The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. View on BibleGateway.com- 1 Corinthians 12:12-14
We have been providing Christian Outreach and Education Ministry in Belize since 2007.
And he said to them all, “If any man will come after me, Let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” View on BibleGateway.com
- Luke 9:23
Follow The Cross Ministries was founded in early 2007, by Troy McBride, a Canadian Missions Pastor (Sept. 29, 2008). He was sent out by Eastside City Church and Missionary Society. Troy’s vision has been to bring discipleship training to the country of Belize. FTC (Follow The Cross) has now became Troy and Barbara McBride since our marriage in 2011. Barbara is a Belizean Anglican Priest (Sept. 29, 2011) who shares the vision of empowering Christian leaders. She also wants to see disciples who will in turn empower others. MORE…
The total funds raised for the DTS (Discipleship Training School) outer walls and foundational floor are at $2000 CDN. which is 59% of the total. It is an encouragement to see the support we are getting, but we will need to raise more funds to start hosting classes in early 2013.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” View on BibleGateway.com
- Matthew 28:19-20
FTC is an interdenominational ministry working with God’s people in general. It is not our belief that there are sections of heaven for one denomination or another, and therefore as Christians we need to seek unity not only in the building of the Kingdom of God, but also in the manner of pooling resources, skills, and talents. This vision of working across denominations has seen light since it was founded through working with many of the mainline denominations in the country including, Pentecostal, Episcopal, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Assemblies of God, and other non-denominational Christian organizations.
We need your help!
I just received a call from Tim, the contractor working on the DTS building, and he is quickly running out of money needed to continue. I mustered up a bit of energy (have not been feeling well for the past three days) went to the site and got pictures of the project. Things are looking good but work will soon cease because we need to raise $2400 USD to continue.
Barbara and I have a PayPal link on our ministry page and any Canadians who would like to help can get tax credits when they make a donation.
Please pray continually for us and for the provisions needed to continue work.
Every Blessing,
Troy
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. View on BibleGateway.com
- Matthew 24:12-14
FTC has shared their vision and has gained the respect and support of these churches in our call to build a DTS (discipleship training school). They have voiced their support and willingness to send their future clergy and laity for training to our facilities once fully established. With a growing number of churches across the country finding themselves without proper leadership or training, the importance of getting the buildings completed in order to start our training courses has never been more important.
We are going to continue providing Christian outreach and education ministry in Belize, but we need your help. Please visit our DONATIONS page
The beginning of the week was something we were looking forward to as God had started to work great things for us once again. We ended last week asking for donations so that our contractor, who was willing to start working, could get things going.
He, Tim is his name, had asked that we have $3000 USD to get going but we were only blessed with $1000 of the $3000. God being the good God that he is, when we called and informed Tim, he agreed that he would start the prep work for the foundation and was trusting with us that God would provide the rest of the funds for getting the walls and foundation done.
On Monday we heard nothing all day and then in the evening the call from Tim came. He was taking the guys over to start working on Tuesday after a doctor’s appointment they had. Well we had a dentist’s appointment too and when we got to the mission church where our appointment was we saw them! Our load of concrete blocks! It was exciting to see the very first stage beginning to take off, even if the blocks were just sitting on a trailer.
After a very long day of waiting to see the dentist, ( we decided to make much of a visiting mission team as dental work here is extremely costly) we drove by the property to find the guys getting started with laying a few blocks after their own appointment. It was such a blessed and very humbling experience knowing that while we still have not raised the total amount the entire project will cost or even the $3000 USD it will cost to get the cab walls and floor poured, God is blessing us with a start.
We have attached a few pictures to show where we have come from and where we are heading. Please do keep us in prayer and keep praying about how best God could use you all in the fulfilling of this vision for his kingdom, remembering that even just spreading the word goes a long way.
God’s blessing.
…speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. View on BibleGateway.com
- Ephesians 4:15-16