Ways to Support NBC Missionaries and Ministries
Below, all of the missionaries and ministries are listed that Northfield Baptist Church supports. Here are some ideas of how you as a church member can support them.
- Be aware of their needs, prayer requests and praises provided through the prayer letters.
- Pray for our missionaries and ministries regularly.
- Send them special offerings through funds collected in the ABF groups. Requests can be sent to the Treasurer through the church office.
- Send them notes or cards of encouragement.
- Spend time with missionary families when they are in our area on furlough.
Pray for Our Missionaries
Included here is a prayer list of praises and requests for our current missionaries.
Nate and Maam Beckman in Thailand
- Praise the Lord for the salvation of Taw! Pray for his growth in the Lord and pray for Nate to have the opportunity to start a discipleship study with him in the coming months.
- Pray for Amma and for her granddaughter, Abby. Because of Abby’s desire to learn English, both have been attending church for several months and have heard the gospel many times. Amma also signed up for an evangelistic English camp that took place in October. Praise the Lord Amma made a profession of faith during the week of camp. Pray for her growth and for her to have an impact in the life of her daughter and her granddaughter.
- Continue to pray for the Beckman family and Pinklao Baptist Church.
Dave and Jeannie Ferguson, Baptist Mid-Missions
- Praise the Lord for the privilege Dave has to be a part of the Baptist Mid-Missions Strategic Planning Committee as well as continuing his responsibilities as administrator for Bibles International. New projects have been adopted, completed, gone to press, and now are in the hands of the people in their intended languages.
- Praise the Lord for the opportunities Dave has to preach, lead their Young Adults' Sunday School class, and be a part of their church's strategic planning.
- Praise the Lord for the two additions to the Ferguson clan - Elisabeth Jo to Bryan and Stacey and Callum Dean to Andrew and Emily!
- Continue to pray for their children and grandchildren who are dealing with several significant health issues.
Steve and Beth Gault, Baptist Mid-Missions
- Steve and Beth serve in a pastoral and consulting role for the missionaries serving in his assigned fields. Pray for the people to have received needed encouragement and strength through their ministry.
Joe and Esther Keim, Mission to Amish People (MAP)
- Praise the Lord for the opportunity to celebrate 25 years of full-time ministry this year!
- Pray for them as they seek God’s heart for the future of Mission to Amish People and His leading. They are seeking to relocate, buy land, and build as the ministry continues to grow.
Ken and Amy Lowe in Portugal
- Pray for effectiveness as they wrap up ministries in the next three weeks before their upcoming furlough.
- Pray for all the details for traveling in May and June as they visit supporting churches.
- Pray for them as they continue their local teaching and preaching ministries right up to their furlough.
- Pray for their cultural transition back to the States.
- Pray for the need to raise $450/month in support adjustments.
Bill and Becky Petite in Japan
- Praise the Lord for the salvation of Mrs. Maruki, who found the church through their website! Her desire was to hear God’s Word taught and as a result, she made a firm profession of faith. Pray for her continued growth in Christ.
- Pray for Bill and Becky as they continue working through the final preparations for furlough. Pray that all the arrangements will continue to fall into place before they leave Japan. Pray for them to have good health and safety during their travels.
- Pray for the salvation of Mr. Tsuchiya and Miss Fujikawa. Pray for their eyes to be open to the Gospel during their Evangelistic Bible studies. Pray also for Mr. Okuno to accept God’s gift of salvation as he continues to attend church each Sunday.
- Pray for Pastor Hiroki and his wife, Junko and their associates, as they lead the church while the Petites are away. Pray for their love for the body of Christ in Izumi to be deep.
- Praise the Lord their granddaughter, Ema is now back to good health after being hospitalized with a high fever due to an intestinal infection.
Dave, Ruth Ann and Andrea Rogers, ABWE Chile
- In the months since their return to Chile, they have had opportunity to visit their sister churches and were encouraged as power went out during their visit to Living Hope Baptist Church of San Bernardo that the service continued in spite of the dark surroundings!
- Praise the Lord that GROW Training and Publications has welcomed their first ever professional intern! Priscila Berrios began a three-month professional practical training, which by God’s grace will lead to the production of children’s literature and illustrated books for pre-teens!
- Pray for Betty, a woman Ruth Ann has had opportunity to share the gospel with several times. Pray for her heart to be open to receiving Christ as her Savior.
- Pray for Dave and Ruth Ann to have opportunities to share the Gospel with their surrounding neighbors as they interact with them.
- Pray for Andrea as she completes her year of college that she will be able to find summer work as well as a place to live near the school so she can complete two summer classes. Pray as Dave and Ruth Ann spend time with her this summer that they are able to help her get things needed to live on her own.
- Pray for Dave as he began teaching a course at the Baptist Bible Theological College that his students will continue to eagerly learn the necessary tools of Apologetic outreach and evangelism.
Josh, Rachel, Nate, Anna Stewart in Taiwan
- Praise the Lord for the many decisions made
for Christ at winter camp! One girl, who accepted Christ, had grown up in a
Christian home but never trusted Him for herself. Praise the Lord for His work
and please pray that the decisions made will not be lightly laid aside.
- Praise the Lord for the salvation of Ian’s
parents! Ian is a deacon in their church. Their prayer had been that Ian’s
father would wake up from his coma so he could trust Christ. One day he was
awake enough for Josh to ask questions and get responses. Ian’s father trusted Christ,
and two days later Ian’s mom did! Two days after that Ian’s dad went home to be
with the Lord. They are so thankful for these decisions. Pray for the family in
their time of loss.
- Praise the Lord some men agreed to teach Sunday
School on a rotation while the Stewart family is on furlough.
- Pray for God’s wisdom, strength, love, faith
and courage for each day.
- Pray for growth and salvation of the lost.
Michael and Sherri Vanek, Faith Baptist Community Church and Center
- Praise the Lord for His perfect timing as Michael’s battery completely ran out at the right place and in the right time for him to have it replaced. The surgery was a success, and right away he was back to normal.
- Praise the Lord for the successful surgery Sherri underwent on her hip, again in God’s perfect time. She is recovering well and building strength through therapy.
- Michael and Sherri are thankful to have visited some of their supporting churches in recent months. They have been encouraged and supported through these meetings.
- Pray for them as they have lost a few of their individual supporters. Special gifts have come in to supplement their needs. Pray that their monthly support will be increased back to full support.
Chris & Darcy Vergiels, Brazil with BMM
- On March 30, the church held a baptismal service at an off-site location for four believers. They are thankful to the Lord for this wonderful celebration of God’s work in the lives of people.
- Praise the Lord for gifts given that were substantially over the amount needed for their church auditorium construction project! God has provided all of the needed funds for the project!
Rob and Penny Whitty in Ghana Africa
- Pray for Rob & Penny to have spiritual freshness – a genuine heart for God.
- Praise the Lord for good health and the needed energy to continue ministry.
- Pray for people to respond to the Gospel.
- Pray for wisdom for Penny as she administrates EBCS and for a potential replacement for her to be revealed.
- Pray for wisdom for Rob as he continues to work with the two smaller churches and does some pastoral counselling with these men. Pray for wisdom as he collaborates with Pastor Seth Antwi, pastor of the main church, Emmanuel Baptist Church.
- Pray for direction for future ministry.
- Pray for provision for the school construction project.
Cameron and Kerry Woolford, Servant Leaders International
- Pray for Cam as he continues his travels sharing the SLI ministry seeking to build more partnerships. Pray for safety in travel and for them to be able to raise up the additional support needed.
- Servant Leaders Ecuador has finalized their non-profit approval and can now begin to plan and carry out ministry recognized by the Ecuadorian Government. Pray for wisdom as they begin to open new doors to ministry throughout the country.
- Cam is currently teaching two courses: Team Ministry and Processing Life Biblically. Pray for the 86 students taking classes from Ecuador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.