Entries by James

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 09-11-2006

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Greetings, one and all! We were in Ketha Heights Baptist Church in Festus, MO with Pastor Richard Lourcey last night. He's been Pastor there for two months, and the church is growing and doing well. He led them to abandon their American Baptist status and make the switch to being Independent Baptist just a few weeks ago. Attendance is up, and rising, and his people are getting a vision for reaching their area, which is tremendous and what you want to see as a Pastor. He has a church full of young Christians, so pray that they will continue to grow individually, and as a body, and that the LORD will continue bringing people into the church. They are having their first missions conference in the history of their church in January, so pray that it will go well, and that the people will really get a grip on Grace Giving, and get a broader vision for the world.

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 09-08-2006

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Greetings! Our meeting in Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington, TX went well (Pastor Bob Smith). I flew down for the meeting because I was able to get an $89 round-trip ticket to Dallas, which, obviously, is way cheaper than what it would have cost to drive. Plus, it kept us from having to drive 12 hours there and back. The church service went great. I had twenty minutes to show the DVD presentation, and to just talk about our burden. God blessed, and the short of it is, they voted to support us on the spot! Wow! Wish that happened more often. What a blessing! All in all, it was a very fruitful trip.

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-30-2006

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Howdy, folks! We're doing well here in St. Louis. We had a meeting in Lighthouse Baptist Church with Pastor Pete Ruble in Festus, MO this past Sunday. It went great. I showed our slides, and then we just talked about Uganda and what the LORD is doing there, and how He wants to bring revival to the country and to the rest of Africa, and how He's given us a wide open door and an unprecedented chance to reach Uganda with the Gospel. I tried to impress upon them the urgency of the situation, what with AIDS and the threat of conflict being what they are, and how critical it is we get there to do our part to establish the Gospel in Uganda while there's still time and opportunity. It was a good time of ministry, and I think the LORD helped them get a vision for Uganda also, which is His goal for this and all the churches we visit.

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-21-2006

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Greetings! Last week I was in Chattanooga, TN at BIMI's World Headquarters for their Church Planting Conference that they've asked all of their missionaries to attend. Anna and the crew stayed back in St. Louis, and I went down last Monday. It was a great week. We had several veteran missionaries in to teach on various subjects pertaining to this most noble of actions: planting a local, NT Baptist Church. In the evenings, we had some great services in which God really dealt with us, and it became more a revival week than a school. It was a very profitable 5 days, and well worth the time to attend.

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-13-2006

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Greetings once again! No disaster to report this week, and glad of it! Thumbs Up We were in Paducah, KY last week for a meeting in Rickman Road Baptist Church with Pastor Stan Durrett. The meeting went well, and God blessed. From where we live in St. Louis, it's only about 2 and a half hours there, so it wasn't too bad of a drive. I was to have a meeting in the Chattanooga, TN area today, but there was a scheduling change, so I'll be driving down to BIMI tomorrow instead. They're having a Church planting conference which I will be attending. Pray that the classes will go well, and that I'll learn sufficiently to be able to plant churches myself on the mission field in Uganda. I want to bear fruit, and fruit that remains after I am gone, and these classes are intended to help teach us how to do that. Anna and the gang will be back here in St. Louis while I'm away. Pray for Anna this week as she works with taking care of five kids alone, a daunting task to be sure. Pray that everyone will be safe and healthy. Pray that my trip there and back on Friday will go well and safely.