Listen to this sermon by Dr. Jessup entitled, “Go Up and Possess It”

Read about Dr. and Mrs. Jessup’s recent decision for cancer treatment. They believe this is what God would have for them to do.

Read this critical health update by Dr. Jessup. This letter was read recently to the church family of Heritage Baptist Church on January 20, 2010.

Family and Friends,
I begin chemo tomorrow (January 18, 2010) at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie. It will be every Monday for three weeks and then one Monday off for the next six months. There are a lot of side effects to deal with. I would appreciate your prayers during this time. I will try to [...]

Dear Friends and Laborers,
We enter a new decade deeper in debt to our Lord and Saviour for His unspeakable gifts.  What a blessed year we had serving with you in planting fifteen new churches and helping others introduce a new pastor or restart struggling works.  God has allowed us to work with such a wonderful [...]

Dear Friend,
Beth and I met with the oncologist regarding the malignant tumor which was removed from my lung on December 17. This cancer is definitely from the bladder cancer which started in 1999.  The doctors are very puzzled as to how it got in the lung because the bladder cancer never broke the lining of [...]

Dear Praying Friends,
Psalm 147:1  “Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.”
Our family is praising the LORD for His goodness to us. We had a wonderful year in 2009. We had the opportunity of taking part in the planting of four [...]

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2Ti 4:2
“For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God”. Act 20:27
As a young preacher I heard a statement concerning preaching that has stayed with me and I have tried to make [...]

Finding the right location to start a church is extremely important. Assuming that God has led you to start a church, and assuming that your pastor has given you his blessing, you must determine God’s place to start this new church.
What factors are involved in locating the “right” place and what constitutes a needy city? [...]

One of the greatest problems a new church planter faces will be the answer to this question. “What do I do when someone comes to our church from another good Baptist church?” Every pastor eventually faces this dilemma, and how he handles this can either make or break a ministry.
The other side of this dilemma [...]