Project Southwest Europe

Tonight was the missionary commissioning service for us and the Bassham family at Vision Baptist Church. I am so overwhelmed right now by the unbelievable honor and privilege to serve God with this amazing group of believers. Here are some of my thoughts from tonight: 1. My church and its leadership believe in us and [...]

A big part of our ministry in Spain will be using media in any way possible to get the Gospel to people, and the internet is a great way to do that! Spanish internet use has quadrupled in 7 years: 5,387,800 people in 2000, 21,772,334 in 2007. Most estimates put usage in 2010 at over [...]

Spaniards have been the victims of a self-serving and  greedy religion that offers no hope and no relationship with God for centuries, and they are increasingly distrustful of church. Here is an interesting article by Gallup on church attendance… The scope of the influence of religion and the church on Spaniards’ lives remains difficult to [...]

According to a study done by WorldWide Religious News, Spain is 0.87% evangelical Christian. I have known that it was that tiny for a long time, but I didn’t realize what countries that is comparable to. Check out this chart: # 133 Spain: 0.87 % # 134 Pakistan: 0.86 % = 135 Slovenia: 0.8 % [...]

This post is by guest author David Velasquez, missionary to Spain #5: Spain has officially legalized abortion On February 24, 2010 the Spanish parliament, in its majority run by the liberal socialist party, approved a bill that makes it much easier to get an abortion in Spain. Since 1985 the country had allowed abortions but [...]

This past Wednesday we were privileged to attend Berean Baptist Church. Pastor Charles Pennington and the church family were a super blessing to us, and it is obvious that they love missions! I want to share a testimony about something that happened on our trip to Berean. We were traveling on I-20 about 65 mph, [...]

Casually watching the action at a bull ring, a man in a bright red England shirt looked unconcerned as the huge beast jumps at the barrier. But the spectator in the cool sunglasses suddenly looked seven shades paler when the enraged animal leapt into the grandstand and went straight for him. The bull sparked pandemonium [...]

Although Elena is only 18 months and has a limited vocabulary (mine, i want it, no, etc), her face is fluent. This is her face saying “I don’t want to obey and I don’t see any good reason to.” I have been studying through Exodus 34 for a Sunday School series on the names of [...]

Last night we had a great music service at Vision Baptist Church. Click here to listen to some of the music, or visit http://bcwe.org/store/ to purchase CD’s. We have been working in the music ministry for 3 years now, and it has been a wonderful opportunity to serve and worship God. It isn’t uncommon, unfortunately, [...]

A good friend and teacher of mine, Tony Howeth, gave me some great advice about a year ago that has helped me greatly in preaching and teaching the Word of God. He told me to make a commitment to read the passage I would be preaching at least ten times a day for the week [...]