We have been busy over the past couple of months. Here is a short list of some of our updates.

The gospel ministry is different than any other vocation or activity. You see, God alone calls men to preach his gospel and God alone directs their field of labor. Ministers are not, as it were, “mamma called and daddy sent.” Nor is gospel ministry a field of labor where we decide the direction that we would wish to take. This makes the ministry somewhat more difficult because it takes more discerning than the way many laity make decisions. To quote Elder Wilson Thompson, “God fixes the field of labor for each of His called ministers, and in that place alone will they be profitable.” This is a truth that all ministers would affirm, but how do we determine the correct field?

The level of anger and hatred in our country has been extremely elevated for several years. While we've recently seen some horrendous public displays of evil and hatred, the truth of the matter is, violence has taken to the street many times in the last decade. Why?

Brother Herbert Phelps, Bethany Primitive Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas, is preparing a Nationwide Primitive Baptist Church Directory. He has already completed directories for Texas and several other western states, including New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, California, Washington, and Oregon. He plans to make the directory online and in printed form. We already have all the churches represented in the Texas and Western directories updated on the MTZ Church Directory listing, and we intend to update the directory with the appropriate information when the rest of the directories are complete, as well as provide the directory in an electronic PDF form.