You can keep me in prayer as I will be leaving Sunday evening for a first of its kind annual meeting of independent Baptist pastors. I've pushed gently behind the scenes for three or four years for this meeting to happen. It brings together two different groups of independent Baptists. I've been asked to do a workshop for chaplains and preach one of the keynote sermons at the conference. I will return on June 17 after a week of ministry in Wisconsin.

 

Remember, if you are serious about going to Greece and Israel with Elma and me, look at the link on Tri-City's home page and follow directions. I can only take 84 people other than the three couples who are leading the trip. We must have a deposit of $500 by the end of July. So if you are not getting emails from me about the trip and you are interested, please contact Janet Paine about being added to the list.

 

I will say to you all that I have several burdens on my heart right now. I won't go into details in a public forum, but the attacks of Satan on our ministry are constant and never-ending. Please lift your pastors and their families up in prayer.

 

Our IBCS Ministry Team is on the road and recruiting. Another team will be leaving soon for the Philippines to do evangelism. Our teens are working in a church plant on the other side of town this week. Our ministry impacts the world in ways that very few churches of up to 5000 do. Satan hates that. Keep that in mind. He loves to divide people and families and get them focused on that which is truly inconsequential to distract them from that which is eternal. Let's not join Satan in his work against Christ's church!