Since our last letter, the married couples of Coastline Baptist Church have enjoyed a one-day retreat in February. We heard wonderful teaching interspersed with lighthearted games, testimonies of long marriages, and refreshments, of course. [...]
As we enter a new year with all that we can anticipate from it, reflection on 2017 gives us some great encouragement for an even better 2018. Our goal this year is to reach more people for the Lord in outlying communities, such as Latrobe a [...]
As another Christmas rapidly approaches and we reflect upon the course of 2017, we can praise and thank the Lord for the salvations, baptisms, and growth that has been evident at Coastline Independent Baptist Church. This includes faithful [...]
Praise God for His relentless goodness, grace, and mercies, which are new every morning! We are particularly thankful for Eric, a young man who recently moved next door to us. We visited him to introduce ourselves and welcome him to the nei [...]
PRAISE THE LORD! We have been rejoicing over a long-awaited answer to prayer. For more than three years, Cassandra, a single mom with six young children, has been faithfully attending our church. She has heard the Gospel many times but has [...]
It surely has been an eventful couple of months since our last prayer letter, both in relation to ministry and on a personal level. Coastline Baptist Church recently relocated. We thank the Lord that He has provided the use of an educationa [...]
Ideally, it is every church’s prayer that there is evidence of God working in and through the lives of its members. We praise the Lord for the salvation of a young man in the church. Tender to the preaching of God’s Word, young Ethan (11) h [...]
The new year, with its new opportunities to reach the lost, has begun! Annie, one of the seasonal workers from Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), has kept in touch and comes to church when she can. Laura went to visit Annie on Saturday, hopin [...]
Merry Christmas to you from Devonport, Tasmania! Oh, what a good year 2016 has been in terms of souls reached with the Gospel, growth in the church, and decisions made amongst believers in response to Gospel preaching, not to forget the 2 b [...]
“. . . in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5) Few of us who persevere in seeking the lost with the Gospel, but who struggle to see folks come to know the One Who has all the answe [...]
