Brian and Joanne

Church Planters 

Brian and Joanne minister at Covenant Hope Church, a reformed Baptist church in the Arab Gulf, with approximately 25 different nationalities attending. They are greatly encouraged by the many new visitors they have had since Covid subsided. Brian preaches and teaches, leads the church staff team and elders, evangelizes and disciples, counsels, and serves as the student ministry Board Chairman. In the last year, the Lord has added an Indian/Hindu background elder, baptized three new believers from Ghana, Kenya, and India, and added an Emirati woman to their membership, which is extremely rare. The church membership has grown from 65 to over 130 since 2017. Praise God for members who are actively evangelizing and discipling. Last year's pastoral interns were from Bangalore and Nepal. The class of 2024 consists of three men from North India and one from Cameroon. Please pray for God's blessing on these men. 

Prayer Requests:

• Pray for God's blessing on the associate pastor who is leaving to help plant a church in the US. Ask the Lord to provide the worker to replace him. 
• Pray that the Lord would provide a new location for their church so that they can leave the current church building that the government forced them to use.  
• Pray that the Lord will continue to move among the many Muslims and Hindus in the Arab Gulf region and their city.