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Dear Friends,
May
3, 2012
Dear
Pastors and Friends
Psalm
133:1 says, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!" Over the years, I
have seen the Lord do some wonderful things because of churches
working together in unity to reproduce a new church. This month
is another example of this wonderful verse of Scripture. In
Cranberry, PA, thirteen churches attended the Get-Acquainted Meetings
and many others came prior to the meetings to distribute literature.
God blessed in a wonderful way and following the GAM, they had seventy-three
on their Grand Opening Sunday with forty-four attending from the
community. We praise the Lord for His hand of blessing on this
new work. We want to thank Pastor Kurt Skelly of Harvest
Baptist Church for allowing us to be a part of this new
ministry. Pastor Skelly has been a great blessing to us during
this project, and we believe God will use him greatly in the future
as he leads Harvest to reproduce even more churches.
Next
week we will do it again!!!!! Please begin praying for the meetings
in Vernon, BC. The meetings start next Sunday, May 6, and go
through Wednesday night. Pastor Kline will be preaching the
first night since I cannot arrive until Monday. Also, please
pray for Pastor Richard Aulin and his family. His sister is
seriously ill in a Vancouver hospital with complications from
diabetes. Pastor Aulin is going over there to see her just
prior to the meetings to be an encouragement to his family. Pastor
Aulin has already had a number of visitors to the services and others
have indicated they are going to attend the meetings. Please
pray the Lord will bless this church plant in a great way.
Recently,
I preached the graduation at FaithWay Baptist College of
Canada. It was the 20th anniversary of the doctorate they
bestowed on me, and I was honored to again preach for the seven
graduating this year. FaithWay now has over 300 graduates serving the
Lord around the world. This coming Sunday, I will be honored to
preach the graduation of Canadian Baptist Bible College in Winkler,
Manitoba. This is a special thrill for me since this church is the
first church we helped start when moving to Manitoba in 1987.
We praise the Lord for the ministry of Pastor Sullivant and the
Pembina Valley Baptist Church. Please pray for me as I minister
there this special weekend. The college now has seventy-three
students and a graduating class of five. Please pray for them
as they begin a new phase of their personal ministry.
Near
the end of the month, Beth and I will be in meetings and travel to
Florida. I will be performing a wedding on the 29th for a young
lady who stayed with us during her high school years. We are
honored to be a part of this special day for them. During the trip,
we will be speaking in several churches, and we are thankful for the
opportunity to be on the road again. Please pray for us as we
travel and promote church planting.
We
are so thankful for each of you that have helped us in this ministry.
Your faithful prayers mean so much. You will never know how
grateful we are and how encouraged we are when people write and
mention they regularly pray for us. I believe God has honored
your prayers in my health situation. Thanks as well for investing
financially in our ministry. We are nearing 130 churches being
helped through BCPM, and we could not do it without your prayers and
investments.
Co-Laborers
Together in The Great Commission
Earl
D. Jessup
General
Director
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