"Smith" Serving Missionaries InternationallyThrough Helps

Our Brochure

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"But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that."

-I Corinthians 7:7

God has called us to assist in the church-planting efforts of missionaries, both in the United States and abroad. This is accomplished through a ministry of helps. We are trained in the areas of carpentry and construction, teaching, music, and counseling. Our burden is to help missionary families in any way possible in order to make their ministries more affective and fruitful, and allowing them to do what God has called them to do.

Let us take a minute to introduce ourselves to you. We want you to know what the Lord has put on our hearts and how you can best help.

WE ARE THE SMITH FAMILY

Michael, Stephanie, Rachel (01-16-96), Sarah (03-17-96),Bethany (03-09-98), Drew (05-05-00),and Katelyn (08-13-02).

Ferron, UT

MIKE'S TESTIMONY

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

-Proverbs 22:6

Mike grew up in a church-planting pastor's home and was saved at an early age. He was baptized shortly thereafter on Easter Sunday in the American River. Bob Jones University is where the Lord directed Mike for college. After majoring in Youth Ministries for one semester, the Lord changed his major to carpentry at the School of Applied Studies. Through contacts made there, Mike began to see how God could use his talents on the mission field. I Timothy 4:14 says, "Neglect not the gift that is in thee."

Upon graduation, Mike worked a secular job as a framer on a custom- home building crew. The Lord used this time to teach him many things about business, building, and life in general. In just two short years, Mike had been promoted to lead carpenter.

Realizing that God had blessed him with talent, Mike began to offer his services to men's groups taking construction-oriented mission trips. He clearly saw the need for someone to fill this role full-time, and he felt that God was calling him to do it.

Arica, Chile

STEPHANIE'S TESTIMONY

"I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee..."

-Isaiah 42:6

Stephanie was saved at the age of nine during a children's church service. She was baptized a short time later. She attended Pensacola Christian College and majored in Early Childhood Education. Her minor was music, specifically piano.

Between her sophomore and junior years of college, Stephanie went to the Bill Rice Ranch West Branch as a counselor and piano player. The Lord did wonderful things in her heart that summer. Not only did she meet her future husband, she also felt God's call to the mission field.

Psalm 84:11 is a special verse to us. It says, "for the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." On August 13,1994, Mike and Stephanie were married in Stephanie's home church in Muncie, Indiana.

OUR FAMILY

"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:"

-Psalm 127:3

Rachel and Sarah are our twins. They are extra special miracles because they were born nine weeks apart! Bethany came next, and then Michael Andrew, or Drew. Katelyn is our youngest daughter.

Delicious, Mexico

OUR GOD-GIVEN MINISTRY

"For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister."

-Hebrews 6:10

After much prayer, searching, and waiting, God directed Mike and Stephanie to Biblical Ministries Worldwide in 1999. This mission agency is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Their primary goal is to win souls to Christ and plant churches.

So, what actually is our ministry? God has allowed us to assist missionaries in many ways. from building churches to repairing appliances; building kitchen cabinets to moving boxes and families to new areas. God has also used us to preach, teach, lead Bible studies, work with children's ministries, counsel, pass out tracts, and witness. In addition, Mike has been used to lead construction teams and teach construction and maintenance of facilities to the missionaries and nationals (II Timothy 3:15).

Many people think of our ministry as just the construction of churches. Although this is included in our ministry, it is not our main goal. Our heartbeat is to see souls saved, people discipled, and churches planted. Anything our family can do to reach that goal is our ministry.

Valle Grande, Bolivia

The Lord has allowed us to help missionaries in the past. We trust that in the future, He will allow us to help more missionaries and be a part of their ministries. What a privilege it is to be in His service!

Will you consider what part you may have in His service, too?

CONTACT INFORMATION

Biblical Ministries Worldwide

1595 Herrington Road

Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Phone: (770)339-3500

E-Mail: info@biblicalministries.org

Home Church

Faith Baptist Church

833 15th Avenue

Longmont, CO 80501

Phone: (303)776-5655

E-mail: church@fbaptist.org

Mike and Stephanie Smith

E-mail: msmith@biblicalministries.org

Nephi, UT

OUR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

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OUR BELIEFS

There are two things on the earth that will last forever: the Word of God and the souls of people. Christians have been called to bring the two together.

BMW is committed to scriptural integrity and doctrinal purity as expressed in our doctrinal statement. We seek to hold these beliefs in the spirit of love and humility.

OUR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

Biblical Ministries Worldwide is an independent fundamental faith mission board. The following doctrinal statement is an integral part of the constitution. All missionaries and board members annually affirm in writing their agreement with this doctrinal statement and position of separation.

The Holy Scriptures - We believe in the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Scriptures, consisting of 66 books which constitute the Old and New Testaments, the Word of God, inerrant in the original writings, the complete and unalterable special revelation of God, and our final authority. We believe in the normal, literal, and consistent interpretation of the Scriptures; and a dispensational understanding of God's progressive revelation. Matthew 5:18; John 16:12,13; 2 Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:20,21

The Godhead - We believe in the one triune God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections. Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Corinthians 13:14

The Person and Work of Christ - We believe the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary and lived a sinless life. He came that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. Luke 1:35; John 1:1,2,14

We believe the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice in providing an unlimited atonement for the sins of the whole world and our justification is verified by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. Romans 3:24,25; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9; I Peter 1:3-5; 2:24; I John 2:2

We believe the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. Acts 1:9,10; Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25; 9:24; I John 2:1,2

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit - We believe the Holy Spirit is the person of the Godhead who in this present age convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; who regenerates and baptizes into the body of Christ those who believe; and who indwells and seals them unto the day of redemption. John 16:8-11; Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:12-14; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 1:13,14

We believe the Holy Spirit is the Divine Teacher who guides believers into all truth and it is the privilege of believers to be filled with, and their duty to walk in, the Holy Spirit. John 16:13; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:18; I John 2:20,27

The Total Depravity of Man - We believe man was created in the image and likeness of God; in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and man is totally depraved and unable to remedy his lost condition. Genesis 1:26,27; Romans 3:22,23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3,12

Salvation and Security - We believe the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice for all people and all who trust Him are saved by grace through faith on the grounds of His shed blood, accepted in the beloved, kept by God's power, and thus secure in Christ forever. John 1:12; 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Romans 8:1,38,39; I Corinthians 1:4-8; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10; I Peter 1:5,18,19

We believe every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, and all claims to the eradication of the old nature in this life are unscriptural. Romans 6:13; 8:12,13; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:10; I Peter 1:14-16; I John 3:5-9

We believe it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. Romans 13:13,14; Galatians 5:13; Titus 2:11-15; I Peter 2:13-20

The Church - We believe the church, which began with the baptizing work of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, is the body and bride of Christ. It is the spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of the present age. Acts 2:1-13; I Corinthians 12:1-13; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:22,23; 5:25-27

We believe the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures. Acts 14:27; 20:17,28-32; I Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11

Ordinances - We believe the Lord Jesus Christ established two ordinances for the Church in this present age. These are believer's water baptism, practiced by immersion, and the Lord's supper, observed as a memorial of His death. Acts 8:12,35-39; 10:47,48; I Corinthians 1:14; I Corinthians 11:23-34

Missions - We believe that Christ commissioned individuals in the church to make disciples from among all nations, to baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and to teach them to observe all things whatsoever He has commanded. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19,20

The Ministry and Spiritual Gifts - We believe the Lord Jesus Christ gives the Church evangelists and pastor-teachers. These gifted men are to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. Ephesians 4:7-14

We believe the Holy Spirit bestows spiritual gifts upon believers for Christian service and the edification of the Church. Romans 12:3-8; I Corinthians 12:4-11; I Peter 4:10,11

We believe the church age was initiated through the ministry of the apostles and prophets accompanied by sign gifts to confirm their message. These sign gifts gradually ceased by the time of the completion of the New Testament. I Corinthians 12:28-31; 13:8-10; 14:1-28; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Ephesians 2:19-22; Hebrews 2:3,4

We believe God hears and answers prayer in accord with His own will for healing of the sick and afflicted. John 14:13,14; 15:7; I John 5:14,15

Dispensationalism - We believe the Scriptures interpreted in their natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations which define man's responsibility in successive ages. A dispensation is not a way of salvation, but a divinely ordered stewardship by which God directs man according to His purpose. John 1:17; I Corinthians 9:17; 2 Corinthians 3:9-18; Galatians 3:13-25; Ephesians 1:10; 3:2-10; Colossians 1:24,25; Hebrews 7:19; Revelation 20:2-6

We believe salvation is always by grace through faith regardless of the dispensation in which the believer may have lived. God's purpose of salvation by grace through faith alone has always been based upon the substitutionary atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross. Ephesians 2:8-10; Hebrews 11:6; I Peter 1:10-12

The Personality of Satan - We believe Satan is a created being, the author of sin, the tempter in the fall, the declared enemy of God and man, and the god of this age. He shall be eternally punished in the lake of fire. Job 1:6,7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; 25:41; Revelation 20:10

The Second Advent of Christ - We believe in the personal, imminent, pretribulational and premillennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones. We believe that at the end of the seven-year tribulation He will return to earth with the saints in power and glory to reign for a thousand years. Zechariah 14:4-11; I Thessalonians 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:9; Titus 2;13; Revelation 3:10; 19:11-16; 20:1-6

The Eternal State - We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment. Matthew 25:46; John 5:28,29; 11:25,26; Revelation 20:5,6,12,13

We believe the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection when spirit, soul, and body are reunited and glorified to be forever with the Lord. Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16,17; Revelation 20:4-6

We believe the souls of unbelievers are, at death, absent from the body and in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment and shall be cast into the lake of fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment. Matthew 25:41-46; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:19-26; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9; Jude 6,7; Revelation 20:11-15

Creation - We believe the triune God, by a free act and for His own glory, without the use of existing materials or secondary causes, brought into being - immediately and instantaneously in six literal days by the word of His mouth - the whole visible and invisible universe. Genesis 1:1-27; Exodus 20:8-11; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 104:25,26; Isaiah 40:21-31; John 1:1-5; Colossians 1:16,17

Biblical Separation and Unity - We believe the saved should be separated unto the Lord Jesus Christ, necessitating holy living in all personal and ecclesiastical associations and relationships. Romans 12:1,2; 14:13; I Corinthians 6:19,20; Titus 2:14; James 4:4,5; I Peter 2:9; I John 2:15-17

We seek to cooperate wherever possible with other missions, organizations and indigenous churches whose doctrine and policy are homogeneous with ours. It is the believer's responsibility to endeavor to maintain the unity of the faith while separating from apostasy and those who have deviated from biblical doctrine and behavior. Every proposed alliance must be considered in the light of our commitment to biblical separation. We will not cooperate with or endorse any movement, organization, or program which is contrary to the faith whether in doctrine or practice. Matthew 18:15-17; Romans 16:17; I Corinthians 5:7-11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Ephesians 4:1-6; 2 Thessalonians 3:11-14; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Titus 3:10; 2 John 9-11.

Though there are levels of fellowship, personnel will not knowingly enter into relationships with churches, schools, or other organizations which might jeopardize the clarity of the Mission's testimony based upon this commitment.

We are responsible to identify false teaching and dangerous movements where they relate to the conduct of the Mission's ministries. Separation is required in those instances where people, groups, and organizations whose doctrinal position is the same as the Mission's engage in contradictory practices which compromise the faith.

We desire to be consistent in this difficult area of separation and emphasize that our concern is for the purity of our testimony and ministry. We seek to bring to bear upon the issues of our day the principles set forth in the Word of God while not becoming embroiled in controversy over personalities. It is our desire in this pursuit to maintain an attitude characterized by love and humility.

(Scripture verses are representative, and not to be considered exhaustive.)

BIBLICAL MINISTRIES WORLDWIDE
1595 Herrington Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Phone: (770) 339-3500 Fax: (770) 513-1254
Email BMW

Building Projects

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This page will have a list of our building projects and pictures. Check back soon!