Barnabas Task

Support Tom and Nancy. There, I said it! Up to this point I have never used our names in asking for financial support.  Barnabas Task has been promoted.  Who wants to promote self?  We sure don’t!  At the same time, without promoting what we do there is no way people can give intelligently.  We feel that God is receiving the glory for what we are doing.  Humbly, we place before you our need.

As Missions Pastor at Life Bridge Church in Fort Wayne, IN, we have walked with integrity, not asking people for pledges or cash offerings.   We are so grateful for the monthly support from Life Bridge. However, we need help from others as I write this post. We need a miracle.  In preparation for what lies ahead I have resigned as  Missions Pastor, a non-paid position.   We served with honor for three years.  Our sails are set.

Recently, someone suggested that church leaders were tired of missionaries calling them, asking for financial help.  It is a catch-22 isn’t it?  On one hand, we walked in obedience and have stretched ourselves  to respond to Haiti’s needs.  At the same time we have traveled to the Dominican Republic for one year now, laying the foundation.  Many doors have opened.

We have done this by faith, at great personal sacrifice.  Without investment there, we would not be able to give a clarion call to what our need is. Here’s the deal: This is not a job to us.  It is a calling that is beyond us. We are without doubt called to do what we are doing.

Although we have complete, written blessing from Foursquare Missions International as a denomination, we do not have one dime promised to us from them. Let me be clear.  I speak  without any rancor or disrespect.   Just the facts.  We understood that going into this.  Could it be that we are pioneering a new way for Foursquare and others?  I have been stripped of any dependence on anyone.

It is Him and Him alone. This is where we have come to.  For us to do what God has called us to, there needed to be an absolute dependence on Him.  What we see is the price that must be paid if we are to accomplish God’s purposes.  It is not a lesson to be learned once;  rather a lifestyle that must be lived.

The foundation has been layed in Santiago to initially plant two churches: one, a Haitian church and two, a church in the middle/upper class area of Santiago.  We are also developing  strong relationships with our friends in Cien Fuegos, a population of about 300,000 people, to develop Clean Water, Micro-Finance and Health Education.   With God’s help, we will start a Monday through Friday 6 am to 7 am radio program some time in July on a secular radio station.

Humbly, we ask you to consider giving to a calling that is making impact.  There are three ways you can partner with us.

1.  Barnabas Task: 10917 Summer Chase Rd., Fort Wayne, IN 46818

2.  FMI: PO Box 26776, Los Angeles, CA.  90026

ATTN: Tom Hinton/Santiago church plant.

3.  Pay Pal:  using the link that is on this page.



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