There are some weeks on the road that you look back on and say, “That was God from start to finish.” This past week was like that. Five days before the week began, we were scheduled to go to a church in Georgia. That day, I received a call from the pastor, who had to cancel the meeting for various … Read More
The War Week #4 – Smyrna, GA
What a wonderful week at Calvary Baptist Church in Smyrna, GA! Pastor Johnston and Pastor Huggins are two wonderful men who are doing a great work with their church and youth. I have never met a more spiritually-minded group of young people than I met at this place. We had some definite challenges in the week. None of the schools … Read More
The War Week #3 – Pine Bluff, AR
The War was at Liberty Baptist Church a year ago. God greatly blessed last time in spite of some opposition the final night. One young man who was saved, Michael Henderson, continued to follow the light God was giving him and surrendered to preach. He has been reaching his friends ever since. With that knowledge, I was greatly looking forward … Read More
The War Week #2 – Humble, TX
The War was at Greenwood Village Baptist Church a year ago for the first time. Their youth pastor, Will Cover, was excited about having us back and seeing the Lord do a lasting work in hearts. Our week began with somewhat of an unusual spiritual heaviness and lethargy. After a day or two of confusion and dryness, our team recognized … Read More
The War Week #1 – Clute, TX
The last time The War was at First Baptist Church in Clute, TX was in 1998. Since then, much has changed. Pastor Pettijohn has taken the pastorate and His son, Joshua, is the youth pastor. Both men show an obvious love for the ministry and their flock. The very first morning of recruiting, we faced some intimidating opposition. For instance, … Read More
The War Week #2 – Reese, MI
When I scheduled The War at this church, I did not know much more about Reese Baptist Church than that it was planted in 1995 as a ministry of Baptist Church Planting Ministry. I knew that the reproducing church was Juniata Baptist Church, which was then pastored by Rick Flanders. However, when we arrived, I found that the pastor, Jeremy … Read More
The War Week #1 – Portland, IN
We had a good week at Fellowship Baptist Church in Portland, IN. Many years ago, Jim Van Gelderen led a team here while Mike Manor was the Pastor. Now, Pastor Hugh Kelly is leading the church, asking God to send a revival to Portland. We were expecting a harvest. Though we had several challenges with recruiting as well as conflicting events … Read More
The War Week #9 – Crandon, WI
Small town America in many ways is a unique mission field–one that is “white unto harvest” as our week in the North Woods of Wisconsin demonstrated to us all. This past week we were with Seth Hamilton, pastor of Lakeland Baptist Church in Crandon, WI. My wife and I attended college with Seth and his wife Jill. It was wonderful … Read More
The War Week #8 – Dewitt, MI
What a tremendous week at Heritage Baptist Church in Dewitt, MI! Pastor Shawn Smith is no stranger to Minutemen Ministries. Our teams have been through several times in the past years. This time around, we had some unique challenges involving transportation and other logistics. We pressed forwarding believing that God would do a work. After two days of recruiting, we were … Read More
The War Week #7 – Moline, IL
Another great week of The War! We spent our week in Moline, IL, the heart of John Deere country. We worked with Chris Cain, the pastor of Grace Baptist Church. His son, Joseph, traveled as the Army team captain this past Spring semester on The War team. It was great to see Joseph again! While we didn’t have the largest … Read More