My flight itinerary tonight takes me from Dhaka to Bangkok to Manila. I'll spend the night in Manila. I'll take a bus to Baguio City on Thursday morning, where Pastor Palangyos will meet me at the bus station. Pastor P. sent our itinerary yesterday. Looks like he has a busy week planned for us. We'll spend one day in Baguio visiting outreach areas before we head to the mountains for 4 days to conduct Bible seminars, Gospel outreach, and worship service.
The past few days here in Bangladesh have passed in a blur. We traveled approximately 14 hours from the north to Gopalganj, with an overnight stop in Jessore. Gopalganj is where Pastor M. and his family live and where the BLCM is headquartered. The following day, sixteen BLCM pastors, deacons, elders, evangelists, and Sunday school teachers gathered for a four-day Bible training seminar for pastors and church leaders. It was wonderful to see all their familiar faces and to reconnect. A couple of new young men attended for the first time. Seeing the next generation of church leaders being trained in God's Word is wonderful to witness!
During the four-day seminar, I taught and preached about God's grace, emphasizing how the doctrine of election serves as a comforting and encouraging scriptural principle for believers rooted in a correct and biblical understanding of God's grace. Pastor M. also taught lessons on the doctrine of Church Fellowship and our Biblical practice of Close Communion. He also led discussions on worship, church organization, and future plans for the BLCM.
As the seminar came to a close, attendees had the opportunity to ask questions and share their thoughts on what we had studied, learned, and discussed over the past few days. Each participant who spoke expressed gratitude to the Lord for the chance to delve deeper into His Word and requested that the BLCM provide more Bible training for pastors and church leaders. The BLCM plans to implement a structured training program for pastors once the BLCM building project has been completed. Until then, Pastor M. will continue to provide training through regional seminars, as he has been doing since becoming involved with the CLC. The CLC Board of Missions has approved an MDF building grant for the BLCM. Construction will begin once sufficient MDF funds are available for this project, along with many other projects and Gospel outreach that have been approved.
There is a lot happening here in Bangladesh, and the opportunities to share the Gospel are abundant as evidenced in my post from a few days ago. Please pray for Pastor M., his family, church leaders, and evangelists. Pray also that our Savior will bless their efforts to spread the Good News of Jesus throughout the country.
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