a Brochure - Macedonian Missionary Services

HISTORY
Macedonian Missionary Service was established in 1973 as an outgrowth of the
ministry of Leon Jasper and Harold Williams to preach the Word of God and offer
help to those in need. Both had traveled extensively to foreign mission fields and
saw many unmet needs of missionaries and their works. Because of their missionary zeal and helpful hearts, these brethren joined with three other Christian businessmen to create an organization to help Missionary Baptist Churches and their
missionaries carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. Macedonian, with the sponsorship of Ardella Baptist Church and the endorsement of five other churches, was
registered as a non-profit organization under the laws of the state of Florida. Offices
in those early days were on the campus of Florida Baptist Schools in Lakeland. In
1981, Leon Jasper became a missionary of Westwood Missionary Baptist Church
in Winter Haven, Florida, to work full time with Macedonian. Later that same year,
sponsorship was assumed by Westwood.
In 1982, Harold Williams resigned his position at Florida Baptist Schools to
become a missionary of Westwood Baptist Church and work full time with Macedonian. Macedonian Missionary Service moved its offices into a remodeled two
bedroom house on the church property. This space was quickly outgrown and in
1989, property was purchased in North Lakeland. Ground was broken that same
year and in 1993, the ministry moved into its new facilities. These accommodations
included offices, classrooms, a high quality recording studio for broadcasting, video
reproduction, editorial facilities, mail room, Amateur Radio room, library, missionary bookstore, and print shop. Leon Jasper then moved to Kentucky in 1986 and
opened the second Macedonian office. In 2001, land was donated for a new office
building in Somerset and Macedonian Builders erected the building which opened
in the spring of 2003.
Macedonian Missionary Service is endorsed and sponsored by Faith Missionary
Baptist Church of Concord, California, where Larry Wooley is pastor; by Hopewell
Baptist Church of Cunningham, Tennessee, where Mike Raines is pastor; and our
third endorsing church, Nevill’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant,
Texas, where Glenn Ray Griffith is pastor.
SERVING THE
MISSIONARIES
The heart of the work at Macedonian is missionary service and the focus of
the ministry has been overseas. Macedonian has helped missionaries with
evangelistic campaigns that have been instrumental in church planting. Essential equipment has been delivered to churches in the field at minimal or no
cost to the missionaries themselves. This includes everything from appliance parts, computers, musical instruments, generators, sawmills,
and vehicles. The Macedonian team has always had a heart for encouraging missionaries. Thousands of miles have been traveled in order
to sit down face to face with a missionary and his family and assure them that someone cares. Missionaries have often testified of their
appreciation for this personal touch, without any publicity. Missionary training is an outgrowth of Macedonian’s ministry to churches and
missionaries. Staff members are available for personal consultations with missionaries in the field and pastors, as well as to lead missionary
retreats and seminars. Missionaries and pastors have also called on Macedonian when it came time to survey new fields. The team members
are always open to serving the churches when it comes to opening new fields.
SERVING THE
CHURCHES
Missions promotion has been an original goal and purpose of the ministry
and the men and women of Macedonian have helped and continue to help
churches across the United States and in several foreign countries with missions
conferences. Only the Lord knows the added financial support for missions
that has come about because of this ministry. Macedonian has also helped
develop a vision for missions by taking laypeople from the churches to the foreign mission field for special projects. The verse “Mine eye
affecteth mine heart...” Lamentations 3:51, has proven true as these men and women have returned to their home churches with a new zeal
for missions. The ministry serves not only as a missions guide, but also as a missions teacher, so that those who participate in a project will
experience life-changing revelations. Churches have also relied on Macedonian as a resource for information and a source of help when it
came time to send a missionary to the field. Many pastors know that if they have a problem or a question about foreign mission work, Macedonian is an invaluable source of information. “The Macedonian Call” magazine is a quarterly publication that keeps churches, missionaries,
and individuals informed about the ministry and new opportunities for service. It is sent to a mailing list of over 8,500 worldwide.
FAITH PROMISE
It has been the desire of the ministry to teach churches with a burden for
world missions a biblical method of financing world evangelism. Through this
training many churches have seen their faith increase along with an increase
in mission giving, more missionaries being supported, and a greater awareness of world missions. Faith Promise works well in churches of all sizes and social backgrounds. Macedonian’s goal with Faith Promise is
to help churches develop an organized, purposeful approach to mission giving.
MACEDONIAN
BUILDERS
From 1980, Macedonian’s Building Projects have occurred in 26 out of the 50
states across the U.S., in addition to 12 countries around the world which include
Peru, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia, Belize, Costa Rica, Vanuatu, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Romania, and Australia. Macedonian builders help missionaries
and churches construct sanctuaries, fellowship halls and multipurpose buildings along with
working with them on masterplanning, site developement, plan design, value engineering,
and material supply. Macedonian builders had the great privilege of building its own offices. Through all 89 building projects, a total of 6,531 workers volunteered, a total of 956 days
worked, and 672,620 man hours performed.
MACMED
Macedonian’s Medical Teams have reached people in need all over the U.S. and countries around the world. Macedonian gives doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals the opportunity to use their talents and love for the
Lord throughout the mission field. Since 1984, our medical teams have had a total of 1,477 team members, tended to
78,815 patients, made 113,084 visits, had 3,427 professions of faith, 248,751 prescriptions filled, 8,311 teeth extracted,
and 114,200 man hours were performed. In Deuteronomy 15:11, God says, “For the poor shall never cease out of the
land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy
needy, in thy land.” And through Macedonian Missionary Service, we will obey our Lord and
tend to those in need all over the world.
MAC-TRIPS
Through Macedonian’s Mac-Trips, young adults have the opportunity to participate in missions through spiritual training and temporary placement with missionaries in the field. The
teams spend time helping the local missionary in many ways. Since 1996 our S.T.E.A.M teams
and Mac-Trips have continued that missionary work. Through VBS outreaches, youth camps,
teaching/training, evangelism, faith promise seminars, and more, our young adults have
reached out and shared God’s endless love with those in need. All around the U.S. and select
countries a total of 953 workers have volunteered, 756 made professions of faith, 2,107 Bibles
were given, 376 days were worked, and a total of 24,700 man hours were performed.
MECHANICS
TEAM
The Mechanic Projects completed within our missionary work have become possible because of our diverse
group of automotive mechanics, as well as helpers with
no automotive background. This ministry offers an assortment of skills in the automotive repair industry, both across
the United States and on the mission fields worldwide. Macedonian has a state-of-the-art shop in Acworth, GA with
tools, lifts, and various other equipment. With Macedonian being a 501(c)(3) orginization we are able to receive gifts
such as vehicles, buses, trucks, trailers, etc. Many have taken advantage of this in an effort to help our missionaries. With
a total of 63 workers and 40,624 man hours worked, some of our projects have included traveling to Costa Rica, Honduras, and Brazil along with major engine work, replacing fuel tanks, fuel filters, braking systems and other serving works.
Other works include repairs on interstate missionary vehicles, over 100 hours a month working on missionary and
church vehicles in shop, and average of about two or three calls per week from missionaries all over the country who
need guidance in auto repairs.
The Macedonian Call Radio Broadcast has been on the air since 1984.
Harold Williams is the voice of the
radio broadcast and since 1987, has
been one of Trans World Radio’s
most popular broadcasters. The radio
broadcast is now beamed around the world from transmitters in Guam in the Pacific and Radio
Tirana in Albania and Kenya, East Africa. English manuscripts are now being translated into
Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Burmese, and Swahili. The Macedonian Call is beamed into countries where over 80% of the world’s population is now able to receive the broadcast. Several
thousand letters of response have been received from listeners on five continents.
RADIO BROADCAST
MINISTRIES
CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE
A further follow-up ministry
to the radio broadcast is the
Basic Bible Course done by
Macedonian Correspondance
School. This course is used in many other ministries including the
Olympic Bible Project and various prison ministries across the United States. The Correspondence School has some 700 students in it
at any given time. It has now been translated into more than twelve
languages and is being used around the world.
CHURCH PLANTING
A further follow-up to the broadcast is the ministry of church planting.
New fields have been opened and new men have gone to the field as a
direct result of this ministry. Fields now being considered for future work
include Cuba, Haiti, Ukraine, Poland, China, New Guinea, Belarus, Pakistan, Panama, and Afghanistan.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Through our radio broadcast and correspondence ministries along with our special projects, Macedonian has shared the good news all
around the world. With correspondence requests of song books in Vanuatu, Olympics in Atlanta, GA - Calgary, Canada - Sydney, Australia - Salt Lake City, Utah and Torino, Italy in 2006, medical request in El Salvador, broadcast in Kenya, and more we have completed a total
of 10,264 requests. Our special projects have included evangelism, medical training, mission training seminars, van delivery, faith promise
training, teaching teams, van donation projects, container shipment, survey trips, children’s medical needs, fund-raisers, and more. We
have reached people all over the world from Japan, Greece, Romania, Calgary, Canada, Australia, India, Philippines, Albania, Romania,
Peru, Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Mongolia, Thailand, Mayanmar and the United States of America. Since 1995,
Macedonian’s special projects have had a total number of 12,000 workers, thousands of cases of profession of faith have occurred,
328 days worked, and a total of 79,020 man hours performed.
PRINTING
Macedonian has been involved in publishing and printing Bibles and tracts from
day one. Millions of tracts have been delivered to the field in many different languages. Macedonian cooperates with others in the Bible printing ministry and has
developed an in-house publishing ministry for printing needs other than Bibles.
MINISTRY FUND
The Ministry Fund is how the Macedonian offices in Kentucky and Florida are staffed and equipped. Macedonian’s method of accounting
is that 100% of what is given goes to that fund. Macedonian does not take a percentage of donations and put towards indirect cost. None
of the Macedonian team, with exception of the office staff, receive salaries; each one of us is a faith missionary, dependent upon designated support. As the ministry continues to grow, it is paramount that the offices stay up to date on equipment and staff. We encourage all to
partner with us in giving to this fund. By doing so you have a part in every ministry.
In addition to the Ministry Fund, please consider supporting one or
more of the following ministries of Macedonian Missionary Service.
• Macedonian Missionaries Travel Fund
• Abigail Fund - Medical Assistance
• Bible Fund
• Radio Broadcast
• Mac-Trips - Gospel Literature
• MacMed Medicine
• Building - Trucks / Tools
• Mechanic - Trucks / Tools
• Printing Fund
• Evening Shade RV Park - Kentucky
• Land & Buildings - Office Repair
• Library
• Literature Distribution
• Macedonian Call Magazine
• Memorial Fund
• Missionary Car
• Publications
PLACES MINISTERED
TOO...
NORTH AMERICA
United State of
America
All 50 States
Mexico
Central America
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Quebec
New Brunswick
Newfoundland &
Labrador
P.E.I.
Nova Scotia
Nuuk
The Antilles
Cayman Islands
Jamaica
Bahamas
Haiti
Puerto Rico
St. Martin
Antigua
Barbuda
Dominica
Granada
Trinidad
Tobago
Netherlands Antilles
Aruba
Bonaire
Curacao
SOUTH AMERICA
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Paraguay
Bolivia
Guyana
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Falkland Islands
EUROPE
Iceland
Ireland
Azores
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Since 1973, the services of Macedonian Missionary Services have had the opportunity to touch lives on all seven continents. Furthermore, MMS has been
in over 120 countries, all 50 states, and many provinces throughout the World.
Estonia Latvia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Moldova
England
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Poland
Czech Republic
Austria
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Slovakia
Cyprus
Romania
Crete
Croatia
Sicily
Slovenia
European Russia
Luxembourg
AFRICA
France
Egypt
Spain
Kenya
Portugal
Uganda
Monaco
Ivory Cost
Italy
ASIA
Bulgaria Macedonian Russian Federation
Albania Greece
Mongolia
European Turkey
China
Hong Kong
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
Philippines
Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
Malaysia
Singapore Indonesia
India
Pakistan
Israel
Syria
Jordan
Kuwait
Qatar
U.A.F.
Yemen
Oman
AUSTRALIA
Australia
Tasmania
Mariana Islands
Guam
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Vanuatu
New Zealand
ANTARCICA
BUILDING PROJECTS
MAC-TRIPS
MECHANICS TEAM
MACMED
RADIO
SPECIAL PROJECTS
OVER
5,500
PROFESSIONS
OF FAITH
1/4
MILLION
BIBLES
DISTRIBUTED
Number of Workers
7,252
960
63
1,777
2
1,336
Days Worked
1,055
375
645
420
1,073
391
Man Hours
672,620
24,700
40,624
114,200
56,840
79,020
Leon Jasper
PRESIDENT / SPECIAL
PROJECT DIRECTOR
Cole Howard
MAC-TRIPS COORDINATOR
Harold Williams
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
/BROADCAST DIRECTOR
Ricki Boyle
Brant Lane
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
/ BUILDING DIRECTOR
Paul Lamb
MECHANICS COORDINATOR
BUILDING COORDINATOR
Cortney Coomer
Randi-Kim Jasper Owens
ADMIN ASSITANT / SECRETARY
- KY OFFICE
PROJECT SUPPORT MANAGER
- KY OFFICE
Hugo Mallozzi, MD
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Ben Brittian
BUILDING COORDINATOR
Marcia Sheeley
ACCOUNTS MANAGER
- FL OFFICE
Gary Weidenbach
Michael Ryan
MAC-TRIPS DIRECTOR
MAC-TRIPS COORDINATOR
James Vitatoe
Kim Jasper Owens
MEDIA AND GRAPHICS
MANAGER
ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT/
ADMIN COORDINATOR - KY OFFICE
Bebe Bowen
SECRETARY - FL OFFICE
THE MACEDONIAN TEAM
Macedonian Missionary Service is endorsed and sponsored by Faith Missionary Baptist Church of Concord, California, where
Larry Wooley is pastor; by Hopewell Baptist Church of Cunningham, Tennessee, where Mike Raines is pastor; and by Nevill’s
Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, where Glenn Ray Griffith is pastor.
From its beginning, Macedonian Missionary Service has grown into a multifaceted ministry. Over the years God has put together a diverse
team dedicated to doing whatever is necessary to get the job done without caring who gets the credit. However, the real people of Macedonian are the thousands of volunteers and financial supporters without which Macedonian could not exist.
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
This ministry is totally dependent upon contributions from churches and supporters like you.
Macedonian is a 501(C)(3) corporation that is ECFA Accreditted. Please mark on the form the
fund or funds you wish to partner with; Then mail the form with your donation to either of the
addresses below. If you have any questions you can contact us via email at:
[email protected] or by phone at 606-677-6683.
Name: __________________________________________
Organization: _________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: ___________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________
Place a mark next to the ministry funds that you would like to make your donation to. Write the dollar amount that you wish to
donate in the blanks provided under those ministry funds.
MINISTRY FUND $ _________________
Special Projects
$ ___________
Builder’s Team
$ ___________
Mac-Trips
$ ___________
Make checks payable to Macedonian
Missionary Service and mail them to one of the
addresses to the right. We do not publish or give out
the mailing list of Macedonian Missionary Service.
Place a mark next to the mailing lists
that you would like to be added to.
MacMed
$ ___________
KENTUCKY OFFICE
500 Macedonian Way
P.O. Box 756
Somerset, KY 42502
Builder’s Team
Mac-Trips
Mechanics
$ ___________
Newsletters
$ ___________
FLORIDA OFFICE
132 Commonwealth Ave.
P.O. Box 68
Polk City, FL 33868
MacMed
Macedonian Call Magazine