Missions Index
NEW Divine Encounter in Guayaquil
NEW Study to Show
Your Self Approved of God in Ecuador
PDF
NEW Seminary Extension in Guaranda,
Ecuador
PDF
NEW Workmen Approved of God
PDF
NEW
Quichua Pastors and Wives'Conference 2012
PDF
NEW
Teaching Evangelism by Doing It
PDF
NEW Miskito People Evangelism Training in Nicaragua
PDF
Where Would You Begin?
PDF
Power of God to Salvation of Quechuas
PDF
Key Word Studies Doctrine Conference in Santo Domingo, Ecuador
Hunger for God's Word in
Ecuador
UPDATE
Sowing and Reaping in Nicaragua PDF
Dr. John Howell's Evangelism Team Report on Ecuador PDF
Pastor's Conference with the Quechuas in Riobamba, Ecuador August 2011
PDF
Quechua churches in Riobamba, Gatazo, and Jipijapa,
Ecuador in June, 2011
PDF
Born to Multiply in Santo
Domingo, Gataso, San Bardardo, and Guayaquil, Ecuador
PDF
Evangelism
Workshops in Wiwili, San
Juan de Rio Coca, and San Raphael de Norte
PDF
Ministry to Quechuas
PDF
Construction of new Baptist Mission Ocotal, Nicaragua
PDF
Construction completed in Danli & Zapotillo - Evangelism Training in
Teupasente
Powerful Personal Witness for
Christ Over 500 Personal Decisions
Evangelism Workshops in Chachapoyas Peru
Evangelism Training in Nicaragua 2010
Las Crusitas Bible Institute in Honduras
and the city of Talanga
Evangelism Workshops four cities in Nicaragua
Evangelism Team in Lepaterique, Honduras
Evangelism Workshops with
Nicaraguan Baptist pastors in Ocotal
Evangelism Team Witnessing
in Danli and Zapotillo
Evangelism and Construction Team Danli & Zapotillo January 2009
Evangelism
Team in Palacaguina, Nicargua
Door-to-Door Evangelism Team at Las Acacias report by Dr. John
Howell
Church that Meets in Pablo's House
Two New Missions Completed in Honduras
God at Work in Two New
Mission Starts in Honduras
Evangelism Conference in Nicaragua
Gospel Outreach in
Regions Beyond
Medical
Dental Evangelism and Church Growth
Graduation of Students
New Mission Churches
Preach the Gospel in Season
and Out
Mission Outreach in Danli, Honduras
Biblical Preaching & Teaching Course - Follow-up on Zapotillo
Baptist Mission Started in Zapotillo,
Honduras
God in a
Cigar Factory!
Children's Bible Classes in Danli, Honduras
Baptism of new believers in Danli,
Honduras
Bible
Institute Courses by Extension
Juan Alberto
Herrera's Testimony
First Bible
Institute Course taught at Danli January 2005
Seminary Extension Courses in Managua, Nicaragua
TEAMS IN
ACTION
Ukraine
Who are we?
La Esperanza
La Brea
Lepaterique
Esquias
San Francisco
Deaf Community
Zapatillo
Cuyali
San Lucia
Tererro Blanco
El
Playon de Paz
Report by Rex Henderson
Christian
Missionaries and Missionary Christians
by Tom Ascol
____ "We never
test the resources of God until we attempt the impossible"
-- F. B. Meyer _____
"We must
do something!
Expect great things from God! Attempt great things for God!"
-- William Carey,
father of the modern missionary movement.
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"Anything God has ever done He can do now. Anything He has ever done
anywhere, He can do here! Anything God has ever done for anyone He can do
for us" - A. W. Tozer
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Non-profit faith based
Short-term Volunteer Mission Projects designed with a clear focus on church
planting in rural areas of the world.
I Saw God Do It!
with
Wil & Ann Pounds
Sowing and Reaping in Nicaragua
Pastor
José Carballo praying with a man who has just trusted in Jesus Christ as
his personal Savior in La Concepcion, Nicaragua.
Jesus said, "One sows, and
another reaps. I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored;
others have labored, and you have entered into their labor" (John
4:37-38).
The Evangelism workshops on personal witnessing have been used of God to
plant new missions in Nicaragua over the past three years. We have presented
65 conferences in different locations in Northern Nicaragua. They have been
so well received that pastors and church leaders look for opportunities to
take a "refresher" course on evangelism with us. We can only praise the Lord
for the opportunity to serve Him. We are thankful that the emphasis on
evangelism has met a need in the churches, and they have caught the vision
of starting new missions.
David
and Carolina Zedon have started two churches in Totogalpa area using Abide
in Christ evangelism materials.
David participated in Evangelism Workshops at First Baptist
Church, Ocotal, Nicaragua. He translated for Abide in Christ university
evangelism teams and pastors from the U.S. In February 2010 he began
two new preaching points in Totogalpa which have now become missions. He and
his wife Carolina work in the new missions and translate Abide in Christ
materials for
www.AbideInChrist.org Spanish website.
The second mission David started is in a rural
community near Totogalpa. Here are photos of work being done on the
property
in rural area of San Marten, Nicaragua.
Abide in Christ is providing funds for this work. The
pictures were taken in February 2012 of church members clearing the land
for the building, and the drying of mud blocks for the walls. Please
pray daily for these new mission projects.
In January 2013 the church construction has been
completed with the floor, sidewalk and patio area. Work has also begun
on a pastor's home nearby.
As of January 2013, there are 18 families
attending the church, and another mission has been started with five
families in the Quebrada Grande community.
Here is the construction update as of April 2012. All that is needed is
the roof.
The completed mission building at Totogalpa, Nicaragua, January
2013.
In September 2011, Wil conducted workshops in Jalapa, Pueblo Nuevo, La
Libertad Chontales, and La Concepcion, Nicaragua. Each of these locations
was well attended and people came to a saving relationship with Christ as a
result of participants going door-to-door witnessing. We go to small rural
communities as well as larger well developed cites.
Some things, even in the modern world, never
seem to change in La
Concepcion.
After
practicing personal witnessing in small groups in the church, the
participants go out into the neighborhood near the church and witness in
groups of two or three. This reinforces what they are learning in the
classes, and results in decisions for Christ.
Class
member is sharing Christ with a neighbor.
One pastor
said at a recent conference, "We have had teams come in from the States and
give us boxes of tracts and tell us to go out and distribute tracts and
invite people to come to the evangelistic service at night. You have come
and taught us how to witness, and we have gone out in groups and put into
practice what you are teaching us. Now as you leave we have a stack of
decision cards and it is now our responsibility to follow-up on these
decisions. We also know how to teach personal witnessing to the members of
our churches."
Wil's
training manual was written in Spanish for a five day conference. It begins
with the need for evangelism, personal preparation for witnessing, a clear
presentation of the plan of salvation using John 3:16 and the Roman Road.
The participants are taught how to mark their New Testament or Bible with
the plan of salvation. A demonstration is given in front of the class and
then the class is broken up into groups of three and each person has an
opportunity to practice witnessing to another person. During the three and
five day workshops the class goes into the neighboring community several
times putting into practice what they are learning. The course also includes
characteristics of the false gospels, cults, Mormons, Jehovah's False
Witnesses, and basic materials on helping new believers get started in
living the Christian life.
Small
group participation in the class in important in Abide in Christ evangelism
training.
Wil was the guest speaker for the 442nd anniversary celebration of the first
Spanish Bible translation in the city of La Libertad, Nicaragua. Evangelical
churches came together in celebrating Bible Day. Wil gave "Ten Reasons why I
preach the Bible is the Word of God" and centered his message on the
"message" of the Bible which is salvation by grace alone through faith alone
in Jesus Christ's vicarious substitutionary atonement. Bible Day
Celebration turned out to be a great evangelistic outreach in the community.
Wil preached the sermon at the Bible day celegration in La Libertad,
Nicaragua.
Will is
training local pastors to teach these evangelism materials in other
locations.
Aristides
Bustillo is teaching a section of the evangelism workshop in Nicaragua.
what
you can do
Partnership
missions give you an opportunity to become personally involved in what God
is doing in world missions.
Pray
daily for the work in Honduras.
Give financially.
We are a faith mission and are dependent upon your financial gifts. Please
pray about becoming involved in the support of our mission. “As long as the
Lord provides I will give … $25
$50 $100 $___ a month.”
Current Needs:
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Pastor and Church Leadership Training Ministry in Ecuador.
Each trip costs approximately $3,000
and covers airplane tickets, room and board, rent for truck, gas, local
workers, textbooks and food for students.
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Pray for evangelism saturation teams to do door-to-door
evangelism and rallies at night.
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Pray for scholarships for Peniel Seminary students in Riobamba, Ecuador.
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Pray for Evangelism Workshops with Nicaragua Baptist pastors.
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Pray for wisdom to know where the Lord is leading to conduct evangelism
workshops, and where to focus teaching ministry.
We have been asked to return every three months and teach Ecuador pastors.
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We are presenting one-day, three-day
weekend, and one week Evangelism Workshops for pastors and church leaders in
churches in Latin America.
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Pray for Alberto &
Nancy Copa
Alberto Copa with his wife Nancy
Alberto is a pastor and
leader in the Quechua Evangelical Churches in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.
He is Director of the Peniel Theological Seminary in Riobamba, Ecuador. He
has over 20 years' experience pastoring bilingual churches in Ecuador. He
and his wife are both graduates of an evangelical seminary in Bolivia.
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All gifts to Abide in Christ are tax
deductible under IRS 501 (c) (3) tax exempt status.
Abide in
Christ, Inc.
P.O. Box 17921 Hattiesburg, MS
39404 (601) 408-9874
Wil & Ann Pounds
Up-to-date
mission reports and prayer requests:
www.AbideInChrist.com/missions/
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