Charity Baptist Mission, Inc.

A subsidiary of Brookside Baptist Church

 

P. O.  Box 692  Bristol, TN 37621-0692 

Tel. (423) 878-8131   E-mail - cbmission@juno.com

 

 

 

Bolivia & other Hispanic countries

  

A Few Words
From Our Founder
Rev. Fred Potter



"Heard a church bell ringing"

This is song about how Fred Potter got saved "written by Danny Minton".

Bulgaria

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It is our privilege to welcome you to the Charity Baptist Mission web page. We hope this will be a testament of what the Lord is doing in America and throughout the world.

In 1973, the Lord laid upon my heart to start Charity Baptist Mission Inc., here in Bristol, Tennessee.  We started it because we were opening a children’s home in Mexico. From there the Lord continued to bless and increased the areas to other countries by which we could share the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour. 

It has been truly a blessing to see how the Lord has used missionaries to reach the lost and see them saved.

We believe in the Authorized King James 1611 version of the Word of God. It has stood the test of time and we believe this is the only true Bible.

To God be the Glory! 

 

 

 

  

 

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Bulgaria Feeding update

Bulgarian Flour and Oil Distribution Update April 2013  (click on link for PDF)

 

“For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.”  Ps. 107:9


Dear Fellow Labourers,
 
With much thankfulness we would like to give you an update on the work:
 
Last year in 2012 the Lord graciously allowed you to be a part with us in feeding 1,750 poor Milet Turkish church families. Each family received a 110 lb sack of flour and 5 liters of oil. This year we wanted to feed around 2,000 church families and the Lord has supplied that need.

Thanks be to God, and the charity of His people, most of these families have now received a sufficient supply of flour and oil for the year. This was a large undertaking, but not too big for the Lord to handle.

 

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Updates from Bulgaria

 

(Please click on the following links for their updates)

Frank Cornelius       Larry Leach       William LeFevre       Zach LeFevre      Nathan Reed       Robert Shrader       Dave Turner       Mathew Welch

 

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2013 Bulgarian flour and oil distribution update

 

From: zachary lefevre

Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 10:34:06 -0700 (PDT)

 

Subject: May 7 Update

 

Today I had the privilege of meeting with other missionaries and national pastors to proof read the gospel of John and epistle to the Romans in Turkish.  Although we were proof reading, looking for typing errors and such, somehow reading the Bible out loud seemed to be a greater blessing than reading devotionally.  Soon we will begin printing these for distribution.  Next week we will continue proof reading the rest of the New Testament.  Each of our national pastors has a complete Bible, but very few people over here have any kind of Bible, save the gospels of John that we distributed years ago.  I recently had a special blessing: after I preached one night I overheard one of the ladies in the church that said, "I have got to get a Bible and start reading it."  How encouraging it is to know that my preaching brought a love and a desire for the word of God.

 

This past month has given us some absolutely beautiful weather.  Usually, that means that many of our people are now working and not able to attend church, but we are still encouraged to see the Lord working.  In our village church we have new people come about every week.  I think that at least half of the families in the village have been to the church.  This week we had a new one come and promise to continue coming.

 

There was a bit of excitement in the village this week.  A young couple from a nearby village ran away together to marry.  Her father and family apparently are in some type of mafia and are feared in this region.  Somehow, the father came to our village with several helpers and they thought that the girl was hiding in the home of one of our church members.  They broke the windows of the house and started beating this brother with a metal chair.  They grabbed his wife and threatened to break her arm.  As soon as she got away, she fell to her knees and cried out loud, "Jesus, save us!" Upon hearing this, the men realized that the missing girl was not there and they left.  Our brother here may have suffered a concussion (we're not sure, the hospital wouldn't admit him because his insurance hadn't been paid), but he came to the meeting last night and gave a wonderful testimony that he could have died, but he knew the Lord protected him. 

 

From Bulgaria,  Zachary LeFevre

 

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From: "Dimitar Stefanov"

To: "Brookside Church"

 

Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 01:52:22 -0400  Subject: May 2013

 

To: Pastor Mike Nixon and Brookside Baptist Church.

 

Greetings in the Name of our Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ.

 

We thank the Lord for His manifold spiritual and material blessings.  It has been about 11 days since the summer has been here.  So everyone is rejoicing for that.  A lot of our believers now go all over visiting the sick, looking for work and etc.

 

One lady came back from Germany with her teenage daughter.  Over there they took her to a Hoja and the girl literally went crazy, lost her mind and could not recognize any body.  Her relatives come to church.  At church they presented the need and we have been praying. At home every night they sang to her hymns and prayed for her and showed her love.  After about 10 days of praying and believing God the Lord delivered her from the devil's trap and she came back to her right mind.  Praise the Lord for that.  She begged her mother to stay with the believers because she felt so good.  Some of these people go to the wrong place and get spelled by the devil, but praise God they come to the church for help and the Lord helps them.

 

On the 17th of May we have a Turkish meeting in Romania. Please, pray that the Lord will bless abundantly.

 

The churches over here are very thankful for the oil and the flour that you all provided for them.  They praise the Lord for providing for their table.  A lot of them praise the Lord for providing them with victuals so they can help someone else.

 

May the Lord bless you with a good service this morning.

 

In Christ, Bro. Mitko.

 

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Please continue to pray for Mike Nixon (pastor of Brookside Baptist Church).

Mikes wife (Teresa Nixon) went home to be with the Lord on March 13, 2013

 Mike and Teresa's family thank you for your prayers.

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With great joy we would like to give you a brief update of the work in Bulgaria and Romania:

 

•   Brother Ralph Cheatwood is completing the Turkish Bible translation and Mitko (one of our national pastors), the Bulgarian Bible,
     while 8 Missionary families minister in three languages: Turkish, Romanian, and Bulgarian.
•  16 National pastors help us oversee this work. About $1,000 a month extra is needed to support these men. We try to help each pastor offset the costs of their food and fuel (presently $7 a gallon).
    Our men oversee 5-10 churches each, while driving hundreds of miles every week to get to all of the meetings!
•  During the winter we also assist our church members with food and those in need with firewood.  A cord of firewood costs about $180.
•  Over 105 churches have been established in Bulgaria and Romania since 1991.  During the past few years the churches have grown from around 1,500 families to about 2,000.
•  In 2012 around 100 adults professed faith in Christ and were baptized.
•  Many have been saved and encouraged through our preaching and singing DVD’s and CD’s, one of our main evangelistic tools.  Wherever our Turks travel they take the DVD’s and CD’s with them.
•  20 church feeding centers have been established in Romania and 18 in Bulgaria, where children and adults get one good meal per day.
•  “Coats for Kids” was started in 2008 by the Leach family.  One year they distributed 1,000 winter coats, 1,000 pairs of socks and 25 pairs of shoes to the neediest children in his village churches.
•   In 2002 Casa Julia Children’s home was established in Romania. They are raising 11 abandoned children, giving them a safe, loving, Christian home.

The Lord has consistently met our needs. We praise Him for His loving provision, and for your obedience to His moving in your hearts.

In Christ, Rev. Mike Nixon                                                                                                                     To God be the Glory!

 

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Since 1991 the Lord has kept the doors open for Charity Baptist Mission to help feed the poor in Bulgaria and Romania.

 

As of September 2011 the following are the basic costs for carrying on this work.


 Bulgaria

•  We are supplying food for 18 churches daily. Monthly it costs about $175 per church.
•  About 353 children are fed each month through theses churches.
•  Some of these churches feed between 20 and 30 children daily.
•  It costs roughly $8.50 to feed a child for the month or 29 cents per day.
•  We need at least $3,150 each month to continue this work.

 

It's been a long time since we've gotten in this amount for the feeding.  Currently, we receive less than $2,000 per month, so many of the missionaries give out of their monthly support to help with this endeavor. Even with their help, we had to cut the feeding down due to lack of funds.

 

We can't afford to buy beans every month. Sometimes we have to buy fewer potatoes, rice, and/or oil.  This month cabbage will be cheap, so we'd like to get each church a couple barrels of cabbage: they pickle it and use it the rest of the winter.  If we had the funds, we could also buy more potatoes this month while they're cheap and then store and use them in the coming months. 

 

Romania

•  We supply food for 20 feeding centers which feed 15-20 people at each location.
•  Each month we buy 7,500 loaves of bread for around $2,200 dollars (at 29 cents per loaf)
•  These are distributed throughout the Romanian feeding centers.
•  Roughly 280 people are being fed each day at a cost of $2,550 each month.
•  That comes to about $8.90 per month for a child/person.
•  Our Missionaries oversee 15 churches with the help of 7 national pastors.

 

In addition to the bread we are spending about $2,000 a month for food plus about $500 - $600 a month all together on rents and water for the 16 places that prepare food for children.  This includes some food for the National pastors and their families.  We also have churches in some very poor villages where not only the children, but all those that come to the church can be fed.

 

 

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 - Please click on the following link for -
 

A SUMMARY OF OUR 35 YEARS ON THE MISSION FIELD 1975 - 2010

 

(An overview of what the Lord has done through Sr. Missionary Ralph Cheatwood, who is over the work in Bulgaria and Romania)

 

 

 

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”  1 Cor 13:13

 

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