Pastor, Have You Heard About David Rasnake

Church planting is needed everywhere! Though much prejudice exists about men reaching the Western United States from their home churches in the East, the Rasnake family has answered God’s call to the the city of Madera, California. I have met David on several occasions and feel that he is worthy of your consideration.

David and his wife, Amber, have one son named Nathan. They are from Stockbridge, Georgia and are sent out of Liberty Baptist Church where Brother Matthew Grimes is the fine pastor. (Learn more about this family by reading this post. Much of the material is taken from their ministry website.)

Statistics About California

The Case For California!!!

  • Fact #1 = 27,800,000 people in California are barely being reached with the gospel or have no gospel preaching church.
  • Fact #2 = 373 Cities in California are being reached by just 279 churches.
  • Fact #3 = Those 279 churches are responsible for reaching 27,846,396 people.
  • Fact #4 = If these 279 churches worked together they are individually responsible for 99,808 people.

Conclusion: We must plant more churches, reach more people, grow more sold out Saints of God, to send out more Servants of the Lord.

The Slip of Christianity in America

In a very lose meaning of Christianity, the United States has 33.1% of the worlds professing Christians. The United States also has 21.8% of the worlds Muslim population. We need to live for our living Lord and Savior, because the Muslims are sold out to a dead god and a hopeless religion. (Stats from the ARDA) Posted Aug. 11, 2010 – on David’s Website

Their Testimony

God has called my wife and I to go and plant churches in California. When I was five years old I was listening to a tape where one of the characters was being led to the Lord. I asked my mother what was happening, and she took her Bible and began to explain that I was a sinner. She showed me from God’s Word how I deserved to go to Hell but that God had a plan for saving mankind from sin. My mother told me that I must accept that gift of salvation and ask God to forgive me of my sins. I asked Christ to come into my heart and save me that day.

I was blessed to grow up in a home that kept Christ center in my life. One summer God spoke to me during summer camp and I surrendered my life to God. In June of 1999 I was given the opportunity to see missions first hand in Saltillo, Mexico. After returning from this trip God greatly burdened me for missions work. In the summer of 2004 I was at a week long conference that was full of great speakers with totally different messages, but God used every message to show me the great need for churches in America. As the conference came to an end I knew that God was calling me to do my part in reclaiming America for Christ. Ever since then God has continued to magnify the need of Churches in the west and particularly in the state of California.

In David’s Own Words

“Hello my name is David Rasnake and I am a church planting missionary to the state of California. Some may ask why America and why California. Today America is said to be the third largest mission field in the world. I would dare say it has been a forsaken mission field as well. Almost 200 million people in America no longer attend church of any kind. In the state of California more than 75% of the people do not attend any church. While I was visiting California it quickly became clear, the lack of Biblical churches. The western United States of America has been starved of the gospel and we must reach them. Please visit my website and I would love to hear from you through e-mail or telephone. We are praying that the Lord will have us in California in 2011. If we can do anything or you would be interested in more information please contact me. Thank you.”

Ministry Video

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Why Madera?

The city of Madera is located in the center of the state of California. It has a population of 57,000 people and no church actively reaching these people with the truths of God’s Word. This city is located about 25 minutes from the much larger city of Fresno. There is great growth potential in Madera in terms of population but even greater spiritually. Being able to start a good Independent Fundamental Baptist church that shares the love of Christ and reaches souls with the truth of salvation can truly change this city. It is our goal and burden to 1) Raise up the needed support to get there. 2) Lead people to Christ and help develop and teach them more about God’s Word. 3) Start a Biblical church that is self-supporting and thriving. 4) Start and/or help start more churches throughout the central valley of California.

Contact Information

Church Planting In California
David, Amber, & Nathan Rasnake
1466 Old Conyers Rd.
Stockbridge, GA 30281
(404) 451-2602
Email: [email protected]

Important Links

Ministry Website: www.reachingca.weebly.com

Sending Church:

Liberty Baptist Church
1410 Valley Hill Rd.
Stockbridge, GA 30281
(770) 474-1247
Pastor Matthew Grimes
Pastor Emeritus Dr. Glenn Anderson

Church Website: www.libertybaptist-ga.org

Mission Board:

Macedonia World Baptist Missions, Inc.
P.O. Box 519
Braselton, GA 30517
(706) 654-2818

Website: www.mwbm.org

Doctrinal Statement

Testimony And Recommendations

Conclusion

On behalf of this fine missionary family, I ask that you pray for them and their ministry. It would mean a lot to The Working Pastorif you would call or email them. Try to encourage this family in some way. Let them know that you learned about their ministry from this website!

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Decrying much of contemporary worship as entertainment, Tozer says, “When we are worshipping…if the love of God is in us and the Spirit of God is breathing praise within us, all the musical instruments in heaven are suddenly playing in full support.” Originally preached as sermons at Avenue Road Alliance Church in Toronto, the chapters of Whatever Happened to Worshipconvey Tozer’s attitude and thoughts on Christian worship.

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Pastor, Have You Heard About Lamar Whittemore

In late September, of 2006, myself and two other men were holding a tent revival in Williston, North Dakota. During the meeting, I brought up the fact that Watertown, South Dakota needed a solid Independent Baptist Church. We began to pray and make plans to hold a series of meetings later on the next year. Lamar Whittemore’s name was brought up in the conversation as I recall. (I still am uncovering the details of how God has put this together, but God does work in mysterious ways, doesn’t He?) The meeting was held as scheduled. Lamar preached in the meeting and later was able to move up to Watertown! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!


Bio:

Brother Lamar, and his wife Chastity are a tremendous blessing to be around. Lamar is the pastor of Harvest Baptist Church in Watertown, SD. They are sent from Eastside Baptist Church of Greeneville, TN and are serving with Anchor Baptist Missions International.

In His Own Words…
“My name is Lamar Whittemore, and my wife is Chastity.  I was reared under some of the greatest and godliest parents anyone could ever have.  The Lord saved me at the age of six, and answered the call to preach at the age of fourteen.  My wife was reared by a godly Mom, and sat under some great preaching as a member of Roanoke Baptist Church in Liberty, South Carolina.  She was saved at the age of fourteen.  God brought us together, and we were married in July of 1995.  I was privileged to work on the mission field between high school and college.  I attended college at Tabernacle Baptist College in Greenville, South Carolina; and graduated from there in 1996.  After college I was the youth director at Tabernacle and worked on the radio.
The Lord opened the door for me to pastor United Baptist Church in Greeneville, TN in December of 1999.  While pastoring, I was greatly blessed to continue my education, and graduate from Crown College in Powell, TN in 2006.  We resigned the pastorate in September of 2006.  In a way that only God could, He miraculously had someone mention South Dakota to me the very night I resigned United Baptist Church.  I honestly had no intentions to pray about the need in South Dakota.  But, the Holy Spirit would wake me up in the middle of the night praying for Watertown, South Dakota.  After receiving advice to take a survey trip, we realized Watertown was where God wanted us.  We did deputation for a year and a half, and moved to Watertown in May of 2008.  We began having church in a couple’s home the weekend we came to town.  After seven months in their home, we started meeting at the Watertown Event Center on January 4th, 2009.  Throughout these two years God has shown Himself mighty and true!  It’s hard to believe that we will be starting to have services in a church building January 2nd, 2011.  To God Be The Glory!!!
God is definitely working here in Watertown.  We are running between thirty-five and fourty in church.  We also have a children’s ministry on Thursday nights.  Our high number has been forty-three children.  We are praying God continues to work miracles, touch hearts, save souls, put homes back together, and bring glory to Himself.  With our moving into a building, there are many needs.  We need more songbooks, a church sign, tables and chairs to put in Sunday School Classrooms, sound system, etc.  But, more than anything, we need laborers for the field.  Please pray God will help us reach Watertown, the Great Plains States, and the World for His glory!  I honestly believe God can reach the world from Watertown!!!”
Lamar’s Burden… There are approximately twenty-five thousand people in Watertown with forty-eight thousand people in Codington County.  Our prayer is that God would send laborers to work here, and they can go out into smaller towns to reach them with the Gospel.

Contact Information:

Email Address: [email protected]

Lamar’s Cell Phone: 605-868-2214

Church Phone: 605-753-9609.

Harvest Baptist Church of Watertown, SD
Important Links:

Sending Church Website: www.eastsidebaptist.info

Mission Board: www.anchorbaptist.org

Conclusion:

I fully endorse Lamar and Chastity Whittemore. He has been a good friend and I know that he loves the Lord! Pastors, I ask two things from you regarding Brother Whittemore. First, please give him a call or email him to let him know that you read this post about him. Encourage this brother… pray with Him! Secondly, ask the Lord to provide him with more monetary support for his endeavors! I am sure he would be grateful for any prayers and financial support that YOUcould offer him.

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Andrew Schank: A Hard Working Pastor

Hi.  My name is James Ruckman and I pastor the Glory Bound Baptist Church in Hoven, South Dakota. Over the past six years I have come to know and appreciate the author of this blog, Andrew Schank. Brother Andrew is a sincere, hard working man of God. When he started this blog, The Working Pastor, I knew that it would become a wealth of information for working pastors because of his seemingly tireless energy. He is indeed a hard working pastor, and I believe as you subscribe to and follow this blog, you will enjoy the fruits of his labour.


Let me also take a moment to say that Brother Andrew is a missionary church planter in Blair, Nebraska.  If you are looking for a missionary to support, you will not be disappointed with him. I believe that you will receive good dividends on your investment into his ministry.

A Note From Andrew Schank…

I appreciate the kind and encouraging words from Brother James. He also could be described the way he did me. I am humbled by the kind expressions presented here in this post!

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