{"id":3355,"date":"2017-10-15T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brfwitness.org\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2022-09-23T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T14:41:49","slug":"brethren-mission-fund-newsletter-volume-19-fall-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brfwitness.org\/brethren-mission-fund-newsletter-volume-19-fall-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Mission Fund Newsletter Volume 19, Fall 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3355\" class=\"elementor elementor-3355\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3ee547 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3ee547\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b449f5b\" data-id=\"b449f5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db24965 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db24965\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 24-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-4404\" class=\"post-4404 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-brethren-mission-fund\"><div class=\"entry-content\"><div class=\"pf-content\"><h5><strong>BMF\u2019s MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong><\/h5><p>With the salvation of souls around the world as its chief aim, the Brethren Mission Fund provides a channel through the Brethren Revival Fellowship to help resource sound Brethren mission work or Brethren workers wherever the gospel of Jesus Christ is being presented.<\/p><p><strong><u>Missions Conference: 2018<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>A Church of the Brethren missions conference is being planned for\u00a0<strong>April 6-8, 2018<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0<strong>Frederick Church of the Brethren in Maryland<\/strong>. Please mark this on your calendar and plan to attend. Additional information should be forthcoming in the near future.<\/p><p><strong><u>Daniel and Amber Hartman<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Daniel Hartman is a son of Chuck Hartman, a minister at the New Fairview congregation (Southern PA District). Daniel and His wife Amber have been planning to embark on a long-term mission assignment in South Asia, through New Tribes Missions. Their focus will be on church planting and Bible translation, if necessary. For the past 2-years they have been going through a training program at the New Tribes training center in Missouri. Once they are in the field, their support level is projected to be $54,000 per year. However, during the first (2) years of training, their support needs have been $36,000 per year. The Brethren Mission Fund has been supporting them with $4,000 per year for the past 2 years. Once they are in the field, their support level will again be re-evaluated.<\/p><p><strong><u>Sharon (Bruckhart) Brubaker<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Sharon Bruckhart, a member of the White Oak Congregation (Atlantic Northeast District), has been serving in full-time prison ministry since the fall of 2011. She is serving in Atmore, Alabama through the\u00a0<em>We Care Program<\/em>. Sharon was recently married to Dale Brubaker, who is also a chaplain in the prison system through the\u00a0<em>We Care Program<\/em>. At our recent meeting, the BMF committee agreed to increase her level of support to $3,000 for the coming year.<\/p><p><strong><u>Root Cellar \u2013 Lewiston, Maine<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Zach and Monika Nolt (White Oak Congregation\/ANE District), served as houseparents of the BVS\/BRF volunteer unit in Lewiston, Maine from 2015-2016. After that they agreed to serve for 2-years at the\u00a0<em>Root Cellar,\u00a0<\/em>which they began in the fall of 2016. The\u00a0<em>Root Cellar\u00a0<\/em>is an inner-city ministry to the people of Lewiston, Maine. The Nolt\u2019s have had to raise their own support and have requested assistance from the BMF. Their level of support is $36,000 per year. The BMF committee has supported them at a level of $10,000 over the past year and has agreed to continue the same support level in the coming year.<\/p><p><strong><u>Fawn Jacobs<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Fawn Jacobs is from the Upper Conewago Congregation (Southern PA District). This fall (October), she is planning to begin a 1-year term of service as a prison chaplain\u2019s assistant in Alabama through the\u00a0<em>We Care Program<\/em>. She needs to raise $24,000 for the year. After some discussion, the committee approved $3,000 toward her support for the coming year.<\/p><p><strong><u>Mission<\/u><u>\u00a0Work in Muslim Countries<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>The Brethren Mission Fund has a long tradition of helping to support mission workers serving in Muslim countries. Over the years we have supported numerous such missionaries. Most of the time, their names are never mentioned in our newsletter, nor the nature of their work, nor their location. In order to protect their identities, and for the safety of those they work with, they often simply go unmentioned. However, the committee frequently has a chance to meet with these missionaries when they are in the States.<\/p><p>Such was the case earlier this year when the BMF committee had an opportunity to meet with a missionary, whom we support, who serves in a Muslim country. We gained insight into some of the challenges and opportunities they encounter. We learned about some of the cultural dynamics; that Muslim men are typically used to talking about the differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity. But Muslim women are often reluctant to do so. We learned that converting to Christianity can carry with it a very real risk of persecution and isolation. We learned that there are usually very few (if any) Christians in a large segment of the population.<\/p><p>In this kind of a setting, it is very difficult to gauge \u201cmissionary success.\u201d There are seldom any visible results. And yet, these missionaries definitely feel called to serve in these areas and are doing so in obedience to Christ. And often their only consolation is that they got a chance to live out (before unbelieving and sometimes hostile people), what it means to be a follower of Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Appeal for Funds<\/strong><br \/>As we enter 2018, please consider contributing, individually or as a church, to the Brethren Mission Fund (BMF). We are committed to supporting members of the Church of the Brethren (CoB) who are working in soul-saving mission endeavors. Our goal is to stimulate mission activity in the CoB, something which has been too dormant for far too long. We are regularly dispensing funds to try to accomplish this.<\/p><p><strong>PRAYER REQUESTS<\/strong><\/p><p>1. That the Church of the Brethren would seek to obey Christ and fulfill the Great Commission.<br \/>2. For the missionaries that the Brethren Mission Fund is supporting.<br \/>3. That new mission requests and financial resources would be generated.<br \/>4. That the BMF committee will have wisdom in responding to requests.<br \/>5. For those people who are serving Christ in areas where there is open opposition to the Gospel. Pray for their safety and effectiveness.<\/p><p><strong>MISSIONARY NAMES AND ADDRESSES<\/strong><\/p><p>Sharon (Bruckhart) Brubaker<br \/>13 Brookside Drive<br \/>Wetumpka, AL 36092<br \/>Phone: (334) 478-4824<br \/>e-mail: sharonlbruckhart@gmail.com<\/p><p>David &amp; Veola Bucher<br \/>5704 Iceland Avenue<br \/>Birmingham, AL 35224<br \/>Phone: (205) 786-6165<br \/>e-mail: davidbucher@juno.com<\/p><p>Blaine &amp; Sheila Copenhaver<br \/>821 Meadow Drive<br \/>Atmore, AL 36502<br \/>Phone: (251) 259-6310<br \/>e-mail: blainensheila@yahoo.com<\/p><p>Daniel &amp; Amber Hartman<br \/>Phone: (407) 323-3430<br \/>e-mail: dchart87@gmail.com<\/p><p>Jason &amp; Nicole Hoover<br \/>e-mail hooverfamilymission@gmail.com<\/p><p>Linc &amp; Kay Myers<br \/>2049 Diosd<br \/>Radnoti utca 1<br \/>Hungary<br \/>e-mail: LincnKaye@integrity.com<\/p><p>Pat &amp; Karen Myers<br \/>e-mail: pkmyers@gmail.com<\/p><p>Zach &amp; Monika Nolt<br \/>264 Blake Street<br \/>Lewiston, ME 04240<br \/>Phone: (717) 419-1183 (Zach)<br \/>Phone: (171) 269-6599 (Monika)<br \/>e-mail: zacharynolt@ymail.com (Zach)<br \/>e-mail: mon21@ymail.com (Monika)<\/p><p>Brandon Wenger<br \/>e-mail: wengerb@dm.org<\/p><p>Ken &amp; Janet Winebark<br \/>Mercy Ships<br \/>P.O. Box 2020<br \/>Lindale, TX 75771-2020<br \/>e-mail: winebark@mercyships.org<\/p><p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<br \/><strong>BMF\u2019s MISSION STATEMENT<\/strong><br \/>With the salvation of souls around the world as its chief aim, the Brethren Mission Fund provides a channel through the Brethren Revival Fellowship to help resource sound Brethren mission work or Brethren workers wherever the gospel of Jesus Christ is being presented.<\/p><p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<br \/><strong>COMMITTEE MEMBERS &amp; ADDRESSES<\/strong><br \/>Chairman \u2013 C. Earl Eby, 6327 Wayne Highway, Waynesboro, PA 17268<br \/>Director \u2013 James F. Myer, 234 Keener Rd., Lititz, PA 17543<br \/>Vice Chairman \u2013 Paul E. Schildt, P.O. Box 20, East Berlin, PA 17316<br \/>Secretary \u2013 J. Eric Brubaker, 859 Rettew Mill Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522<br \/>Treasurer \u2013 Carl L. Brubaker, 1425 Furnace Hill Pike, Lititz, PA 17543<br \/>Other Members \u2013<br \/>Susan M. Wenger, 304 Chestnut Street, Richland, PA 17087<br \/>Dale Wolgemuth, 39 North Linden Street, Manheim, PA 17545<br \/>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<br \/>James F. Myer, Director<br \/>234 Keener Road<br \/>Lititz, PA 17543<br \/>(717) 626-5555<\/p><p>Eric &amp; Linda Brubaker, Editors<\/p><p>The Brethren Mission Fund is a ministry of the Brethren Revival Fellowship.<\/p><p>BMF Webpage<\/p><p>http:\/\/www.brfwitness.org\/?page_id=9<\/p><p>BRF Website:<\/p><p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PxbP4Vljbt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brfwitness.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Brethren Revival Fellowship\" data-src=\"https:\/\/brfwitness.org\/embed\/#?secret=HcW2V8vXMo#?secret=PxbP4Vljbt\" data-secret=\"PxbP4Vljbt\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><p>(This newsletter may be copied and distributed freely within congregations and beyond.)<\/p><p>Contributions may be sent to:<br \/><strong>Brethren Mission Fund<br \/>P.O. 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