Ministry News

On the home front, we've been experiencing some awesome growth in our church. It seems every Sunday in all three services, new families are joining us. In the month of August, typically one of the more sparse attendance months, we averaged over 2000 in worship which is up from approx. 1600 a year ago! Woo Hoo! If you want to see what our church is like, you can go to fbcba.org and click on the videos on the left.

Last Sunday night, we had a missions focused service where 11 different groups that have been out 'in the field' presented testimonies, videos and pictures of the work our church is doing around the world. We had set a goal of 1000 salvations through the different teams this year, and God is already at work in answering that prayer. I'm not sure what our total number is at this point in time, but I think I can say confidently that we are over halfway there.

Sept. 20, we'll have block parties all over the city in the neighborhoods of our Sunday School class members. Pray for lots of new beginnings of friendships that will lead to opportunities to share Christ and invite them to become part of our church family.

Kevin is still working on finalizing his plans for his trip to Central Asia in October. The plan is to have 3 teams in place in 3 different countries, then for him to spend a few days in each country seeing the work there. These are places that we have ongoing relationships with and continually support with funds and volunteers. I'll keep you updated as things develop. As always when traveling to this area of the world, it is illegal to be a missionary and we'll appreciate your prayers for his safety and effectiveness while he is there.

Finally, please pray for our fellow believers in India. In the state that we have adopted, they are experiencing major flooding and many villages have no access to clean water or food, and there is no hope of getting any supplies to them until the water recedes. In the neighboring state, there have been many uprisings against the believers there and numerous horrific acts against believers and their families. It's easy to forget that Christians still die for their faith when we are complacent here in the US. But, it happens every day in the rest of the world. Please continue to lift up the persecuted Christians and to be thankful for your freedoms every day.