Where Are You Going Next?
Perhaps you have been wondering…what happens next? You’ve made it through Bible College, that, or you are one year closer to the finish line — and you’re starting to think about what’s next. What church will you go to? In what part of the world? What ministry will you serve in? How, where, and when will God begin to use you past your Bible college experience? Is there anyone that can give you an idea? Does anyone have any advice our thoughts on the subject?
No one expects you, at this moment, to know every step that you are going to take in life…but what about the next step? Where does that next step take you? What does that step even look like? Is that step an internship? What about going directly into the pastorate? Are you going to lead the youth department, a bus ministry, the choir…so many possible steps, and yet, there’s only one right step. The Lord knows your next step, and while He’s directing you…
We would like to ask you to prayerfully consider serving somewhere in the Pacific Northwest; the three states in the upper northwest part of our nation that have little to no Gospel outreach in many, if not most of, the cities. What Jesus said in Luke 10:2 is still true: “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.” Would you consider being one of His labourers in the Pacific Northwest?
Washington was the 42nd state admitted to the union and is the 18th largest (land) state in the US. Washington currently has a population north of 7.7 million people with fewer than 100 independent, Baptist churches.
Bro Kyle McMillan (2001 HBBC Grad) has pastored Skyline Baptist Church in Seattle, WA, for over 11 years.
Idaho was the 43rd state admitted to the union and is the 14th largest (land) state in the nation, but having a population just north of 1.8 million ranks it as the 13th least populous state, with fewer than 30 Baptist churches.
Bro Jonathan Pyle (2006 HBBC Grad) has pastored
West Valley Baptist Church in Nampa, ID, for over
4 years.
Oregon was the 33rd state admitted to the union and is the 9th largest (land) and 27th most populous state in the nation, with fewer than 45 like-minded, independent, fundamental Baptist churches.
Bro Lloyd Read has pastored
Harvest Baptist Temple in Medford, OR, for over
5 years.