68th Annual Thanksgiving Missions Conference

68th Annual Thanksgiving Missions Conference
November 13th – 14th – 15th, 2023
New Hope Baptist Church
Dearborn Heights, MI – Pastor Terry Adkins

CONFERENCE THEME:
REDEEMED HOW I LOVE TO PROCLAIM IT
“O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon His Name: make known His deeds among the people.”

– Psalm 105:1

Do you have any questions about Baptist Faith Missions, about who we are and what we do? Please join us at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday for our BFM advisory meeting (bring your questions and/or suggestions). EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND.

MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13TH

5:00p.m.  Dinner 

6:30p.m.  Music  

6:45p.m.  Singing

7:15p.m.  Message, Pastor George Sledd

                  Jordan Baptist Church; Sanford, FL

8:00p.m.  Singing

8:25p.m.  Message, Missionary Bobby Wacaser

                  Curitiba, Brazil

TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14TH

9:30a.m.  Singing

9:45a.m.  Message, Pastor Peter Santisteban

                Victory Baptist Church; Russellville, KY

10:30a.m. Worshipping in Song      

11:00 – 11:10a.m. Break

11:10a.m.  Message, Pastor Mark Pyles

                    Grace Baptist Church; Fairborn, OH

Noon  Lunch

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14TH

1:30p.m.  BFM Open-Forum Advisory Meeting

                  All are welcome to attend.

TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14TH

5:00p.m.  Dinner

6:30p.m.   Music

6:45p.m.   Singing

7:15p.m.  Message, Lay Pastor Dave Parks

                   Buck Run Baptist Church; Frankfort, KY

8:25p.m.  Message, Missionary Mike Creiglow

                   Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil

WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15TH

9:45a.m.   Music

10:00a.m. Singing

10:15a.m.  Message, Pastor David Sears

                     Immanuel Baptist Church; Monticello, KY

11:00a.m.  Singing

11:15a.m.  Message,  Pastor David Pitman

                     Addyston Baptist Church; Addyston, OH

Noon Lunch


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JUNE IS VETERAN MISSIONARIES PENSIONERS OFFERING MONTH

JUNE IS VETERAN MISSIONARIES PENSIONERS OFFERING MONTH
[or formerly known as FOUNDERS MONTH OFFERING]

Please give as generously as you can for the continuing support of our Veteran Missionaries Pensioners

Contribute to the 2023 VETERAN MISSIONARIES PENSIONERS OFFERING

“Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.” Psalm 71.18

June is the month for appealing for our Veteran Missionaries Pensioners Offering. And, we are fervently appealing to you on their behalf. Please read this appeal with an open heart, asking God how he wants you to give – and to give you something to give.

What is the Veteran Missionaries Pensioners Offering? That name may be a little new and unfamiliar to you, but it is the same offering that has before been called Founders Month Offering. They are two names for the same offering and are used for the same purpose. We will continue to link this offering to the Founders Month Offering name, but we do want to make our Veteran Missionaries Pensioners Offering more prominent.

Here’s why: this offering is allocated to providing service pensions for our Veteran Missionaries Pensioners. We have a number of Veteran Missionaries who have given a substantial portion of their lives in missionary service for Christ in partnership with BFM. BFM gives them a modest service pension as a token of our love and gratitude for their service.

However, their pensions are NOT supplied from the monthly Missionary Support Fund that supplies the needs of our current active missionaries. The pensions for the Veteran Missionaries Pensioners are funded from a separate investment account that has been established for that sole purpose. And, all the funds that are allocated and deposited into that Veteran Missionaries Pension Fund are disbursed for that purpose.

Currently, we have six (6) pensioners, and every month, there is a disbursement of $11,590.00 to fund their service pensions. That amount, even on a good month, is double the amount of growth we receive on the investment base in that account.

And, as a side note here – you know what a hit investment accounts have taken over the course of last year, and that decline/loss activity only makes our attention and generosity toward our Veteran Missionaries Pensioners all the more urgent.

Here is another way we are going to expand our participation in this Veteran Missionaries Pensioners Offering. We will continue to ask you to give your most generous gifts in the memory of our founders: H. H. Overbey and Z. E. Clark.

But, we want to expand it further by encouraging you to give gifts both:

  • “In Memory Of…” someone who is now with the Lord … and
  • “In Honor Of…” someone who may still be living, but whose love and service for BFM you would like to honor. It can be any faithful servant of the Lord.

For example: you could give your most generous gift “In Memory Of…”

  • Hafford Overbey and Z. E. Clark
  • a former BFM missionary who is now with the Lord
  • a former Director of BFM who is now with the Lord
  • a family member, loved one, or friend who is now with the Lord

Or, you could give your most generous gift “In Honor Of…”

  • a current BFM Veteran Missionary Pensioner
  • a current missionary
  • a current Director, pastor, or other servant of the Lord whom you wish to honor

All of these gifts will be allocated to and deposited in the Veteran Missionaries Pensioners Fund and will be used to continue to support them in their senior years.

So, who are you thinking of right now – either with the Lord or still serving the Lord – whom you would like to memorialize or honor with an offering that will be used to fund the service pensions of our Veteran Missionaries Pensioners?

Pray about and prepare your most generous offering.

You can contribute your Veteran Missionaries Pensioners Offering via:

And, would you prayerfully consider making your gift toward our Pensioners recurring? Our disbursements of $11,590 toward supplying their modest service pensions recur every month!

And, as always, thank you for giving to the Lord!

– your BFM Directors

Baptist Faith Missions Veteran Missionaries Receiving Pensions


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MEET YOUR “VETERAN MISSIONARIES PENSIONERS” BENEFICIARIES OF YOUR “FOUNDERS MONTH OFFERINGS”

We are frequently asked: “What are you doing to continue giving our Veteran Missionaries assistance, especially financial assistance, in their senior years? How do you assist them? Through what means do you assist them? How can I help assist them?”

The short answer to that question for those who served long enough to vest into our traditional retirement/pension plan is: “We continue to honor and assist them by giving them a monthly ‘service pension’ for the remainder of their lives – and for which spouse may outlive the other.”

This is just a small way we can honor them and show our love and appreciation to them for the years of service they gave to Christ in partnership with BFM.

Many of you have known our Veteran Missionary Pensioners for decades. You have not only known them, but you have loved them, fellowshipped with them, served with them, hosted them in your churches and in your homes, and have contributed to their missionary support.

We still have six current Veteran Missionary Pensioners to whom we are giving this honor:

[Click on their names to learn more about their missionary service and where they are now.]

The “Veteran Missionary Pensioner” account is not funded through the regular monthly offerings given to BFM, but rather through a separate investment account that is established for that purpose.

Currently, every month, there is a disbursement of $11,590.00 to fund their service pensions. That amount, even on a good month, is double the amount of growth we receive on the investment base in that account.

Would you help us with this expression of our love for them? When you designate your offerings for ‘’Veteran Missionaries Pension’ or for ‘Founder’s Month Offering’ [they are the same], they will be applied toward the continuing and on-going financial honor and support of these faithful life-long servants of Christ.

Your missionaries and their families have served and sacrificed greatly on your behalf during their productive years.  Please make a small financial sacrifice for your missionaries in their senior years by giving to the Founders Month Fund.

And, there’s MORE you can do to encourage them! Pray for them!  Reach out to them through every means you can (call, write, email), and let them know you still appreciate them and their service.  They would love to hear from you personally, or from your Sunday School class, or your church’s Pastor/leadership.

Thank you for sharing with them!

You can make a secure donation online with a check or credit card. Just click the “Give” tab on our homepage at www.bfmnow.org.

Click here to give now or you can mail your offering to:
BFM, c/o George Sledd
P.O. Box 471280
Lake Monroe, FL 32747-1280


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BFM Spring Conference 2023

Date: March 31-April 1, 2023

Theme: The Advancement of the Glory of God

Contact Info
Grace Baptist Church
2920 Beaver Valley Road
Fairborn, Ohio 45324 [Google Map]
Contact: Pastor Mark Pyles
Email: pastormark@gbcfairborn.com
Cell: 304-545-0603

Individual Messages
The Advancement of the Glory of God in Election (Dave Parks)
The Advancement of the Glory of God in Redemption (Greg Winn)
The Advancement of the Glory of God in Sanctification (David Pitman)
The Advancement of the Glory of God in Glorification (Terry Adkins)
The Advancement of the Glory of God in the Great Commission (Mike Creiglow)

Schedule

Friday, March 31
6:30- Opening- Pastor Mark Pyles
6:35- Congregational
6:40- Special Music
6:50- Message – Dave Parks
7:30- Zoom with Missionary
7:40- Congregational
7:45- Special Music
7:50- Message – Greg Winn

Saturday, April 1
9:00- Welcome and BFM Update
9:15- Congregational
9:20- Special Music
9:25- Message – David Pitman
10:05- Break
10:30- Zoom with Missionary
10:50- Congregational
10:55- Special
11:00- Message – Terry Adkins
11:45- Lunch
1:00- Zoom with Missionary
1:15- Congregational
1:20- Special
1:25- Message – Mike Creiglow

Accommodations
A few Hotels nearby among many:
Comfort Inn & Suites Fairborn near Wright Patterson AFB
730 East Xenia Drive, Fairborn, OH, 45324 | (937) 754-9109

Wingate by Wyndham Dayton – Fairborn
3055 Presidential Drive, Fairborn, Ohio 45324 | (937) 986-1368

Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Fairborn South,
3971 Colonel Glenn Highway, Beavercreek, Ohio | (937) 429-2222

Tru by Hilton Beavercreek Dayton
3813 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Fairborn, Ohio, 45324 | (937) 988-0250


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News & Reports – February 2023

The Online Edition of the February 2023 BFM News & Reports is available at the link below. Read how God is at work through our faithful missionaries and continue to lift them up in prayer.

*Remember you can click on any headline to view the post/story on our website.


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News & Reports – January 2023

The Online Edition of the January 2023 BFM News & Reports is available at the link below. Read how God is at work through our faithful missionaries and continue to lift them up in prayer.

*Remember you can click on any headline to view the post/story on our website.


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News & Reports – December 2022

The Online Edition of the December 2022 BFM News & Reports is available at the link below. Read how God is at work through our faithful missionaries and continue to lift them up in prayer.

*Remember you can click on any headline to view the post/story on our website.


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News & Reports – November 2022

The Online Edition of the November 2022 BFM News & Reports is available at the link below. Read how God is at work through our faithful missionaries and continue to lift them up in prayer.

*Remember you can click on any headline to view the post/story on our website.


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