IBC CareNet Newsletter

. IBC CareNet
2‐15 Feb Pray
From the GS: Rejoice with me. Rome International Church had its first official service last Sunday, with about 75 attending. Thanks for all
who prayed. Thanks to the members of the Southern Europe LEAD team who were able to attend the launch service. Thanks
to Darryl Evetts and others who have coached Brian and Denise Kirby as they have prepared for this new church plant. Thanks
to IBC churches whose giving has helped to make this dream a reality. Pray for this new church plant, and also for Rome Baptist Church (Dave and Cathy Hodgdon) as they continue to minister faithfully and effectively in another part of this great city.
Pray that our increasing presence will yield a growing Kingdom impact in Rome, and that both churches will grow in every way.
Pray for IBC Vienna and IBC Munich. Both of these churches are going through a transitional time of pastoral search. The
Wrights left IBCV in December and the Srigiris will be leaving IBCM in mid-February. Laurie and I will be visiting both churches
this weekend. We appreciate your prayers as we travel and discuss the future for the these churches.
Pray for Dave Bollenbacher, pastor of IBC Brasilia. Dave’s brother-in-law died unexpectedly this past Sunday. He was 57.
Pray for Dave as he ministers to his family during this time of crisis.
I am thankful for our Central European LEAD team captain, Bob Marsh. Our LEAD team met to discuss church planting in the
IBC, where we have been, we are, and where God might be leading us. We enjoyed a time of encouragement and prayer, and
made some plans for the future. I was particularly blessed to see some of our younger pastors join us—Rodrigo Assis da Silva
(Bethel IBC, Frankfurt, GE), David Martin (IBC Cologne, GE), and David Hamburger (IBC Antwerp, BE)—as well as Gary Preston (Frontline, Ramstein, GE). Jeff Hinman hosted the meeting at IBC Düsseldorf. Pray for our IBC church planting efforts. I
believe God has exciting things ahead. I believe every IBC church can be involved.
Pray for IBC Jurbise, BE. The church is waiting for visas for their new pastor and wife, David and Mary Alice Stevens. Pray
for Bryan Fox, IBC member and interim pastor, who is serving the church until 1 March.
Day 2 Church to Pray For Antwerp, Belgium Pastor & Wife, Church Staff David & Lisa Cole Brussels, Belgium Roland & Hanlie Eskinazi Jurbise, Belgium Bryan & Courtney Fox (interim) 3 Brasilia, Brazil Dave & Sharon Bollenbacher Sao Paulo, Brazil Nathanael & Julie Fawcett , Bill & Mary Fawcett, Sofia, Bulgaria Douglas & Susie Pek, Trent & Sydney Santos Scott & Sandy Chadwick 4 San José, Costa Rica Tamarindo, Costa Rica Paul & Dina Dreessen, Joe & Lizette Sanchez, Lorin & Claire Cranford Lyle & Stacey Watson Birthdays this week:
3 Naty Tully - Bucharest
3 Julie Fawcett - Sao Paulo
Prague, Czech Republic Gareth & Elizabeth Morris PRAISE ‐ new folk coming and getting involved in worship team ‐ at least 2 folk interested in baptism ‐ interested 'seekers coming regularly PRAYER ‐ for 'seekers' to be 'found' by the Lord ‐ See (Malaysia), Cris (Romania), Jirka (Czech) & others ‐ for the first of 3 Prayer Ministry training weekends with Ellel Ministries (Friday 30 ‐ Saturday 31 January) to be fruitful with 15 English speakers plus about 40 Czech speakers expected ‐ for the weekend of Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 February and visit of prospective Assistant Minister and his wife Day Church to Pray For Pastor & Wife, Church Staff 5 Aalborg, Denmark Lee Hanson Pray for: Joseph Mejis, who is part of Koinonia's leadership team, will be spending the next 3 months in Sierra Leone. He has taken an assign‐
ment with "Doctors without Borders". We are asking for your prayers as he serves in a support role in human resources in this 'ebola' mission. Also for Suzan, his wife, and son Johan here in Denmark. Suzan has just returned to a full schedule as a Ph.D. stu‐
dent, after having maternity leave for some time. Jibo has been a part of Koinonia for 2 years ‐ he will be moving to Copenhagen for a two month internship in an architectural firm. He hopes to attend the IBC church in Copenhagen. Jibo received his Masters last June from Aalborg University and has been looking for job. This Danish company has projects in China and is looking for an architect who can communicate between the Danish and Chinese ‐ Jibo may be the man for the job. Felix Donker has been a part of Koinonia 2 1/2 years ‐ he will be leaving for Johannesburg, South Africa, to begin a Ph.D. program there. We will miss Felix ‐ he has been a faithful member of Koinonia. Copenhagen, Denmark Erik & Kim Nielsen, Austin & Ashlyn Sailsbury 6 Sedge Fen, England John & Denise Heiserman Stukeley, England Pete & Penny Bourne We give thanks for the last year. It has been slow but good with a small growth in membership . The year ended with a large turn‐
out for the Bethlehem Peace Candle with over 100 Scouts and cubs with parents (last year it was only 35 ). We had our first person visit us from the village—our prayers are that this year would see more from the village coming along. 7 Nice, France James & Jennifer Arnold Birthdays this week:
Paris, France Norman & Molly Ellis, Parker Windle 6 William Colledge - Zuerich
St. Paul de Vence, France James & Jennifer Arnold 9 Karen Albright - Milan
8 Berlin, Germany Bielefeld, Germany Scott & Laurie Corwin, Juergen & Alex Ferrary Currently no pastor 9 Bremen, Germany Paul Grinyer We give thanks for God's gracious work and leading in our lives, including the five folks who are preparing to be baptised on 1st March. We are also enjoying a fresh phase of seeking to listen to God together as we await his next lead and guidance regarding the further development of IBC Bremen's role in the mandate of making disciples of the nations. Please pray that we will all keep close to God, and realise in and with him the full potential of his plans for us Celle, Germany Bob & Debbie Hnat 10 Cologne, Germany David & Kristin Martin We are thankful for all that God is doing in our church. In the last year we have seen God build our life Group (home group) ministries to 8 groups. Please pray that leaders will be built up within these groups to continue the work. Also, we started a youth group last August and we now have up to 15 teenagers who come every week to learn the Word. Most of them are not believers and do not attend a church. We are praying that God would lead everyone of them will follow Christ. Finally, our church is going through some growing pains. We need wisdom about how to minister to the people who are com‐
ing in, and for direction from the Holy Spirit how to move forward in reaching the city of Cologne. Darmstadt, Germany Bob & Carol Marsh 11 Düsseldorf, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Jeff & Cindy Hinman Rodrigo & Annalena Assis da Silva 12 Freiburg, Germany Sylvester & Adelaide Peprah‐Kwakye Giessen, Germany Cleon & Kathy Rogers You can praise God with us for the continued and sustained growth over the last two years. 13 Göttingen, Germany Hamburg, Germany Branislav & Jasna Beocanin Dave & Gillian Stemmett, Christian & Tasi Bach Hannover, Germany Kaiserslautern, Germany Bob & Debbie Hnat Jim & Lisa Goforth, Jan & Ginger Horak Metterich, Germany Munich, Germany Philip & Tabitha Redmond Johnson & Mercy Srigiri 14 15 Baptist Union of Great Britain Number of churches: 2 080 / Number of church members: 132 008 President: Ernie Whalley (2013/2014), Chris Ellis (2014/2015) / General Secretary: Lynn Green Please join us in prayer: pray as you feel led for the Union of Great Britain, the churches, leaders, volunteers and people of the country

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