A N U P D A T E F R O M
Honduras 2019 was an exciting year for GB in Honduras. The “Iglesia Bautista General de Honduras” was formally organized with legal standing in Honduras. This is a significant step in the work here. In time, the pastors/churches will assume more and more of the control and direction of the GB movement in Honduras. It is a true step of growth. The churches here baptized 27 people! The pastors/churches are making a difference in their country. God has also blessed with several new works in 2019. This is the first year in many that we can report new churches. The group in Las Laureles under Pastor Saul in Pimienta. Pastor Saul travels to this remote community each week. This start is now a couple of years old, but in 2019, it has begun to grow. It is located on the side of a mountain and the community is smaller, but they gather to worship and praise God. The mission has been working with them to get them electricity. We hope that this becomes a reality in 2020. The new church plant in Nueva Plan is doing great. Land was purchased and a church building is being built where God’s people in El Plan will gather to worship and grow in their faith. The location of this church has the potential to truly grow large. It is in a developing community, and there are two other subdivisions close as well. Currently, the church meets on the front porch of a small house. Normally, there are 40 to 50 people who attend. Pastor Guada baptized 9 in 2019. We also have a new work near Choluteca in the south (El Carizon) that is under the direction of our Pastor Ramon. This is our first new effort in the Choluteca area after many years. The community is poor but thirsting to hear the gospel. Ramon is working with Pastor Cruz (great name for a pastor!). This group has already purchased land and have begun building their place to worship. Pastor Miguel and I visited the site in November. The poverty is real, the need is great, but grace is greater. May God bless this new work! Also, we have a new connection with Pastor Juancito in Villanueva, an industrial town located about 20 minutes from Faith Home. Pastor Juancito started this work several years ago and has been on his own. He got acquainted with a couple of our pastors. He told them he wanted to connect with a group for support and encouragement. He has been attending our meetings and will start the HBI next year. He is a dedicated man of God seeking to reach his community for the Christ. As this relationship develops, it will mean another GB church in an area where there are many who need to hear about Christ. It is fun to be a part of what God is doing in the realm of GB in Honduras. 2019 was a good year, and based on how things have developed, 2020 looks even more exciting.
General Baptist Messenger Spring 2020 | 17
