Ben and Christy serve in Israel, sharing Christ with Hispanic Jews throughout the region. Pray God would guide and bless them.
Sunday Highlight: December 3, 2023 Today, let’s pray for two of our missionaries serving in Israel. We’ll call them Ben and Christy. One day, they went into a small coffee shop in Jerusalem, mostly to talk about the news Christy had just gotten — her mother back in the States was dying. Despite her grief,
Let’s pray for one of our missionaries, whom we’ll call Lena Eckhart. She serves in South Asia. She paints designs on women’s hands with henna as she tells them about Jesus.
Sunday Highlight: December 10, 2023 Today, in our missions prayer time, let’s start with a question: Can art help people find Jesus? The answer is yes! Let’s pray today for one of our missionaries in South Asia. We’ll call her Lena. That’s not her real name because she is in a place where the Christian
Let’s pray for Carlton and Cornelia Walker, two of our missionaries in Japan. They are desperate for prayer, because Japan continues to resist the Good News of Christ.
Sunday Highlight: December 17, 2023 Today in our prayer time, we’re going direct our focus to Japan and the trainline there. First, we must understand that Japan has been slow to respond to the Gospel. The Christian faith has grown in most other parts of Asia, but in Japan, not so much. The first need
Let’s focus part of our prayer time on our missionaries Daniel and Grace Kim, who serve in Zambia, Africa.
Sunday Highlight: December 24, 2023 Let’s pray today for Daniel and Grace Kim, two of our missionaries who serve in Zambia, a country in south central Africa. Daniel and Grace were born in South Korea, but spent many years in the United States before they were called to become Southern Baptist missionaries in 2000. That
Let’s pray for Stan Meador, one of our missionaries in Brazil. When COVID-19 forced him to return to the states, he texted his teachings.
Sunday Highlight: December 31, 2023 Let’s head way south in our prayer time today — let’s go to Brazil. That’s where our missionary, Stan Meador, serves and we want to pray for him today. Our church supports him through our Cooperative Program giving. COVID-19 hit Brazil as it did much of the world. Stan had
By Robert Miller, Director of Regional Ministries The Oahu Baptist Network (OBN ) met on October 27 at FSBC of Pearl Harbor. OBN messengers approved their 2023 Operational Budget and their Cooperative Agreement with HPBC. Pastor Amel Dominquez of FBC Haleiwa brought the Annual Message, and Pastor Bong Abagon will continue to serve as Moderator. The
The HPBC Annual meeting was held in the Pi'inao Ballroom at the Prince Waikiki Hotel on Oahu Thursday and Friday, November 3-4, 2022. There were 185 messengers and 35 guests from 52 of Hawaii Pacific’s 150 churches that included representation from Hawaii’s six major islands, American Samoa, Guam, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. HPBC Officers
How can your church develop a solid budgeting plan that helps demonstrate your commitment to your pastor and staff? By Seth Hawkins and Mark Dance Pastors carry the responsibility for the health of your church—which includes financial health. Pastors and church leaders are also responsible for the welfare of staff and their families—including their
Lifeway's Director of Sunday School, Ken Braddy, provided ten training sessions over two days in person at Waialae Baptist Church. Leaders from 18 churches from Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Island participated. This comprehensive two-day training covered the following: discovering a Biblical basis for and defining the purpose of your small group ministry; learning the
In light of the rich history and similarities in ministry settings and approach, the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention (HPBC) and the International Mission Board (IMB) signed a historic strategic agreement in September 2020. The stated purpose of this partnership agreement is that “The Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention and the International Mission Board seek to partner