For the People Had a Mind to Work: February 2012

Monday, February 20, 2012

Pictures from Carson, MS Cherith Baptist Church

Caleb doing mudding in the women's bathroom

In the auditorium facing the classroom/office part of the building.

Murph and Al "working".

Fellowship Hall

Stall in Men's Bathroom

Auditorium half. They are using this half for a garage sale to help raise funds for supplies.

Attic room for supplies or an extra classroom.

Classrooms and Offices. (currently the break area)

From the Fellowship Hall looking at the Upstairs Room.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

February Update

Work is slowly progressing here. The walls are all up, including the upstairs portion. Caleb has started running the wiring and setting in the plumbing. Nothing too exciting is going on, just trudging along! It's been very wet, humid, and warm and it's making Caleb's bronchitis flare up. It's also making our allergies act up, but thankfully the mold issue is mostly under control! Thanks for the prayers, and I will try to get some pictures posted!

Some Building Facts!

1. When a church goes from renting a facility/meeting in a home to owning their own building, it will grow by an average of 50% in the first year!
2. Having NTCP, USA come and help you build will give you a savings of 30-70%
3. NTCP, USA does not require anything from a church when it goes to work. We have some requests, but if we required something we would be no better than contractors.
4. An average of 800 Baptist churches close per year.
5. Foreign Missions cannot be supported, unless new churches are built!
6. If a church has a 50% increase in people after getting a new building, their Missions fund can grow as well.
7. Supporting NTCP, USA will ensure you a part in the reaping of all of the souls that are won because of the growth of the church that was built!
8. When we go to a church to build, we strive to be the best church members that Pastor has. That means we go on visitation, volunteer to sing specials, teach a class, and help in any area we can. We are there to be a blessing, not a burden.