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From the Memo Board: October 2017

Dates to Know

October 9 – Most US Banks will be closed for Columbus Day.

November 1 – September Financial Reports will be due.

November 11 – Most US Banks will be closed for Veterans Day.

November 20 – Please contact us by this date if you will need funds in your account before Thanksgiving.

November 23-24 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Thanksgiving.

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

December 1 – October Financial Reports will be due.

December 8 – Revised pay date for those who normally receive funds on the 10th.

December 8 – All prayer letters should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 18 – Please contact us by this date if you will need funds in your account before Christmas or the end of the year.

December 20-27 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Christmas.

January 1 – November Financial Reports will be due.

January 9 – Missionaries will receive their statements of December Support Received.

January 11 – All missionaries will receive their final December support on this day, regardless of the day they normally receive support.

January 15 – December Financial Reports will be due, along with any remaining receipts or financial paperwork for 2017.

January 31 – W-2 Forms and other tax documentation for the 2017 year will be available.

New Privacy Policy

WWNTBM is committed to securing the privacy of all individuals associated with our agency. Therefore, we have adopted a new privacy policy to guide our staff and to inform our missionaries concerning how information is shared. A copy of this policy is available on SecureCloud under the Security Protocols folder. If you have questions or concerns about your privacy, please contact our office.

SecureCloud Settings

With our move to placing Support Lists and Ledgers in SecureCloud, we are receiving more feedback on the use of this secure platform. One common concern is that many of you have begun receiving emailed activity logs. These emails are automatically sent by the software, as a way to inform you of new files shared with you, or changes in your folders. If you do not want to receive these emails, you can change it in your settings.

  • Log in to your account.
  • Click on your name in the upper right corner, then select “Personal” from the dropdown menu.
  • Add your email address if you have not yet done so. This will aid in password recovery.
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page, under the Activity section.
  • Adjust your preferences in the “Mail” column. If you never want to be notified, be sure to uncheck every item on the list.
  • Return to your main screen by clicking on “Personal” from the upper left corner, and select the “Files” icon from the dropdown menu.

Click here to watch a video on how to change or retrieve your SecureCloud password.

Click here to watch a video on how to share files in SecureCloud.

Financial Report Reminder

As we enter the last quarter of the year, thoughts turn to year-end tax procedures. Many people begin thinking of last-minute deductions that will affect them. If you anticipate making large ministry purchases and you desire the purchase to be a deduction in the year 2017, you may wish to make the purchase by the end of November. Because of the way our W-2s are calculated, December expenses are “reimbursed” out of January income, so the tax benefit on your W-2 would actually be considered a 2018 reimbursement. Regardless of when the purchase is made, you will still receive a tax benefit. However, we wanted you to be aware of these deadlines as you plan your expenses over the next few months. If you have questions about this, please contact Naomi Torberson.

REAL ID Update

In April 2017, we wrote about the future enforcement of “The REAL ID Act.” Starting January 22, 2018, state driver’s licenses presented at U.S. airports for ID purposes must be a “REAL ID” version. Otherwise, an alternative form of ID, such as a passport, will be required. Many federal agency websites, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, have recently published updated information regarding the requirements and enforcement of these policies. State-specific DMV websites provide instructions for obtaining a “REAL ID.” Please take time to research how this issue may affect you in the future.

Click here to find out more about the “REAL ID” and how your state is handling these new requirements.

Click here for more information from TSA.

Uplift Podcasts

The following recordings were recently published on Uplift.com. You may access the site by entering the username: wwntbm and the password: gospel. These recordings for our missions family contain the Uplift calls in their entirety, including prayer requests and challenges to our missionaries. We hope they will encourage your heart.

A Stewardship of Faithfulness: Duey Whitfield
Going Forth in God’s Grace: Ernie Bauserman
Trusting God to Provide: Jonathan Earnhart
Maintaining Focus on Deputation: Gene Krachenfels

Devotional excerpts from our Uplift calls are now available to the general public at upliftforservants.com. The new podcast, Uplift For Servants, will help other Christians benefit from the encouragement provided to us each week. Please feel free to share this resource with your friends and family!

Summer Intern

We were thrilled to have Rene Pollack complete her graphics design internship with us this summer. Rene is a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Ocala, FL, with Pastor Michael West. She is a student at Pensacola Christian College. Rene helped us with several projects, including redesigning our application forms and creating new designs for kid-centered faith promise cards. She also assisted us with photography at FFW and has helped several of our missionaries with their design needs as well. If you have a design project that you need assistance with, you can contact her at [email protected]. Pray for her as she continues her education.

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From Our President: October 2017

Danny Whetstone

We hear so many various views about happenings around the world and, especially it seems, in the United States. My guess is that we will have to have more discipline in the future than ever before to keep our minds on the most important thing in our lives. God has given us a specific call to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. We will always have an opinion about what is happening in our world, but that opinion must never keep us from doing our best in the Lord’s work. When the Lord met with His followers just before His return to heaven He gave them a reminder of their task. They were challenged once again to take the way of salvation to the world. The angels appeared to them with the question, “Why stand ye gazing?” It seems their message was that the disciples knew what to do, now they were to go and do it.

I am not attempting to say that we should not be concerned by what is going on in the world today. But I am saying that our primary interest while we are in this world should be to fulfill our responsibility to carry out the Great Commission at every given opportunity. Many things are going on that could very easily anger and frustrate those of us that hold to Bible truth; however, anger and frustration will not advance the Gospel to anyone. Let’s guard our minds and our tongues as we face the ever-increasing changes with which we are confronted. More often than not arguments drive us to extreme positions.

Go back to God’s call in your life. Ponder the days after He initially unfolded His purpose in your life. Remember how exciting it was to imagine that hundreds of faithful Christians would support your family so that you could carry out that dream. If you find yourself off track, get back on track. If you find that you are still on track, determine that you will fix your heart and mind on completing the path that the Lord has set before you.

We are blessed indeed to have the opportunity to spend our earthly existence sharing the Word of God with a world that seems to be “fainting and scattered abroad.” Find those who are searching for an answer and give that answer to them. Give every effort to avoid getting tangled up in the affairs of this world.

May God bless you, your family, and your ministry as you serve Him faithfully.

In His Service,
Danny A. Whetstone

If this article has been an encouragement to you, you can email Bro. Whetstone here to let him know.

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Prayer & Dates: October 2017

October Prayer/Praises and Special Dates

Click the link above to download a PDF of prayer requests and praises as well as the birthdays and anniversaries for October. Note: You will need to login to SecureCloud in order to view this document. Once you have logged in, click on Files, Shared, then Headquarter Happenings, then scroll to the month you would like to view. This step protects people with WWNTBM in restricted access fields.

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Ministry Milestones 2017

We would like to recognize several ministry milestones that are being reached during the year 2017. We are grateful for these individuals who continue to serve faithfully.

Chad Estep has served on the Board of Reference for 10 years. He and his wife, Becky, are from Edinburg, VA, where he pastors Valley Baptist Church. They have been at Valley Baptist for 20 years, first as the youth pastor, and now as the senior pastor.

 

Barry Goodman has served on the Executive Board for 10 years. He and his wife, Ava, are from Shelby, NC, where he pastors Faith Baptist Church. This year also marks 30 years serving at Faith Baptist.

 

Charles Surrett has served on the Board of Reference for 10 years. He and his wife, Rosanne, are from Kings Mountain, NC, where he is Pastor Emeritus of Emmanuel Baptist Church. They continue to teach at Ambassador Baptist College.

 

Laura Cmaylo has served on the Office Staff for 5 years. She and her husband, Emil, live in Marion, NC. Laura works from home and is a great asset to our staff.

 

Kim O’Malley has served on the Office Staff for 20 years. She and her husband, John, live in Kings Mountain, NC. Kim has been the full-time Office Manager since 2004.

 

Ernest and Darleen Bauserman have been missionaries with World Wide for 30 years. They serve in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. The Bausermans also serve as staff for WWNTBM of Canada.

 

Roger and Mary Bergman have been missionaries with World Wide for 30 years. They serve in the Basque region of Spain with their two youngest children, John and David.

 

Richard and Ann Bibey have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in a helps ministry, and travel around the US assisting churches with construction and remodeling needs.

 

Andy and Mimi Bonikowsky have been missionaries with World Wide for 30 years. They serve in the Basque region of Spain. In addition to church planting, they work with the Aierdi Farmhouse ministry.

 

David Bonikowsky has served with World Wide for 5 years. In 2016, he married Raquel, and together they minister in Irun, Spain, in the church begun by his grandfather, Al Bonikowsky.

 

Joel and Cynthia Dickens have served with World Wide for 15 years. They serve in Brazil with their children, Morgan, Aydan, Daniella, and Abigail.

 


Daniel and Megan Fetter have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They minister on the island of Kosrae in Micronesia. They have two daughters, Emily and Lauren.

 

Arnold and Shirley Futrell have been with World Wide for over 40 years. They served for six years in Pohnpei, before returning to the US to pastor for several years. They then rejoined our agency and went to the island of Yap for many years before retiring. They currently live in SC.

 

Timothy and Stephanie Germano have been missionaries with World Wide for 5 years. They serve in the Dominican Republic with their children, Landon and Elena.

 

Guy and Marilyne Grenade have been missionaries with World Wide for 40 years. They serve on their home island of Mauritius.

 

Michael and Nancy Grove have served with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in New Zealand. Their youngest son, Stephen, still ministers with them when he is not attending college at BJU.

 

Dalton and Norma Heath have been with World Wide for 35 years. They served for many years in Micronesia and had previously served in missions in Africa for 10 years before joining WWNTBM. They currently travel, as their health permits, preaching in missions conferences and representing the ministry.

 

William and Lihner Joel have served with World Wide for 40 years. They minister on their home island of Pohnpei, in Micronesia.

 

Randall and Linda Jordan have been with World Wide for 40 years. They have recently retired from their ministry in Italy and now reside in SC.

 

Roy and LouAnn Keiser have ministered with World Wide for 30 years. They serve in the Basque region of Spain.

 

Stephen and Julie Knickerbocker have been with World Wide for 5 years. They serve in Burkina Faso, Africa, with their daughter Alina.

 

Jeremy and Esther Lockhart have served with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in Brazil with their children, Alethia, Bethany, Judah, and Levi.

 

Carrie Mathena has served with World Wide for 10 years. She ministers in Grenada along with her parents, where she also served as a teen prior to attending college.

 

Gerald Mosher has ministered with World Wide for 30 years. He and his late wife, Laura, served for many years in Nova Scotia, before his retirement a few years ago.

 

Sean and Tammy Quinlan have been with World Wide for 10 years. They minister on the island of Guam with their children: Stephen, James, Rachel, Hannah, Bethany, Abigail, Daniel, and Benjamin.

 

Joshua and Vashtee Rhoades have been with World Wide for 5 years. They serve in Guyana with their children, Mercy and Josh Jr.

 

Michael and April Riffel have served with World Wide for 10 years. They minister in Japan alongside April’s parents, and with their daughter Abigail.

 

Alejandro and Fina Sanchez have been with World Wide for 20 years. They serve in their native land of Spain, with their youngest son Samuel.

 

Jerry, Jr. and Itzen Shaw have been missionaries with World Wide for 10 years. They serve in Mexico near where he grew up ministering with his parents. They have two daughters, Jezen and Jada.

 

Isamo and Esther Welles are from Pohnpei and came to World Wide 45 years ago as some of our very first missionaries. Bro. Isamo went to be with the Lord earlier this year. Mrs. Esther continues to be active in the ministry.

 

Tim and Karen Daniel have been in the pastorate at New Testament Baptist Church of Kinston, NC, for 30 years. He has also served on the Executive Board of WWNTBM since 1995.

 

Clyde and Shelby Eborn have been in the pastorate at Grace Baptist Church in Newport, NC, for 55 years. He has also served on the Executive Board of WWNTBM since 1971, as a founding board member.

 

Gene and Debbie Krachenfels have been in the pastorate at Temple Baptist Church in Sarasota, FL, for 5 years. They previously pastored in MI for over 20 years, and he has served on the Executive Board of WWNTBM since 2010.

 

Michael and Boone West have served in the pastorate at Memorial Baptist Church in Ocala, FL, for 35 years. He has served on the Executive Board of WWNTBM since 1999, and is the 2nd Vice Chairman of the Board.

 

Bill and Arlie Wingard have served in the pastorate at Calvary Baptist Church in New Bern, NC, for 55 years. He has also served on the Executive Board of WWNTBM since 1971, as a founding board member and Chairman of the Board.

 

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Featured Article: What is a Missionary?

Somewhere between saintliness and foolishness, we find a curious creature called a missionary. Missionaries come in assorted sizes, weights, and colors, but all are sent by the one Lord Who commanded this people to evangelize.

Missionaries are found everywhere: going to, lifting up, launching out, coming from, staying with, bringing around, bearing with, and standing for. Christians love them, governments tolerate them, parents pity them, pagans ignore them, and Christ protects them. A missionary is truth with a broken jeep axle in its hand, beauty with a sick child in its arms, wisdom with a Bible in its pocket, and hope with Christ in its heart.

A missionary has the patience of a fisherman, the audacity of a tight-rope walker, the carefulness of a bookkeeper, the vision of a dreamer, the strength of a builder, the intelligence of a teacher, the wit of a humorist, the irresponsibility of a child, and when he attempts something, he is all prayer.

He likes letters from home, children, preaching, mission recruits, returning from furloughs, faith promise rallies, tracts, printing presses, radio stations, translators, mission boxes, airplanes, villages, Bible studies, cities, correspondence courses, and bookstores. He is not much for high-pressure promotions, red tape, devaluation of the dollar, lukewarm faith, hypocrisy, or discrimination.

Nobody else is so quick to care and so slow to give up. Nobody else gets so much fun out of crocodiles, boiled rice, elephants, sunsets, mimeograph machines, passports, electrical failures, pet cobras, earthquakes, visas, monsoons, droughts, and conversations. Nobody else can crowd into a jeep two native preachers, seven singing young people, a cow being taken to the vet, three chickens on the way to market, 35 hymnbooks, 40 Bibles, a pump organ, one slide projector, one electric generator, two tents, and two ox yokes, (one with an ox!).

A missionary is an unusual creature. You can send him to a far off country, but you had better not forget him. You can get him out of your hair, but you can’t get him out of your heart. He is your servant, your right hand, your dependent. He is a Bible preaching, God fearing, God serving, self-sharing bundle of love. When you come to church with that smug feeling that you are a pretty super Christian, he can shatter it with the simple words, “Come and help us.”

– author unknown

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Prayer & Dates: September 2017

September Prayer/Praises and Special Dates

Click the link above to download a PDF of prayer requests and praises as well as the birthdays and anniversaries for September. Note: You will need to login to SecureCloud in order to view this document. Once you have logged in, click on Files, Shared, then Headquarter Happenings, then scroll to the month you would like to view. This step protects people with WWNTBM in restricted access fields.

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From the Memo Board: September 2017

Praise the Lord, He is bringing many new missionaries to join our family at World Wide! Three new families have been interviewed in recent weeks. Due to security reasons, not all can be mentioned on the internet. Please click here to view information on SecureCloud, and learn about their ministries. Note: You will need to login to SecureCloud in order to view this document. Once you have logged in, click on Files, Shared, then Headquarter Happenings, then look for the file labeled September 2017 New Missionaries.

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From Our President: September 2017

Danny Whetstone

We are in conversations constantly with others as we travel from church to church. Often the names of missionaries with World Wide will be mentioned in the conversation. It is a blessing to have the opportunity to speak with confidence about you and your ministry. Whether you are on deputation or the field, let’s do our best to maintain a good testimony for our Lord and for each other.

One of our board members, Pastor Fred Daniel, was on his way overseas just short time ago. There were problems with the aircraft so they were delayed for two and half hours. You can imagine the commotion going on among the passengers. They would be late getting to their destination, or even worse, would miss connections to get them to their final destination. Pastor Daniel was patient and kind for the duration. When they were permitted to reboard Pastor and Mrs. Daniel were directed to seats in first class for the transatlantic flight.

Kindness is not always rewarded immediately, but rest assured it will be. It does not matter if we are dealing with pastors, business owners, or officials of government, it is always best to respond in a Christ-like way.

The Lord has favored World Wide by bringing you our way. We are happy to report that the Lord is continuing to bring others to us on a regular basis. It has been my joy recently to sit in on a few missionary interviews, and I continue to be blessed by the knowledge and zeal of young families making their way to the place of God’s choosing for them. It is also encouraging week after week to see churches increasing their faith concerning giving.

It is my sincere desire that Christ will bless you in the coming days with His presence and obvious power. Let’s hold each other up in prayer as we seek to serve Him in our respective ministries.

In His Service,

Danny A. Whetstone

If this article has been an encouragement to you, you can email Bro. Whetstone here to let him know.

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From Our President: August 2017

Danny Whetstone

After the resurrection of our Lord He spent some time with His disciples in John 21. They had been fishing all night and had not caught any fish. From the shore came a voice that the fishermen did not immediately recognize. Over the course of the conversation the Lord would ask three questions.

Question one: Have you any meat? Certainly the inquiry was concerning fish, but it puts me in mind of the Lord and His disciples at Jacob’s well when He was witnessing to the woman that came out to draw water. The disciples told Him that lunch was ready. He replied, “I have meat to eat that ye know not of.” He was not speaking of the food made ready for physical survival. The Lord made it clear that His meat was to do the will of the Father. They had returned to fishing when they should have continued in the Father’s purpose for them.

Question two: Lovest thou me? We can be very busy in religious service without expressing our love for Christ. Remember that the church at Ephesus (Revelation 2) was doing everything right, but they had left their first love. The church was challenged to remember how they started out in the love of Christ. They were to repent of this sin, and if they did not He would remove their candlestick and not walk in their presence anymore.

Question three: What is that to thee? Peter was now curious what would happen in John’s life and ministry. The Lord told Peter to follow Him without concerning himself with fellow servants. Jesus said, “Follow thou Me.” When we are distracted by the works of others it is easy to lose sight of the One that we should be following. Look to Christ for the next step to take. There was a time when it seemed that I could do two or three things and drive at the same time. Now I can simply adjust my sitting position and have to correct my steering to stay out of the ditch. Our eyes must be fixed on the Lord.

To stay in line with the Lord’s purpose requires that we concentrate on Christ and His will. The fish that the disciples were looking for were under the boat, and they were there just as the disciples were going to give up. The answer you need is on the way. Patiently keep your eyes on the Lord. Many of the Lord’s people stand behind you in prayer and financial support while fighting of the attacks of Satan on their lives everyday. God bless you and your faithfulness to Him.

In His Service,
Danny A. Whetstone

If this article has been an encouragement to you, you can email Bro. Whetstone here to let him know.

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WWNTBM Security Protocols

Thank you for your patience with us as we have begun implementing new security protocols. Our goal is to keep your banking and financial information safe, rather than transmitting it through email, which is insecure. If you have not yet contacted our Office to set up your security questions and receive your code phrase(s), please do so as soon as possible.

Using Signal Private Messenger

We request all sensitive information communication go through Signal Private Messenger or via a traditional phone call, rather than by email. If a question arises as to the identity of the individual with whom we are communicating, we will request your code phrase(s) &/or the answer(s) to the security questions you have set up with us. For most general communication, including prayer letters and Monthly Financial Reports, email is acceptable. Click here to download the WWNTBM Quick Reference Guide to Security Protocols, which gives guidelines for when to use Signal Private Messenger vs. who to email for various situations. If for some reason you ever feel there is a need for communication to be more secure, you are welcome to use Signal Private Messenger.

Using SecureCloud

Starting with your July Ledger (Ministry Expense &/or Salary Report) and with your August Support list, these files will now be uploaded to SecureCloud instead of sent to you via email. Of course, your monthly packets will continue to be posted to SecureCloud as well. Following are some reminders about utilizing SecureCloud.

You may access SecureCloud via the website https://cloud.wwntbm.com

The following applications allow you to access SecureCloud on your iOS and Android devices. Download the appropriate application:

‣ Click here to download NextCloud iOS

‣ Click here to download NextCloud Android

You will need three things to login with the NextCloud application:

‣ Server Address: https://cloud.wwntbm.com

‣ User name:

‣ Password:

Click here to watch a video on how to change or retrieve your SecureCloud password.

Click here to watch a video on how to share files in SecureCloud.

Using Password Managers

The weakest link to any security protocol is your personal password(s). We suggest that you make them long, complex, and random; do not use the same password for multiple accounts or websites; and set up a schedule to change your passwords on a regular basis. Using a Password Manager can assist you to remember various account information. Below are helpful links for choosing passwords and for managing and storing them.