Going Global Series

Someone else sent me an email: “PBC’s web presence makes it easy keep an eternal perspective. To have a daily blog to turn to, and the ability to access hundreds of relevant messages with the click of a mouse, it is easy to bring God’s perspective on life’s issues into view, and too keep them on hand as I go about my day…I find encouragement, insight, food for thought, and at times even a dose of wholesome humor to keep me energized as I make my way down this rough and winding path of life toward a glorious eternity. Thanks for all that you as a church do to find relevant ways to share the gospel both here at home, and abroad. We have a global God what a privilege it is to serve Him on a global scale.”

PBC partners with 20 different missionaries and mission organizations. I think we sometimes forget that our missionaries really need us.

* Listen to the words of Rebecca Cox, our missionary in Spain: “But thank you especially if you heard the Holy Spirit nudging you to pray for me these last two months. I needed your prayers. There has been sickness, depression and obstacles. But God has brought me through.”

* Don Estep, our AWANA missionary, writes: “In 1992 I was a part of a ministry team…that went to Ukraine to help start the first 7 AWANA clubs. Now there are approximately 250 clubs in that country.”

* Gary Varner and Carol Varner, who minister in Russia, write about a Russian Orthodox priest who is now an evangelical pastor and is being used greatly.

* A couple that I can’t name writes this: “A young man that we’ll call “Frank” recently began coming to our group…led by our Body’s leadership, he made the biggest decision of his life. It was very exciting for us to witness our Father drawing Frank to Himself.”

* Paul and Grace Becker, who along with Beth Hanna minister in Mexico (our teams will be working with them this summer), give glory to God for the website www.obrerofiel.com which is reaching Hispanics around the world. Incidentally, a couple of our sermons have been translated into Spanish and are posted on this site. Paul also mentions that some Mexican missionaries are in the process of raising support to go to Turkey.

* Mike and Robin Wahls invited a Muslim to their home for Easter dinner and are praying about starting a Bible study with him. Mike wrote me on Friday: “An over arching theme for our lives is God’s bigness. We are so small and we can do NOTHING ourselves…we can’t even protect ourselves from danger without God’s hand upon us. God has to protect us and he uses us for his glory…God wants every tongue, tribe and nation to not only hear but to understand his saving grace for his own glory. So because God is a jealous God and a sovereign God he is going to prompt Mike and I to invite Mohammad over for dinner at the same time. He will protect us from scorpion stings and bring us to the clinic to pray over a motorcycle accident victim and ultimately go and weep with the Muslims…The people of Pontiac Bible might not have “wild” stories like this to talk about everyday because life can feel mundane and average but we want to encourage everyone that God has called every one of us to missions…God has called us all to go and tell the good news whether that is to your children, at your workplace, to your parents, to your relatives or even to distant lands. Matthew 28:19 says to go. Go in prayer. Go in financial giving. Go physically. But God has called us ALL to go.”