2 Timothy 3:10 Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, 11persecutions, andsufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of […]

Friends, I posted the letter below as a blog entry yesterday. It was well-received, so I decided to send it to the entire prayer letter list. Join the conversation by […]

Pastors, churches and partners in ministry, RE:   IARBC State Rep. Transition As you know, on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at a Special Business Meeting ay Ankeny Baptist Church, messengers […]

A NORMAL MINISTRY WEEK “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 3:18, ESV) What is a normal week of ministry like […]

Scripture 3 John 5 Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially when they are strangers; 6 and they have testified to your love before […]

A Ministry Update from the Hoffs January 2026 The closing months of 2025 were eventful for CBM and for us! On October 16 the CBM board of directors voted to […]

STEPHEN  &  EVELYN  STILWELL,  MISSIONARIES  TO  PERU November   We thank you for your prayers for us.  Stephen received four stents after having a recent heart attack and is recuperating […]

To Our Praying Friends, December 2025 According to the renowned French scientist & philosopher, Blasé Pascal, “The incarnation shows man the greatness of his wretchedness through the greatness of the […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!   I am thankful for good health again.  However, Evelyn is in the hospital with a respiratory infection.  Thank you for praying for […]

THIRD SEMESTER COMPLETED “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let […]