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are preparing for baptism, and four couples who have recently come to faith in Christ are working with Bill to change their living arrangements and get legally married. “I really believe the movement of obedience to the Holy Spirit in our people has now caused what we are seeing,” Bill said. “I think of a mission trip as a cannonball, so the splash is what we are enjoying now from the trip – those salvation experiences and those baptisms.” During the last week of August, a Faith Baptist team of 16, led by Drew, traveled to Monroe to assist with the Life Church Annual Pig Roast and do evangelism outreach. Again, teams from both churches worked together, pre- paring food and sprucing up the church grounds. Then they heard about a local parade and jumped into evangelism mode. “That was a great outreach,” Drew said. “There was a little league soccer parade that was happening in town that day where there were hundreds and hundreds of people,” “We grabbed every flyer we could find for the pig roast and took our crew over and handed out at least a couple hundred, if not more, to the community.” However, they didn’t stop there. They also handed out flyers in neighborhoods in Monroe. “Those were successful,” he said. “I talked to several families at the event that either got a leaflet on their door or at the little league parade.” For Drew, the mission trip was a homecoming and a time of harvest. He grew up in Monroe and served as a police officer with the Monroe Police Department for ten years before he
was called to ministry and moved to Florida to be the pastor of Faith Baptist. While back in Monroe, Drew reconnected with two men he had witnessed to for years with no obvious success. The first was Officer Josh King, and when they recon - nected, Drew saw something different in Josh. “There was just a different countenance about him,” he said. “He actually accepted Christ a year and a half ago, has given up drinking and cursing, all the things that I remember him being. You talk about fruit. You could see it on his face. “What an incredible story to be a part of that and be able to plant seeds and water seeds, but to know he’s given his life to Christ. My wife and I were in tears in the lobby talking to him about this, and he came to the event that night with his family. It was just an incredible moment for me personally. It was awesome!” The second man was Eric, and through Drew’s witness years ago, and the connection between Life Church and Faith Baptist today, Eric came to faith in Christ and now attends Life Church. He has asked Drew to baptize him. Bill and Drew are working out the details. Both pastors are committed to their partnership and are planning reciprocal mission trips for 2026. “We serve the same God. We have the same goal,” Drew said. “It’s the Southern Baptist spirit of cooperation that I just absolutely love.” Bill couldn’t agree more. “Now there’s a brotherhood and sisterhood together to grow the kingdom,” he said.
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