Phillip Rice

Baptist Medical Missions International is the humanitarian/benevolent arm of BMA Missions. The primary purpose of this ministry is to provide humanitarian aid or assistance for many nations of the world where care is needed because of economical, geographic, or disaster reasons.

If you desire a healthy church and ministry, you must first make sure you are healthy. The number one priority of any leader is to determine reality, which begins in the leader’s own life and soul. Are you spiritually healthy? How is your soul doing? Knowing God and knowing yourself are intricately intertwined in determining how your soul is doing, and there are definitely ways of determining if you are healthy or unhealthy. 

God has called our family and team to make disciples in the city of Brasov, Romania, as we seek to obey the commandment of our Lord Jesus to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:18-20). We understand this commandment as both preaching the gospel to those who are not yet trusting and following Jesus and teaching believers how the gospel can change every area of their lives, transforming them to look more and more like Jesus. 

When considering this article, it didn’t take long for our team to think of the discipleship movement happening at South City Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. In a recent interview, Pastor Drew Cline shares about the prayer life it takes and the process that South City has been following leading to up to this moment. He’s quick to say that they are a long way from where they want to be but adamant that they are not turning back!