Author: Christy Reynolds

“How is a mission church different from other churches?”

“Why do missionaries still need support once the church building phase has been completed?”

These questions have made Christy and me aware that there may be others who do not fully understand that there are many stages of following the Lord’s leadership in building a missionary church. Therefore, we would like to take the opportunity to share with you where we are in this process of walking by faith and trusting God for our personal support as well as the building fund for Beacon Church. These two accounts are completely separate from each other.

Although we have completed the building phase, we, as a church, had to take out a mortgage to accomplish this. It was not possible to get a mortgage with the low rates that are available to homeowners through conventional banks. However, we praise the Lord that through Church Extension Loan Fund, we were able to get a loan of $787,000.00, with an interest rate of 7.5% percent.

Because so many of you volunteered and donated money, and because so many of our church members sacrificed their spare time and days off, what should have cost $1,560,000.00 to build only cost $787,000.00. We can only praise our great God for this providence!

We serve a God Who not only knows, but can and daily does meet needs. For example, Christy and I are now refinancing our home mortgage with a substantial monthly savings. What a blessing from God! We, like each of you, have normal living expenses and are also planning for the future college needs of our children and our retirement years.

Church growth is steady but extremely slow. Christy and I are willing to stay and work, but we need continued support. Our small but growing congregation cannot yet support the mortgage payment, utilities, and outreach ministries plus a pastor’s salary. Without the support of individual Free Will Baptists and Free Will Baptist Churches, this ministry will not be able to become self-supporting. As a church, we are trusting God to help us meet these needs by:

-the prayers of His people
-continuing to build attendance as more people hear and respond to God’s offer of salvation
-the gifts of people who are informed and willing to continue to give sacrificially to see this work accomplished

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank each of you for the sacrificial giving that has made this walk of faith possible, and we know that our LORD will reward each of you richly. It is a blessing for us to be your representatives here in RI. We have done our best to be faithful stewards, and we thank you for giving us this opportunity to be used of God to reach people here in RI.

To give to the Beacon Church Building Fund, you can send your donation to the Home Missions address at the bottom of page 1 marked Beacon Building Fund. To continue to support our salary account, simply mark your gift “Bill Reynolds” and send to the Home Missions address at the bottom of page 1. For your convenience, we also have a PayPal option if you click the \”Donate\” tab on the Home Page.

Pictured are our seven baptisms from September, plus pictures of our Ladies’ Luncheon, and a church service. There are many more pictures of other events you can see by clicking on \”Events\” and \”Event Book.\” Thanks for praying!!!

Grand Opening Service
August 19, 2012
Thank you so much for all your prayers!! Once again we find ourselves with not nearly enough room for all the pictures we want to share with you. By our best estimates, at least 200 people were in attendance to hear about the hope we have in Jesus Christ. At least 20 people indicated that they asked the Lord to forgive their sins and be their Savior! To God be the glory!! He has indeed done great things!!! Thank you again for your continued prayers and support!! Our joy could not be greater!

So much to tell, so little space! Special thanks to Dave & Gaye Nobles from Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in Woodbridge, VA, who came & installed the sound system. Special thanks to Tommy & Sue Goodfellow from Gateway Free Will Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, VA, who have been helping us all along.  Special thanks to First Free Will Baptist Church from Glasgow, Kentucky who sent Joel & Melanie Franks with a group of teenagers to help put on our great Fun Fair and amazing Vacation Bible School. They also helped us with finishing touches on the building and moving!  THANK YOU!!!!  What a blessing!!!!

We had a great Fun Fair!  Over 25 new families came to our Fun Fair and received info on the church and an invitation to our Grand Opening Service while their kids played games, bounced on the giant slides and slipped through the giant slip & slide, ate popcorn, popsicles, & cotton candy, got their faces painted, and more!

VBS was great this year. 32 children in all attended, and 6 of them prayed to ask Jesus to forgive their sins and be their Savior! We are so grateful to the group from KY who came to help! See more pictures at www.BeaconFreeWillBaptist.com under “All News” and/or “Recent and Past Events!!!

To each person who gave, prayed, and/or came and helped,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PART IN THIS BUILDING!!!!

To God be the glory, great things He has done!

Praise the Lord–our first service at the new building was August 5. That day was also special because another person prayed to ask Jesus Christ to forgive his sins and be his Savior! What a great first day! Praise God!

Please pray for our Grand Opening Aug. 19!!! Mailings and personal invitations are going out!

Thank you so much for your prayers! Thank you for your continued support! We need it now more than ever! Without your prayers and financial support, this ministry would not be possible! Thank you!