I SAW GOD DO IT!
NEW Two New Missions Completed in Honduras
NEW Gospel Outreach in Regions Beyond
NEW Medical Dental Evangelism and Church Growth
NEW Graduation of Students
New Mission Churches
NEW Biblical Preaching & Teaching Course - Follow-up on Zapotillo
NEW Baptist Mission Started in Zapotillo, Honduras
NEW Children's Bible Classes in Danli, Honduras
NEW Gabe Churchwell Report on Danli, Honduras
NEW Baptism of new believers in Danli, Honduras
New Bible Institute Courses by Extension
Juan Alberto Herrera's Testimony
First Bible Institute Course taught at Danli January 2005
Seminary Extension Courses in Managua, Nicaragua
TEAMS IN ACTION
Christian
Missionaries and Missionary Christians
by Tom Ascol
"We never test the resources of God until we attempt the impossible" -- F. B. Meyer
"We must do something!
Expect great things from God! Attempt great things for God!"
-- William Carey,
father of the modern missionary movement.
"Anything God has ever done He can do now. Anything He has ever done anywhere, He can do here! Anything God has ever done for anyone He can do for us" - A. W. Tozer
Non-profit faith based Short-term Volunteer Mission Projects designed with a clear focus on church planting in rural areas of the world.
Bible Institute
Courses by Extension
Photos of Wil Pounds teaching classes in Managua, Nicaragua
PRAISE AND PRAYER REQUEST
In January 2005, Wil taught the first in a series of ten courses to begin the new Seminary Extension program in Danli, Honduras. In April 2005 we baptized new believers in a river near Danli, and saw God open new doors of ministry. In October we organized the New Mission in Zapotillo. At the same time one of our students started seven home Bible studies in the Las Acacias subdivision of Danli. As the missions continued to grow it became obvious that for sustained growth we needed to build a building for each. Abide in Christ and Baptist churches in Arkansas and Mississippi joined together to construct a permanent place of worship for these two missions that have developed out of this ministry. Two New Missions Completed in Honduras
Pray for the Lord's guidance as we seek to provide a cost effective, high quality, professional education experience for rural pastors, evangelists and church workers in Honduras. These humble, financially deprived, dedicated servants of the Lord have had little, if any, formal training at a Bible college or seminary level.
Our goal is to provide Bible institute level courses to train rural pastors, evangelists and church leaders with a basic knowledge and skills necessary to effectively carry out their biblical responsibilities in Honduras. We do not want to duplicate programs already offered in the large cities. Our target group are men called of God who have never had an opportunity to study the Bible and effective church leadership materials in a formal setting. Most rural pastors have less than a high school education.
Ephesians 4:11-12 is the goal of this ministry of Bible education by extension.
The student will receive free of charge high quality well written textbooks in ten basic areas of church planting. The material is presented from historical mainstream conservative, evangelical, Bible-centered Christian theology.
The curriculum consists of the following ten courses:
- Bible Study Methods/Interpretation
- Old Testament Survey
- New Testament Survey
- Bible Doctrine Survey
- Personal Spiritual Life
- Church Ministry/Administration/Education
- Teaching Principles/Methods
- Church History
- Missions/Evangelism/Discipleship
- Preaching Bible Messages and Pastoral Ministry (for church leaders Communication Biblical Messages)
At the end of the ten courses the student will have received an ongoing "working resource/research library." This material will provide the pastor with the necessary tools and biblical materials from which to preach and teach effectively. The Bible is the required curriculum content.
Rural pastors in the third world cannot take off three or four years to obtain a Bible education and prepare for more effective ministries. It is an impossible financial goal for families that live in poverty. Churches pay their pastors hardly anything. Pastors serve out of love for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, we are seeking to deliver a minimum of ten basic courses free of charge to these pastors. They will be taught by pastors with excellent academic and pastoral experiences. Teachers from the U. S. will be asked to trust the Lord to provide for their own way to go and teach one of our courses for one week. The classes run from Monday through Friday and consist of 40-50 hours of classroom participation. The student must also spend another 30 hours in review, assignments and assimilation of the course content and skills.
To reduce costs we will not build buildings in Honduras, but operate out of existing churches or church assembly grounds. We have pastors and laymen who are committed to theological education by extension for rural pastors who will coordinate the work and provide logistics in Honduras.
Please remember Abide in Christ in your daily prayers.
Rejoicing in Christ,
Wil