Thank you W.M.S. of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana for thinking about Team Indo-Philippine. We received your large boxes filled with special items for our team families. Each family enjoyed taking turns sending family member up to pick an item from all that was sent until all of the items were gone. We felt very loved and appreciate all that went into sending these things to us.
Photos may be seen here.
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Please take a moment to read and view the photos in this month’s update from Team Indo-Philippine. We had a wonderful week of Vacation Bible School. It was exciting to see so many of our people getting involved and helping to teach the children. Please pray that the aftereffect of VBS will be many families reached.
We’ve had some more of our members progress in the 2012 Challenge; bringing their converts to church and seeing them baptized. Our Bible institute has completed and we have some students already lining up to start Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines in October. Please consider helping with the start of our college by becoming a Founding Donor or even more importantly, a Student Sponsor.
The Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines Crest
We, of Team Indo-Philippine, are excited to announce the upcoming start of Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines! Forty years ago this year, Dr. Jack Hyles opened the doors to Hyles-Anderson College. HAC has been responsible for training thousands, and churches have been started all over the world as a result of the teaching and example of those who have taught there. This year another Hyles-Anderson College will begin to work toward these same ends. Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines will start classes on October 1, 2012, in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
International Baptist Church at Dumaguete was started in January 2011 and will be the ministry through which this college will operate. HAC of the Philippines will be structured in a way that will allow existing pastors to further their training as well as allow young men and women to come and earn a 4-year degree through a non-traditional structure. You can learn more about the college at its website: www.hylesandersonph.com.
We are in need of donors and student sponsors. Many students will be unable to attend Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines without some financial assistance. Our tuition rates are unbelievably low, existing primarily to weed out those who are not serious about receiving the training we have to offer. Living expenses for those who come from outside of our area may prove to be prohibitive to many, and we are seeking sponsors who will help make it possible for a student to attend classes and graduate from Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines.
As a thank you for your support and for your consideration of helping Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines and its students to get the best start possible, we are making available to you a gift. In September 2011, Bro. DeMoville and Mrs. MacRae wrote a new song to go with the theme of our missions conference. The song “He Saved Others” has been recorded and, along with the sheet music, is downloadable; you may freely use the song.
Please take a moment to learn more about Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines, and please pray as we prepare to train Hylanders in the Philippines!
Each month we are excited to give an update to report on what God is doing in Dumaguete! This month we are still excited but especially about what God is going to do in Dumaguete.
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We are pleased to announce that this year, we start training Hylanders in Asia through Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines. Classes are scheduled to begin on October 1, 2012. We are honored to be able to bring to the Philippines a college that will teach Filipino men and women the same sound doctrine, practical methods, good philosophy, and Biblical principles that Dr. Jack Hyles and those who worked with him have taught thousands through the past 40 years at Hyles-Anderson College in Crown Point, Indiana.
As we prepare to open the college, we are in need of those who share a desire to see souls saved and churches started both in the Philippines and throughout Asia to help. There are three ways you can help us. First, we need Founding Donors to help with a one-time donation to allow us to get the best start possible. Secondly, we need Student Sponsors who will commit to giving monthly to allow students to come to school who would not be able to do so financially. Third, and most importantly, we need to know that there are faithful Prayer Partners who will go to the Lord on our behalf.
We know already that the Devil is fighting, and we need to show him and the world that “greater is He that is in us.” We are ready to teach and train Hylanders in the Philippines through Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines. Would you please consider helping? As a way to say “Thank you!” we have recorded a song that was written last year for our 2011 Mission Conference. The song “He Saved Others,” written by Randy DeMoville and Lacey MacRae, is available for you to download both as an MP3 and PDF (sheet music).
Please visit the Hyles-Anderson College of the Philippines website to learn more.
God sure is good to His children. He allows what is best for us even when some would look at what we go through and think that a loving God wouldn’t allow those things to happen. He is faithful!
If we pay attention we see that God is constantly reassuring us, that He is ours, and we are His. Is this not His pattern as he dealt with the Children of Israel? Good times and bad, blessings or discipline, it was always to the end that they would know, and that the world would know, Him and His dealings with His own.
Difficult and challenging days enter everyone’s life, but for the Christian, we are never left alone. Difficult days come to churches, but still we know that where two, or three, or more are gathered together, He is there! How faithful is God to His Word, His purpose, and to His people – all at the same time!
Many people have been sick lately, and though, yesterday, our attendance at church showed it, still there were souls saved and baptized! I am honored to serve such a faithful God. I am humbled to serve such wonderful people. I’m blessed to think that God uses me and my family in the way He does, faults and all.
Wherever you are serving today, may you recognize what God is doing in you and with you, right where you are! ”Be still, and know that I am God.”
Looking forward to taking team photos today, hope to have some posted soon. Thank you to all who continue to uphold our team in prayer.
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The Lord surely has been good to us! The pressure never lets up in the ministry, but neither do the blessings. The past month has been an increasingly exciting time as we watch numerous of our church members, especially young converts, growing and maturing spiritually. Souls continue to be saved, and every Sunday new believers are being baptized; we had 10 baptized this past Sunday.
This month’s update focuses primarily on our Married Couples’ Banquet and one of our recent converts who played a very important part. We had a wonderful time investing in the marriages of International Baptist Church at Dumaguete.
Please continue to watch our website, as we are getting ready to make a very BIG ANNOUNCEMENT in the days ahead. God is working in Dumaguete, and He’s about to do greater works through us soon! Thank you for your continued prayer and support.
As many of our friends are no doubt hearing in the news, an earthquake, of 6.8 magnitude, hit the Philippines. The epicenter was in our province, Negros Oriental, approximately 50 miles north of Dumaguete. There was a tsunami alert that has since been lifted and there were numerous strong aftershocks. There are reports of damage in various parts of the island and one confirmed death.
Our team families are all safe. We did take heed to the warning and sought higher ground until the tsunami alert was lifted. Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for the many people who are being affected.
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What a full year we’ve had in Dumaguete. January 15, 2012, was the one-year anniversary of International Baptist Church. We are so encouraged by all that God has done “with us” this past year and already see God working as we’ve entered 2012. A foundation was laid in 2011 upon which we are ready to build. Our soul winners are on fire and already are training their converts to win souls also.
The vision I’ve laid before our church is a church full of soul winners. Not just people who share the Gospel with others, but those who also lead their converts to be baptized, and then they themselves work with their converts to memorize Scripture and become soul winners also. This is an exciting time; the hard work mixed with trusting God’s leading has already begun paying off in big ways. I’ve said often since we first arrived here, “God is working in Dumaguete.” After one year I can say, “God is STILL working in Dumaguete!” Please enjoy our latest update, and be sure to watch our “Year in Review” video.
Though our church area was not as heavily affected by the recent tropical storm, this area in the news video was. It is in Tagalog, but the video speaks for itself.
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2011 has come to an end and we are rejoicing for all that God has done for us. Not least of our reasons to rejoice is the safety He has provided to our team families during the recent tropical storm that passed through our area of the Philippines. This month’s update tells the story of one of our church families that suffered loss but has remained faithful through it all. Please continue to pray for us as we look forward to a great 2012!
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