Future Goals & Objectives of BFM

We began announcing several ambitious long-term goals for the future increase of BFM's Gospel ministry to the nations of the world. Here are a few of the goals and objectives we have laid before the Lord. We are committed and willing to lead in accomplishing these ends.

We are asking the Lord to provide the necessary funds for us to achieve these goals. Everything we are proposing and committing ourselves to reach for is subject to God's will and will depend upon God's provision for the financial supplies. But, God is able and faithful to do just that! [Matthew 6.8; 2 Corinthians 9.8-11; Philippians 4.19]

Goal #1: Eliminate the monthly General Fund deficits and increase our General Fund giving by 25% over a three-year period. This will mean an annual increase of approximately $125,000 over our present annual General Fund giving. Or, a $10,000 increase in our monthly offerings for the General Fund.

Goal #2: Increase the base salary of our missionaries by 20% over a three-year period pending available funds. Our missionaries currently receive a monthly salary of $1717.00 or $20,604.00 annually.
* 5% appreciation lump-sum bonus in December 2012 [$1030.00]
* 5% base salary increase beginning January 2013 [to $1802.00/mo]
* 5% base salary increase beginning January 2014 [to $1893.00/mo]
* 10% base salary increase beginning January 2015 [to $2082.00/mo] This goal will require a significant immediate and sustained increase in our General Fund offerings!

Goal #3: Increase the number of missionaries pending available funds.
* one to be added in November 2013
* one to be added in November 2014
* one to be added in November 2015

Goal #4: Change the retirement plan for new missionaries to a 401K or 403B type plan: BFM would match 6-10% of their base salary placed in an individual account.

Goal #5: Encourage the missionaries to promote the benefits and services they receive through BFM's General Fund.  Support for the BFM General Fund benefits not only them personally, but also all the missionaries supported through BFM.  They would encourage support for BFM in their monthly ministry reports and also during their furlough visits among the churches.

Goal #6: On a three-year cycle each missionary and his works shall be visited by a Director(s) and a Representative from his sending church beginning in 2013.

Goal #7: We will eliminate the "Car Fund" benefit since it has been unfunded and defunct for the past several years.

Goal #8: We will establish a repository and archive of BFM documents and historical records, both past and present.

Goal #9: We will encourage visits by sending/sponsoring churches to the mission fields.

Goal #10: We will establish a schedule of church visitation among our fellowshipping and supporting churches: every supporting church shall be visited by a Director of BFM at least once every three years for the purpose of thanking them and cultivating continuing relationships.

Please help us reach these goals by partnering with us in giving offerings to our General Fund! None of these goals will be reached merely by wanting them, announcing them, or publicizing them. We are asking you to join us to help make them realities for our missionaries. 

FOUNDER'S MONTH - June 2012

We want to revive a giving ministry that has fallen into general neglect over the past several years.That giving ministry is our FOUNDER'S DAY or FOUNDER'S MONTH.For many years, we remembered and honored our principal founders, Hafford Overbey and Z. E. Clark,by giving special offerings for the missionaries during the month of June.

Over the few recent years, the only church to continue that tradition has been the Storms Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Ironton OH.But, we want to start joining them in this service.

Here's what each of us can do:

PASTORS - we encourage you to observe a special Missions or Great Commissions Emphasis Sunday and give your church the opportunity to give to the BFM General Fund. Emphasize Jesus' command to preach His Gospel to all nations.That is what our missionaries are doing.That is the original burden and vision that inspired the founding of BFM. We are continuing to perpetuate that vision and burden.That is what we are supporting when we give to BFM's General Fund.We will use these offerings to continue to supply our missionaries'on-going needs.

GIVING FRIENDS - if your church is not participating in our Founder's Day Offering, we encourage you to support your missionaries by giving a personal offering. You can give your offering online on our Donate/Support page or contribute via mail.

Of course, you can give as the Lord enables you to give - but what if every one of our missionaries' Giving Friends gave at least a $70 offering in honor of the 70 years our missionaries have been faithfully preaching the Gospel?

Click here for more information and promotional materials for Founder's Month.

Sheridan and Anita Stanton are planning to be Stateside from around May until the end of the year. If you wish to contact him for availability to schedule a visit to your church, you may email him at sestantonperu@hotmail.com or 615.500.8823. Their Stateside address will be: 1012 Balsam Drive, Lexington KY 40504 | 859.277.3716

The Lord met with us during our Spring Conference services and blessed our fellowship around His Word and His mission. All the messages and presentations and reports were encouraging and challenging to us all to answer Jesus' call to join Him in His Harvest.

We emphasized two broad themes during our Conference services:
1) The great things God has done through the ministries of the missionaries who have served with Baptist Faith Missions for the past 70 years. Thousands of believers have been brought to faith in Jesus Christ; hundreds of churches have been established...and are still being multiplied; and the Gospel of the Cross has been preached to numerous nations.
2)The still greater hope and future Jesus Christ has promised to give us as we continue to  love and follow Him.

NEW DIRECTOR
We have asked Pastor Kenny Hurst to serve with us on our Council of Directors. Brother Hurst is pastor of Storms Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Ironton, Ohio. Before being called to pastor this church, he served in the church for more than 20 years under the pastoral leadership of Jim Orrick. Storms Creek has been one of BFM's most faithful and generous supporters for many years.

Your Council of Directors pray, labor, and serve together to promote our missionaries' ministries, administer offerings to supply their needs, and encourage others to join us to preach the Gospel to all the nations of the world. None of us serves for the recognition or personal benefit. We serve your desires to take care of the missionaries you love and respect.