Austin Gardner

The following is a list of books that I would recommend for church planters to read, whether in the USA or overseas. These books have been a blessing to me. You will not agree with everything but you will be able to get some ideas. I am always happy if I get one good idea [...]

I got a note from Pastor Rick Groover asking us to pray for him and Celebration Baptist Church.
Rick Groover Brother Gardner, Please have your folks pray for us as we have the opportunity to get in our first real building. The bank has approved us but we have to raise the $90,000 down payment in [...]

On November 4, 2007 Vision Baptist Church licensed these men to the ministry. This week the first will be ordained. He will leave for China this August. I am excited that God is working in their lives.

Not only that but David Velke will leave for Peru for 6 months. Scott Newton will be going to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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Tonight we said a special thank you to several people in our church. People that do a lot of good, hard work. The following is picture of most of the people that do the cleaning ever week. Many have been doing this for several years now. The thanks comes to late and is not enough.

This [...]

This man is a deacon and member of Whitfield Baptist Church where Wayne Cofield is pastor. I know and love this man!

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In article I read today the Muslims say
“We’re not going to stop because the government bans an organization,” he told CNN by phone. “If that means setting up another platform under another label, then so be it.”
A ban “will just make the use of those names … illegal. But Muslims everywhere are obliged to work [...]

by Sam Storms
We must preach because of the power of the Word of God to change human lives and to transform the experience of the church.
We must preach because preaching is God’s ordained means for making himself known to us.
We must preach because preaching not only communicates truth about God, it also mediates the [...]