Andrew and Laura Steers
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 [...]
“. . . 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 [...]
Romans 1:16 tells us, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Jesus is the answer, and we must never cease from proclaim [...]
Praise God for real growth in the church, for souls continuing to be reached with the Gospel, for decisions made at invitation time during Sunday services, and for the members getting involved in the church-wide soul winning. Certainly, in [...]
