National B.B.F.I. Report

     The Fall Fellowship meeting of the BBFI in Canton, Ohio was such a blessing! Pastor Mike Frazier and the folks at the Canton Baptist Temple did a fantastic job of hosting the meeting. Here are some of the highlights:

    

     Two couples and two single ladies were approved as TEAM missionaries (1-3 year internship), serving with veteran missionaries already on the field. Five couples and one single lady were approved as career missionaries (one of those couples was a reinstatement). Together, that means sending seven couples and three singles out into the harvest fields of the world. This year, a total of 33 new missionaries have been approved through the BBFI Mission Office. Do I hear an "Amen"?

     The 2013 Missionary Projects Offering stood at $159,540 with only twelve states reporting. Florida came through with $14,950, which actually was one of the higher totals from individual states. The report from the 2012 MPO is that of the $270,000 that was promised, $242,000 was received which resulted in nine missionary Home projects and eleven missionary Church projects being completed.

     Missions is still the strong right arm of our Fellowship. Remember, the Mission Office in Springfield doesn't produce missionaries; they come out of local churches just like yours and mine. Let's continue to pray that the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers into His harvest (Matthew 9:38). For the missionaries already on the front lines, they need our encouragement and support. They are the combat units, and we are the supply lines. Let's hold them up prayerfully and financially. Thanks for all you do for the cause of world missions!

Gratefully serving,

Pastor George Mulford

Florida National Director