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From the Memo Board: August 2024

Important Dates to Know

August 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

August 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 2 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in recognition of Labor Day.

October 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

October 1 – September Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 14-17, 2025 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

Staff Transition Updates

Laura Cmaylo’s final day in our office was July 5. We are grateful for her years of service at World Wide and wish her the best as she focuses on her family and raising her two children.

Naomi Torberson’s final day in our office was July 31. She will begin full-time at Ambassador Baptist College in August.

Laura and Naomi gave testimonies at Family Fellowship Week this year about their years at World Wide. Please listen as they share their hearts with the missions family.

Click here to listen to Laura Cmaylo’s testimony.

Click here to listen to Naomi Torberson’s testimony.

Both of these ladies graciously offered to remain accessible to our staff to answer questions as we transition tasks within our office.

With these changes in our staff, we want to keep our missions family up to date on who will be handling different tasks within the office. If you have a question about a specific area, these are the individuals who can best assist you:

Financial requests or changes in banking details:
Please continue to communicate this information through our main Signal number, 704-750-9493. Brittany Morrow will be the one who will primarily communicate with you at this number. If you do not have the Signal Messenger app, you may always call and speak to our staff on our main office phone number, 704-730-1440. Nikayla Ring will answer and direct your calls to the appropriate staff member.

Non-Resident Aliens:
Kim O’Malley will now serve as your primary contact within our office. Please continue to use the email address [email protected] for your monthly reports, receipts, and correspondence. You may also communicate with her on her personal Signal number, 704-974-1008. Please be sure to keep her informed about all travel to and from the United States, including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Donations you receive:
Sarah Hanke will process funds from donors, with assistance from Brittany Morrow.

Funds spent from your accounts:
Hannah Brenneman will handle all bill pay, estimated taxes, tithes and offerings, and other expenses reflected on your Ledgers, including support distributions.

Monthly Financial Reports for US Missionaries and those on an R-1 Visa:
Please continue to use the email [email protected] for your monthly reports, receipts, and correspondence about reporting. Brittany Morrow will review the reports, with assistance from Hannah Brenneman and Kim O’Malley.

Prayer Letters:
Please continue to use the email [email protected] for all items related to prayer letters. Bekah Tolley will continue to assist with mailings, MailChimp, and address updates.

Foreign Non-Profit Organizations (FNPOs):
Please continue to submit financial reports via the secure online portal at https://secure.wwntbm.com/fnpo-reporting/. Kim O’Malley will be the point of contact for FNPO-related items.

Mrs. O’Malley manages the entire office as we work together to serve you and your needs. Each staff member has a specialty, but all will assist you with any task. Your calls and emails are never a burden. Thank you for your patience as we transition responsibilities. We want to ensure our missions family we continue to strive to be Selfless, Eager, Responsible, Valuable, and Exceptional. If there is ever a time we do not meet those goals, please let Mrs. Kim know.

Returned Prayer Letters

Please note when our office receives returned prayer letters that have already gone through a forwarding service, we must attach new postage per USPS. Therefore, for the letter to be forwarded, it would cost the first-class letter rate, which is currently $0.69.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

2024 Missionary Milestones

We would like to recognize several ministry milestones being reached during the year 2024. We are grateful for these individuals who continue to serve faithfully.

Click here to view the list in the Headquarter Happenings Folder for Secure Cloud.

IRS Information about Self-Employment Tax Credits

We received the following notice from the IRS. Missionaries are considered to be self-employed. We recommend you speak to your tax advisor if you have questions about any self-employment-related items.

The IRS issued a warning to taxpayers following false information surfacing on social media about a non-existent “Self-Employment Tax Credit.” Misinformation is leading taxpayers to file false claims. These bad promoters claim the credit is offered to self-employed people and gig workers and suggest they may be entitled to upwards of $32,000 in payments. Credits for Sick Leave and Family Leave, a far more specialized and technical credit, is actually the underlying credit that is being discussed on social media instead of the “Self-Employment Tax Credit.” Many people do not qualify for this credit, and the IRS is carefully reviewing claims coming in under this provision so people filing claims do so at their own risk.

Uplift

The following recordings were recently published on uplift.wwntbm.com. You may access the site by entering the username: wwntbm and the password: gospel. We hope they will encourage your heart.

Episode 154: Family Fellowship Week: Danny Whetstone

Episode 155: Family Fellowship Week – Randall Jordan Interview

Episode 156: Family Fellowship Week – Scott Norman Interview

Episode 157: Family Fellowship Week – Stephen Minion Testimony

Episode 158: Family Fellowship Week – Naomi Torberson Testimony

Episode 159: Family Fellowship Week – Laura Cmaylo Testimony

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See the Harvest Scotland 2024

In June, travelers from all over the U.S. embarked on a journey. Some knew from past experiences, but others did not; this journey would be physical and spiritual.

• Scotland in need of the Gospel.
• Missionaries in need of help and encouragement.
• Travelers in need of an eye-opening cultural and spiritual experience.

These things brought us to Scotland this summer, a land of atheism and agnosticism. See The Harvest took two teams: Team Livingstone and Team Carey. Each team named after a great missionary the United Kingdom produced in centuries past.

Team Livingstone (June 3-13)

 

The goal of Team Livingstone: get a copy of John & Romans through the letterbox (mail slot) of every home in the city of Dumfries, Scotland. Only by God’s grace and strength on our team we accomplished this goal. The goal of Team Carey: invite people to, and hold a week-long revival meeting at Solway Baptist Church, followed by a three-day kids Bible club. Though not without our adversary, Satan, trying to deter us, we accomplished this goal.

Our travelers on Team Livingstone came with determination, knowing they were the ones to hit the streets hard. Without complaint, many of them, if not all, ended up walking around 6-7 miles per day. No easy task, but our people were motivated by the Gospel and saw each door as a family that needs Christ. God can use people with a perspective like that in ways outside of our own strength. We sowed seed, knowing that was our job and our goal.

Team Carey came ready and willing to serve in any capacity needed, whether it was singing, song-leading, preaching, or teaching. Since the services were in the evening, our people participated in a variety of ministries during the day: letterboxing, stuffing literature, and street evangelism. By our group’s testimony, God used this to grow and challenge many team members. The “comfort zone” is where Godly fear goes to die. Our people spent most of their time outside their comfort zones, allowing God to influence them in unexpected ways. Along with daily ministry, travelers learned what it is like for over 15,000 John & Romans, 15,000 salvation tracts, and over 7,000 event invitations to be given out and receive little to no response. During our revival week, we had zero visitors from the community. During our Kids Bible Club, we had zero visitors from the community. This is not because of a failure on our part.

Team Carey (June 16-27)

 

See The Harvest Scotland 2024 accomplished what we set out to do, and we left the rest up to God. We showed up for him, and we believe the work put in by our people was not in vain, but rather, exactly what Scotland needed. We put a physical copy of God’s word in every home in Dumfries, giving them a choice to make. I do not know anyone who trashes their mail without first inspecting it. Somebody in each home held a copy of Scripture and a road map to salvation. It could be the only one they ever receive. The United Kingdom was once the epicenter of Christianity, but no longer. We did our part in helping those bringing the light of the Gospel to such a dark nation.

• Over 15,000 copies of Scripture were given out.
• Our host family was encouraged by the fellowship and work that was put in by the team.
• Our travelers left burdened for the people of Scotland and world evangelism.

See The Harvest Scotland, 2024 was a success.

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My List of Things to Do

By John O’Malley

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations” (Psalm 100:1-5).

I grew up in a ministry home. My father and mother served in church ministry and Christian education. At times, they left us kids at home as they tended to ministry duties. When they did leave, they would give us a list of chores to do before they returned. When my parents returned, they expected us to have the chores done.

There were times, as children, we would say we did not understand their instructions. Their instructions were always simple: “Do this. Take care of this. Go here. Pick this up. Handle this.” Yet we found ways not to do those tasks. Upon our parents’ return, we declared to our parents that we did not understand the assignments.

In truth, their tasks were always simple. It was just that, as children, we could be lazy. However, it did not matter if we understood the task. Our parents held us accountable for each task assigned.

The psalmist in this psalm of praise gives seven divine assignments. These assignments are simple. They are easy to understand because the Word of God is not complicated.

If the Word of God seems complicated, it is because we have tried to twist the meaning or because we used tradition to interpret the meaning. Sometimes, because we are lazy, we say the Word of God sounds complicated. The Word of God is easy to understand.

Look with me at the simplicity of these seven action words found in this psalm. The psalmist uses them in successive order: Make. Serve. Come. Know. Enter. Be. Bless.

The psalmist calls us to serve the Lord with gladness. Do you serve the Lord? If you do, do you serve the Lord with gladness? Gladness is an attitude of the heart. The psalmist in Psalm 4:7 speaks of gladness as when the farmer celebrates his harvest. In Psalm 30:11, he states that when his mourning and sackcloth were put off, he put on gladness with dancing. When you serve the Lord, do you have that kind of gladness? The gladness commanded here is first a decision; then it is an expression.

The psalmist calls us to come to the Lord’s presence with singing. How often do you come into His presence with singing? Does it seem you come more times into His presence with complaining and whining than singing? How pleasant it must be to God to hear us sing! Like serving the Lord with gladness is a choice, so is coming before His presence with singing. The darkest hours of our lives can be brightened with our choice to sing. Jesus sang with His disciples before His betrayal. Paul and Silas sang at midnight from prison. When you realize God is awake in your darkest hour and is present to hear you sing, knowing He is listening makes the choice to sing easier.

The psalmist calls on us to know the Lord is God. It seems, at first glance, too simple. You might say, “I know He is God.” But do you? Do you know He is God when the pathway grows dark? Do you know He is God when the way gets hard? Do you know He is God when sickness comes? Do you know He is God when death comes to your family? It is a command. We are to know, at all times, He is God.

The psalmist calls us to enter into His gates with thanksgiving. It seems impossible to conceive that we could be anything other than in a perpetual state of thanksgiving. However, life distracts us from thanksgiving. Doubts and fears rob us of our thanksgiving. Yet it is a command. As we enter the presence of the Lord, we are to do so with thanksgiving. Do you do this?

The psalmist calls us to be thankful unto Him. In the New Testament, Paul calls us to the same task. He wrote to the Thessalonians that in everything, we are to give thanks (I Thessalonians 5:18). The previous command of thanksgiving and this word “thankful” are the same word in the Hebrew language. When we see the word “thanksgiving,” it is an expression of words of praise. Thanksgiving is a testimony offered giving praise to God.

The word “thankful” is the internal gratitude of heart and mind. Our praise of thanksgiving comes from a disposition of thankfulness. Being thankful is a simple command. It is insufficient to just have thoughts of thankfulness when it comes to God. Our thoughts of thankfulness to God must become oral expressions. These expressions of thanksgiving are told to others, told to God, and spoken within our own hearts. Our expression of thanksgiving must come from a spirit of thankfulness. Are you thankful? Do you offer words of thanksgiving to Him?

The psalmist calls us to bless the name of the Lord. The spirit of this word means to bend our knee and express our sentiment of worship to God. The previous two commands of thanksgiving and thankfulness will produce this action. We must tell Him we are thankful. We must give thanks. His name is above every name. His name alone is worthy of our worship. When did you last follow this simple command?

Each of these action words is a task left for you to do. I encourage you to take them to heart. Analyze each command. Make a list of these seven commands. Compare these commands to your life; then evaluate your obedience to them. Ask yourself these questions:

    • Do I make a joyful noise to the Lord?
    • Do I serve the Lord with gladness?
    • Do I come before His presence with singing?
    • Do I know that the Lord is God?
    • Do I enter His gates with thanksgiving?
    • Am I thankful unto Him?
    • Do I bless His name?

John O’Malley

If this article has been an encouragement to you, you can email Bro. O’Malley to let him know.

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From the Memo Board: July 2024

Important Dates to Know

July 1 – May Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 4 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in celebration of Independence Day.

August 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

August 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 2 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in recognition of Labor Day.

April 14-17, 2025 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

Staff Transition Updates

Laura Cmaylo’s final day in our office was July 5. We are grateful for her years of service at World Wide and wish her the best as she focuses on her family and raising her two children. She has graciously offered to remain accessible to our staff to answer questions as we transition tasks within our office.

Bekah Tolley plans to return from her maternity leave on July 15. With the added responsibilities of the new baby, her primary tasks and work hours will be changing to better accommodate her family needs.

Naomi Torberson’s final day in our office will be July 31. She will begin full time at Ambassador Baptist College in August. Through the next few weeks she will focus on ensuring our office procedures are up to date and that staff are trained to step into new areas of responsibility.

With these changes in our staff, we want to keep our missions family up to date on who will be handling different tasks within the office. If you have a question about a specific area, these are the individuals who can best assist you:

Financial requests or changes in banking details:
Please continue to communicate this information through our main Signal number, 704-750-9493. Brittany Morrow will be the one who will primarily communicate with you at this number. If you do not have the Signal Messenger app, you may always call and speak to our staff on our main office phone number, 704-730-1440. Nikayla Ring will answer and direct your calls to the appropriate staff member.

Non-Resident Aliens:
Kim O’Malley will now serve as your primary contact within our office. Please continue to use the email address [email protected] for your monthly reports, receipts, and correspondence. You may also communicate with her on her personal Signal number, 704-974-1008. Please be sure to keep her informed about all travel to and from the United States, including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Donations you receive:
Sarah Hanke will process funds from donors, with assistance from Brittany Morrow.

Funds spent from your accounts:
Hannah Brenneman will handle all bill pay, estimated taxes, tithes and offerings, and other expenses reflected on your Ledgers, including support distributions.

Monthly Financial Reports for US Missionaries and those on an R-1 Visa:
Please continue to use the email [email protected] for your monthly reports, receipts, and correspondence about reporting. Brittany Morrow will review the reports, with assistance from Hannah Brenneman and Kim O’Malley.

Prayer Letters:
Please continue to use the email [email protected] for all items related to prayer letters. Bekah Tolley will continue to assist with mailings, MailChimp, and address updates.

Foreign Non-Profit Organizations (FNPOs):
Please continue to submit financial reports via the secure online portal at https://secure.wwntbm.com/fnpo-reporting/. Kim O’Malley will be the point of contact for FNPO related items.

Mrs. O’Malley manages the entire office as we work together to serve you and your needs. Each staff member has a speciality, but all will assist you with any task. Your calls and emails are never a burden. Thank you for your patience as we transition responsibilities. We want to ensure our missions family we continue to strive to be Selfless, Eager, Responsible, Valuable, and Exceptional. If there is ever a time we do not meet those goals, please let Mrs. Kim know.

World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions of Canada

Ernie and Darlene Bauserman have faithfully managed WWNTBM of Canada for 24 years. In 2019 the Bausermans retired from over 30 years of missionary service, but have continued to voluntarily manage the Canadian office. We are grateful for their sacrificial ministry that has allowed many of our missionaries to receive funds from Canadian donors.

Over two years ago, Brother Bauserman began asking us to find his replacement as he pursued retirement. The Lord has led us to partner with Calvin and Amanda Bakker. Bro. Bakker is the associate pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Simcoe, and together they operate a private bookkeeping service. The Bakkers have been working with our staff for several months to facilitate the transition of duties.

Please note the updated contact information for our Canadian Office, effective July 1:

WWNTBM of Canada
PO Box 142
Simcoe, ON, N3Y 4K8
CANADA
226-400-1551

Note this new phone number is for the Bakker’s business, and will be answered as Bakker Books. Email correspondence can still be sent to [email protected]. Canadian financial reports should still be sent to [email protected].

If you would like to contact the Bausermans to thank them for their years of service, you may click here to email them.

If you will be visiting churches in Canada, please be aware there are special requirements for accountability of the funds, to ensure you do not have to pay taxes in both countries. Contact our office if you have any questions. Bekah Tolley will remain our staff contact for all matters related to finances and reports for our WWNTBM of Canada office.

New Babies!

Céleste Amélie Folkers was born on April 11 to Seth and Kaitlin Folkers, who minister in Cameroon. She joins older siblings Atarah (5), Benaiah (4), and Christy (2). Pray for the Folkers as they are seeking to purchase land and build a new building for their ministry.

Anderson (Andy) James Tolley was born on June 2. He weighed 9 pounds 9 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing well! Andy is the son of our Office Assistant Rebekah Tolley and her husband Brandon. He joins older brother Davey, who is 2.

Uplift

The following recordings were recently published on uplift.wwntbm.com. You may access the site by entering the username: wwntbm and the password: gospel. We hope they will encourage your heart.

Episode 152: The Greatest Work in the World – Part 4 & 5 by Allen Mercer

Episode 153: The Greatest Work in the World – Part 6 & 7 by Allen Mercer

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Content With Emptiness

By John O’Malley

1 Samuel 16:14:    “But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.”

Have you ever walked into a house without a single piece of furniture? Every room seems large without the usual articles that accompany a house. There is a lonely feeling to being in such a house where the owner no longer occupies. You look at it and say, “Something doesn’t look right.”

Saul is undoubtedly a house without furniture. You walk into his life through the pages of Scripture and see no furniture. “Something is not right here,” you say. Yes, it is a house, but it doesn’t look right. You get a feeling of empty loneliness when you look at him. The owner’s belongings have been removed from the premises.

Sad is the day when our sinful choices evict the Spirit of the Lord’s communion with us. The Scripture says, “But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul.”  The Spirit of the Lord was there no longer. He left. How empty the house of Saul’s life became! Today, in our churches, both in the pew and the pulpit, I have seen empty “houses of the heart” in believers. The believer’s “house of the heart” is no longer filled with the Lord’s Spirit. Many go through the spiritual motions, but they are empty personally. No wonder churches gathering for worship in the Lord’s house are empty corporately. There seems to be contentment with the emptiness.

Is the house of your heart empty today? Does the emptiness no longer plague you? Turn to Him. Evict every obstinate way from your heart and seek a fresh filling today of His presence!

John O’Malley

If this article has been an encouragement to you, you can email Bro. O’Malley to let him know.