TEXAS STATE MISSIONS REPORT FOR APRIL 2007
Beginning Balance - $247,153.15
Offerings - $19,905.51
Missionary Salaries - $17,836.00
Administrative Salaries and Expense - $2,723.00
Designated for Texas City (LaMarque) - 132.60
Designated for Land and Property - $181.55
Missions Conference - $3002.00
Ending Balance - $243,183.51
The fourth annual Texas State Missions Conference was very informative and enjoyable. It was held on Tuesday, April 24th at the facilities of New Liberty Baptist Church in Garland. The speakers were Bro. Larry Fincher from Louisiana and Bro. Dubs Byers from Arkansas. Bro. Fincher spoke on Leadership and Bro. Byers spoke on Changes. They both did an outstanding job and those who attended were very complimentary. The Mattingly Family sang for the Conference and that was also enjoyable.
I want to express my appreciation to those pastors and churches who provided the facilities and funds for the Conference. Some of these churches have been sponsors each year and we are very grateful for their help. The Pastors and churches who provided for the conference are John Bryant, Unity in Texarkana, Glenn Griffith, Nevill’s Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, Marc Shultz, Eastfield in Mesquite, Ken Ashlock, New Liberty in Garland, Bobby Sparks, Emmanuel in Greenville, and Craig Rodgers, Cornerstone in Grapevine, Chad Thompson, South Union in Daingerfield.
Plans are already being made for the Conference next year. We plan to focus the next Conference on the youth and young people of our churches. So many of them leave our churches when they go away for college. We need to know how to keep them involved in Missionary Baptist Churches. Pray for us as the plans are being made.
“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest that he will
send forth laborers into his harvest.”
KEVIN BOLDING
SUGAR LAND
Souls Saved 2 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 8 Morning Worship 8 Evening Worship 6
Total Church Offering $1,335.00 Gave To Missions $133.50 Paid
For Rent $1,800.00
April was a great month for Emmanuel MBM. We started out the
month with a family of four visiting with us. They are thinking
of moving to Sugar Land. They are prayerfully seeking God’s
will as to where He would have them move. We also were finally
able to get our lettering placed on the window of our building.
We also found out that our lighted sign to go up on the front
of our building has been approved. This is the end of a long,
hard ordeal. We continue to do our regular door-to door visitation
and continue to work with prospects in the area. I was blessed
to attend the Texas Missions Conference in Garland. I certainly
enjoyed the speakers and the fellowship. The Mission has a great
need for more monetary support. Our bills total just over $2,400.00
per month. Even with the help of our sponsoring church and some
supporting churches, we are falling about $500.00 short of meeting
our bills each month. We ask that you would prayerfully consider
sending offerings for this much needed work in an area of close
to 500,000 souls. Please send all offerings to Twinland MBC of
Houston.
LARRY CHALKER
IRVING
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 2 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 26 Morning Worship 33 Evening Worship 8
Total Church Offering $3,416.00 Gave To Missions $300.00
The highlight of April was Easter Sunday. We had a good number
of people, baptized two and had dinner on the grounds. Also, this
month, The Mattingly Family came and shared their talents with
our congregation. We had a fifth Sunday singing and enjoyed each
other’s fellowship. We have several returning visitors in
our services and have had first time visitors that we met through
visitation. We are hoping for a big Vacation Bible School in June.
Thank you for your prayers.
JOEL CLAY
LAMARQUE
Souls Saved 4 Baptisms 2 Letter 3 Statement 12
Sunday School 75 Morning Worship 240
Total Church Offering $20,422.67 Gave To Missions $2,007.23 Paid
On Property $2,285.00
“Whereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world’s goods and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” I Jn 3:16-18. All praises to God for his marvelous works. April is always a good month for soul winning. We witnessed four accept Christ as Savior, as well as a number of rededications during this Easter month. We had a total of seventeen additions for the month of April. Our monthly activities included viewing of the Passion of the Christ and Easter Sunrise services. We had an attendance high of nearly 300 for our Easter morning services. Praise God!
The month was also busy for me as I was blessed with the opportunity to preach at our South Texas District Brotherhood meeting held at Calvary Baptist Church in Baytown. We had a wonderful time in fellowship and the food was as good as the preaching! I also enjoyed going to New Liberty Baptist Church in Garland to participate in the annual Leadership and Church Growth Conference. We were blessed by two awesome speakers in Bro. Dubs Byers and Bro. Larry Fincher. I send a heartfelt thanks to those responsible for organizing and facilitating this great conference. I know that my ministry and our mission will benefit greatly from the information we received. I am looking forward to next year’s conference. Thanks!
Pray for me as I deal with a recent diagnosis of diabetes. I should be able to control it with some medication, a proper diet and exercise. I was having some challenges with my vision but it is steadily improving now that everything is getting back within normal ranges. Thanks to those who have already been praying for me. God is so faithful!
Thanks to those who contribute regularly, as well as those who
give one-time donations. The Lord provides! I am grateful to Texas
Mission Development, the MBA of Texas, Mission Bend BC of Houston,
Calvary MBC of Baytown, Florida Avenue BC of Beaumont and Baker
Drive BC in Dickinson. Without you, and others like you, without
the monetary gifts and prayers for our Mission, we could not do
what we do for Christ.
MARVIN GARDNER
TYLER
Souls Saved 1 Baptisms 1 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 39 Morning Worship 62 Evening Worship 30
Total Church Offering $10,893.17 Gave To Missions $1,212.93 Paid
On Property $3,133.00
April was an exciting month for us at Vanderbilt. The Lord blessed us with one profession of faith and one baptism. There are others who need to make this same decision and we are praying for this to happen soon. We have had several visitors during the month. Our attendance on Easter Sunday was very good with 77 in attendance.
We enjoyed a good revival. Bro. Charles Williams did an outstanding job of preaching the Word of God. Our people were truly blessed by the powerful messages. We celebrated our eighth anniversary on the same day we closed the revival and had lunch at the church. We had a total of 66 for Worship Service and others came in for lunch. It was a great day of fellowship with God’s people. This is just a little taste of what heaven will be like.
Our young people continue to invite their friends to Discovery
Club and we had 45 on April 22nd. Please continue to pray for
our church. We appreciate all the churches in Texas.
RICKEY PAYNE
WILLS POINT
Souls Saved 4 Baptisms 2 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 48 Morning Worship 61 Evening Worship 35
Total Church Offering $3,991.00 Gave To Missions $399.00 Paid
On Property $550.00
Greetings, Dear Friends. Behold what manner of love we have been
blessed with. We have been blessed with many new facts. We have
started a Men’s Bible Study on Tuesday nights. This has
been met with great excitement from the men of the church. Please
continue to pray for us as we go forward for the Lord in this
wonderful work.
CRAIG RODGERS
GRAPEVINE
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School and Morning Worship 49
Total Church Offering $8,037.00 Gave To Missions $3,055.00 Paid
For Rent 750.00
The month of April was filled with incredible blessings from above. We are continually amazed at God’s blessings. We are seeking His ways in each and every decision. The month of April was exciting as we celebrated the resurrection of Christ. We had 84 in attendance for our Easter Worship service. We rented a movie theater in downtown Grapevine to hold this special service.
We are still seeking a more permanent facility. The property that was offered to us in the past has come back on the market. The owner was attempting to get more money for the property and stopped negotiations with us. We are considering an extended lease instead of purchasing due to cost of property in our area.
We have several who will be making the Medical Missions trip
to Paraguay in May. Please pray for these missionaries. We are
also planning for some to go to Peru. This young Mission work
has accepted the call for mission service. It is very exciting.
We are also planning to make a mission trip to the Navajo Nation
in July. We will be supporting the VBS team with Bro. Dean Grigsby.
We had many visitors this month. Please pray for us as we reach
into the community. We look forward to seeing you in June. If
you would like to hear about the work in Grapevine please call
me at 817-343-5900.
JESUS RODRIGUEZ
PASADENA
Souls Saved 2 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 9 Morning Worship 11 Evening Worship 5
Total Church Offering $340.00
April was a great month. We had repeat visitors and two precious
souls saved. We are getting ready for the ESL graduation on May
16th. I enjoyed going to the Leadership Conference in Garland.
It was a great blessing for me. I ask you to help me pray for
a missionary partner. I ask you to keep praying for this exciting
ministry.
TODD GRAY
GAINESVILLE
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 23 Morning Worship 27 Evening Worship 12
Total Church Offering $2,122.60 Gave To Missions $492.30 Paid
On Property $2,426.00
April was a good month. The first week of the month we had our 48th Homecoming Services, groundbreaking for the new building, and spring revival services. Today we had the honor of having Bro. Randy Cloud in our services. The church continues to progress. Attendance has been down a little but the fellowship among the people is better than it has ever been. The work on the building continues to pick up speed, too. The plans have been approved by the City, with some minor changes. The civil engineer has begun the work on the drainage system and parking lot and our contractor is getting ready to start. The only hold up we can see is getting the old building ready to be demolished. The city has told us that we have to have an asbestos inspection done because we are considered a commercial building. We have been told that if asbestos is found in it then it could cost upward of $20,000 to $25,000 to get it professionally removed. Current costs have our project at $180,000.00.. So far, the Lord has sent us $135,426.00. Praise God for his good gifts.
Our needs are simple today. Please join us in prayer that the
Lord will open a way to get the old building demolished in a more
economical way. The cost of asbestos removal was not figured into
the cost of the project. We thank you for your prayers and support.