Living Bread Ministries
Planting Churches Among the Desperately Poor
Biblical Community Changes Lives
Pastor Jocelito and Iara
Like many in her community she struggles to survive. She was all alone, until the Body of Christ from our church plant in Vila Safira began to reach out to her, even though their poverty is just as severe. This is one of the beauties of church planting among the poor and needy. It is glorious to see lives changed by the gospel. Then slowly the miraculous happens, biblical community begins to form and while the people often remain materially poor the community begins to change for the glory of Christ.
Iara's Home
To learn more about how the Lord is working in Iara's life and among the church in Vila Safira checkout our newsletter. You can see more pictures from our work on our photo page.
LBM Benefit Golf Tournament
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Pray For These Opportunities
- Feb 14 - 28 - Brazilian leadership is sharing about LBM with 9 churches in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- March 2 - meeting with the executive pastor at Vintage 21 in Raleigh, NC
- March 7 - sharing about LBM at Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Warrenton, VA
- March 21 - sharing about LBM at Mission Dorado Baptist Church in Odessa, TX
- March 24 - sharing about LBM in Odessa, TX
- June 6 - sharing about LBM at Open Door Community Church in Kingsville, OH
Recently, we met with leadership at the following churches and are praying for partnerships to be formed: Redeeming Grace Baptist Church, The Kirk, Alum Spring Baptist Church, Bridge Church, and Trinity Baptist Church. Also, we rejoice over the newest ministry partner to join our team; Eastpoint Community Church.
Please join us in praying that through these opportunities the Lord will build partnerships that will enable LBM to continue to plant missional churches among the poor and needy. Also, pray that we will have more opportunities to share what the Lord is doing among the desperately poor.
If you would like to learn more or have us visit your church contact us here.
The Poor and Needy Helping in Haiti
Their pastors have been discipling them and teaching them to look beyond their own need and consider others as more important than themselves. This act of kindness is evidence that by God's grace they are learning this important lesson. I am so proud of their kingdom mindset, therefore LBM is going to match their gift and send $600 to aid relief efforts in Haiti. Together, we are building the kingdom for the glory of Christ!
Vision for Church Planting Among the Poor and Needy
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Share Christmas 2009 Recap
Children in Vila Safira Hearing the Gospel
Each church distributed these gifts at evangelistic services where the Gospel (the true meaning of Christmas) was shared. We had many new families introduced to the church plants and several people received Christ. By God's grace even a local elementary school principal came to now Christ.
To see pictures from Share Christmas 09 click here. Thanks to everyone who helped make this outreach possible. It will continue to bear fruit for the kingdom throughout the year.
Summer Camp: An Opportunity to Be a Regular Kid
Every year we send a group of teens from our church plants to summer camp. This is a great opportunity for them to get out of the slum & spend time with other youth. For a week they get to be in a safe place and not have to worry about gangs, drug traffickers, hunger, and the many other hardships they face daily.
In order to attend camp we require that the kids pass the school year. In addition, they must save $3.00 a month all year, which is a huge contribution for them. This year we have 23 youth that have met these requirements. They have been collecting recyclables and selling crafts to raise money. Even with this savings they fall short of the funds needed. To supplement their efforts a sponsorship of $50 is needed for each teen to attend camp.
These young people are the future leaders of our church plants. Many of them are already serving in worship ministry and also help to teach younger children. Therefore, camp is an investment in the discipleship of future church leaders and will help us to build strong churches. Will you bless one of them and help to equip them for future ministry?
Go in Peace, Be Warmed and Filled
At LBM we take the many teachings in Scripture about ministering to the poor and needy very seriously. While each of our church plants boldly proclaims the Gospel, we are equally committed to ministering in tangible ways. We don't feed the hungry because they deserve it, but because Christ has given us a new heart that generally cares about them. We understand that apart from God's grace toward us we would be no better off physically and we realize that their extreme physical poverty is a picture of our own spiritual poverty before our holy God.
Would you consider joining us as we church plant among the poor and needy? We currently need ministry partners to provide $50 or even $25 per month to fund our church plant in Vila Safira.
Local Author Supports LBM
Paul is a very promising young writer and it is a blessing to see his desire that the Lord would use his ability to further His kingdom. We appreciate Paul's partnership in ministry and believe the Lord will bless his generous spirit, for the glory of Christ and the good of the Church. If you have any readers on your Christmas list I recommend Protect as great gift. To learn more about Paul and Protect visit his website.
Share Christmas 2009: All the Children Are Sponsored
We appreciate everyone that has given to this project. Seven churches and many individuals gave to make Share Christmas possible this year. We thank the Lord for each of you.
If you would like a picture CD and update of the gift distribution please contact us.
Bio
Living Bread Ministries exists to be used by the Holy Spirit to create worshipers of Jesus Christ among the desperately poor of Latin America. To accomplish this we are planting churches among the poor and equipping those churches to minister to their community for the glory of Christ.