Brothers and Sisters
Yesterday was an amazing day at Fellowship. Our Missions Team shared several exciting opportunities, both global and local, and I want to recap them for you.
The Searsons: Our New International Missions Partners
Our Missions Team is recommending Matt and Kayla Searson as Fellowship’s new international missions partners. Matt and Kayla serve as IMB Missionaries (International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention) in Liberia, Africa.
Matt is a Professor of Hebrew & Old Testament at the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary. The Lord has led the Searsons to combine their passions for discipleship, theological education, and the local church by serving at a seminary in Monrovia. Their desire is to make disciples, train leaders, and support indigenous church-planting efforts in a region desperate for healthy churches. They long to equip students who will cherish, guard, and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ wherever the Lord sends them.
Local School Mission Opportunity
We also have an incredible opportunity to sponsor a local family in Cabot for Christmas this year. This is a wonderful way to bless two young girls and share the love of Christ in a tangible and meaningful way.
On the Front Lines With ABC&FM and Lonoke DCFS
Another opportunity before us involves helping kinship families through Lonoke DCFS.
If you’re unfamiliar with the term, a kinship placement is when a child is temporarily placed with relatives or familiar adults such as a teacher, neighbor, or close family friend instead of entering traditional foster care with strangers. This allows the child to remain connected to people and routines that give them stability and safety while their parents work through difficult circumstances.
We were given a list of 13 children from 12 different kinship placements who need Christmas gifts this year. Imagine taking in another child just before Christmas. We’re thrilled to come alongside these families and bless them during this unexpected season.
Becca has been in communication with DCFS workers and will have more details soon. To learn more about any of these opportunities, please visit Becca Smith at the Missions Table in the Welcome Center after service.
A Word From Pastor Travis
After the service, I spoke with Becca to see how much interest there was in these mission opportunities. “There was a TON!”
Church family, thank you. You flooded the booth wanting to learn more. The heart of our Missions Team is Acts 1:8: taking the gospel here, there, and everywhere in between. In God’s providence, He brought together all three of these opportunities so we could present them to you on the same day.
God is opening doors for us to “go” for the sake of Christ here in Cabot and all the way to Africa. To think that we are entering year two already serving on the front lines of foster care and kinship placements, while also supporting missionaries training indigenous pastors in Africa… Soli Deo Gloria.
MAKE HIS NAME KNOWN
Travis Smith
Servant of Jesus Christ
Lead Pastor
Fellowship Baptist Church
