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November/December 2007
Welcome!
Nathan and Jessica Killion of Faith Bible Church, Olney, Illinois,
new TCM candidates for the Outreach into Thailand. The Killions state their
goal to reach out is because “the number of people who have not yet heard
the gospel constrains them to share this burden for the lost.” They are preparing
to begin deputation in January. Both husband and wife took part in Africa
Safari 2007 last June and felt the Lord’s call while in Kenya. Nathan
also visited the Philippines on two occasions to see that field and to preach
in the churches. Jessica knows about missions…her father is Tim Heath who
served in the Philippines with his parents, Bill and Eunice Heath, and on
the TCM board. Both Nathan and Jessica graduated from GBC before accepting
the Olney church over five years ago. The Killions have three children: Matthias,
Abigail and Chloe.
The Thailand
Project gets started on October 29th when Nathan will join the survey
trip with Ben Anderson and Genesis Maraat who is also preparing to enter this
popular Buddhist nation. The survey will open doors and bridges important
to starting the ministry in 2008.
Successful Conference at Kempton Park Church in South Africa. Dean and Sheba Padayhag report the attendance doubled from last year, and delegates came from all areas. Good singing, lively preaching, much cooperation made the annual conference of ABGMSA a blessing.
Philippine
Church Planting includes 60 pioneering areas spread throughout the
TCM Ministry Districts. 2007 is “Year One” for this three year pioneering
project. This is in line with our common goal for TCM’s “Target 225 and 5K
in 2010” – part of the Ten-Year Church Growth Program (2001-2010). The goal
is two-fold: plant 225 new congregations and add 5000 new members to our TCM
family by the end of 2010. It openly and strongly expresses the concern of
the Apostle Paul to reach the lost for Christ as enunciated in 2 Corinthians
5:18-20 and Romans 9:1-4; 10:1.
Gardner Improso, Kenya “Kenya held its biennial conference
last month. You should have witnessed it. This is the largest attendance we’ve
witnessed in our ministry here in Kenya. One interesting thing on the last
day of the conference, a pastor asked me to visit his region for evangelistic
crusades during November. We can see the messages encouraged the people, as
they returned home they were determined to become more involved in ministry
and outreach. Nakuru church hired two matatu vans to transport their delegates.
On the way back one of the vans was robbed, taking cell phones and cash from
the delegates. When we dropped by on our way home to find out how we could
encourage them they responded, ‘It was a very small price to pay for all the
blessings we got at the conference.’ ”
Barry & Kathy
Pumphrey, England - “We had two folks come to Christ recently. Lyndsey
lives just across from the Church hall we use. She responded to our summer
open-air outreach. She came to the Sunday services, became interested to the
point that Kathy was able to lead her to Christ. She needs a lot of prayer!
Also, a great experience for Kathy was when Mick knocked on our door one Monday
morning and asked Kathy how he could be born again. Wow! He did accept the
Lord and we hear that folks recognize that his life has changed. He is thrilled
with reading his Bible and now we need to get him to come to church-more prayer
needed. He has so far read right through the Bible as far as Job. He has a
very interesting, but rough background but not so rough that God had given
up on him.”
China Communist
Party “The Communist Party of China amended its Constitution this
week to include the mention of religion. It’s maybe their attempt to show
the rest of the world that China is open towards those who have religious
backgrounds or would like to practice their religious faith. In light of the
Olympics they want to show we are a friendly nation, a country that welcomes
all kinds of people from around the world. Christians are considered a positive
influence in China. The government over the last 20 years has realized that.
If the Christians can be good citizens, then why shouldn’t we allow them to
live out their Christian faith more liberally?” -E. Burklin - Pray for TCM
contacts in China.
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