September 11, 2018
Because you PRAYED and GAVE!! God heard your prayers and He answered in His timely manner! When we first started on this journey our faith was being tested because we did not see how our Lord could touch enough hearts to help us raise the $22,500 needed to qualify for the Double Matching Grant by September 18th, such a short amount of time! But, OUR GOD is able and HE did “..My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:19! This will allow us to start construction again and get the building “under roof.” We have seen His hand in this and we are confident with your help and continued prayers, He will bring in the FINAL $56,000 needed to finished the construction of the Don Kyer Memorial Building by February 2019 when our Building Permit expires!!
Bill and Judy Fortner
It is my great pleasure to report that after more than 10 years of prayer and Bible study and home visits – the Roma leader in Aiud /Romania DIDI and his wife EVA have decided to follow Jesus Christ. ( He is the Gypsy King in his clan)
Last Sunday they both had a wonderful testimony of God’s grace, at the church, in the front of more than 100 people and in the presence of all heavenly beings. We rejoice together that Christ has done wonders among us.
Ciprian -together with the new Roma Christian family in our church
Last week, close to midnight he called me. With a tremble voice and crying, he says: I cannot stand against God anymore. He saved me so many times from troubles, he show me his love, and he revealed this to me so many times. I do not want to run anymore, I am tired of hiding from HIM and from you. I want Christ in my life and i want to get baptized soon, if possible tonight….
I knew right away that God touched his heart again. I knew the Holy Spirit was working… I told him that we are going to pray together tonight and then next day we will meet and talk more. Next day, he and his wife Eva were waiting for me early in the morning. Didi says to me; “I have an issue, I want to follow Christ but my wife does not want to. I said to him that it is all right. We will pray and God will touch her heart too. I ask him to have 2-3 more meetings for Bible study and that he should bring his wife with him as well.
We prayed the whole week for both of them. On Wednesday his wife Eva joined us in the church and while she listen to the Gospel, God touched her and she start crying with rivers of tears…. Before the service was done she also says that she wants to follow Christ and get baptized together with her husband. There was huge joy in the church. Didi was seeing the Lord work in his family.
Didi told me that he is wants to bring more people to Christ. With tears in his eyes he told me that he wants to be like a wheat seed, that after it is planted in the ground, the seed dies but then a new plant grows from it, producing many good seeds… Such a wonderful and powerful illustration. This is a moment of joy for everybody! We have seen with our eyes how God is truly working among us. He has not forgotten the Roma people. Halleluiah!
Thank you for your prayers and your support. This type of testimony motivates us to continue proclaiming the passion and love of Christ. Please continue to pray for us as we build a new church to provide our services for a larger group of people and also please pray for Pastor Rostas needed financially support.
By his Grace,
Ministry team in Aiud
Pastor Rostas, Ciprian, Bianca
July 27, 2016
We praise the Lord $8,500 has come in for the Double Matching grant. We still need $14,000 to reach our goal of $22,500 and the Trust will Double Match with $45,000, giving us $67,500 to build. Please continue to pray with us specifically for our Lord to touch the hearts of those He wants to give and for rest of the funds to come in before the deadline of September 18th!
It really is not about the building, but about the young men and women who want to be trained in the Word of God and how to reach their own people with the Gospel of Christ. This building, when completed, will be used to help us accomplish this purpose. Your faithful partnership is making this happen.
God Bless,
Bill and Judy
www.frontlinefellowship.org
In September 1994, Frontline Fellowship, in cooperation with several independent minded Romanian pastors, and with the support of many American pastors, opened the Timisoara Baptist Bible Institute. Today we have seen hundreds pass through these walls to become Church Planters, Pastors, Evangelists, Christian Workers, and Missionaries.
Our vision for this building now is for the first floor to have a classroom for the Seminary a library, an office and restrooms. The second floor will have much needed dorms, a two bedroom apartment with a small kitchen and restroom. This will be used for visiting Mission Teams from the US and American Professors who will teach Advanced Modules to our TBBI graduates. This will save the expense of those who come from the expense of staying at a hotel.
To learn more about the Don Kyer Memorial Building Fund, click here.
God Bless you for partnering with us for this urgent need.
Bill and Judy Fortner
May 2, 2018
Dear Faithful Prayer Partners,
God heard our prayer and answered in such an amazing way. We received a phone call after we sent this email and someone paid for the five couples that needed support for the conference! We were so overwhelmed that we were brought to tears to see how God worked. When we look over the list of those who have given to help these deserving and faithful couples attend the conference we stand amazed and so grateful. Praise His Name! We serve a gracious and Awesome God!
If any additional funds come in we will be able to invite and bless other couples who would also like to attend.
Thank you so much for being our prayer warriors in the ministry.
Bill and Judy Fortner
April 3, 2018
Two wonderful opportunities are before us! Our Remodel effort with the Don Kyer Memorial Building and the Pastors and Wives Conference! We are looking forward to seeing how our Lord is going to meet these special needs and who will join us in these two opportunities to minister. The building which will house Dorms, Class Room and Library that will be used to “Train young men and women” in the service of our Lord as Church planters, Missionaries and Evangelist, for years now and in the future. These students will make an impact for Christ in Eastern Europe, and the Pastors and Wives Conference will encourage those who are already serving on the front-lines every day, preaching, teaching and ministering in the Name of Christ to people in the villages, towns and cities in which they serve.”Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow!” Will you be part of those through whom the blessings of our Lord will be shown? These faithful servants of our Lord will not be able to attend without your help. A special thank you to those who have faithfully partnered with us and those who will now partner with us in this important Conference.
Bill and Judy Fortner
Merry Christmas.
We want to thank all of our friends and partners for a wonderful year!
Our ministry in Romania continues to grow and God has blessed us with a wonderful group of men preparing for the ministry in Eastern Europe
Our school in India is growing with outstanding men and women preparing for ministry reaching out to many countries in Asia
Happy New Year in 2018
Bill and Judy
Dear faithful partners in ministry,
Praise the Lord for the way He continues to work in Eastern Europe through our TBBI Graduates. Featured in this letter is Gabriel and Mary Cismaru. They are doing a wonderful work in Oltenia. As you will see Gabriel has planted and is Pastor of four churches in different villages. Our Lord has especially gifted this couple in ministering to the whole family, many children and adults have come to Christ and are following Him faithfully. Gabriel has used outdoor Evangelism and VBS with great success.
Pray for Gabriel and Mary as they labor in Romania.
Bill and Judy
September 1994 Frontline Fellowship, in cooperation with several independent minded Romanian pastors, and with the support of many American pastors, opened the Timisoara Baptist Bible Institute. TBBI is a full time, one-year, Bible Institute with intensive Bible study for those preparing for Christian ministry. Courses include Homiletics, Hermeneutics, Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, Pastoral Epistles, Prison Epistles, Pastoral Theology, Missions, Evangelism, Romanian Composition and other Bible related subjects. Our primary goal is to train Nationals as pastors, church planters, evangelists and as missionaries. Romanian pastors teach five days a week under the oversight of the administrator of the school.
In addition to the one year program, after graduation, the students have the opportunity five times a year to take Advanced Module Classes taught for one week, twenty-eight hours of study, by visiting American Professors and Pastors. These practical Advanced Modules include subjects that help the graduates become better equipped in their respective ministries. They include Bible Books, doctrinal courses, church planting, the cults and other timely subjects.
God has far exceeded our expectations in what He has already accomplished through TBBI. Many graduates are now serving as pastors of established churches or have started churches in the villages, reaching their own people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These students love the Lord, have a strong desire to serve their Savior and have a call of God to preach His Word.
TBBI has graduates planting churches all over Romania, in Serbia, Moldova and the Ukraine.