May Newsletter 2016

May 2016
NONPROFIT
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
LEWISVILLE, TX
PERMIT NO. 986
The North Texan
Reach North Texas
an NTBA Church Plant Offering
Collection:
May 15th, 2016
As Christians seeking to spread the Gospel we do not have to go anywhere...
the mission field has been brought to us.
That is where Reach North Texas comes in.
Return Service Requested
NTBA partners with the SBTC & SBC
The North Texan
North Texas Baptist Association
571 S. Edmonds Ln, #101
Lewisville, TX 75067
(214) 808-2391
DALLAS-FORT WORTH IS THE 5TH MOST RACIALLY
DIVERSE METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE UNITED STATES.
Reach North Texas is an annual initiative of the North Texas Baptist
Assocation churches partnering together for financial support of
church plants throughout the North Texas area.
100% of the offering will go directly to church plants of various
ethnicities who are reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Join us for our first annual Reach North Texas Offering!
Collect contributions on May 15th, then mail to NTBA.
100% of the contributions will go directly to church plants
throughout North Texas.
www.northtexasbaptist.org
Resources & Upcoming Events...
Church Planting Round Table
Tuesday, May 24th
Do you have a heart for Africa, training
pastors, and evangelizing the lost?
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
We are looking for mission-minded members to
join our team as Director, Richmond Goolsby,
leads a group to Taveta, Kenya to plant
churches, train local pastors, and evangelize
the people of Taveta.
571 S. Edmonds Ln., Lewisville, TX
September 19th-30th, 2016
$2,400 - $2,600 per person
The deadline to sign up for this trip is June 15th, so don't delay!
The application and additional information can be found at
www.gatewayeastafrica.net
@ NTBA Offices
Join fellow church planters as they encourage, brainstorm, and
share experiences of the church planting process in N. Texas.
Anyone interested in church planting, supporting a church
planter, or just wanting to learn more are welcome!
Richmond's
Preaching Schedule
May 15 (9:30)
The Journey Church
The Colony, TX
May 15 (10:45)
Grace Baptist
Celina, TX
May 15 (PM)
Friendship BC
Tioga, TX
May 22-25
Landmark BC
Revival
Nevada, TX
June 9
FBC Howe
Missions Luncheon
Augustinian Reflections on the Trinity
By: Richmond Goolsby
Various Quotes from Teaching Christianity
There is great strength for the Christian’s faith in the reflections of
enjoyment Augustine finds in the Trinity. His teaching that “God; Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, is the ultimate thing to be enjoyed” (108) will provide soul
satisfaction for all who will embrace Trinitarian love. He says the Trinity is the
“one supreme thing” (108) which is not easily named so it is better to say “that
this Trinity is the one God from whom are all things, through whom all things, in
whom all things (Rom. 11:36)” (108). Any Christian will find great joy in
reflecting upon the depth of Trinitarian unity. Each person, Father, Son, and
Welcome...We are so appreciative and thankful for these
partnerships that have been established between June 2014 to the
present day! These partnerships have allowed us to expand our goal
for supporting church plants and we
THANK YOU!
Crossroads Church - Fort Worth
El Manatial De Vida - White Settlement
Spirit are to be enjoyed individually and there is joy in fellowship with each One.
There is also infinite joy in the tri-unity of this majestic transcendence of God.
First Baptist Church of Mesquite - Mesquite
Full Grace Church - The Colony
Augustine speaks of the “supreme reward…that we should enjoy him and that all
of us who enjoy him should also enjoy one another in him” (122). When we are
Church of the Way Northeast - Plano
tempted to reject the joys of diversity reflected within the body of Christ, we
need only to look to the perfections of diversity in the unity of the Trinity. There
Harvey Street Baptist Church - Gainesville
Iglesia Bautista La Vid - Hurst
is no frustration there. There is not an unkind word nor an unkind thought. There
is only perfect functionality and joyous expression of divine supremacy “from,
Iglesia Bautista Veritas - Grand Prairie
Living Tree Church - Carrollton
through, and in all things.”
The works of God are Trinitarian acts. Creation came from the Father,
Graceview Baptist Church - Burleson
Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church - Mesquite
through the Son, and by the Holy Spirit. Scripture has come to us from God the
Father by the perfect supervision of the Holy Spirit and it all serves as a
Pak Asian Community Church - Carrollton
Providence Baptist Church - Aubrey
testimony to the person and work of Jesus Christ. Redemption comes from the
Father, through the Son, and by the Holy Spirit. Our Sanctification is the work of
South Euless Baptist Church - Euless
Texas Mizo Christian Church - Grand Prairie
God the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit as He conforms us to the image of
His perfectly beautiful Son. Each work is to be savored for all its succulent
sweetness. “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!” (Ps. 34:8) In each person
of the Trinity, He is good. In the fullness of His triuneness, there is elation for the
weary. In every divine work there is the sweetness of heavenly manna to be
savored. May we not settle for lesser things. Let us set all our senses and
affections upon “the brightness of His glory” (Heb. 1:2) and find the power of
unity in the diversity of the Trinity.
Trinity Worldwide Church - Grand Prairie
Risen Church - Denton
Rowlett Friendship Baptist Church - Rowlett
Calvary Korean Mission Church - Bedford
"Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of
our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!"
Psalm 90:17