GBIM ANNOUNCES 2020 OFFERINGS General Baptist International exists to spread the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ and to work to extend the ministries of the General Baptist movement internationally. A key element to that task are our General Baptist missionaries. Missionary safety and well-being automatically become key components in the success of our international outreach. The 2020 LAUNCH offering (formerly VBS offering) will be used to help provide for the well being of our missionaries in a very tangible way. We will have two sets of missionaries leaving the comforts of home to serve General Baptists internationally in 2020. The Brantley family will be serving the churches of central Mindanao in the Philippines and work out of the Matigsalug Bible Institute (MBI). Robin Lowery will be moving to Honduras to assist with the ministries of Faith Home. Both assignments necessitate the purchase of vehicles for missionaries. The Brantley family will need a good
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4-wheel drive vehicle to traverse the rugged hills and mountains around MBI. In Honduras we have sufficient vehicles for when missionaries need to leave campus, but there is a real need for utility vehicles (like a John Deere Gator) to help missionaries quickly conduct their business around the rather large campus of Faith Home. Two JD Gators have served us well for many years, but it is time to provide some new wheels for Robin as well as the Faith Home Clinic and Faith Home itself. Our offering goal is $30,000.00 this year and we believe that you can help us provide for the needs of our missionary families. Your church can help by designating your annual VBS missions offering for this project or by hosting a Day of Poverty (www.dayofpoverty.com) with your youth department and designating the funds raised for the LAUNCH offering. You may also want to use your youth group Day of Poverty to meet some need in your local community and sending some for the LAUNCH
