Helping You Fulfill the Great Commission

Your Seed is Growing

Emmanuel and Sophina Onyempka serve in Nigeria.

Early last month I was at my lowest, but God encouraged me on two occasions. One was at a burial I attended. There, a woman hugged me with a wide smile on her face and said, “Your seed is growing.” I said, “What seed?” She replied, “The seed you planted in me is growing, and I thank God for you, thank you sir!” She reminded me how God used me to lead her to Christ and help her grow. This in no small way lifted my spirit, but God was not done with me yet. Two weeks after, on my sick bed, I got a phone call. It was a woman I did not know. She said, “You gave me a Gospel tract along College Road, Sliding into Hell on a Church Pew.” I said, “Yes, but what can I do for you now? She said, “I was that person in that tract, but I am no more there now. You saved me, and I want to meet with you.” Because I was weak, I told her to come to my office after two days. At the appointed time that day, she walked into my office with a wide smile, pulled out that old tract, and said, “You see I was the person in this tract, but you have saved me!” Well, I tried to let her know that Jesus is the Savior, but she continued to say that God used me to do the work. She was full of joy, but I tell you, my own joy had no bound.

The Fall Meeting

Our Fall Meeting will be here before you know it. It is scheduled for November 15-17. Please make plans to attend today. Pastor Mark Campbell and Faith Baptist Church in Jefferson City, TN will host this year’s meeting. Dr. Jack Reiss will be our main speaker. John and Alana Allen will provide the special music. The theme for the meeting is Into All the World. Quality Inn of Dandridge, TN has promised to give you a nice, clean room and a hot breakfast for $69.99 plus tax. Call (865) 397-4310 and tell them you are with BIO to make your reservation today!

Jeff & Sandra Price Headed to Language School!

Missionaries to Bolivia

Jeff and Sandra Price have completed their deputation schedule and are currently at 95%. They have raised their support in a little over a year. Jeff and Sandra will be headed to Costa Rica in September for a six week, intensive Spanish refresher course. Please pray with the Prices as they travel and transition from deputation ministry to language school. After completing language school they will immediately begin the immigration process for Bolivia.

Bizuayehu Assefa Home with the Lord

Deaf Pastor and Evangelist in Ethiopia

Bizuayehu Assefa recently went home to be with the Lord. Bizuayehu served faithfully as Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church for the Deaf. Besides pastoring Bizuayehu did extensive evangelistic work among the Deaf of Ethiopia. He also served as chairman of the board for VICKtory school for the Deaf in Addis Ababa. Missionary Berhanu Yoseph said that Bizuayehu did the work of 10 men and will be sorely missed.

Please pray for Bizuayehu’s wife, Tsehai, and his three children: Lydia, Yeabsira, and Ebenezer. Please also pray for Ebenezer Baptist Church for the Deaf. We know God is sovereign and that He has a plan for the church and for the ministry to the Deaf in Ethiopia.

Revelation 14:13 says, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” Pray that the work of God among the Deaf will continue to the glory of God. Maybe God is calling you to work among the Deaf of Ethiopia?

Mark Campbell

Pastor Mark Campbell is the newest member of our executive council. The executive council is the ruling body of BIO. Brother Campbell is the Pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Tennessee. He was recently elected to serve as secretary for BIO. We are thankful for him and look forward to many years serving together for the glory of God.

Matt & Rebekah

Limited Access Missionaries

We are thankful that the Lord has enabled and equipped another couple to head to the mission field. Matt and Rebekah will travel to a city of 18 million on August 1st.

Matt is a second generation missionary who speaks French. He is scheduled to begin language school this fall to learn a third language. Please pray for this family of five as they travel to the field and transition into their new environment. Pray that God will use them to influence many for His kingdom.