand the biblical gospel and respond to it on a daily basis. We hope to see families impacted as mothers are challenged to assume their biblical roles, fathers are called upon to assume their biblical roles, and children are taught the Word of God and the ways of God first and foremost in the home. We hope to see churches revived and purified and in turn impacting their communities with the gospel. We hope to see communities impacted by churches taking the initiative to go to the lost and unchurched, and instead of inviting them to "their church", seek to plant a Bible study where they are, in their community, or apartments.
Finally, it is our desire to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. We hope to do that by providing the ministry needs of indigenous pastors. For a few hundred dollars a month we can supply local pastors in the Dominican Republic with transportation, resources, and supplies to disciple their barrios. We will know of needs within the body of Christ in the DR, Africa, India, and in other countries that we will be able to meet. We will be able to provide food for the hungry, water for the thirsty, and the gospel for the unreached for a fraction of what it would cost to send a full time missionary from America. Then we can go link up with our indigenous pastors periodically to encourage them and support them with mission teams from America. The Gospel will literally work through us, as individuals, our families, our churches, into and through our communities, and to the ends of the earth. More information will be coming, hopefully in the near future, at missionsurge.com as we develop and launch our brand new website. I will let you know when it is up and going!
One last mission surge note: November 12 and 13, at Cleary, we will be hosting a Mission Surge conference. Dr. Paul Young (Mount Zion Baptist Church), Dr. Justin McClendon (Briar Hill Baptist Church), Pastor Jerry Marcellino (Audobon Drive Bible Church), Missionary Gene Pickern (International Mission Board), Dr. Greg Belser (Morrison Heights Baptist Church), and myself will all be speaking this weekend on how the gospel impacts individuals, families, churches, communities, and the world. More details about the workings of Mission Surge will be revealed that weekend as well. Mark it on your calendar and begin spreading the word. It will be a weekend you wont want to miss.
Also, if you are not following this blog, please subscribe as a follower above...also you can go to clearybaptist.org and click on the newsletter tab and sign up to have this blog delivered directly to your computer each week. Finally, please spread the word about Mission Surge, the conference, and this blog as you feel led. Until next time...
Monday, August 2, 2010
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