Austin Gardner

Miguel Murillo is a missionary with Vision Baptist Missions International. He lives and serves in Arequipa, Peru. God has greatly used him for many years. Today is his birthday. I want to ask you to join me in praying for him and wishing him a great day today.
Happy Birthday. Feliz Cumpleaños y Que Dios te [...]

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You may be surprised by the statistics.
There are about 200 million non-churched people in America, making America one of the four largest “unchurched” nations in the world.
Each year about 3,500 churches close their doors permanently.
Today, of the approximately 350,000 churches in America, four out of five are either plateaued or declining.
One American denomination recently found [...]

Cliques are a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons; especially: one held together by common interests, views, or purposes, according to Webster’s Dictionary!
We never want to be guilty of having cliques as Christians or as members of Vision. It is very easy to relax and fall into the trap of hanging with your friends and [...]

Just a note to every missionary, pastor, and Christian worker. Breath mints are not expensive but can sure make a difference. No one ever knows how their breath smells but others do. Nothing can hinder what you are trying to do more than putting off people by the way your breath smells.

Do not hinder your [...]

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends,
I hope all of you had a great Christmas season with your family and loved ones. This was our first Christmas here in Peru as a family and it was definitely different, for Katie especially. Since we are on the other side of the equator we are in the summer season [...]

We finished the Summit in Tennessee on January 2, 2010. It was a great meeting.
We held our first meeting in our new location on January 3, 2010 and it was cold inside the building.
Zach and Whitney Elrod became our first new members of the year on January 3, 2010.
We held a blessing service for missionaries [...]

Here are the links to get you started reading
group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=274164381151&ref=nf
or first chapter:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=274164381151&topic=11966
or you can post in the comment section below what I already wrote here for the first chapter and do the same each day if you do not use facebook.
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Today we start reading the book of Acts together. Betty and I will read it together as a family. I have already read the first chapter again today and so will read it again with Betty later. I will be sharing here and on facebook with all that have it what God is showing me.
You [...]

Did your “heart stir you up”?
And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: Exodus 36:2.
No one can explain it. It is different with everyone, [...]