Project Southwest Europe

I’ve taken WAY too long to finish this series of posts, and new readers are probably thinking: “Part 4? Of what?” A couple months ago I started blogging on idolatry and worship, because.. well, worship is pretty much the theme of the entire Bible. If you want to catch up, check part 1 , part [...]

Dear Praying Friends, Tonight I sat in an auditorium as a pastor cast his vision for the church’s involvement in world missions. I heard his heart for God and the lost, saw the church members’ faces as they accepted it joyfully. Then something incredible happened. It’s something that has happened hundreds of times over the [...]

This week I’d like to highlight a group instead of a single missionary. The Peru Ministry is a joint missions effort by missionaries Chris and David Gardner, and Jeremy Hall, and is an incredibly exciting ministry with depth and great history. For nearly 20 years my pastor, Austin Gardner, worked as a missionary in Arequipa [...]

We are currently in our third back-to-back missions conference (whew!), Cornerstone Baptist Temple in Dayton OH, and we are staying with some pretty amazing people. One of the awesome things about deputation is that we often stay in homes of church members. We have not only made great friends this way, but we also get [...]

A picture is worth a thousand words… and a video about a million. Please take a few minutes (only about 4) to watch this video. It is our new deputation video, but also tells the story of our friend Leticia, who is a Christian from Barcelona. Take a minute to hear her heart for her [...]

I just ran across this article and thought I’d share it. Pretty good indicator of what modern Spain looks like without a strong Christian influence and an economy in the tank. Pray for Spain! A tiny Spanish country town believes it has found a way to make unemployment, debt and economic crisis disappear in a [...]

The missionary that we are praying for this week is not what most people would consider a missionary at all: Trent Cornwell is… wow, it’s actually kind of hard to pigeonhole him with one title! He is the student pastor at Vision Baptist, Assistant pastor, Director of Vision Baptist Missions, teacher of the young couple’s [...]

The following is from my pastor, Austin Gardner. I am so excited to be a part of a church that lives to plant churches: both overseas and at home! Take a minute to read this, maybe you or someone you know could be a part of planting new churches in Atlanta! Vision Baptist Church is [...]

A good friend of mine (Kyle Shreve, missionary/church-planter in training) recently wrote a blog article about how bad people really are, and it’s got me thinking: which is always dangerous. He used the example of God placing commandments and punishments in the Bible for men having sexual relations with animals, and how mind-blowing that is [...]

Ben and Crystal Johnson are great friends and co-laborers from our home church, Vision Baptist. They are headed for China short term so that they can later head for China long term. I don’t know a young couple I’d recommend quicker than the Johnsons. Please pray for them, and consider supporting them for this trip! [...]