Updates based on my 2026 Prayer
Letters can be found on this page.
April 2026
I returned from my visit to Florida on March 17th, and a few days later had the privilege to attend Pastor Mason Weber’s wedding as his best man, I walked up onto the platform with my friend, and then he walked away with his wife (it was a beautiful time). Please be in Prayer as Pastor Weber and Ms Cierra begin their journey together serving the Lord at Genesis Baptist Church, in Wilburton, OK. I returned to Wilburton knowing that my time there was indeed winding down, having led the singing one more time, and preached my final sermon. Pastor Weber, and myself are good friends. Mrs Cierra Weber prepared a great supper for us all on my last full week.
A few days ago I made a one day trip to Wilburton, to take the final mortgage payment to the title company and hand it to person who sold us the church building; and receive the title release for the church building. I then immediately took it to the courthouse and filed it. The little church building bought for Genesis Baptist Church, is now paid in full! Amen!!
Presently I’m at my home church in Poteau, witnessing and helping around the church as we prepare for our Soulwinning Revival.
Soon after the Soulwinning Revival I’m hoping to get organized, and start contacting some churches about presenting our church planting ministry in order to raise additional support.
Please be in prayer for the next church plant after the commissioning of Genesis Baptist Church.
March 2026
In Wilburton souls continue to be saved through various forms of soulwinning outreach. Recently I was in the Wilburton McDonald’s. I noticed an employee sitting in the dining room on his break. I was able to talk to him, and then asked if he knew where he was going when he died. He said, no. After showing him the Gospel from the Bible, he accepted Christ as his Saviour. What a joy it is to see the Gospel take effect in the hearts and lives of people!
Pastor Weber has been praying for a van, and the Lord came through. Genesis Baptist Church has been blessed with a full size van. This will be a great help getting people to the House of God. The Lord is good!
My time in Wilburton continues winding down. While I won’t be there every week, I’ll be going back from time to time to be a help to Pastor Weber. I’ll also be spending much time at my home church as I make preparations to seek additional support, while we pray about the next location to begin the next church.
I’m presently in Florida. I was asked to come here by a couple of my supporting churches to preach, and give an update on the church-planting work. Last week I was with Pastor Mickey Muse at Vision Baptist Church in Crestview. The second week I’ll be with Pastor Greg Hill at Westwood Baptist Church in Fort Walton Beach, before returning to Oklahoma.
This was also a time to be with friends, and attend their church services in both Crestview and Fort Walton Beach.
February 2026
Pastor Mickey Ellis founded BIBLICAL Missions Ministry in 2020, having to a burden to start independent Baptist Churches in the smaller cities outside the local reach of my home church, Poteau Valley Baptist Church. Pastor Ellis contacted me about moving to Oklahoma, becoming a part of BIBLICAL Missions Ministry. I relocated to Poteau in December 2020, and in 2021 began with the planting of Genesis Baptist Church in Wilburton, OK. This would be our first church plant.
My Time in Wilburton is to be wrapping up at the end of February, although I will have some limited involvement there, from time to time. It is hoped to commission Genesis as its own ‘church’ later this year. Mason Weber and myself have developed a close friendship, as we have worked together for the past couple of years. Please be in prayer for Pastor Weber as he continues his voyage as pastor of Genesis Baptist Church.
Later in March I’ll be preaching at a couple of churches that already support me. I am working on getting some additional support. If you are looking to support a ministry that is busy fulfilling the local church’s commission, please contact me at the number below. Once the location of my next church plant is settled, I’ll be providing that information.
My Pastor, Mickey Ellis has had a specific burden for some time for a man who, along with his family, could answer a specific need for a church plant, and the Lord has provided. Bro Tom Fenn will be joining BIBLICAL Missions Ministry, answering God’s call to plant a church in Eureka Springs, AR. This small town in NW Arkansas is without a good solid independent Baptist church, and needs the Saving message of Jesus Christ. I’ll have more on this as time passes.
January 2026
The new year, 2026 has started with 3 Salvations thus far. In my last update I mentioned that 73 souls had been led to Christ in 2025. The year closed with a total of 80 Salvations. To God be the Glory!
Souls have been saved during our door-knocking time, and while Pastor Weber has held the sign on the street corner. I have even found some souls time to time in the local McDonald’s restaurant.
Genesis Baptist Church (presently a mission work of my home church, Poteau Valley Baptist Church) began in 2021 on Sunday afternoons at the Wilburton VFW hall. Later we would find an old church building needing much repair. We bought the building, fixed it up and moved in. The final payment of $500.00 is to be made this March.
Lord willing, I’ll soon begin to seek opportunities to present our ministry at other churches, as well as visits to a couple of churches that presently support me (The Lord has already helped with my expense to make those visits). My weekly time at Wilburton will be coming to an end as I transition into this next phase. I look forward to beginning another church-plant at the next location, as soon as the Lord wills!
I have made a new presentation video. It was shown at my home church during the 2026 Missions Revival. It has been uploaded to this website at https://ferventheat.com/video .
Please be in prayer for Pastor Mason Weber, Genesis Baptist Church, and for me.