Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church

Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church

Gray, TN

Pastor Gene Lasley

Sunday night, July 5th

Sunday night we were able to take part in the service of Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. Pastor Gene Lasley is a man that God has mightily used. We were so excited to spend time with him and his dear wife. She is a very godly lady.

Buffalo Ridge is the home church of many former and current Crown College students. Deven Smith, Levi Mullens, and Brittany Bare (Pictured below) are a few. 

Brother Kyle was excited to spend some time with Jody Jenkins (Co-pastor) after the service.

We would like to thank Bob & Lindsey Mann for taking us out to eat after the service and also for the great dessert that Lindsey made for us. 

Chilhowie Baptist Church

Chilhowie Baptist Church

Pastor Chuck Herrell

Chilhowie, VA

Sunday morning, July 5th

We were able to spend July fourth with Shana's family. We had a wonderful time with her family and pastor. Chilhowie Baptist is a wonderful church and we were privileged to be apart of the service. This church has been having two morning services for two years now. They are unable to fit everyone in one service. This is the home church of Matt Herrell & Cody Sturgill former Crown graduates.

We were able to sing in the 8:30 service, 11:00 service, Teen Sunday School, and Children's meeting. The teenagers enjoyed seeing the video in Sunday School and Caleb Martinez is very excited about coming this fall as a freshman. 

Three men from Shana's church just talking before Sunday School 

We would like to say thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Lundy for allowing us to stay in their home and we would like to thank the pastor for taking us out to lunch after the service. 

Greer Baptist Camp Meeting

Greer Baptist Camp Meeting

Moderator : Joe Authur

Greer, SC

Thursday, June 2nd

Speaker: Dr. Clarence Sexton

Thursday we made our way to Greer Baptist Camp Meeting in Greer, SC. This is the oldest Baptist Camp meeting in America. It used to be moderated by Billy Kelly. He was a preacher that has gone to be with the Lord. He used to sing a song that many associate with him today, the song is "Like the Prodigal Son". We are grateful this camp meeting is continuing to go on for God's glory.

Pastor Sexton was the Camp speaker for the night. It was a pleasure to see him again. Anytime we can spend with our pastor we count it a great privilege. It was also nice to see Bro. Greg Gray who accompanied our pastor. Pastor Sexton spoke with great boldness and the Lord used him. He spoke out of Lamentations on " Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?". Many responded and we are grateful that God is using our Pastor.

We were delighted to see Margret Stringer who was just at our last missions conference.

Lakeside Baptist Church

Lakeside Baptist Church

Pastor Tad Marshall
Clearwater, SC
Wednesday night, June 1st

On Wednesday afternoon we arrived at Lakeside Baptist Church in Clearwater, South Carolina. This is the first church in South Carolina we have been in all summer. Pastor Marshall was unable to be in the service due to his wife's emergency surgery. We would ask you to please pray for Mrs. Marshall. 

When we arrived at the church, it was such a warm welcome. We were happy to see that a missionary family was there to update the church on their ministry in Argentina. The service went very well. We were able to sing, show the video, and Brother Kyle talked about the college. Crown College has never visited this church before. They now want us to come every year. The people were very excited about what the Lord is doing at our school. The missionary Mr. Freeman, after showing his presentation, preached a Bible message on missions. 

Pictured below: Brother George & Brother Stephens 

Pictured above The Freemans Missionaries to Argentina 

Afterwards we went out to eat to Ruby Tuesday's. We had a great time of fellowship with Bro. & Mrs. George, the Freeman's, and Mr. and Mrs. Crow. Mr. and Mrs. Crow are the parents of Mrs. Amy Sikorski. We had a lot of fun getting to know them. 

We would like to thank Pastor and Mrs. Marshall for allowing us to come and sing, and share about what God is doing at Crown College. We are praying that God will continue to bless Lakeside Baptist Church.

Bethel Baptist Church

Bethel Baptist Church 

Bethel Baptist Church Teen Camp
Pastor Carlton Cooper
Richmond Hill, GA 
Monday Night- Wednesday Morning -June 29th-July 1st

We had the great privilege to be at Bethel Baptist Church's youth camp on Monday night. We arrived just in time for the service, and sang several songs. Brother David McCracken preached a great message that night about "Strengthening the Inner Man" from Ephesians 3. During our days at the camp, we were able to stay in the cabin with the girl campers, and had a great time getting to know them. It was great to see Amanda Howard, a current Crown College student. We were also able to meet her sister, Brittany, who will be attending Crown next Fall. Another teen from their church will be attending Crown in the Fall too, his name is Nathan.

Nathan & Dustin Howard (Future Crown College Students)

Tuesday morning we were able to make it to the "Words of Wisdom" session. This was a time for the campers to turn in questions they had about Spiritual matters, and have them answered by Pastor Cooper and Brother McCracken. This was a great time for the campers to have their questions answered, and to hear their feedback on certain matters. After that they went to a group activity. For the morning service, we were able to sing again, and take part in the games and activities. We were also able to sing for the evening service.

Wednesday morning was our last time to be with the campers. After the morning service, we ate lunch with the campers, and had to head out to our next church. This was so hard to do, after being able to spend so much time with the girls. We were also able to spend time with some of the boys. Justin is a twelve year old boy, who greatly desires to be a preacher. He has such a heart for the Lord, and we were able to hear him preach for us before we left. We are praying that he stays on fire for the Lord.

Former Crown Graduates; Brian Cooper, Kerry & Jessica Hendricks, Amanda Howard, and Donnie McCullough. Also pictured Pastor Cooper.

We'd like to say thank you to Pastor Cooper and Bro. Bryan Cooper for allowing us to take part in the activities at the camp. Also thanks to Brother McCracken for the great preaching we heard. Please continue to pray that the Lord will speak to these campers, and the decisions made this week will be lasting ones.