MISSIONARIES ARE NECESSARY
Would you allow me the opportunity to tug at your heart for a moment? How
did you really feel when you saw little children with many physical handicaps
on national television requesting your financial help to a particular hospital
that was committed to helping children for only $19 a month? Doesn't it do your
heart good to know that there were many people who voluntarily choose to
support groups like the Wounded Warriors Projects? Did your heart break when
you saw the pictures of dogs that were chained in the shivering cold and for
$19 a month they would be able to deliver them from their devastating dilemma?
Pleas are made every day for someone with a compassionate heart to make a
generous donation to help feed starving children around the world.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with all of these humanitarian goals
for financial support. I do believe that the greatest manifestation of
compassion for the human race is their need of the clear gospel of Jesus
Christ. Missionaries are Necessary
to reach the souls of men, women and children before it is everlastingly too
late. I am requesting and beseeching on the behalf of the following
missionaries for the financial support they need to reach people that will make
a difference for eternity. 100% of all missionary donations go to the
missionaries.
Mar_8:35 For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
1Co_9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake,
that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1Th_1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in
word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as
ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
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Birbal
Boodram
Birbal and
Annette Boodram came from a Hindu background. They both trusted Christ as
Saviour at the age of sixteen. Upon graduation from High school, the Lord
called Birbal into the ministry and in preparation for it, he attended Florida
Bible College in the USA where he graduated with a B.A. degree in Biblical
Education. He then continued his education, graduating with a M.Th. and D.Min.
from the North American School of Theology. He also holds the Th.D. from Solid
Rock Theological Seminary. Upon completion of his theological training in 1973
he and his wife returned to their home country Trinidad and Tobago where they
began ministering. They founded the Kelly Youth Ranch in 1973, Kelly Community
Bible Church in 1976 and Trinidad Bible Institute in 1989 where he serves as
the senior Pastor & President of the Institute. He is a member of the American Association of
Christian Counseling, conducting family life Seminars for the past 35 years.
Dr. Boodram is the registrar, professor, coordinator and Advisor of Solid Rock
Theological Seminary extension in the Caribbean and South America.
Charlie Bing
Charlie believed
in Jesus as his Savior at the age of 19 in 1973 after hearing the gospel from a
co-worker and reading the Bible. He attended Washington Bible College, B.A.
(Lanham, MD), and Dallas Theological Seminary, Th.M, Ph.D. Soon after he began
Bible College in 1976, he was so impressed by the truth of the Bible that he
wanted to share it with everyone anywhere. He did not have being
a missionary in mind, though he knew that cross-cultural ministry
would give him many opportunities to share the truth of the Word. As a
pastor, he heavily supported missions and went on short-term trips. But the
desire in his heart also grew to devote more time to share the gospel in more
places more of the time. So in 2005 he left the pastorate so that he could
travel more with his ministry, GraceLife. He founded and directs GraceLife
Ministries. GraceLife shares the gospel of grace with unbelievers and the
grace of the gospel with believers. He speaks around the world in a variety of
formats. He also organizes and leads teams of instructors to teach in his
GraceLife Institute which makes biblical training available to pastors and
leaders who do not have good opportunities to learn. GraceLife’s emphasis is
grounding them in the gospel of grace and the life and ministry that flows from
that. The gospel of grace frees them from fear and doubt and gives them confidence
in life and ministry.
Cody and Beka
Burns
Cody and Beka
both trusted the Lord at a young age. We also both grew up around missions and
saw the need for people who were willing to go to those who have never heard.
Cody first knew he wanted to be a missionary pilot when he was about 10 years
old because he loved flying in the small planes back and forth to the tribe and
because his family really depended on the aviation ministry to be able to live
among the Yuqui people in Bolivia and teach them through God's word. Beka
decided she wanted to be a missionary on a trip to Brazil when she was 16.
While she was there, she got to live in a Baniua village and as she got to know
the people, she realized that they would never know that Jesus loved them and gave
His life for them unless someone took the time to live with them, learn their
language, and translate the Bible. They both went through New Tribes Bible
Institute and Missionary Training Center in preparation for cross-cultural
ministry. Cody attended Florida State College in Jacksonville for his aircraft
mechanic license and Moody Aviation for his pilot training. Beka attended
Daytona State College for EMT and Paramedic training. They are currently going
through orientation and pre-field preparation at Ethnos360's state-side
aviation base. They are preparing for an aviation/medical ministry serving the
missionaries working with difficult-to-reach people groups in either Brazil or
Papua New Guinea.
Freddie Coile
Freddie
trusted the Lord when he was eight years old. He decided he wanted to become a
missionary when he was eighteen years old. He received his BS in Education from
the University of Georgia and his BA in Bible from Florida Bible College.
Freddie is the President of Focus Evangelistic Ministries, Inc. based in
Danielsville, Georgia. He is a full time itinerant evangelist and Bible teacher
communicating the Bible in churches, schools, Bible conferences, prisons,
colleges, and youth camps. He is the author of First Steps, an instructive
guide for new believers. He is also the founder of Grace Farm, a
camp and training center in Dewy Rose, GA. Freddie is passionate about
communicating the good news of the gospel to those who are not certain of
eternal life, and delivering understandable Bible teaching to the Saved.
Joe and Terri Potter
Joe
trusted the Lord at the age of 20 through the ministries of Northside Baptist
Church and the West Coast Youth Ranch in St. Pete. Terri was raised Catholic
and heard the Gospel at the age of 18 at West Coast Youth Ranch. She trusted
the Lord at an Easter camp when Hank Lindstrom spoke about the Rapture. Joe was
studying accounting at University of South Florida when he trusted the Lord and
went on to Florida Bible College from which he graduated. Terri attended Florida Bible College for 4
years, but graduated from Solid Rock Seminary extension school in Guyana
through Dr. Boodram. They were each challenged about becoming missionaries
while at Florida Bible College where they met and got married in 1974. After they were married, they worked with
Colorado Bible Church, College and Christian School under Pastor Arnold, where
they gained much ministry experience. In 1995, the Lord directed them to
Guyana, South America with their children, Joel, Bekah and Jon to serve with a
church planting team of American missionaries and Guyanese nationals: leading
people to Christ from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds, discipling leaders and
working with various churches in Guyana. God blessed with much fruit and all
the churches are now under national leadership.
Presently, they are based in St. Petersburg and work with Crossworld as
mobilizers; Terri also helps with various training events for Crossworld in
Kansas City and Asia teaching missionary kids.
Joe and Terri are passionate about "building disciple-makers for
the next generation on the foundation of the clear gospel” here in the US just
like they did in Guyana. Presently, they are utilizing their intense
life-experiences in Guyana to highlight the need for mature disciple-makers
from all professions as they represent Crossworld at churches, colleges,
schools and life on life situations.
They find time for evangelistic Bible studies as well as Good News
Clubs.
Jon
and Peggy Sperling
Peggy accepted Christ as her Savior
when she was six years old in a Sunday school class. She learned how to share
the Gospel at Rocky Mountain Christian Youth Ranch and was honored to be part
of the first graduating class of Colorado Bible College, later teaching at the
Arvada Christian School. While raising her four children, she ran a home-based
business which also became an outreach ministry. At every turn, she has
appreciated the clear teaching from Dr. Ralph (Yankee) Arnold and she loves
sharing it! The idea of foreign missions was not her own, she knew it was a
clear direction from God! After leaving her business, she worked for several
ministries and waited for two opportunities in the fall but God closed those
doors in one morning and on the same day, a call came about a new mission
organization called Global Partners in Hope. Twelve days later, after meeting
the CEO and receiving a donation to launch her, she was tasked with beginning a
ministry in China as Director of Family Connections. Jon trusted in the Lord at
age 5, in the back of his parent’s car on the way home from Sunday night
service. Throughout his early years, his family attended a church that was
strongly focused on world missions, though he didn’t feel God was calling him
to serve in that way, at that time.
Because Jon enjoyed math and science so much in high school he graduated
from a Christian college with a degree in geology and math and later on in life
he earned an MBA in HR. God has now given him the opportunity to use his skills
with people and problem solving in full-time ministry – first as chief
operating officer for an international ministry, and now with Peggy, working as
the director of GPIH in China!
Louie
Hernandez
Louie trusted
Christ at the Tampa Youth Ranch in 1972 and dedicated his life later on that
year at a ranch camp. He graduated from Tampa Bay Bible College in 1983 and
then worked in different Christian schools for over 28 years and now he is
teaching at Florida Bible College of Tampa and working at Calvary Community
Church. With one group he gives out Bibles to college students, K-12 students
and people entering the military. Over the past seven years he has taken
students on Friday night to disciple them in becoming better witnesses with the
gospel. He has counted 10,000 people have trusted Christ through this ministry.
He also goes with Stetson Ministries, medical mission trips to different
countries. This year they are planning to go to Kenya in Africa. They have a
fundraiser called Gunrunner’s 5K run for this trip. They take Bibles and tracts
in the language of the country they go to. The patients get treated with free
medicine and get to hear a clear gospel message. This past summer in the
Dominican Republic over 240 people trusted Jesus as their Savior and not in
their good works. This will be his eighth medical mission trip and although it
is hard work it’s very worthwhile.
Mark and Terry Barnes
Mark was born in
Florida, but lived most of his childhood in Indonesia. He trusted the Lord as his Savior at the age
of 20, while reading a Gideon Bible in jail awaiting his sentencing for a drug
charge. He spent 2 years in a prison in
north Florida where a godly chaplain and assistant-chaplain discipled him in
God’s Word. When Mark was released from
prison, he moved to Florida Bible College to get grounded in his faith. There he met and fell in love with Terry who
was an NTM missionary kid from PNG. Mark and Terry both felt the Lord leading
them to teach missionary kids overseas. Mark holds a bachelor degree in
Secondary Education with a History Proficiency from Tennessee Temple University
and Terry has her Elementary Education degree from Florida Bible College. In
1985 the Barnes flew to Papua New Guinea, with their two young sons, to teach
at New Tribes Mission’s school for missionary children Numonohi Christian
Academy. After fifteen years they stepped out of teaching to work full-time in
the community. In 2006, after 21 years in PNG, Mark and Terry moved stateside
and became NTM Representatives for West Florida. New Tribes Mission is now
Ethnos360.
Tyler Hamby
Tyler’s
great-grandmother, Roberta, led him to the Lord when he was eight years old
using a gospel tract. Tyler attended summer camps through his high school years
and attended the youth group at Northside Baptist Church. After attending camps
at Grace Farm he thought it would be cool to be involved there one day. After
graduating high school he attended Florida Bible College of Tampa and graduated
with a degree in Biblical Studies. As he got closer to graduating his dream of
becoming a missionary became more of a reality. The summer of 2016 at an event
at Grace Farm, he stood back and looked at one of the projects he had worked on
that summer. He had a moment of peace about the thought of being a missionary
at Grace Farm. It was clear to him God was leading him and preparing him for
the position he is in now with Focus Evangelistic Ministries. As of September
of 2018 he made the transition into full time ministry with Freddie Coile’s
Focus Evangelistic Ministries. In his position there is a focus on Grace Farm,
a camp ministry under the umbrella of FEMI.
Bruce
and Jackie Campbell
Bruce
was not from a church background and first heard the clear gospel at the West
Coast Youth Ranch in St. Petersburg. He was in 9th grade when he trusted Christ
as his Savior. Jackie grew up in church and trusted Christ as her Savior at a
young age. Jackie has a BS in Education from Urbana University in Ohio. Later,
she decided to go to Florida Bible College and got her BA in Biblical
Education. Because she had transfer credits she entered as a junior and
although she was a senior when Bruce started going to FBC, the school was so
big that they never met. Jackie went on to teach at a Christian school. Bruce
went to Florida Bible College after graduating from high school. At the time he
thought he might be a youth pastor not realizing God’s plans for him. Bruce
decided to be a missionary when he was a junior at Florida Bible College.
Jackie wanted to be a missionary for a long time. She was teaching in a
Christian school for many years until she finally turned in her resignation
letter because she sent off applications to several agencies to become a
missionary. She didn’t hear back from any of the agencies so she agreed to
teach one more year. It was that year that Bruce came to visit the church on
his way to Hong Kong. This is how she ended up being a missionary to Hong Kong.
Today Bruce is teaching English at the Alliance Bible Seminary one day a week.
They provide an off campus means for the students to socialize, learn and
practice English. They get to share the gospel with them and teach them the
Bible. Their goal is to train these future English teachers to do small group
Bible studies and ‘ranch type’ outreaches after they graduate from university.
We are presently working with about 200 different students from about 3 or 4
different departments. Our team has long term and short term workers from
America, the Philippines, the Netherlands, and Austria.
Greg Sirmons
Greg Sirmons
trusted the Lord as his savior as
a child, while attending a VBS, around the age of 6. Greg attended
Florida Bible College from 1973 to 1977 and when he was a junior he felt the
Lord calling him to become a missionary. Greg is currently serving at a small
church in Lille, France as well as work with an online Bible Institute.
George & Linda Heckman
George Heckman trusted the Lord as his
Savior in 1975 while attending a Youth Ranch in South Florida. He attended FBC from 1977 through 1978. He worked with the Suncoast Youth Ranch in
Clearwater Florida before moving to Colorado Bible College in 1978 to finish
his BA degree. During his time at CBC,
George was challenged by Paul Cheshire (Lori Preshaw’s brother) about the great
needs for the Gospel in Senegal West Africa.
He and Linda worked with a church plant in Greeley, Colorado from
1981-1986. From the time George and Linda were married they planned on going
into Missions. George and Linda have been actively serving with New Tribes
Mission/Ethnos360 since 1986. George
taught at a NTM Missionary training center for 16 years, in Oregon, as well as
teaching in a local church in Oregon and in Florida.
Dr. Ralph 'Yankee' Arnold,
Pastor
Calvary Community Church of
Tampa
4811 George Rd.
Tampa, FL 33634
813-884-4328
ATTEND OUR 2019 MISSIONS CONFERENCE OCTOBER 18-20
To reserve your seat at ythe Missions Banquet on Friday 18th at 5:45
call the church at 813-884-4328
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