Nov
18

Final 2011 Newsletter

admin on November 18th, 2011
 

 
Greetings again!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fall/winter Newsletter
As we prepare to return to  Nigeria  at the end of November, I decided to  send  another  Newsletter .  By the time you hear from us again, we will be in Nigeria then Lord willing.
We have several  prayer requests that I want to share with you:
Since arriving Nigeria in 2008, the Lord has allowed us to help national  pastors  start/establish     churches in new areas in the country.  All of the Independent Baptist churches in Nigeria have a desire to start/establish  new churches in new communities, but due to lack of funds, these new churches are not stable but move from place to place in search of adequate meeting places . These churches cannot be  established  in  a  community without a little help.  Please pray for these new churches and newly established churches and their needs.
 
1.       Pastor  Michael Aremu / Trinity Independent Baptist church (Owo-Lake village)
The Lord has allowed us to help establish this church by purchasing  land and we have started  to erect a basic structure. We  are trusting the Lord for the roofing and flooring to be completed soon. They were meeting in their home until their landlord decided to use the building for his personal use.  Please pray that God would provide help to finish the building before the next raining season.
2.       Pastor John Oyedele/ Freedom Independent Baptist church (Ogbomoso village)
The Lord has allowed us to help establish this church by purchasing  land but no building has begun. They have been meeting in the Pastor’s home for more than three years now.  Please pray that God would provide for this church to start erecting a building soon because the Landlord has threatened to increase the amount of his rent  this fall  which the church  cannot afford.
3.       Pastor Ige Olawunmi/ Iresa-pupa Independent Baptist Church (Iresa-Pupa village)
This church was our first church that we helped to start and establish  in this village a couple years ago. This church has faithfully practiced Faith Promise Giving for about a year now. They are supporting three churches/ministries already and are seeing the rewards of giving to others. This young pastor just got married and is doing a great work in this village. Please pray that God will continue to meet the needs of the church and his needs.
4.       Pastor Oyewole Adebayo/ Grace Alone  Independent Baptist church (Idanre  village)
This pastor graduated three years ago and a family  from one of our supporting churches in MT, gave for the purchase of land and the erecting of a building for this new work.  They  moved  to the village and secured an apartment this month. Please pray that they will find the right area for their new church in this village. 
5.       Pastor Oladibu / Zion Independent Baptist church( Odo Oba village)
This Pastor is one of the oldest  Independent  Baptist Pastors in Nigeria at about 70 years old. We were able to help  move his church building (wood/aluminum ) from one location to another. The owner of the land forced the church to move because of a new project  he was  undertaking. But praise the Lord that the church was moved and the people in the village can now be reached and nurtured by an established Bible believing Baptist church.
6.       Pastor Elijah Akande/ Rhema Independent Baptist Church( Lagos main land)
This pastor just moved to Lagos with his family a month ago and has already started  his church in his home. We want to help  this new church and it’s pastor in any way we can to make sure it is not hindered in any way from preaching the Gospel  to the people there and the surrounding areas. His wife is a registered nurse and are both going to use this avenue to reach the people in nearby  villages for Christ.
A place to consistently hold  their church services is the most important to the new pastor in Nigeria.  Renting a place is very expensive and always require 2 years rent in advance.  And the Landlord renewing a lease is not always a guarantee. So the best option is buying land and erecting a basic brick church building.
As we begin our fourth year  in 2012 as missionaries to Nigeria, West Africa, please remember to pray for these men and their families. We know each of them personally and have preached for them. Pray that  God will encourage them and provide for their every need.
 
Finally, the Lord has burdened our hearts to start a Radio ministry in 2012.  With a population of 150 million, as far as we know, there is no Independent Baptist on the radio preaching the gospel.  Air Time  cost: $1500.00 buys  13 weeks of air time. Please pray that God will touch many hearts to partner with us on the Radio. And pray for millions of souls that will hear the gospel for the first time and trust our Saviour.
 
 For the sake of more souls,
Missionary Yinka Fasinro…….your missionary family to Nigeria, West Africa.   
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
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Nov
18

Summer 2011 Newsletter

admin on November 18th, 2011
 

 

Greetings,
 
It is time again for another update about our ministry here in
Nigeria.  Thank you again for the continued support and prayers for us.  Our Prayer Conference finally was held May 18-20, 2011, after several times postponing it due to elections.  It was truly
the highlight of the year with almost all the national pastors attending.  The Lord truly answered many prayers and revived many hearts.  The pastors and their wives send their gratitude for the gifts they received during the conference.   
 
After the conference, we had to travel to the United States to prepare for the delivery of our newest baby.  My wife is due August 12th and we ask you to please pray for a safe delivery.  The children are doing fine and are excited to finally be in a church camp and couple of Vacation Bible Schools.  The kids have been enjoying these summer events and wish it would never end.
 
So far this year we have seen 308 profess salvation in Jesus Christ and we look forward to returning back to Nigeria this fall Lord willing.  Please pray for safety, provision, and good health for all of us and more opportunities to visit other churches to present our ministry while we are here. 
 
For the sake of more souls, 
 
Missionary Yinka Fasinro….your missionary family to Nigeria , West Africa 
 

 

 
 
 
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Nov
18

Independent Baptist National Day of prayer Conference in Ogbomoso, Nigeria

admin on November 18th, 2011

Please go to http://www.fbcrosemount.org/downloads/beacon/2011_Qtr_3_2.pdf

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Jan
26

Newsletter Summer 2009

admin on January 26th, 2011
Greetings,
I want to first of all take a minute to say “thank you” for faithfully praying for us, and in spite of the economic crisis there now, you have kept supporting us financially. We thank God for the show of love toward us and our ministry especially in challenging times. We are certainly praying for America. Vanessa has been diligent with the kids’ education, even on the mission field. She and the kids are looking forward to finishing the school year in seven days!
We just returned from a 2 ½ month revival meeting in the southern and eastern part of Nigeria. We visited eight independent Baptist churches during the span. Truly, as the meetings were coming to a close, we were longing to visit even more churches. The pastors were so encouraged to have us hold special meetings. This is something
which has never been done in the history of fundamentalism in Nigeria.
We started from Iresa Pupa Independent Baptist Church (were we attend church) where we saw 7 saved.
Then we drove 8 hours to Delta Independent Baptist Church in Warri where we saw 28 saved.
Then we drove 4 hours to Eagle Island Independent Baptist Church in Port Harcourt where we saw 39 saved.
Then we drove 2 hours to Faith Independent Baptist Church in Aba where we saw 14 saved.
Then we drove 30 minutes to Bethel Independent Baptist Church also in Aba where we saw 1 saved.
Then we drove 2 hours to Grace Independent Baptist Church in Akwa Ibom where we saw 28 saved.
Then we drove 2 hours to Soulwinning Independent Baptist Church in Ikot Abasi where we saw 32 saved.
Then we drove 3 hours to Berean Independent Baptist Church in Calabar where we saw 78 saved.
We saw a totoal of 227 profess salvation! To Godbe the glory!!
While visiting each church, we also took the opportunity to teach on Faith Promise Giving. As I stated in my earlier newsletter, most of all eighty-five independent Baptist churches in Nigeria do not practice (true) Faith Promise Giving to support missionaries. They depend too heavily on support coming from America to support them. In such cases, these missionaries are inadequately supported as they try to starttheir new churches. To God be the glory, we were able to see seven churches start(true) Faith Promise Giving at a range of between 5,000 Naira ($50.00) – 8,000 Naira a month ($80.00). Eagle Island Independent Baptist Church committed to the Lord 16,000 Naira per month. We really praise the Lord for the success of the meetings because these churches can start supporting new missionaries right away.
Thank you for praying for safety and for good health for us. Since surrendering full-time in the ministry nine years ago, we have never experienced God’s blessings like we did traveling to these churches and preaching. They were truly FANTASTIC meetings! If it had not been for churches like yours supporting us, we would not have been able to do all we did in two and a half months at the above churches.
In each of the meetings, we tried to give out the BEAMS Bibles to those who trusted Christ and some printed materials especially to the pastors. Please pray for us to someday put together a box of well needed study material (used Bible dictionaries, Concordances, Commentaries, and very good books), for the pastors here. We would like to ship another shipping container in the near future for the pastors here because they so desperately need these materials.
Please continue to pray for safety and good health, and the continued opportunities to encourage and strengthen independent Baptist churches here in Nigeria.
For the sake of many souls,
Missionary Yinka Fasinro….your missionary family to Nigeria
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Jan
26

Newsletter Fall 2009

admin on January 26th, 2011

Greetings,

Since the last newsletter in June, we have seen many exciting things here in Nigeria. Thank you for your continued support since arriving here a year and a half ago. We know financially, it is a huge sacrifice for many of our supporting churches. We certainly don’t take it lightly as we try to reach Nigeria for Christ.           

I had a great opportunity to travel to a village just outside Ogbomoso for a three day Revival Meeting at an Independent Baptist church in the village (Pastor Aremu far left). On the first night, 62 attended/20 saved. Then on the next night 89 attended/11 saved, and on the third night, 157 attended/17 saved. The wife of the man that allowed us to use their compound for the meeting finally got saved. Now they are preparing as a family to begin coming to Pastor Aremu’s church. After going to her own church for many years, she finally heard the true gospel that week.

We had the opportunity to be part of the  Youth Camp again this year. This year there were 158 young people and we saw 28 profess salvation. Many other decisions  were made for Christ during the week.When we all went out soulwinning with the youth, I met Sulaiman who was a Muslim. He had never heard of what Jesus had done for him on the cross of Calvary. After his aunt and uncle who were also Muslims, rejected Christ, he right away was ready to turn his back on Islam and trust the Saviour. Following us towards the camp site, he bowed his head, calling on Jesus to save him.                                                   

Our Pastor’s (Dr. Dave Clear, First Baptist Church, Rosemount, Minnesota) visit to Nigeria was very special to us. He was here for eight days, visited four cities and preached in two. The highlight of his trip was the “Men’s Prayer Breakfast” on Friday morning. For close to two hours, our pastor taught and encouraged fifty-one of the nationals including forty local Independent Baptist pastors. He was also able to see the needs that the pastors have which includes an assortment of printed study materials which they desperately need.

We plan to come home on furlough June – September 2010. We would love to visit your church to personally thank you for supporting us and give an update of the ministry in Nigeria. We would also like to visit new churches. If you could recommend a church to us, please let us know.

I plan on shipping a small container to Nigeria with printed materials and some supplies. Several people have asked about needs we have here. If you’re able to also help, I will be sending an email addressing the specific needs the people have here. Please continue to pray for safety for us as we travel in Nigeria. 

 We were in an accident last Sunday on the way to our eighth church presenting Faith Promise Giving.. The ball joint holding the right tire came off as we were on our way to church Sunday morning. It sent the car’s frame slamming on the road as it slid several feet before stopping on the opposite side of the road. Thank God it came off on the good part of the road. If it came off on the pot hole part, it would have gone

in one of the holes causing the car to flip. We thank God for His protection.. We towed the car two hours away to our mechanic and he said the ball joint was welded instead of a new one that should have been replaced after an earlier accident last year. A dishonest mechanic not replacing a $100.00 part has now cost us $900.00 in damages. Very sad!!  But praise the Lord we are all ok. Thank you again for your support, prayers, and encouraging emails. So far this year, we have seen 482 saved. We know

that all the blessings we see is due to your faithful prayers. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!! 

For the sake of more souls,

Missionary Yinka Fasinro………your missionary family to Nigeria

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