Text Box: Endorsed By First Baptist Church Phillip Miller Pastor PO Box 267 Bryant, AR 72089 (501) 847-0365 Text Box: St. Charles Co. Mission Project Stephen Lee Missionary 483 Chatham Dr. O’Fallon MO 63366 (636) 240-4655 steve@friendsinfellowship.com www.fifweb.net St. Charles Co. Mission Project Rectangular Callout: Bible Studies Begin The Bible Studies began at the end of September by inviting 20-25 interested people to a “Kick-off Cookout.” A week later, we began having Bible studies with 3 groups coming on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, totaling 19 adults. Text Box: Sept. Text Box: Nov. Text Box: Jan. 2007 Text Box: Mar. Text Box: Oct. Text Box: Dec. Text Box: Feb. Rectangular Callout: 1st Sunday Worship Service On September 10th, 2006, the Henley’s—friends met during soccer— and the Lee’s held the 1st Sunday worship in the Lee’s living room. Rectangular Callout: Grace MBC Votes to Endorse At the end of October, Grace Missionary Baptist Church voted to authorize Bro. Lee to baptize and to endorse the work he was doing. Rectangular Callout: Another Family Attends The Lambright family began coming to Sunday worship services, bringing the attendance to 15. Rectangular Callout: More Attend Worship Services At the beginning of March, the Lorenz family began attending Sunday morning worship services. The Lorenz’s started by coming to the Bible Studies from the beginning. Text Box: Summer ‘06 Text Box: May 2006 Rectangular Callout: Decision Made After much prayer and thought, the decision was made to resign Brookside MBC and devote time for the establishment of a new church. Rectangular Callout: Deputation Begins Throughout the summer of 2006, the Lee’s traveled in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois searching for a sponsoring church and support. Rectangular Callout: Setbacks Happen Following Christmas, some drop out of the Bible Studies, causing consolidation of the studies from 3 nights to 2 nights a week. Text Box: Apr. Rectangular Callout: The Work Is Named The work was named at the beginning of May with everyone agreeing on “Friends In Faith Baptist Fellowship.” The name characterizes who the mission is and what they desire to be—people who desire to have fellowship and friendship with one another based upon common beliefs in the Bible. Rectangular Callout: High Attendance A high attendance was set with 21 people present. The number underscores the need for another meeting place. Text Box: May Rectangular Callout: Moved into Rental Space The number of our families meeting together grows, causing us to look again for rental space. We found a conference room at a nearby Comfort Inn to meet at.

The following timeline shows a brief history of what God has done with the work so far.  Although there are many other blessings, some that are yet to be seen much less written about, these are some of the landmark events that have transpired in the short time we have been doing the work.  (To read about events that lead up to the start of the work, please see “The Missionary” page.)

A History of the Work
Text Box: June Text Box: July Text Box: Aug. Text Box: Sept. Text Box: Oct. Rectangular Callout: More Bible Studies With the conclusion of the first series of Bible Studies, we began a new series entitled, “What’s the Word,” which looks at the Bible as a whole. Another Bible Study was also started at the Henley’s house. This study looked at the first series, “So, This Is Salvation,” with six people attending. Rectangular Callout: More Setbacks One of our families stopped coming. This causes us to stop looking for a rental space. Text Box: Jan. ‘08 Text Box: Dec. Text Box: Nov. Rectangular Callout: New Sponsoring Church Beginning in January 2008, First Baptist Church of Bryant, AR, became the sponsoring church of Friends In Faith Baptist Fellowship. Grace Baptist Church, our endorsing church, approved the sponsorship and continued their support. Text Box: Spring ‘08 Text Box: Spring ‘10 Rectangular Callout: Moved Again We moved our services again to a Montessori school at the south end of O’Fallon. The added space suits our classroom needs, and the added visibility is something we hope will serve us well.