The Taylors

We recently met Kathy Hernandez and we realized we had several ministry connections! Years ago her husband, Valente Hernandez, started a ministry called OreMex, which later became OreMundo. In 2006 our son, Benjamin, went on a mission trip to Mexico with OreMundo. He returned saying, “We all need to go next year!” So, in 2007 our family and Kendra Settle (from our church in Virginia) went to Mexico on a mission trip with OreMundo. Because of that trip, the Lord opened our eyes to the Hispanics that were right in our “own mission field” in Virginia and we began to reach out to them. Since we wanted to better know how to reach Hispanics, Herb researched and found Baptist Church Planters and contacted their Hispanic Coordinator, David Whitcher. Over the next few years, David Whitcher came to our ministry in Front Royal, VA to encourage all of us at Skyline Baptist Church to lovingly reach out to the Hispanic community. As a result, the Lord began to burden our hearts for Hispanic ministries and in January 2010 we began serving with Baptist Church Planters and now we lead the BCP Hispanic Ministries. All of that to say, isn’t it amazing how the Lord can use the ministry of one person to touch another and another and another and HIS work goes on? AMAZING TO SERVE HIM!!!

We are so blessed to have faithful and gracious ministry supporters! Here we were able to report to Immanuel Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, VA. Thank you, team partners!

Several times a year we enjoy connecting with our BCP Leadership Team (the president, vice-president, other regional field directors) to encourage one another, brainstorm about ideas and improvements and pray for God’s continued blessing on our ministries as we serve together in Baptist Church Planters.

What a joy it is when we have been able to lead others to Christ! Here are a few of our “spiritual children.” Our prayer is that they and their children will faithfully follow Christ all of their days.

It was our joy to share our ministry with Immanuel Baptist Church in Pawtucket, RI. We so enjoyed visiting with this enthusiastic and gracious church family. This year they voted to become financial ministry partners with us. What a blessing to have them join us!

It is our joy to encourage ministries that are using ESL (English Second Language) as an outreach to those that want to learn English. This is a great opportunity to reach Hispanics – to teach them English, to connect them in a ministry, and to lovingly care for their entire family. Here we encouraged an ESL ministry in Hanover, PA. What a blessing to see faithful service to the Lord!

Part of the BCP training included several hours of training about how to handle the challenges and difficult conversations of ministry. Herb shared this information in Spanish with several of our BCP missionaries.

Miguel Quintana and Carlos Vasquez, two of our BCP Hispanic missionaries, attended the BCP Leadership Summit in March at our BCP Home Office in Grafton, OH. This time of training and fellowship is so important for our missionaries. It helps them to get back to their ministries and continue serving!