The past few weeks have been quite difficult on Beth and me. Many of you heard about Matt and Lana Cretzman and the accident in North Carolina where their three year old daughter was killed.  Matt and Lana are dear friends of ours. On the same day of their accident, one of our best friends [...]

Spring is just weeks away and with it comes new church plants around the country.  This spring, we have three churches we are helping reproduce new churches.  The first will be in Orangeville, ON, in early April followed by one in Cranberry, PA, two weeks later. The third church plant will be in Vernon, BC, [...]

We hope you had a wonderful end to 2011 and a great beginning to 2012.  The beginning of a New Year always brings reflections from the past year and projections for the New Year. For us, we are thankful that we were able to spend another Christmas with our children and grandchildren.  As we began [...]

This fall was one of the best church planting seasons we have ever had. We had five church plants over a six week period and every one was well attended and supported by local churches.  All the new churches are doing well and had great Grand Opening Sundays.  I am very thankful for the wonderful [...]

Psalm 133:1 says, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”  During September our ministry was involved in four new church plants in Canada and the United States. Churches were planted in Belleville, ON; Warrenton, MO; Waconia, MN; and Athens, OH.  Thankfully a church planter did not have [...]

Please forgive me for the tardiness of this letter. I wanted to wait until I was finished with the focused radiation before writing so I could update you on my health situation. At this point, everything is going reasonably well, and I am recovering from the side effects of the treatments. I had 600 doses [...]

HAPPY 18th ANNIVERSARY BCPM!!!!!!  On August 1, 1993, Beth and I, along with several pastors, formed Baptist Church Planting Ministry to help churches reproduce churches.  This has been the most wonderful adventure we could ever have imagined.  Little did we know when we sold everything and invested it into this ministry that God would bless [...]

I must admit that I am not comfortable beginning our prayer letter with my health problems.  I really do not want you to think that because of my situation, we cannot carry on this ministry.  Thankfully, the Lord has given us a wonderful team of leaders that can continue to keep everything on track even [...]

With the arrival of spring, our ministry begins the work of helping churches with the Get-Acquainted Meetings for new churches. This spring is unusually slow with only one church plant. Bethel Baptist Church is being planted in Afton, Virginia. The GAM is planned for April 17-21, and the John/Romans are scheduled to be delivered soon [...]

In January 2010, doctors gave me 12-14 months to live if I took chemo. As you know, I decided not to take it.  This month is the fourteenth month since that prognosis. We praise the Lord for His goodness to us, and we are thankful for God giving this trial to us.  We have learned [...]