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TEAMS IN ACTION
Missions
Index
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 Baptist Mission Started in Zapotillo,
Honduras
New Bible
Institute Courses by Extension
New Juan Alberto
Herrera's Testimony
New First Bible
Institute Course taught at Danli January 2005
Seminary Extension Courses in Managua, Nicaragua
Ukraine
Who are we?
La Esperanza
La Brea
Lepaterique
Esquias
San Francisco
Deaf Community
Zapatillo
Cuyali
San Lucia
Tererro Blanco
El
Playon de Paz
Report by Rex Henderson
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.
Teams in Action
with
Wil & Ann Pounds
 
 
Mississippi-Ukraine
Baptist Partnership
Like much of Eastern Europe the people of the Ukraine were left starved
for truth and have a hunger for spiritual things.
In the past ten years 900 Baptist churches have grown to more than 2,000.
Many people are coming to Christ. People are hungry for spiritual truth.
October 1-10, 2004 we ministered in Mykolayiv area using
medical-dental-evangelism tools. I found people eager to listen to the
gospel message and responsive to Biblical truth.
"The Baptist name is important because Baptists have died for their name
here," says a prominent evangelical leader.
Under Soviet communism they struggled just to survive.
Everywhere I went I came into contact with many people who had listened to
GOLAS ANDE, "the Voice of the Andes," missionary radio station HCJB,
Quito, Ecuador. GOLAS ANDE broadcast the gospel 11 hours each day in the
Russian language to Eastern Europe by shortwave radio since 1940. At least
80% of the audience raised their hands at each worship service indicating
they listened to HCJB and had been encouraged to remain faithful to the
Lord during those difficult years of persecution. Everyday people came up
to me and gave testimony of God's sustaining grace.
 The
emphasis is on church planting and evangelism. Ukrainian Baptist's will
not baptize a person until the person has made a lifelong commitment to
follow Jesus Christ. One leader says, "A quick decision leads people
not to take it seriously."
"Baptists here won't baptize you until your repentance and your trust in
Jesus have made a difference in the way you live."
A typical worship service last for two hours and will include two or three
sermons, several choir numbers and poetry. A single invitation is given at
the end of the service.
 I
was impressed with the maturity of the believers and their fervent love
and commitment to Jesus Christ.
Our Mississippi Baptist Partnership Mission Team ministered to physical
needs, and shared the good news in Jesus Christ in five rural communities
along the Black Sea in the most unreached areas of the Ukraine.
Pray for the largest Baptist Union in all of Europe as they accept the
challenge to reach a nation of 50 million people.
Pray that they will be able to plant a church in every village in this
nation the geographical size of Texas.
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