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First Baptist Church 1905 Lebanon Road, Crawfordsville, IN
The Baptist Herald July 2012
The Gourleys are serving
in the small, Central Asian
country of Kyrgyzstan where
approximately 80% of the
population is Muslim. Jed and
Renee are primarily involved
in church planting and leader-
ship training, where Jed is
serving as pastor of Calvary
Chapel Renewal and Renee
is directing the children's
ministries and women's
ministries.
Early on in his Christian
walk, Jed attended First
Baptist Church of Crawfords-
ville and was actively involved
in the youth group. Later he
began leading the youth
group at Calvary Chapel of
C rawf o rds v i l l e . Renee
(Markey) grew up in Calvary
Chapel, where her father,
George, was the pastor. In
1992, Renee left for the
mission field with her family at
the age of 16. Jed soon
joined the team in Ukraine
and began serving the young
people who were coming to
the Lord.
Jed and Renee were
married in Kiev in 1994. From
1995-1999, both completed
university studies in southern
California and returned to
the mission field. Jed and
Renee have four children,
Anna, Elizabeth, Joshua, and
Rachel.
The Gourleys will be
sharing at First Baptist
on July 29th in between
services. Come see and
hear what God is doing in
Central Asia.
MISSIONS SPOTLIGHT
Jed & Renee Gourley—Kyrgyzstan
ABW Ministries 2012 Womens Day—October 13, 2012 Madison First Baptist Church, Madison Indiana
Workshops Mold Me Ministry—Carl & Judy Elmer
Night Light Jewelry—Lydia Davis Historic Madison
Break the Chains—Galen Bremmer Missionaries to China, the Wus
Costs
Womens Day on Saturday, October 13th—$15 Officers Meeting on Friday, October 12th—$7
Registration forms available at the Welcome Center
or contact Pat Snow
Page 2 The Baptist Herald
Process of Discipleship II—Pastor Isaac
Sometimes the call to "go
and make disciples of all nations"
can be a bit overwhelming. In
my last article I talked about
people who had actually sought
to intentionally disciple me in a
planned and organized way.
However, discipleship starts
even before you sit down with
your Bible across the table from
another person. I am including
Tim Keller’s (Pastor and Author)
top ten tips for personal evangel-
ism below, which are very helpful
and practical.
1. Let people around you know
you are a Christian (in a natural,
unforced way)
2. Ask friends about their faith –
and just listen!
3. Listen to your friends’
problems – maybe offer to
pray for them
4. Share your problems with
others – testify to how your faith
helps you
5. Give them a book to read
6. Share your story
7. Answer object ions and
questions
8. Invite them to a church event
9. Offer to read the Bible with
them
10. Take them to an explore
course [I assume that this is a
class offered through the church
designed to teach the gospel]
The guy who shared this list
went on the comment that often
we need to begin with the first
areas. We usually only think of
evangelism or discipleship as
comprising the things in the last
half of the list but this is not true.
Think for a minute about the
impact that the first tips would
have on your opportunities to
evangelize and make disciples.
Do all of your friends know
you are a Christian? If not, why
not? Why has the topic not
come up? Is this an issue that
you are embarrassed to discuss?
This does not mean you have to
go around and introduce yourself
as a Christian to everyone you
meet, (natural and unforced)
but if you are a secret Christian
then you have some serious
questions to wrestle with.
Do you know about your
friends faith? Have you ever
asked them? I wonder how
many gospel conversations
would result if people just began
asking others about their faith.
The resulting conversations
would almost certainly lead to
more and deeper topics. Also,
asking someone about their faith
proves you care about them and
are interested in their lives. You
may find out that your non-
Christian neighbor is a deacon!
Everyone has problems and
this list suggests using them
as opportunities for the gospel.
Everyone is grateful to have
someone listen to their problems
and they might really be glad to
have you pray for them. This
could also be the open door to
more conversations as you ask
how the problem is going and
continue to check up. When God
answers the prayer (either way)
this is yet another opportunity to
talk about God to your friend in a
caring way. Notice how Keller
also encourages people to
share their problems with others
and describe how the gospel
helped them to deal with it.
Often Christians are fooled into
thinking that the best witness is
for Christians to have perfect
lives with no problems. This is
not true. All people will have
problems, Christians and every-
one else. The gospel changes
how we respond and deal
with our problems. This is a
great witness, much better than a
perfect, problem-free life. Dealing
with problems, both yours and
your friends can also give you
the chance to give a book
that you have found helpful.
Especially if they empathize with
your struggles they might really
appreciate a book that benefited
you.
Always be looking for oppor-
tunities to proclaim the gospel.
But recognize that so often those
opportunities come as we share
the fact that we are believers and
seek to understand where others
are coming from. As we deal with
problems and try to help friends
do the same we have the chance
to continue to point to the gospel.
The goal of salvation should
always be in our hearts but we
recognize that sometimes we are
called to plant seeds, sometimes
we are called to water seeds,
sometimes we are called to
fertilize tiny plants, and other
time we can reap a harvest. Pray
for the harvest and keep planting
seeds in many ways, at all times
and in everyone.
Page 3 July 2012
Thank You:
Church Family,
Thank you for the
mug, key, chain,
and devotional
book I really
appreciate it
and look forward
to reading the
devotions during
my college ex-
perience. Thank
you again.
Lydia Smith
Terri Henderson—tests
Bernadine Casteel—constant pain
Evelyn Kidwell—two stents
Matthew Commons—deployed, stepped on IED
Virginia Todd—rehab at Lane House
Mike Barclay—test results
Veda Ross—shoulder replacement
Jeff Mills—test results
Cindy Wittum—recovering
from surgery
Sandy Morehouse—car accident
Rick Holtz—test results
Joan Pass—brain scan for aneurysm
Ronald Taylor—fell, low blood sugar
Cindy Kidwell—stroke-like symptoms
Vern Wittum—heart attack
Judy Leonard—heart cath.
Extended prayer needed:
Lois Deck—cancer
Janet Allen—cancer
Tom Newlin—colon cancer
Our deepest sympathy to the families of:
Louise White
Walter White
Sympathies & Prayer Requests
The month of June
we talked about how
God gave us plants. We
had Bible stories about
how God made the
seeds and the land.
I have one opening
in the twos and a few
openings in the fives. I
am also looking for
school age kids for the
summer program.
Financial information:
We are currently helping
families in the commu-
nity with assistance from
the scholarship fund.
The school age pro-
gram is in full swing. We
went to Conner Prairie
and participated in
Vacation Bible School.
VBS is always a favorite
of all the kids, they love
being a part of it.
Thanks for including us!
We bought some
more items with the
Chr is tmas of fer ing
money. We built a large
sandbox by the swings,
Big Thanks to Dick
VanArsdel and Meredith
Manges for building it.
We bought a basketball
goal, badminton set, and
sand toys.
The garage sale
was once again a huge
success. We are so
appreciative of all your
donations, without your
help we couldn’t do it
every year. We will be
using the money for
more playground equip-
ment.
We are still in need
of baby dolls and barbies
for our fours and fives
classes. Big thanks to
the Judson class for
donating the bubble
wands for the school age
kids.
Continuing to serve,
Julie and the Guiding
Light Staff
Guiding Light—June
The Baptist Herald FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
1905 LEBANON RD (SR 32 E)
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN 47933-2142
(765) 362-6504 - Church Office
(765) 362-6590 - FAX
(765) 364-0656 - Guiding Light Office
www.firstbaptist-cville.org
Email - fbc@firstbaptist-cville.org
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
Dated Material July 2012
Jesus Christ, Head of the Church
Every Member, Minister
Isaac D. Zull, Senior Pastor
Jeff Strickland, Associate Pastor of Christian Ed & Leadership
Linda Wilson, Director of Music
Julie Randles, Director, Guiding Light Child Care Ministries
Cathleen Robbins, Office Manager
Marjorie N. Hughes, Christian Counselor
Brooke Martin, Wedding Coordinator
NON-PROFIT ORG
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CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
PERMIT NO 130
JULY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
1 Cozetta Haines
2 Florence Gobel
Susan Streetman
3 Melissa Thornburg
Tina Martin
5 Phil Hunter
Dylan Earl
Lincoln Zull (5)
6 Jennie Veach
7 Pete Utterback
Julie Zull
Maria Salter
Elizabeth Warner
8 Larry Ratcliff
Neil Barclay
Danielle Martin (2)
9 Ronald Taylor
10 Lucy Moore
Meredith Manges
Brett McKinney
11 Robert Porter
Phyllis Radcliff
12 Jonathan Streetman
13 Brian Smith
14 Nancy Carpenter
Nick Wilson
Brendan Mitchell
15 David Christensen
Katie Oliver
Lincoln Heide (3)
16 Dick VanArsdel
Nathan Sheridan
17 Barbara Cook
18 Steve Ross
19 Ken Barclay
20 Sissy Shermer
Kim Barclay
Jared McMurry
22 Dick Ames (70)
25 Terri Duncan
Rachel Earls
26 Shirley Pearson
Dan Martin
Taylin Edwards
31 Margaret Groves
William Priest
Robert Maxwell
5 Dick & Barbara VanArsdel
6 Curtis & Letty Calder
10 Isaac & Julie Zull
13 Matt & Jennifer Pearman
14 Terry & Arlene VanScoyoc
Mike & Sheila Cox
Pete & Bronna Utterback
15 Doug & Brooke Martin
18 Dick & Ann Baker
19 Allen & Dianna Personett
23 Bill & Nancy Carpenter
27 Robert & Janet Smiley
Jim & Shari White
28 Tim & Jennifer Veatch
31 Peter & Cindy Zull
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