Presbyterian Missionary Union
is a non-profit missions agency associated with the Bible Presbyterian Church. Our purpose is toadvance the cause of missions that are biblically based and practiced and to stand against any compromise of the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. PMU is directed by a Council of Christian leaders who volunteer their time to guide the ministry. To learn more aboutmissions opportunities through PMU, or about the BPC, please contact us.
The Missions Banner
is published six times a year forinterested individuals and churches. It seeks to promote the clear stand of the BPC by providing a biblical perspective on issues,fads, and theories in missions and church development. Our Editor is Len Pine, and our Publisher is Morris McDonald.
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“True Religion and Undefiled”: Baldwin in Cambodia
This woman is a widow who supportsher two young daughters in the Village of Pbaom in Cambodia. She has no rice fieldand like many in this extremely poor areaof subsistence farmers she weaves tradi-tionally patterned Cambodian silk for mak-ing
sombots
(a traditional Cambodianskirt) to earn her “living.” She earnsaround $25 per month or so from her la-bors, but $10 of that goes to the companyshe borrowed money from to buy the silk. (Which seems to charge about 100% interest.)On the remaining $15 a month she must support her family and maintain her house.She is also a faithful Christian who comes to our church services every Saturday. To seeso many hungering and thirsting for God’s Word and coming to hear every week reallywarms my heart. The plight of God’s people, though, weighs heavily on my heart andalong with opening God’s Word to them I desired to ease their hardship in some small butmeaningful way. The difficulty is that many “missionaries” have gone about establishingworks throughout the area (and indeed the whole world) by offering monetary gain if peo-ple will convert. (Something to the effect, “If you convert we’ll help you out of povertyand make your life wonderful because that is what Christianity is all about.”) The resulting“Rice Christians” (for they convert to get bags of rice) often neither know nor care aboutsalvation or the Savior, only mammon. It breaks my heart and limits what I can effec-tively do.
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BP Synod RegistrationInfo Now Online
Presbyters and delegatesand their families, friendsof the BPC, and other inter-ested folks are welcome todownload the registrationpacket atwww.bpc.organdregister for this summer’sSynod in the hills of EastTennessee. It will be ablessing!
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Western ReformedSeminary “Spaghetti inthe Spring” Banquet
This year’s celebration atthe seminary raised over$2300 that will go towardpurchasing much neededrecord-keeping software tosave time and money in theoffice, as well as to bolsterthe General Fund. Over 100attended this annual eventin Tacoma, WA.
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Patrick Hines Ordained
Sunday, April 19, sawGreat Lakes Presbyterycommissioners and the Cin-cinnati BPC congregationgather for the installation of Rev. Patrick Hines in theposition of Assistant Pastorat Grace BPC. Pray forRev. Hines as he steps intothis new phase of his minis-try life.
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Presbytery SummerYouth Camp Dates
Mark your calendars! (Andask your pastor for registra-tion materials, too!) Sum-mer camps will soon behere. The dates are:
Florida
: June 29-July 4
Great Lakes
: July 13-18
Northwest
: July 9-16
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