Greater Portland Baptist Church supports over 100 missionaries on a monthly basis. We are adding new letters and prayer requests to this area of our web site regularly. And in the near future we will be allowing you to subscribe to regular emails from select missionaries! Check back here regularly for new letters and more information about the upcoming subscription service.

Clayton and Robyn McCurdy: April and May 2008

Dear Pastor and Praying Friends, We are fast approaching the end of a good semester of the Bible institute. This month the students will take their final exams before the summer break. I've been encouraged to see the hunger these students have for the Word of God and the desire to serve God. Some of them travel for several hours on a bus each Saturday in order to attend. Pray...continue
posted Friday, May 9, 2008

Adam and Angela Young: May 2008

Dear Fellow Laborers, Praise the Lord for the exciting things He is doing in Russia! Two Saved We just saw two people saved out on our evagelistic survey. One, who is named Alexander, is a student at a technical institute, but would like to become a lawyer some day. We set up a meeting, as he said he had a lot of questions. In the park where we met, he...continue
posted Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Donavan and Laura Bangs: April 2008

Dear Friends, April has been exhausting. It began with the arrival of Laura's mother and stepfather, who were here to see their grandson, who had not yet been born. Because the baby was late Laura was admitted into the hospital for inducement on Tuesday the eighth. There were some difficulties and things did not progress as we had hoped. Laura went into labour, but progress was slow. After a around...continue
posted Thursday, May 1, 2008

Donavan and Laura Bangs: March 2008

Dear Friends, March has been a busy month. Both in the ministry and in our own lives. In the ministry we have had several more visitors to services, and we have been able to visit them in their homes. One family from Africa that professed to know Christ as their Saviour have been regular in attendance, which is encouraging to us and some of our people. They started attending as...continue
posted Sunday, April 6, 2008

David and Jolene Sloan: March 2008

Hi everyone! We were happy to have David home last week, after a 10-day trip to Israel. This was his third trip in a 12-month period. Dr. Vineyard called David and asked him to go to Israel in a few weeks' time and be with the missions group from our home church that was scheduled to go. David met and worked alongside them. The leader of the group was Bro....continue
posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Clayton and Robyn McCurdy: March 2008

Dear Pastor, Praying Friends and Family, "O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E, obedience is the very best way to show that you believe." This simple children's song reminds us of one of the key ingredients to the Christian life - obedience. Yet, God does not simply want our obedience, he wants us to obey by faith. Without faith it is impossible to please God. So God wants us to obey Him even if we cannot...continue
posted Saturday, March 8, 2008

Adam and Angela Young: March 2008

Dear Fellow Laborers, Praise the Lord for the exciting things He is doing in Russia! Furlough Lengthened Last month I wrote that we would be taking a three month furlough because I thought that this was the longest amount of time we could stay outside of Russia and keep our residency. I am happy to say that I was wrong. The longest amount of time we can spend is actually...continue
posted Saturday, March 8, 2008

Kevin and Stacy Byers: March 2008 mini-update

Dear Supporting Churches and Families, I am working on a prayer book of supporters so our family can pray for each of you. I would like to have a picture of each pastor and pastor's wife, or a family picture to add to my project. If you currently support our ministry, would you please send me an e-mail with the most current picture you have? It doesn't need to be...continue
posted Saturday, March 8, 2008

Jonathan and Becky Earnhart: February 2008

Dear Friends, Summer in Peru is coming to an end. We have concluded our last activity of our "Crazy Summer" program. Last weekend we had 10 couples participate in our Couple's Retreat. We were missing quite a few couples, but we had a good time and we were able to teach a number of very important and relevant classes. Our teens and singles prepared a banquet and program for Friday...continue
posted Friday, March 7, 2008

Donavan and Laura Bangs: February 2008

Dear Friends, February has been different. Things are continuing to progress well with the baby and now Laura is really starting to slow down as she is no longer capable of doing certain tasks. Laura is also having difficulty sleeping for any great length of time. Thankfully, I have almost completed all the work for the nursery. I would like to thank all of you for your prayers concerning the...continue
posted Friday, March 7, 2008

Steve Myers: March 2008

Dear Co-laborers, Hello from darkest Africa, the night is far spent and everyone is not saved. We must press on in getting the Gospel out and giving everyone an opportunity to be saved. I passing out tracts today and experienced for the first time a Zulu refusing to take a Gospel tract. We have been in the wars again with our transport. The white van lost its door at least...continue
posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Greg and Wendy Mann: March 2008

Dear Family and Friends, We are now less than 10 days away from the start of Anitoch Baptist Church. We have men from our ministry busy painting, building benches, and doing general clean up on the land. We will have a "crusade" beginning on the 13th running through Sunday the 16th. I would be grateful for churches to keep this in prayer. This morning we waved good-bye to our good...continue
posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Chad and Faith Mann: March 2008

Greetings! This year seems to be flying past so quickly! We have lots of news to update you on here in this letter. God has really been good to us through the trials that come our way. We know that He has a purpose for it and we try our best to remember those promises when they come. Thank you for taking time to read through this letter! Crash Update...continue
posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Gary and Verda Keck: January and February 2008

At number 6 we started the year off with a revival. We had good attendance and many commitments to the Lord were made. Six people gave their hearts to the LORD. A young man, named Matias, surrendered for ministry. He will be attending Bible school next year. February marked the beginning of another school year. We are blessed to have four families and two single men come to train for...continue
posted Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Kevin and Stacy Byers: February 2008

Dear Prayer Partner, We enjoyed many great meetings through the month of February. May is right around the corner which will mark 3 years of deputation for our family. We are expecting our fifth child in May and our 11 year wedding anniversary is May 17th. Our prayer and heart's desire is to raise the additional support needed to fly to Germany very soon. I would like to take the...continue
posted Sunday, March 2, 2008