Texas Baptists Urban Missions

We welcome Daniel DeLeon as Church Starting Strategist for South Texas. He served before as Area Representative for Texas Baptists, director of personnel at the Rio Grande Bible Institute, pastor of PIB Santa Rosa, & moderator of the RGB Association. Give him a 👋🏼!
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We were able to split around 1000 Hygiene Kits to 4 missionaries on the border. Gloria de la Pena says, “The most important thing is the note & prayers that were prayed over the kits. Women prisoners always feel alone & forgotten, this shows them the Lord’s love.”
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What can you do to help River Ministry this winter? These are 5 projects Texas WMU has put together for WMU groups to do at home or in a group setting with social distancing. Check them out here: https://bit.ly/3j8LCUb

We are excited to welcome Lonnie Tucker, an experienced church planter from Louisiana. He planted 2 churches in the past 15 years & started a church planting network in South Louisiana. He served on with the Louisiana Baptist Convention as well. Give him a 🙌🏻 to say hi!
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MAP Missionary, Luiguii in Spain, taught the children in his church plant about prayer. He said the children learned “God listens to us & loves to spend time with us. God longs for you to come back & spend time with him.” What a great lesson for these children!
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Luiguii Roca, MAP missionary in Spain, has established Església Evangèlica Baptista de Roses, a small church aimed at reaching the community for Christ. They are thanking the Lord for His faithfulness and goodness.
Read his update here: https://bit.ly/2La0yVL
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Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. - Psalm 96:3
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“This is my favorite mission verse because it reminds me that the Gospel is for people of every tribe, tongue and nation. It gets me excited and thankful that the nations have come to us in America and we have the opportunity to share with them every day.” - Meredith Rose, TXB Social Media Specialist
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#scripturesaturday #missionallife #TXBME

“Being a part of the Center For Missional Engagement (Missions Team) has been one of the biggest joys of my life. I get to do what I love, travel and meet people, and at the same time be a part of what God is doing to grow His kingdom. I am so proud to work side-by-side a great team of God-loving, Kingdom minded individuals that make a huge difference in pushing back the lostness in our great state. Meeting with pastors and Christian leaders on a daily basis has me more convinced that the local church is the conduit that God has been, is and will continue to use to further His great commandment and great commision in Texas and throughout the world.” - Tom Revilla, Church Starting Strategist, Area 6
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We are part of the Texas Baptists Center for Missional Engagement! Make sure to head over to that page and give it a like!
https://www.facebook.com/txbmissionalengagement

Through Church Planting and other ministries under Center for Missional Engagement we started 83 new churches in 2020. Pray for these churches as they continue to reach into new communities.
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David Miranda will serve in a new area as director of Ministers’ Development and Missional Networks. David started several new ministries, including The Pastors’ Common, Devoted, & Embrace, to reach and develop the next generation of people called to ministry.
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Prisoners in Piedras Negras were glad to receive hygiene kits from River Ministry Missionary Dra Gloria and be able to spend one-on-one time with her if needed after not being able to see her for 10 months or longer. Praying for these ladies!
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#TXBME #missions #riverministry

The Center for Missional Engagement trained 3,313 missional leaders and pastors in 2020. Excited for what 2021 will bring! Pray for our team as we continue to train missional leaders and pastors.
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But he replied, “I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent.” - Luke 4:43
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I have the privilege to bring Good News everywhere I go. Always remember that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is GOOD NEWS. Don’t ever be afraid to share it. I want to shout it from the rooftops, “HEY Y’ALL!!! I HAVE GOOD NEWS!!!” Hallelujah AMEN!!! - Keron Jackson, TXB Missionary
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“God closed doors & put up brick walls to lead me to #TexasBaptists. That is how I ended up working with Go Now & eventually the Center for Missional Engagement. I love being able to serve others & tell the story of our team!” - Gloria Tillman, Ministry Assistant
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In 2020 The Center for Missional Engagement started 65 new ministries. What do these include? Things like new feeding ministries in the Valley, technology camps in Mexico, and Embrace a mentoring program for young women.
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Welcome new Director of MAP, Minister of Missions, & Texas Baptist Missionaries, Noe Trevino who will partner churches in the US with churches in a host country to jointly sponsor a missionary & promote the missional efforts of Texas Baptists missionaries.
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In January, Vanessa Lerma, River Ministry Missionary in the Rio Grande Valley, shared about her ministry and ways you can partner with River Ministry. Want to know how? Click this link to find out more! https://bit.ly/36t4VTh
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Texas Baptists seek to engage our churches in corporate missions through strategic opportunities in Texas and around the world without duplicating the role of traditional mission-sending agencies. Read more here https://bit.ly/3thbBh1
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Celebrate with us 1,072 who have shown their faith in Christ through baptism in 2020! Thank you Missionaries & Church Planters with the Center for Missional Engagement for following God’s lead to share His word.
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When your church gives to the Cooperative Program, it supports UNT BSM, & other BSMs, bringing hope to college students by helping them grow in faith & bringing others to the Kingdom of God.
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Read how they did this in the Fall of 2020 here: https://bit.ly/2LAs3aX
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“Luke 19:10 speaks of Jesus mission: Not to destroy nor harm mankind but to save them, and we have that same Spirit in us that cries out for the opportunity to reach people to be saved by Jesus!” - Pedro Munoz, River Ministry Missionary
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I have a call to missions and have been involved in missions since my college years: IMB Missionary in Mexico, DOM in El Paso, TX, & developing a missional lifestyle. Now I serve as the director of the Center for Missional Engagement (a.k.a. Missions Team) and I feel very fortunate and blessed to be in this role serving our Lord. - Josue Valerio
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In 2020, 121,000 people were served through the ministries of The Center for Missional Engagement. Your prayer & support were part of this outreach! Thank you!!
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Pray we can continue to serve those that need to hear about Jesus and they will be open to Him.
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Want to hear how the Center for Missional Engagement is reaching people each month? Sign up now for our monthly newsletter!
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Simply click this link and choose the email for you!
https://bit.ly/367B82c
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Gracias from Casa Bethesda to the church that gave to help support the work of Dra Gloria de la Pena and the residents. They received these new hoodies to help keep them warm this winter!
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Support River Ministry Missionaries at bit.ly/2Yh9LOO
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The Center for Missional Engagement (Missions Team) as a whole had 5,380 Professions of Faith reported in 2020! Praise the Lord for those lives that have been changed and their discipleship in the coming year. 🙌🏻🙏🏻
#TXBME #praisethelord #missions

Your church supports IMB missionaries like Travis and Beth Burkhalter in their mission to refugees in Colombia through your gifts to the Cooperative Program.
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Read more about their work here: https://bit.ly/35saIYI
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I chose this verse because of the direct commission "sending" that the Lord Jesus has given me (and all His followers). We have been "sent". Our sending can be in our very home, family, neighborhood, community, city, state, country, continent and around the world. - Roy Cotton, former director of African American Ministries

"As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world." - John 17:18

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Pray for the outreach in our Minister of Missions program; that 20% of the people who make a profession of faith will obey the Lord in baptism. - Josue Valerio, Director of The Center for Missional Engagement
#missions #ChristmasPrayer2021 #TXBME
*Photo from FBC Marshall in 2019

My prayer is for churches to express their love to God by staying connected to their communities in such a time as this. - John Silva, Church Starting Strategist, West Texas, Area 1
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My prayer is for God to provide partner(s) to invest $500/month in social media evangelism among Azerbaijani people so we may saturate Azerbaijan with Scripture videos through social media. - Stephen Currie, TXB Missionary
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#missions #ChristmasPrayer2021 #TXBME

“This is our purpose in life to know the only true God” John 17:3
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I pray we can boldly & efficiently share the Hope of Christ. As we pursue Him, may those around us see His everlasting love. I pray in 2021 we can acquire a property to build a ministry resource center where families can find refuge, grace, and mercy in Christ, and that communities may be transformed by Him. - Vanessa Lerma, River Ministry Missionary
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That the vaccine would come quickly and release our churches to worship the Lord with everyone. - Dustin Payne, Church Starting Strategist, Southeast Texas, Area 3
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“Let's all strive to take some time to contemplate Dr. King's words and apply them to our own lives as we seek a deeper understanding of God's Divine plan for each of us. In his words I hear the soft echos of #GC2. Only a committed love for God and a uniting love for our neighbors will help cure the ills of the our land.” - Roy Malone, TX Baptists Director of Human Resources

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭7:14‬ ‭NKJV‬
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