Project Southwest Europe

Here is an update from Allen and Barbara Newton in Portugal: Many of you have been praying for this week; some for a long time. We held our first week-long summer camp, starting Monday at noon and going to breakfast this morning. The Lord blessed us greatly. There were 32 people present, 18 of them campers. Two I consider [...]

Spain’s unemployment rate rose to a 13-year high of 20.09 percent in the second quarter, the government said Friday, as the job market lagged behind an economy that has barely managed to break out of recession. Though the rate increased from 20.05 percent in the first three months of the year, the National Statistics Institute [...]

We just got back a few hours ago from visiting Victory Hill Baptist Church in Dallas NC. It was a fantastic trip, and God really reminded me of some things: 1. God’s providence is amazing! We arrived at the church on time, the trip was smooth, everything seemed to be going swimmingly as we pulled [...]

I have been reading a book on Catalonia by George Orwell (birthday present from my awesome wife), and though he is far a a theological scholar, he made a statement that has some implications we should think about when looking at the Word of God: “If only we looked at things simply and directly, having [...]

Please be in prayer for my parents, Allen and Barbara Newton. They are missionaries to Portugal, and for the past few years have been working very hard building a Baptist Youth Camp called O Monte das Oliveiras, or The Mount of Olives, 13 acres situated in the middle of an olive grove. They are very [...]

We had the privilege of presenting our ministry this Wednesday at Cloverleaf Baptist Church in Cartersville GA. Pastor Justin Gazaway took the church 7 years ago, and has seen the Lord bless and grow the church, with many souls saved. They have an aggressive soul-winning program that seeks to knock on every door in Cartersville [...]

One of the complicated things of working in Barcelona is the language aspect. Although it is a part of Spain, the region of Catalunya has its own culture, and even its own language, Catalan. On our survey trip, we found that everyone spoke Spanish fluently, though we often heard Catalan spoken. Some told us that [...]

We were able to schedule 13 meetings this week! God has been so good to us in so many ways, and we are really looking forward to representing the people of Spain to these churches. Another big praise is that enough work has come in the past few weeks that I should be able to [...]

#3: Spain is the least evangelized Spanish-speaking nation. As of 2010, 329 to 358 million people speak Spanish as a native language and a total of 417 million people speak it worldwide. Of these, approximately 47 million are Spanish, the vast majority of whom have never attended a Gospel preaching church, or heard a clear presentation [...]

Please be in prayer for David and Favianna Velasquez, missionaries to Madrid, Spain. They are currently on deputation, and plan on leaving for the field in December of this year. The Velasquez family are part of a church planting team, That All May Know Ministries. They have produced a gospel presentation DVD in Spanish that [...]