Church Still Works, An In-Depth Study of the Practices and Potential of Twenty-first Century Local Churches
I just finished this book by Paul Chappell and Clayton Reed. I found the book well worth your time to read it.
I read the book because Trent Cornwell encouraged me to do so. I enjoyed the material they gathered from the survey. I got help from the material presented that I could personally apply to our church, Vision Baptist. I was encouraged to see the spirit the book conveyed. There was a spirit of fellowship and working together that can be unusual in books by independent Baptists.
I love the emphasis on discipleship and church planting. We are definitely in a needy time in our country and the world. Maybe one of the most surprising findings was that the USA is now one of the most populous countries in need of evangelism. “Only China, India, and Indonesia have larger non-churched populations!”
I just received the following email from Mark Coffey:
I just talked to Matt Allen on the phone and he wanted me to let you know that they got their Visas. The PNG lady at the embassy didn’t want to go into the office on Black Friday so she went in last night (Thanksgiving) and to see if she received the email for approval. It came through. She shipped the passports with the Visas by FedEx this morning and it should be to his house on Saturday.
I am so thankful that God worked in this situation and it appears that the Matt Allen will be on the field on time. I will miss him here in the states and his heart to get people to the field.
I pray that others will rise up that will challenge young men and women to go to the mission field. Please continue to pray for the Allens.
I am studying, praying and preparing for Sunday at Vision. I love the Word of God. I love the opportunity that God has given me to preach and teach His book. This Sunday morning we will be in the last part of Ephesians. We will be learning about prayer. God has blessed us with the opportunity to come into His presence in prayer. You will love the wonderful truths that you are going to learn this Sunday.
Then Sunday evening we will have our Quarterly Youth led service. It will be exciting. Pastor Trent always does a great job and our young people are excited and looking forward to this opportunity.
Starting this Tuesday I am going to try to give out at least a thousand invitations a week in the surrounding neighborhood so if you have time we would love to have you help us get out the invitations to Vision.
I can’t wait to see what God is going to do in and through Vision before the end of the year!
Numbers 3:13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. When all the firstborn of Egypt died God set aside for […]
Leviticus 25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. If your brother gets in trouble you are to help him. It doesn’t matter if he is a stranger or […]
Full time Deputation! It is finally here! We are on full time deputation to start churches in Thailand. We have been preparing for this day for 10 years, and the Lord has faithfully brought it to pass. Our schedule is about to change quite drastically, and we need your prayer that we would be able […]
Tonight will be Vision Baptist’s monthly “Goer /Sender Coalition” service. This is a spectacularly exciting service that you do not want to miss! This service will feature Vision Baptist missionaries, and missionaries in training, all preaching mini messages! Instead of one message, there will be several, shorter messages, and there will also be several inte […]
Leviticus 22:32-33 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. He brought them out of Egypt to be their God. He rescued, […]