TEXAS STATE MISSIONS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2006
Beginning Balance - $248,703.62
Offerings - $19,017.14
Designated/LaMarque - $50.00
Designated/Land and Building Fund - $142.89
Missionaries Salaries - $17,200.00
Christmas Gifts for Missionaries - $2,200.00
Administrative Salaries and Expense - $2,928.03
Meeting Expense and Minute Fund - $11,787.25
Ending Balance - $245,199.84
Thank you so much for honoring me with the privilege of serving
as
Secretary-Treasurer for the MBA of TX for another year. I will
do my best to administer this office for God’s honor and
glory. The Messenger meeting in Longview was a very good meeting.
Longview MBC was a very gracious host for our meeting. They treated
us royally.
There were eight requests for support in 2006-2007. All eight requests were approved. There are three Missionaries on full salary, two Missionaries on half salary and three Mission Projects which receive equal to half salary. On behalf of the sponsoring Churches and Missionaries, thank you so very much for your support. Please keep the offerings coming faithfully as you have in the past.
We have already received requests to visit several Churches and
Missions during the coming year.If you want a visit for a regular
service, Mission Rally, etc., please let me know.
Make plans to attend the Texas Missions Conference on Pastoral
Leadership which will be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The
speakers are making preparations and we are hoping for good attendance.
If your Church or Mission would like to help sponsor the Conference,
let me know.
“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will
send forth
laborers into his harvest.”
KEVIN BOLDING
SUGAR LAND
Souls Saved 1 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 9 Morning Worship 10 Evening Worship 7
Total Church Offering $1,320.00 Gave To Missions $132.00 Paid
For Rent $1,800.00
We had a very successful but yet challenging month in November
here in Sugar Land. With the warm, dry weather we were able to
spread the gospel to even more in the community and were able
to see one accept the Lord. We are confident that He is still
working in other lives, as well. I was excited to attend the MBA
of Texas Messenger meeting in Longview and really enjoyed the
fellowship and great preaching. Thank you to the messengers for
accepting the recommendation of Twinland MBC of Houston to endorse
me for full salary.
We were also finally able to make great progress on getting our sign installed. This seems like it is taking a lot of time and trouble, but we realize that our God is worth it all. This is going to cost us $4,350.00 to do and we know that it will be worth the expense.
The challenging thing this month is that my truck was stolen. For two weeks we only had one vehicle to drive. We will be dealing with the insurance company for the next 60-90 days before they settle with us, and then will likely still owe some on the truck. We know, and trust, that God will take care of all this in His way. I am borrowing my wife’s grandmother’s car for a while. This is a good temporary solution. Please pray as we search for God’s will for a replacement for my truck.
We are still searching for a co-sponsoring church to help Twinland
MBC with this work. If any-one is interested, please contact me
at 832-486-9330 and I would love to share more with you.
LARRY CHALKER
IRVING
Souls Saved 1 Baptisms 0 Letter 2 Statement 0
Sunday School 28 Morning Worship 37 Evening Worship 8
Total Church Offering $1,489.02 Gave To Missions $300.00
We are organizing our first Community Christmas Program this year. Since this will be more about outreach than perfection, we are looking forward to many new faces during this season.
God gave us two new members this month; Richard and Micah Dickerson.
He is so good! We are seeing the talents of many during our transition
in our music. It is still encouraging to see new faces each month.
Please pray for Northgate and come visit us anytime. Thanks for
all your support and prayers this past year.
JOEL CLAY
LAMARQUE
Souls Saved 4 Baptisms 0 Letter 1 Statement 0
Sunday School 85 Morning Worship 210
Total Church Offering $15,413.51 Gave To Missions $1,511.65 Paid
On Property $2,285.00
John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.”
All praises be to God from whom all our blessings flow! We thank
God that although there was only one addition to our growing membership
for the month, there were four that received the Lord as Savior.
Two of them were saved during our morning services today, Nov.
26th. I thank God for His saving grace.
I really enjoyed the State Messenger meeting in Longview. We are
so grateful for our churches in the great state of Texas to consider,
and unanimously approve, us again for half salary. I am very thankful
and excited to be a part of the MBA of Texas. We are still grinning
from ear to ear after receiving the TMD funds for the 3rd quarter
of this year. Bro. Jim Slocumb will be happy to know that I sang
his song all the way back to LaMarque. These funds will go a long
way to help us to create the type of facility that will not only
attract new guests, but also to accommodate our current membership.
We held our first services at the new facility on November 19th with a full church building. Our counter stopped counting at 250 but I am sure we had over 275. A week later, today, we had 237. We will go to two services, if necessary, to facilitate everyone. We will also look to add a fellowship hall in the not too distant future.
Thanks to those who contribute regularly, as well as those who give one-time donations. Please continue to partner with us prayerfully and financially. The Lord provides! As always, I am grateful to our TMD, the MBA of TX, Mission Bend BC of Houston, Calvary MBC of Baytown, Florida Avenue BC of Beaumont and Baker Drive BC of Dickinson. Without you, and others like you, without the monetary gifts and prayers for this Mission, we could not do the work that we do for Christ. I say this with much love and an abundance of blessings.
LARRY FRYE
DENTON
Souls Saved 15 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 14 Morning Worship 15 Evening Worship 7
North Lake MBM has a new sponsoring church. It is Beech Grove B.C. in Fordyce, AR. I want to thank those who were praying for this. We are excited to see what the Lord is going to continue doing here in Denton. I know that great things lie ahead for us and them. Beech Grove is a great church with a great vision. They have always been supporters of this work. Please pray for them as they take this great challenge for the Lord.
I sure appreciate Longview MBC and what they have done for this
Mission. There are truly some great people in that church. They
were such a blessing to me and I will never forget your kindness
and love for this Mission and lost souls.
I will no longer be on Texas State salary. I have been blessed
to
receive this salary since I have been here in Denton these six
years. It has been a real blessing to me. The Mission Policy states
that you must be sponsored by a Texas church in order to receive
salary from the MBA of TX.
We are going to need some help for a while. Please consider putting
me on your monthly support for a while. I would thank you for
this consideration. Bro. Nathan Petty, or myself, can come and
present this work to you church if you would like.
There were 15 souls saved here this month. Seven are Hispanic
and eight are English speakers. One of the women that was saved
is a college professor at UNT where she teaches Biology. How do
you witness to a Hindu? Just the same as to anyone else. I explained
to her about the great and only true God and she believed in what
Jesus did on Calvary and she repented and accepted Christ as her
Savior. Please pray that we might
be able to get her converted, along with others.
I finally got the jail ministry started. My first night there
were
eight professions of faith. I have to go with another volunteer
for a
while. He is Baptist and I am glad of that. I am looking forward
to
getting trained and on my own. I will then be training Bro. Candy.
Pray for this ministry.
Thank you for all your support and prayers. You have a part in
every precious soul that is saved in this city. Team work is what
this is all about. Because of your faithfulness these 15 precious
souls are going to Heaven. Please continue to stand with us and
see the salvation of the Lord!
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MARVIN GARDNER
TYLER
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 1 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 37 Morning Worship 59 Evening Worship 36
Total Church Offering $6,921.43 Gave To Missions $1,219.71 Paid
On Property $3,133.00
November was an exciting month for us at Vanderbilt. Mrs. Gardner
and I attended the MBA of Texas meeting in Longview. I thank the
messengers for voting to continue supporting me as a State Missionary
on half salary. This has been a real blessing to our work in South
Tyler.
The young lady who was saved in October was baptized this month.
Our new additions are proving to be a great blessing to our church.
We are continuing to have visitors who seem very interested in
our church. Please pray that some of the visitors will unite with
us and help us with the work in Tyler. Thank you for your continued
prayers and support.
RICKEY PAYNE
WILLS POINT
Souls Saved 2 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 2
Sunday School 36 Morning Worship 52 Evening Worship 26
Total Church Offering $2,670.00 Gave To Missions $267.00 Paid
On
Property $551.00
Greetings from Meadowbrook! Once again it seems as though the days have flown by since our last report. The month of November is already gone. We were blessed with the addition of two families. We will be baptizing two on December 3rd. What an awesome God we serve! He is able to do above and beyond all that we can imagine. Thank you for your prayers and may God bless you all.
CRAIG RODGERS
GRAPEVINE
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 0 Statement 0
Sunday School 49 Morning Worship 49
Total Church Offering $3,991.57 Gave To Missions $367.57 Paid
For
Rent $750.00
The month of November was a wonderful blessing. We are overwhelmed
at how God continues to work in the hearts of those in our Community.
We have had four visiting families this month.
We celebrated Thanksgiving as a Mission. We had over 60 in attendance
for a great time of fellowship. This included several first time
visitors.
We attended the MBA of Texas meeting in Longview. The meeting was a blessing. Thank you for the support of the work in Grapevine.
We completed several vision casting sessions in November. This
will be an opportunity to share the vision of the Mission through
an
experiential process.
We have financing approval to purchase the property in Grapevine. The financing approval is less than we anticipated. We are praying for God’s hand in the situation. We need $70,000.00 to close on the property. Please help us, if possible. We need your prayers and support now more than ever. Please consider the work in Grapevine as a part of your Mission support.
You can help the work in Grapevine. We are reaching new families
every week and we strongly believe God has something big in store.
Our biggest need is prayer as we pursue the Lord’s will
with a property purchase. May the Lord bless each of you.
W. S. TAYLOR
FORT WORTH
Souls Saved 0 Baptisms 0 Letter 2 Statement 0
Sunday School 35 Morning Worship 41 Evening Worship 21
Total Church Offering $3,847.31 Gave To Missions $180.00 Paid
For Rent $1,600.00
This is our last report as a salaried Missionary through the
MBA. To
just say “thank you” is not nearly adequate response
to the wonderful, generous encouragement and support you have
blessed us with over an extended period.
Attendance has made a comeback from a time of loss about three
years ago - a point at which we thought we were on our way to
a
“God-sufficient” (autonomous) church position. The
Lord has blessed with some spiritually vibrant ministry for children
and we have some maturing adults and young adults. Also, average
attendance for Wednesday evenings was 23.
The offerings have not totally come back. Our expectations are that there will be growth in this area. To get the first stage of a permanent building up is a challenge that will no doubt help us as to growth. We believe we need two more years of being sponsored as a mission. We are awaiting the decision of a church that is considering that sponsorship.
Your prayers and encouragement have been invaluable to our work here. We cherish your continued prayers. Friends and churches have sent $783.00 to help Crossroads’ ministry this month. We are very grateful. God bless you.
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