The Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma

On March 20, Michael Romero, the Foundation's Vice President, Trust Counsel, had the opportunity to accompany Kyle Pewitt, Missions Pastor, Council Road Baptist Church, Bethany, and John Duerkson, another Council Road member, to Uganda and the Sudan. The purpose of the trip was to meet with existing pastors to explore opportunities to partner Council Road with missions work in Africa. The team spent about a week in Kampala with pastor, James Tiera of Kampala Community Church. During their time in Kampala, they attended the church’s regular services and explored the work of other pastors in the area. The team also spent a week in Juba, Sudan. In Juba, they had the unique opportunity to host 14 Southern Baptist pastors for a two-day meeting to hear about their ministries. What became evident meeting with Sudanese pastors is their zeal for reaching the lost in their communities and around the region. Because of a lack of basic infrastructure throughout the country, these pastors had no idea what each other was accomplishing, often commenting that they thought they were working in isolation. Every one of them reported on their churches and the other churches they helped to start. They all reported how they tried to pull together resources to secure biblical training for other men to become pastors. Some are training indigenous missionaries to reach areas that we simply cannot access. These pastors have a passionate vision for reaching their newly emerging nation which will celebrate its independence day on July 9, 2011.

We are pleased that Mike had the opportunity to represent his church and the Foundation on this trip. Please join with us in praying for Council Road as they look for ways to partner with the Sudanese pastors impact their country for Christ.

To read Mike's article about his trip, follow this link: The Birth of a New Convention for the Birth of a New Nation.

Robert K. Kellogg
President & CEO
The Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma