Living Stone Baptist Church

In all of our updates we have failed to tell you of perhaps the most important aspect of our ministry.  We could not accomplish or even begin the deputation process if it were not for Living Stone Baptist Church in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, our home church.  Living Stone has more than simply affirmed our call into full time ministry and service for Christ in Spain.  They have enabled it and encouraged it!

Living Stone’s history begins nine years ago when the idea for planting a church came up at First Baptist Church of Perkaise, Pennsylvania.  The idea developed into a reality in January 2003, when they held their first worship service in a building adjacent to First Baptist.  Tim Vander Stel was appointed as the pastor of this fledgling church and has served there since.  Approximately sixty members uprooted themselves from the comforts of a familiar church and rooted themselves in a new church plant. 

Lorena and I have an excellent example to imitate as we seek to multiply by church planting in Spain.  Pastor Tim has been a mentor, a leaer, and a shepherd to us.  We are grateful to God for a church and leadership that has affirmed God’s leading in our lives and has enabled us to seek other partnerships for the joy of the Gospel in Spain.  Acts 13 cannot be overlooked as Living Stone Baptist Church has done much like the church in Antioch did for Paul and Barnabas.  “Then after fasting and praying they laid hands on them and sent them off.” (Acts 13:3)