Outstanding First Days with Two Saved
Tuesday, March 9 2010
TMC Missions Team to Pittsburgh has had four incredible days of ministry. Some days the team was separated into two teams and worked with different churches, other days everyone worked together. The Lord has been providing a plethora of opportunities for sharing the Gospel of Christ these first few days. TMC students filled their days and some nights serving the Lord through free car washes, giving out Gospel info with candy at the hockey game, distributing bread to the community, prayer-walking, surveying the community for a church plant, providing childcare for newly formed Bible studies, and door to door evangelism. And on Tuesday the Lord welcomed two more into His kingdom. While out knocking on doors and surveying a community in Coraopolis Jeremy Cranor had the distinct pleasure to lead a man approx 40 years old to faith in Christ. Later Tuesday evening while talking with a 14 year old young man at the community center Levi Fergunson and Alexis White-Rainey watched as God touched the heart of this young man and forever changed his life. It is with great anticipation that the TMC students head to bed, just waiting to see what God has in store for tomorrow as they begin working with Pittsburgh Baptist. Please keep the Pittsburgh Missions team in your prayers as they seek to be faithful to Him and serve His Church in the Pittsburgh area.
H Edward Pruitt
A New Church Plant
Tuesday, March 9 2010
Tuesday morning TMC Missions Team Two connects with Ken Cordrey to prayer-walk and survey the Cranberry area in preparation for the church which Pastor Ken hopes to plant in August.
Iron City Free Car Wash
Tuesday, March 9 2010
Both TMC Mission Teams worked diligently for Iron City Church and washed over 40 cars on Monday. The free car wash provided many opportunities to share the Gospel and Love of Christ.
Iron City Church Handout
Tuesday, March 9 2010
TMC Mission Team One hands out candy and church information for Iron City Church at the hockey game Sunday afternoon.
Setting up Iron City’s Children’s Ministry
Monday, March 8 2010
Taylor Bowers and Mona’ Cranor sets up the children’s area for worship
David Foster teaches during children’s churchIron City’s Pastor Tommy Duke
Monday, March 8 2010
Pastor Tommy Duke with Jeremy Cranor and Dr. Pruitt
Team Two set up for Iron City Church
Team One participates in worship at FaithbridgeWhat is a successful ministry?
Monday, March 8 2010
What is a successful ministry? I think our team got a glimpse of one
today. We served at Faithbridge Baptist, a church plant in McKees,
PA. Pastor Hogan answered God’s call to plant a church there. It’s
not a glamorous location. In fact it’s quite difficult to keep the
ministry going in this area. Low income families with kids who have
no male influence in the home make up the majority of the
neighborhood. Nevertheless Pastor Hogan left a high paying job to
plant his life among the people here. He’s bi-vocational out of
necessity for his family. His 4 small kids don’t have the benefit of
a mega-church kid’s program. And even after 4 years there and
marginal numbers, one might wonder, “Is this success?”
I think it is. Faithfulness and perseverence to the task God has
given is true success. Numbers never tell the whole story. Our
students got a first-hand missions education on what a family on
mission for God looks like with even the kids pitching in to make the
ministry happen. It was wonderful to watch a family involved in a
church not to get something out of it for themselves but to serve
others and proclaim the glory of God.
By the way our students served admiredly loving on the kids and
showing and telling them about the love of Christ. Continue to pray
for us this week.
David Kirkland