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Jacob & Francine Zailian, Sanger, California Reaching the “Lost Cause” Jacob knows the homeless, drug addicts and gang members of Sanger. He used to live among them before he went to jail and met Jesus there. Now he and his wife, Francine, are reaching those who “would scare people who go to most churches,” Jacob said. Through Set Free Church, they take the gospel to…

Bobby & LaKeisha Williams, Slidell, Louisiana Picking Up the Pieces Bobby and LaKeisha Williams have a simple goal—to meet the deep need of New Orleans with the even deeper love of Christ. In the city, some buildings are still boarded up from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The area around the Williamses’ church plant is predominantly African American and low-income. “A…

Joshua Valdez, Farmington, New Mexico A Light in Darkness Joshua Valdez says his city is a place of emotional and spiritual darkness. It’s a melting pot of culture and religion. Its residents are mostly Hispanic and Navajo, and the Navajo are very much “a forgotten people,” said Joshua, who also has both heritages. The people have one common struggle—they often battle…

PRAYER GUIDE Anders & Jessica Snyder, Nampa, Idaho A New Start for a Dying Church Moving from Denver to a small town they had never heard of in Idaho was not in Anders’ and Jessica’s plans. But it fit where they felt the Holy Spirit was guiding them–to help a dying church come back to life and reach its community. In 2018, they launched the replant of Calvary…

PRAYER GUIDE Victor & Ludmila Moura, Somerville, Massachusetts Finding Identity in Christ Victor and Ludmila Moura were comfortable in Brazil. He was a pastor of a growing church, and she was a government lawyer doing well in her career. Over time, though, they felt God leading them in an unexpected direction—to plant a church for Brazilians in Boston, home to one of…

ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING FOR NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS PRAYER GUIDE Ryan & Tricia McCammack, Avondale Estates, Georgia DeKalb County, Georgia is picture of diversity—and vast need. There’s a beautiful array of cultures but also brokenness. Many homes don’t have dads in them. The abortion rate is high. There’s division from racial and socioeconomic tensions. When…

ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING FOR NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS Shahid & Maroofa Kamal; Delta, British Columbia Sharing a Living God Shahid Kamal’s God is a living God-One who answers prayer. Shahid and his wife, Maroofa, spend their lives introducing Him to the more than 300,000 South Asians who call the Greater Vancouver area home. “Hindus have many visible gods, and…

LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING: Join us in January to give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®.  Our offering goal for 2020 is $7,000. Giving to this offering can be done online at gabcames.org/giving/or through a check made payable to Grand Avenue Baptist Church with Lottie Moon Offering written on the memo line and put in the offering boxes at the back of the…

LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING: Join us in January to give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®.  Our offering goal for 2020 is $7,000. Giving to this offering can be done online at gabcames.org/giving/or through a check made payable to Grand Avenue Baptist Church with Lottie Moon Offering written on the memo line and put in the offering boxes at the back of the…