During the Feb. 24–25 meetings of Illinois Baptist State Association Board Committees, Nate Adams shared with board leadership his desire to begin working with the
The practice began out of necessity when the young church plant met at a community center and worked around a car show that was already booked for the fourth Sunday of every month.
“I believe everyone who is a follower of Jesus is a fisher of men,” Fontenot said. “It’s one thing to know you ought to be sharing Jesus, but it’s another thing to do it. You can do this.”
“Now, we have added personal property recovery to our workload, helping families uncover precious keepsakes from the ashes — treasures that bring healing and remind them that hope is closer than they thought,” noted Kendrick Neal.
Don Lum, MBCB Director of Evangelism, reflected on 10 years of rodeo ministry. “The State Fair Commission have been very gracious to let us be a part of it every year, and we’re excited to see what God’s going to do with it next.”
Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws.
“I think God calls people to do harder things than this all the time, that maybe they don’t ever get to see the fruit of,” she said. “I immediately got to see the fruit of my labor for my friend.”