Missions

For more info, contact the church office or missions@butlerchurch.org


Each November we take extra time to highlight Butler supported mission work and missionaries.

Check below as ministry updates and prayer requests are added!

  • Current Prayer Requests

    Prayer requests are updated here as new information is received. Click on the missionary photos above for an update & info from recent newsletters.

  • Carmen Owen (Kansas/N Thailand)

    Carmen gives support to the Naomi House ministry and leadership in Thailand. 


    Thank you for praying over the Christmas outreach event. Praise God for the many who attended, curious to hear about the real story of Christmas! 6 new believers put their faith in Jesus Christ!  


    Plealse continue to pray also: 

    • For Naomi House ministry leaders Siriwan & Wichan; for energy and protection
    • For ongoing unity, wisdom, discernment for the team & project funding 
    • For expertise with the business aspect of this ministry & capacity for the business to grow
    • For unsaved family members to choose salvation and new life in Jesus
    • For the Naomi House family camp coming up in February; for the planning team, resources, and unity among the attendees. The theme will be evangelism!

    1/2024

  • Nzash Lumeya (Fresno)

    Mission Festival coming up May 10-11 at FPU in Fresno .

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    Praise the Lord for missions support from Butler Church!


    Praise God for our graduates serving the Lord locally and abroad: Philippines and Vietnam. 


    Pray for mission students and missionaries for Fresno. 


    Pray over the opportunities for relationship building through available resources. Like milk evangelism!


    Matondo! Thank you!


    11/2023


  • Ricky & Karen Sanchez (Central Thailand)

    Praise: 

    - For a good transition to ministry under YWAM, and continued financial support from churches and individuals

    - For connections with more Christian churches in Thailand through YWAM ministries


    Prayer Requests:


    Pray for us in December as we start Christmas outreaches, pray that many get saved.


    Abundant Life Home (ALH)


    In Thailand, school is starting again after a month off for monsoon break.  Pray for our kids in public/temple schools, as they often experience bullying, and teachers who still spank them, and are quite shaming in their talking to our kids.  Pray for our kids to stay strong in their faith especially during the Buddhist chants every morning at the flag pole.


    Please pray for several of our little ones who are in line to be adopted. Pray that the process goes quickly and smoothly and pray that Christian families come to adopt them.  

     

    Please pray for our house moms: Ning, Lek, Fern, Mon and Sommay, to stay patient and wise and close to God in their own lives so they can guide and disciple our teachers.

     

    Please pray for our staff, as we work to get a residential license from the government, that we won't have to give in to some policies we don't agree with.


    Pray for KK to get citizenship. She was born in Thailand and has no citizenship anywhere (her mom was tribal).We’ve been trying for 5 years to get her citizenship, which impacts her schooling and medical care. She doesn’t even have a last name.  


    Pray for the graduates of ALH as they consider ministry options after Bible school


    Please pray for the teams that are coming to serve with us in the next 4 months, that God would use their time to bring many to Christ, and that some on the teams would feel the call to overseas missions.


    Church planting & outreach:


    Pray for Zion Church, who lost a key member last month to a blood infection. Pray for the members in the community to come regularly to church and cell groups. Pray for us as we host 3 outreaches next month at the church for the community.

     

    Please pray for our partners and ministries in Cambodia.  Borey in Poi Pet, and Rin in Phenom Penh. Pray for us as we bring teams to help them, and for the churches there to grow in their passion for God. 

    [Praise for the outcome of the recent eye glasses clinic outreach! The team saw 158 older Cambodians give their lives to Christ through our eyeglass clinics. One lady was healed, another delivered from evil spirits, and another told us her and her daughter had come to faith in Christ through our last clinic there, 4 years ago, and now were helping lead a church in a remote village!]

     

    Pray for Global Sports as we recruit for next summer. Pray for the right athletes to come and for much fruit as we share the gospel. Pray for continued follow up on the outreaches and people from last summer.


    Pray for Ricky as he helps with KOB Academy, 50 high school basketball athletes, for favor with the coaches and fruit in sharing the gospel with the coaches there.


    Health needs:


    - Pastor Fon's mother who is struggling with stage 4 cervical cancer.

    - For Oi, a volunteer who taught the girls the bible, who has colon cancer.

    - For Mic, an older boy still recovering from TB of the brain.

    - For Karen's dad, with some health issues.


    11/2023 updated Nov 29

  • Kumrod Family (N Thailand)

    Praise God for the developing team in the Northern region of Thailand for making disciples, training leaders and planting churches together:


    A new church, Rimkhan Fellowship Church in the Chiang Mai area, was launched after a Christmas Outreach in 2022. We thank God for this and the home they meet in on Sunday evenings. Intern Nuey & his wife Aire, along with Joon & Ozz are going out to visit and invite neighbors & friends to church. Recently a new family believed and was baptized at MB Family Camp. Pray for the new believers to grow to know God more and to share Him with others.


    [Update Nov 19] Ozz is leading a worship training, to help the new leaders Aire & Nuey
    learn how to lead a worship time during the home church gatherings. They are excited to learn and serve in their house church, which meets in the carport area at Aire's mom's house.


    We are excited about Christmas outreaches too. Ozz and the Thai leadership team are planning to have several small Christmas gatherings throughout Dec in new believers homes where they can invite their neighbors and share their testimonies & the true meaning of Christmas.


    Our family is going to HuayKeaw Temple School (near Rimkhan Church) on Sunday mornings, at the invitation of a Christian teacher named Naam, to have a worship gathering with 12 boarding students. Please pray for us as we are building relationships with the students, teachers, families and neighbors around the school. We are inviting more to join both the worship gathering & guitar lessons that follow. Please pray for Belle (17 yrs old) whose heart is open to God, and for her future education. Our team also teaches English & Bible stories at the school on Wednesday afternoons.


    Please pray for wisdom, courage, love, & humility for the leaders (Ozz, Naat, Bank, Joon & May) of Thailand Mennonite Brethren Church Association (TMBCA) as they give leadership & encouragement to church planting & take the final steps to apply for full membership in ICOMB in 2024. 


    Please pray for wisdom & provision for our boys' education and for Sara as she continues to develop reading & writing in Thai in order to join more fully in the discipleship opportunities in Thailand. 


    Pray Psalm 67 for Thailand. Thank you to our Butler Church family for your faithful partnership & prayers for God's work in Thailand.


    For the harvest together,

    Sara & Ozz


    11/2023



  • Short Term Missions

    Butler Church also sends teams and supports individuals in short-term mission assignments both locally and overseas! Join us in praying for those who will be called and sent in the future. 


    STM opportunities include:

    - Guadalajara, Mexico in spring

    - locally in the Central Valley in summer

    - overseas with our missionaries! 


    Is God tugging at your heart to serve in this way? Contact the missions team to start the conversation!   missions@butlerchurch.org

We had a great Missions Sunday, and have met the Missions Offering giving goal of $21,800 for 2024!

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You can give anytime during the year, by choosing "Give to Missions Offering." Thank you!

About Missions Month

Each year, we take time as a church to hear from our missionaries serving both locally and around the world, pray over them, and to collect a special offering toward their support for the coming year. In November 2020 we expanded the celebration to fill an entire month both in person and virtually! Here we continue to highlight stories, pray, and provide ways to connect with our missionaries.  Read more here.

To get connected to one of our missionary families, contact us here!

Missionary Support Team

We continue support for our missionaries in relationship, throughout the year. This is why Butler also has a growing Missionary Support Team which will help our church family connect regularly with our missionaries…and there is room for more to join this team, including you!  If you would like to join in or learn more, let a pastor know, or email missions@butlerchurch.org.

Missions Sunday 2023

About Butler Church


Our multicultural church has 4 congregations in 3 languages! We're located in southeast Fresno on the corner of Butler & Winery. 
Find out more about us here.

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