We serve a God who provides! Soon after our last prayer letter came out about searching for a place to start the new church plant, my wife and I were driving through the area searching and came across a location for rent. After several meetings with the owner reviewing contracts and discussing details, we finally rented the space for our church plant on the second week of April! God’s timing is perfect, and we were able to see that truth played out time and time again over the last several months. Here’s a look at the various ways God provided for His work:
Mission Trip Group
We had a group from Valley Forge Baptist Temple in Pennsylvania come down to help us with several construction projects, including a remodel in the church building! The trip was planned months in advance, there was a professional painter and several men who work in construction, and God provided the building for us to work on just a week before they arrived! We were able to shuffle plans around and work at several job sites and saw much work done in their time with us. We are so grateful for their hard work and generosity!
Redeemer Baptist Church
After several weeks of work, we finally had everything prepared in the church building! God has placed several families in our lives that helped us tremendously through all of the planning and projects, thank the Lord for His provision! We printed up 5,000 flyers and began to post online for our inauguration service of Redeemer Baptist Church. It has been a great priviledge to see the dream that we have had since 2013 begin to take shape.
Inauguration Service
Our inauguration service was held on May 19 for Redeemer Baptist Church, and God blessed tremendously! We had many friends visit from other churches to support us on this special day and lend a helping hand. We had 14 visitors from the immediate area that either saw our post on Facebook or recieved a flyer under their door! Some folks were walking past the church on Sunday morning and came in to see what was going on. Regardless of how they got there, they got to hear the gospel of Christ preached! Please continue to pray for us as we continue the work and follow up with these families by visiting with them and studying the Bible together.
Thank you for your investment in God’s kingdom!
As we press forward in hope and expectation we are reminded of all of the ways God has provided up to this point, including bringing us in contact with YOU! Thank you for your faithfulness and prayers for our family.
New Church Plant!
We’ve been asking for prayer about a new church plant for the last few months. God has given us clarity and direction on planting Redeemer Baptist Church in an area of the city called “Bustamante”. This is the area we started a bible study in earlier this year. There is a strong presence of Mormon and Jehovah’s Witness outreach, and we believe there is a great need for the gospel! Would you pray for us as we seek to raise $200,000 to purchase a property and building to provide a lighthouse of hope in this urban community?
SUPPORT ADDRESS UPDATE:
Vision Baptist Missions, Inc. and the Our Generation Training Center have been praying for God to provide space for the ministry to expand. In February 2022, through the giving of many generous individuals and churches, God provided an excellent property in Dawsonville, Georgia with several buildings. We are very excited about the property the Lord has given us and the opportunities to expand into the future. We are so thankful for how the Lord has blessed our mission. One thing that also comes with this blessing is a new mailing and support address. Please begin sending all mail and support to the following:
Vision Baptist Missions
Attn: Josh Miller – Peru
PO Box 647
Dawsonville, GA 30534
Thank you so much for making this change, and thank your for your prayers as we move forward!
We cannot thank you enough for your faithful partnership through prayer and finances. We have the means to go because of your faithfulness to send. Thank you!
PRAISES
– God provided us a meeting space and the helping hands of many to prepare it for use!
– We held our first service and had 14 visitors from the area join us!
PRAYER REQUESTS
– Pray that God would work in the lives of those 14 visitors and that He would use us to invest in their lives.
– Pray that God would give us wisdom and direction
We are grateful for your prayers for our family! You can click here if you would like to give to support the ministry!