by Wayne Guinn
Here is a recent update from a church plant.
Good Day,
St. Lucie Baptist Church of Port St. Lucie, FL, has been experiencing God’s blessing for nearly 18 months, and we seek to encourage our brothers and sisters in the Lord by giving testimony of His great work in our community.
On Sunday, May 9, 2010, we had our first service together as a body of believers brought together by the leading of the Holy Spirit in the heart of Pastor Jerry Williamson of First Baptist Church of Coconut Creek. Having experience with the community and seeing the great need for a gospel-preaching church, Pastor Williamson set out to seek the Lord’s face in bringing the light of the gospel to Port St. Lucie.
A little more than one year ago, Aaron Hunter (Pastor Williamson’s assistant and First Baptist’s youth pastor), under the leadership and authority of the Holy Spirit and our pastor, submitted to the call to preach in Port St. Lucie and to lead the body of believers at St. Lucie Baptist in worship of and service to our Lord and Savior.
For the last year and a half we at St. Lucie Baptist have enjoyed God’s blessing upon our church because of our pastor’s obedience to the Lord. And we have also learned a valuable lesson in obeying God’s plan for churches to plant churches. We have seen the Lord bring lovely godly people to our family while increasing the original group of 20 believers meeting once a week to nearly 50 meeting three times on Sunday and once on Wednesday evening.
We recently began a new Sunday school program, and we have seen 30 to 40 people attend these lessons regularly. We thank God for His continual presence and provision, and we look forward to seeing what He has in store for our future together.
We ask that you join us in prayer as we continue to lift the name of Jesus in this lost community. And we thank God for everything He plans to accomplish in us and through us for His glory. May God richly bless you all.
In Christ,
St. Lucie Baptist Church
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The NCPO has been privileged to work with Dakota Baptist Church in Minot, ND, and Pastor James David Jones. Two summers ago we partnered with the BBF Builders to completely remodel this church. This year, Pastor Jones was able to, for the first time, attend the national meeting in Boston. Wednesday morning God saw fit to call him home to glory. Talking with the family I discovered there was no life insurance and Mrs. Jones is in a very difficult position in trying to cover the $7,000 cost of the funeral. Preachers, would you consider helping Pastor Jones’s widow with this cost? If 50 preachers would send $150, this need could be met. Send your gift to: NCPO, 334 E. Kearney #184, Springfield, MO 65803. Mark it “Jones Family.”