From the Memo Board: May 2023

Dates to Know

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

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

May 29 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in celebration of Memorial Day.

May 30 – Revised pay date for those who normally receive funds on the 29th

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

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

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

In His Service

For four decades, Bro. Danny Whetstone wrote articles to missionaries offering practical advice, biblical principles, and spiritual encouragement. Those articles first appeared here in the Headquarter Happenings newsletters as he sought to uplift, strengthen, and guide our missions family. WWNTBM has recently collected 153 of these articles and published them in a book titled In His Service. The title is taken from the way he would close his letters and articles. The book was presented to the Whetstones at Family Week. This book is available on Amazon in both print and Kindle versions.

Why We Use the KJV

During Family Week 2022, in response to questions from the missions family, the Executive Board requested that FFW 2023 include sessions on why we as a mission agency use the King James Version. Frank Camp was asked to speak on the topic. Following is a brief outline of his sessions. Additional material, including recordings of these sessions, is available in SecureCloud under the folder, KJV Documentation.

When choosing your version of the Bible, you will either accept the research of men, or you will accept by faith what the Bible says about itself. We use the KJV for the following reasons:

1. 1. The manuscripts that support the KJV
    - The quantity of manuscripts
    - The quality of manuscripts
    - The “questionable” manuscripts referred to by critics are questionable only because the critics claim them to be.
  2. The men who translated the KJV
    - Used faithful methods
    - Did not use fraudulent methods
    - Had character
    - Had credentials – many were native Greek speakers
  3. The methods used by the translators
  4. The mastery of the translation
    - Conservative theology
    - Conviction that comes when it is read
    - Continuous time it has been in use
  5. The modern version confusion
  6. The matter of preservation

List of suggested materials for further study:

Touch Not the Unclean Thing, by David Sorenson
God’s Perfect Book, by David Sorenson
Any book by author John W. Burgon (sometimes referred to as Dean John Burgon)
Any book by author Jack Moorman
Books published by the Dean Burgon Society
YouTube video A Lamp in the Dark
YouTube video Tares Among Wheat
YouTube video Bridge to Babylon

Ministry Resources

Missions.Today is a resource website for missionaries, by missionaries. Feel free to submit references and resources, as well as to utilize and recommend this site to others.

New Baby!

Azariah Philip Prater was born on March 30, 2023. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. Azariah is the sixth son of Ethan and Brittany Prater, and joins brothers Enoch (10), Silas (8), Jude (7), John (4), and Ezra (1). The Praters are missionaries in the Dominican Republic.

News from the IRS

When governments shut down in early 2020 due to Covid, millions of individuals were affected as they tried to file their 2019 taxes. Complications since then have continued to delay the processing of returns for both 2019 and 2020 tax years. The IRS has recently issued guidance for those who have not yet received their expected refund for tax year 2019. Please click here for more information, and contact your tax preparer if you have questions.