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
The War Week #6 – Indianapolis, IN
What an absolutely incredible week! Guy Solarek is the pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church in Indianapolis, IN. Many might recognize the church as Charlie Kittrel’s old church where he pastored until the Lord took him home. Though it may be a new face in the pulpit, the faith of Charlie Kittrel is certainly still present here at this church and … Read More
The War Week #5 – Hampton, GA
For years, Bible Baptist Church in Hampton, GA has tried to schedule one of our teams to come and do the teen program for their Vacation Bible School. This year is the first time we have been able to accommodate their dates. We entered the week knowing that it was going to be physically and spiritually intense. In some ways, … Read More
The War Week #4 – Loganville, GA
Praise God for showers of blessing this week at Calvary Baptist Church in Loganville, GA. God had already been working in the church months before we arrived. When the Netcasters Evangelistic Team had come through to do a week of personal evangelism training for the members of the church, the people took many steps of faith. This week, their faith … Read More
The War Week #3 – Clarksville, TN
Cross & Crown Baptist Church is located in Clarksville, TN just outside the Fort Campbell military base. Many of the people in the church work at the base and are a part of the military. Pastor Caldwell and Pastor Weidmann have been looking forward to bringing The War into their military town for months, expecting a heated competition and a … Read More
The War Week #2 – Ocala, FL
The Lord opened up this opportunity for our team to work with Central Baptist Church in Ocala, FL, home of Ocala Christian Academy. We worked with Chase Basinger, the church’s Music Pastor, who is a very sweet and godly man. While we adjusted the schedule a bit to accommodate their VBS schedule, but it seems now that God was behind … Read More
The War Week #1 – Land O’ Lakes, FL
What an intense week to start a tour! The Youth Pastor of First Baptist Church, Joey Quilty, had been trying to get one of our teams to do a teen evangelistic outreach in conjunction with their Vacation Bible School for years. Finally, this summer God opened up the opportunity for us to go down to Florida in the summertime. Our … Read More
The War Week #10 – Manitowoc, WI
Manitowoc Baptist Church is a church plant started by Ron and Helen O’Bryon in Manitowoc, WI. We took on the week knowing that we did not have a large base of teenagers with which to start, but we were anticipating God reaching virgin soil with the power of the gospel. Indeed, that is exactly what God did. Though God was … Read More
The War Week #9 – Burlington, NC
The War was last at Baptist Temple of Alamance County back in 1994. Pastor Carter gladly welcomed the team back when he heard we would be in the area. He and his son David, the assistant Pastor, did much work in preparation and were anticipating God doing a great work in Burlington. The first night, we were up against high … Read More