MISSIONARY HIGHLIGHT: April 2 Clint Stewart RUSSIA Today we want to pray for Clint Stewart, one of our missionaries serving in Russia; we support him through our church s Cooperative Program giving. Clint shares the gospel with Muslims. He does that by offering English classes and presenting Christian movies. These can lead to Bible studies and witnessing opportunities. One young Muslim man named Ildar (say EEL-dar) came to the classes for months and has begun seriously considering the gospel. Now Ildar s mother is interested in the gospel. Let s pray today that many Muslims in Russia will find Jesus Christ is the only Savior, as they study English and come to movie nights.
MISSIONARY HIGHLIGHT: April 9 David and Gayle Butler BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS When most of us think of Boston, Massachusetts, we probably think of colonial times and Paul Revere and Old North Church and the like. But, unfortunately, there are actually very few evangelical churches in Boston and the city is filled with people who are lost. That s why our North American Mission Board has sent dozens of missionaries to Boston to evangelize and plant new churches. Our church supports all of them through our Cooperative Program giving. Two of those Boston missionaries we want to pray for today are David and Gayle Butler. They are an experienced team who has worked together in ministry since their college days 40 years ago. Their ministry is to support the church planters and their wives and families, help them line up partnerships with churches in other states and in other ways, help them to succeed. Today, let us pray for David and Gayle as they support our other missionaries there in Boston. Let us ask God to keep them strong in body and soul, that His work can go forward!
MISSIONARY HIGHLIGHT: April 16 Quinn McClintock WEST AFRICA As we come to our missionary prayer time today, I want to point out that when we come together for worship, we have hundreds of hymns and songs that we can sing. But in some places where the gospel is just being shared, there are no songs to sing because they have not been written yet. That is exactly the ministry of our missionary, Quinn McClintock, who serves in West Africa. He works with new believers and teaches them how to write worship songs in their own language. Just imagine: Years from now, believers in some of those countries may be praising God, singing songs that our missionary helped them write. Our church supports Quinn as he serves there in West Africa, because we give through the Cooperative Program. Can we now pray for Quinn?
MISSIONARY HIGHLIGHT: April 23 Joe Kelley EURASIA Joe Kelley is one of our high-tech missionaries. Among other things, he operates a multi-language web site that lets people ask questions about the gospel. In this part of the world, many people either know nothing about the gospel, or dismiss religion as useless. Joe s work focuses on pointing people not to a religion, but to Jesus Christ. As he types out answers to question, a young believer helps translate the answers into local languages. Joe checks the answers, because sometimes the student s translations change the Bible s message without his realizing it. Joe uses every such change as an opportunity to teach the student doctrine and biblical truths. Our church supports both Joe and the web site he operates, as we contribute through the Cooperative Program. Now let us pray for him and his ministry.
MISSIONARY HIGHLIGHT: April 30 Josh and Elizabeth Howeth CORVALLIS, OREGON Today we re going to Oregon, which is on the Pacific coast between Washington state and California. We usually read about Oregon when they legalize marijuana or the like. What you don t usually see in the news is that many new churches are needed in the state. Southern Baptists only have about 450 congregations spread across Oregon, Washington and northern Idaho. So that s some background on why we are praying today for Josh and Elizabeth Howeth, two of our missionaries who have started a new church in Corvallis (say core-val-is), Oregon, just over an hour south of the larger city of Portland. The Vine Church, which they have started has reached many college students, because Oregon State University is in town. They also have started a ministry to the city s homeless, even sending out teams to wash the feet of homeless people. We support Josh and Elizabeth with our Cooperative Program giving and now we also want to provide prayer support for them and their ministry.