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By HEITH MITCHELL BMA of Texas Missions Director God is faithful! God is faithful to His mission, and we have really seen that this month. Your missionaries reported 31 saved and 23 baptized in April. This is a record for baptisms. We praise the Lord and remember that He is with us when we are faithful to the great commission. The Lord also blessed the annual Hombre a Hombre Hispanic Men's Conference with two saved and 11 surrendering to ministry this month. The conference grew from 80 last year to 160 this year. BMAT Staffing Changes We are working through some role shifts in your Texas Missions this month. Todd West has stepped down as the Pastor's Connection Coordinator. He continues on as lead for missionary training. Todd has made this change in order to be a planting pastor with a new mission in Celina, Texas. He will be working with Travis Sellers, the lead missionary in Celina. Chris Driver will be taking on the role of Pastor Connection Coordinator, along with team lead for the Baptist Progress. We wanted to move the Progress to more of a team development approach with its lead primarily in the field among the churches. Chris and the team will host conferences and trainings and Chris will meet with pastors and leaders. The result should be stories from our churches and ministries. He will be supported by a team of Morgan Standifer, Lisa Maynard, Abby Clark and Elvis Garcia. Chris will also continue to lead Oasis Church, Levelland. This ministry is committed and, by design, bivocational. Elvis Garcia takes on the role of Missionary Care Coordinator for all our missionaries. He has been in this role as Hispanic Missionary Coordinator while Chris Driver has been the coordinator for English-speaking missionaries since 2019. Elvis will continue to work with all Hispanic churches in BMAT as well.  PROJECT 2029 100 Churches/10 Years
A word from your missionaries:  Eric Jordan - Breath of Praise – Brownwood [email protected] Our church had a financial hardship with church repairs and the leadership team came together and committed to give more to the repair project without me asking. Hallelujah! Prayer Needs: Pray for a God-sent associate pastor.  Isaias Martinez - Conroe Mission [email protected] I t w a s a b l e s s i n g t o participate in the Hombre a Hombre retreat and to be able to take six men, four of whom are new to the Evenagelio. It was also a blessing to see how a cell group led by a young person who has just been discipled and baptized can advance and strengthen, demonstrating that it is possible to make disciples who make disciples. To God be the glory! Prayer Needs: Pray for the strengthening of the ministry, Churches at Home, that our church develops.  Miguel Ramos– Hurst Mission [email protected] This month was a great blessing as our mission is bearing fruit. We have three couples that we are equipping as they are also discipling family members in their home country. Prayer Needs: Pray that each church and mission will continue to be strengthened and not cease to share the gospel and continue to do so with passion to reach more souls.  Brad Holcomb– Redemption Hill Ft. Worth [email protected] We are seeing more nonChristians involved in the life of our church and some of those moving closer to Jesus as He draws them. Prayer Needs: We are praying for the Lord to grow us, both spiritually among our members and numerically among those not yet in the church this summer. We would love it if you’d join us in that.  Jose Gil - Proyecto Misionero "Lidia" – Spring [email protected] Eight of our friends in the cell groups are struggling with changing work schedules and therefore we are having some difficulties gathering all at once. For the time being, we are taking one additional night every week to share with all, but our own schedule is tight. We pray and hope about this. Prayer Needs: Our friends in Spring are facing an increasing number of robberies. Two weeks ago, the four tires of their car were stolen from the parking lot. They are considering moving. Please join us in prayer because they are the host of the cell group.  Celebrating my birthday (May 13th) at home with some of my closest ones: my wife, my mother, and part of the Spring cell attendees.  Chris Driver– Oasis Church, Llevaland Pastor Connection/Baptist Progress [email protected] Howdy from west Texas! All is well here in the flatlands. We finished up school, so summer has officially arrived. We had such a great month with several special services that came right on the heels of Easter (Mother's Day and Graduates Day). We also had a couple start up a new "foodies" group that meets in Lubbock and tries out new and strange foods. The food was good for our first night out but the conversation and fellowship was everything I've been trying to develop here at Oasis. We shared stories and connected in ways you just can't in a larger group. Bonds were built and I believe it's going to have a major impact on us as a church moving forward. What I love the most is that it is an example of how someone's personal passions and hobbies are Kingdom-valuable. I am praying that others will see that God can use the things we like and love to build His kingdom and strengthen His people. As always, thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to be a part of God's work out here in west Texas. I am so thankful to be part of the BMAT family! Prayer Needs: New connections in Sundown Possible partnership with Levelland Christian School Open doors for the gospel  Kyle Cheatham– Grace Church Jarrell [email protected] We recently celebrated the baptism of an awesome young man, Calvin, who wonderfully articulated the gospel when we met and it was evident that God had drawn him to salvation. Around 50 people gathered at a home with a river running behind it. His sister wrote an amazing song and sang it for him while playing guitar. We all gathered around and prayed over Calvin. His dad and I jumped into the cold river and did his baptism together. It was a remarkable evening for Calvin, for his family and friends and for our church family! Prayer Needs: Please pray for our people to love one another so much that we will fight for unity by fiercely resisting gossip, quickly moving toward one another and reconciling whenever there is a fracture in a relationship.  Chris Mindi– Anchor, Austin Mission in Leander [email protected] P r a i s e G o d ! We a r e excited that new families and individuals are coming to Anchor Austin and finding it to be their home. Pray thatthey would grow closer to God as they hear God's Word preached. Pray that the vision of disciples making disciples revives everyone. Please continue to pray for us at Anchor Austin that we would take the gospel and seed the good news wherever we go and build more people for God's glory and His kingdom. Prayer Needs: Pray that we diligently develop leaders faithfully. Pray for the annual retreat that is coming up. Pray for the new families that are coming and if it is God's will, for them to find Anchor Austin to be a home where they belong.  Jaime Garcia– Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida - Gilmer [email protected] At this time, I see God doing his work with my brothers. I believe that the church is beginning to stand on its own without me having to be so heavily involved. It is something that only God can do. Prayer Request: Please pray for my family and for more quality time for them and for the ministry.   Abner Nunez– San Antonio Mission [email protected] With the immigration c i r c u m s t a n c e s w e a r e witnessing, we had to suspend a meeting in a park on the Sunday before Memorial Day. We intended to do evangelistic work before our monthly service there. We have had to reconsider how to do ministry outside our homes but the Lord is going to give us wisdom to face this situation. Prayer Needs: Please pray for more planters for San Antonio. This is a very sprawling city.  Haitao He– Free Salvation Bible Mission - Corpus Christi [email protected] We have been walking through the book of James in our weekly Bible study, and it has been both challenging and refreshing. This series has sparked great discussion about faith in action. One participant shared how the teachings helped her get out of a period of depression. We praise God for the power of the Word Prayer Needs: Pray for the two members who are graduating and relocating. Ask God to guide them in their new season and help them find strong Christian communities where they can continue to grow and serve.  Samuel Arellano - Henderson Mission arellanosamuel10@gmail.com A s a c h u r c h w e a r e supporting families who are out of work, giving marriage counseling and spiritual and material support. Prayer Needs: Pray for your servant that doors will be opened to me and that I will preach the Word of God.  Luis H. Perez - Igelsia Bautista Gracia Soberana - Kyle [email protected] D e s p i t e m y h e a l t h situation, I continue to visit two families, and one is new. I have three young men who can already develop and give a Bible study and two of them can already preach. We also have four sisters who can get up and share their testimonies with us. Prayer Needs: Pray for the brothers and sisters who are already developing their gifts and talents and for those who are just wanting to take the step.  Jose Torres– Iglesia Nueva Vide en Cristo - Tyler [email protected] Iglesia Nueva Vida en Cristo of Tyler is alive and well. We praise God for allowing us to celebrate the baptism of brother Natividad Fino this month. It was a great time of joy and with it came some new visitors to our worship service. We celebrated the Lord's Supper that same day since it happened to be the first Sunday of the month and we have been celebrating it faithfully that day since we launched. Of course, we had a delicious meal afterwards. All of this was a wonderful reminder that God is at work amongst us and for that we are grateful. We are also excited that a praise and worship band could be forming in the near future. We will be needing to buy some instruments and sound equipment but we trust the Lord will provide as He has up until now. We continue to thank God for the generous support that all BMA churches give us through the mission's office. Thank you for all the training and coaching provided for my wife and I by brother Elvis and his wife, Wendy. Most of all thank you for the prayers lifted on our behalf. May God continue to receive glory through all our BMA ministries. Blessings. Prayer Needs: Please pray for the formation of a praise and worship band and for the resources to purchase instruments and sound equipment.  Natividad Fino Baptism  Rudy Villareal– Hometown Church Mission in Helotes [email protected] We are going to put on our first VBS to reach out to families. Please pray that the gospel is heard and He is glorified. Prayer Needs: Pray for our VBS June 20  Marvin Medina– Plano Mission [email protected] Due to the immigration situation we have had a little discouragement on the part of the people who attend but God has taken care of us. He has provided for us. He has filled us with His peace, and we continue in the call. Prayer Needs: Please pray for my family, ministry, economic situation, and for a job.  Comments are closed.
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