Meet the BEAMS Staff

I have introduced you to two members of our staff, our Director Dr. Rene Freret and our Office Manager Vicky Smith. Now let me introduce to you our Missionary Correspondent, Michele Shelton. Ms. Michele takes care of all of the incoming requests for Bibles, keeps up with all of our missionaries we send Bibles to, goes through the many prayer letters and newsletters we receive, and in her spare time takes care of the receipts for donations coming into the office. She is a vital member of the team and we are blessed to have her. Thanks Ms. Michele for all that you do. I know I did not list everything, but I do have a limited amount of space.

A night with the Inspirations!

What a great time every had on the 8th of May when Corinth BC of Lucedale, MS hosted a BEAMS Benefit sing featuring "The Inspirations." They group sang for about 2 1/2 hours. It was wonderful. All of the profit from the sing was donated to BEAMS in memory of Nathan Pierce. The total receipts and the guaranteed funds from Corinth brought the total donation to $10,000! Yes that is the proper number of zeros! Thanks be unto the Lord for His wonderful blessings.

May 3rd and Central BC - Athens, TX

We drove over to Athens, Tx to be with Pastor Mike Gibbs and his church. On the way we stopped off in Shreveport, LA again. We did not get to visit with Pastor Sparks of Faith BC, but were able to stay in their missions house. What a blessing that was. Sunday morning we attended services at Liberty BC and Pastor Joe Brown. Bro. Joe was one of my instructors while I was in Seminary. We had the privilege of taking part in their 45th Homecoming service. Following the service we drove the 2 1/2 hours on over to Athens. We carried 69 boxes of Bibles to Central BC and they took those so fast it was hard to believe. Within 10 minutes every box was gone. Thanks you for your eagerness to used of the Lord. I was having some problems with my voice, but I think they heard enough to get excited about the ministry. We are looking forward to seeing much more involvement from this great church. Thanks again for your hospitality and care!

I Think I Survivied April!!!!!

Sorry it has taken so long for me to update the blog!! We have been extremely busy this past month. I cannot give many details of the weeks I have missed simply for lack of space, but I will try to catch everyone up with a few thoughts. So here goes!

The week following Easter we hosted the Champion College Missions Institute.
We enjoyed nine students and three adults Tuesday through Saturday. During their stay we heard from 8 different mission fields, watched several videos concerning BEAMS and other mission points, packed Bibles, attended our home church (Faith Baptist Church of Gulfport - www.faithbaptistgulfport.com), went soul winning with our home church, took a missions tour of the Gulfport area, and attended a revival meeting in Wiggins, MS. Yes we did all of that in three full days. We had a great time and God blessed tremendously!! Thank you Champion for helping make the week so special.

The weekend of the 19th we attended the wedding of our good friend Brittiany Mangham in Bossier City, LA. My wife cried through the whole thing. Why do women always cry at weddings? As men, we just don't get it! It was a beautiful cerimony and great time to catch up with old friends. Then on Sunday we visited the Haughton Baptist Temple with their Pastor Gary Byrd. This is a great church and we really had a wonderful time. The fellowship and excitement of the church was great. Then Sunday evening we dropped in on Faith BC in Shreveport, LA. This church and Pastor Mark Sparks also welcomed us heartily and we enjoyed a great message on Foundational Doctrine by Pastor Sparks.

The following week we were invovled in a BEAMS Revival with Silver Run BC and Pastor Arthur Shaw. I had the privilege of preaching Tuesday evening and had a wonderful evening. Their was great liberty and the church responded well to the Gospel. We attended several nights of the meetings and rejoiced at the great response of the people towards the BEAMS ministry.

The evening of the 26th of April we traveled over to Livingston, LA and Fundamental BC. Their Pastor, Rusty Silvertooth, was preaching a meeting in Brookhaven, MS and still allowed me the honor of filling his pulpit. We had a wonderful time and the church treated us just like family. God has built a wonderful work in these sweet folk. I tell you their youth choir sure can sing!

The following week was our BEAMS Institute of Missions and first annual Pastor's Conference. We experience a great spirit of love and appreciation as our full time missionaries and part time representatives came to Gulfport for our annual training. Monday and Tuesday we were in our new conference room and everything went splendidly. Then Tuesday evening we moved over to Faith Baptist Church and hosted the Pastor's Conference. If you would like to see some of the conference check it out at www.stevebrownministries.com he videoed and broadcast the entire meeting. We are looking forward to next year already!!!