Inside this issue: Intoducing Mark Henthorn, new interim Director of Construction; update on our missionary builders; From the Field reports on the Dales in AZ and the Basingers in IL; information on TJT (Teacher Journey Training), and more! Read the Connect here: Spring Connect 2022
Tim and Susan Heinrich - Crossroads Baptist Church in Tracy, CA In preparing for this current ministry update I went back and reread what we had written in 2019. It was both encouraging and discouraging. It was so encouraging to remember what God was doing in 2019. It was also very encouraging to be reminded of how God specifically answered many of the requests in this update! It was also a bit discouraging, to realize that we are, in many ways, back to where we were three years ago, and looking forward again. So, I’m going to parallel the two reports. Ministry update in pre-covid 2019 Ministry update [...]
Brent and Michele Howard – missionary builders, finishing at Norton Baptist Church With the warmer temperatures last weekend, I have begun to look earnestly for signs that Spring is coming! I love the symbolism of spring in relation to the new life we have in Christ. I look forward to celebrating Easter and remembering the great cost our Lord and Savior paid so that we could be reconciled with our Heavenly Father. Rejoice in the new life provided through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. He is risen indeed! Around the Howard household there is much cause for rejoicing. In our last letter I mentioned that Ryanne was in [...]
Inside this issue: A Tribute to David Whipple; From the Field (community impacts in Tracy, CA, and Preston, ID); Meet our New Appointees; ChurchCare Construction update; and more! Fall Connect 2021
David Joseph Whipple Oct. 22, 1950 ~ Sept. 1, 2021 Baptist Church Planters has a wonderful heritage of godly men and women who have served and given sacrificially for the mission of this agency – assisting churches and their missionaries to do their Great Commission work. The legacy left by these men and women is revered by those of us serving now, and we are striving to honor their individual legacies. Our tremendous heritage increased with the Homegoing of BCP’s Executive Vice President, David Whipple, whose legacy is one of faithful stewardship and service to the Lord. One of our missionaries that David served said [...]
Inside this issue: "True Servants are Wise Investors", From the Director, Tim Weeks, update from ChurchCare Construction; Report from Council meetings in March; introducing the new Giving page. Summer 2021
Ulysses and Augustine Bestey have ministered in Kansas City, MO, for over 30 Years. After serving as Assistant Pastor at Paseo Baptist Church for several years, God called Pastor Bestey to join BCP to become the Senior Pastor at a church plant, Faith Fellowship Baptist Church in urban Kansas City. Ulysses and Augustine have been blessed with 4 children, 4 grandchildren & 3 foster grandchildren. Ulysses tries to live by the motto, “serving the whole of man not just the soul of man.” Ulysses does this through teaching, as he pursues being 100% support. He currently teaches at an early education learning center, where they specialize in early reading [...]
Inside this 8-page issue: Understanding the value of "biblical process"; updates from church planter Miguel and Annie Quintana in Florida; the grafting of a church into another; "God's Great Design of Discipleship"; Introducing the ladies' discipleship study; welcome to two new staff members; ChurchCare Construction update. Connect Spring 2021
Bob and Penny have ministered in Utah for 34 years and have been privileged to assist 3 mission churches, 1 established church and helped build a Christian ranch/camp ministry in central Utah. They have 4 grown children and have been blessed with 8 grand children. They also helped start the horsemanship program at another independent Baptist camp in Utah which they are still involved with on a yearly basis. Bob has never felt the call to be the lead pastor of a church. We have always come alongside another pastor and ministered together as a team. The Lord has truly blessed us with the privilege of serving with Ron [...]
Central Wisconsin Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) Church Planter Is Needed Calvary Baptist Church, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin is looking for someone to help in a church-planting effort in what we envision as a bi-lingual Baptist church located in Plainfield, Wisconsin. The Lord has already provided several key components to this end, but we are asking Him to provide the right personnel to enable further progress to be made. The Lord has provided: Calvary Baptist Church as the mother church to work at establishing this daughter church. This church has provided financial support, church plant steering committee members, and pastoral leadership to this effort. A nucleus of Hispanic believers who have been meeting [...]
