Fellowship Views
Pastor Henry and Tracy Krahn, Emmaus Bibile Church.
New Church Born In May, Faith Evangelical Bible Church of Winkler, Man., purchased a building to house its new satellite church: Emmaus Bible Church. The first service was held on May 8. Approximately 150 people moved over to Emmaus Bible Church. The church is being led by Pastor Henry Krahn. He and his wife Tracy have four chil- dren. The leadership of Faith EBC will continue to oversee the satellite. Several elders moved with the satellite church. They are excited to see what the Lord is doing. Emmaus held a dedication service on Sunday evening, May 29.
FEBC Convention July 13–16 Crosspoint Bible Church of Omaha is making many plans for hosting the FEBC Convention this month. With construction and renovation well under way, they ask that you delegates and guests “pardon our mess.”
Transitions Pastoral transitions are always a very challenging time for a church. Our Manitoba churches have gone through many of these transitions over the past couple of years. We are excited to announce that on May 29, two of our churches were able to fill their pastoral vacancies. Cornerstone Bible Church of Steinbach, Man., has voted
to call Eric Honsberger to be its lead pastor. He has been serv- ing the church as Family Life Pastor for about a year. He is now transitioning to serve as lead pastor. Eric is married to Kara, and they have four children: Riley, Micah, Keziah, and Haddon. Eric’s parents served as missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and he has spent a significant amount of his life on the mission field. EMB Church of Grunthal, Man., has voted to call Jared Fast
as its lead pastor. Jared is not scheduled to start with EMB Church until September. He is currently working in camp ministry with One Hope Canada (formerly Canadian Sunday School Mission). Jared is the son of Pastor Jim and Beth Fast of Community Bible Church of Prince Albert, Sask. Please continue to ask God to provide a pastor for of Hodgson Bible Church of Hodgson, Man.
What’s Your Story? We would love to hear how you have used an opportunity to share the Gospel with someone. A “Catch the Vision” story is featured each month. We’re looking for “proclamation stories,” not of how someone came to Christ, but how God opened an opportunity for you to tell someone about Jesus. Send your story (about 400-500 words) to
fellowshipfocus@febcministries.org.
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Remembering the Faithful FEBC Missionary Pete Z. Friesen and his first wife, Elsie, were sent out to Morocco under GMU/Avant Ministries by Coun- tryside Church of Meade, Kan. Several years later, aſter they had three children, Elsie died in Morocco in 1955. Pete Z. returned to the United States, and in a short time later asked Wilma Harder, also a missionary to Morocco, to be his wife and the mother of his children. She returned with him to Morocco where they worked as a close team until all missionaries were expelled by the Moroc- can government in 1969. Pete and Wilma next went to Germany to help begin Black Forest Academy. But with their understanding of the Arab culture and language, it was not long before they recognized that North Africans were pouring into Belgium to work in the coal mines. Tey were reassigned there, and helped es- tablish an Arab church, seeing many people turn to Christ. When they finally returned to the United States, they continued to minister to North African students, first in Dallas, Texas, and later in Wichita, Kansas. Troughout their retirement years, Wilma’s giſts as hostess and her ability to prepare Moroccan food allowed them to befriend many North Africans and introduce them to Christ. Wilma Friesen went to be with the Lord on May 20, 2016. Pete currently resides in Oklahoma. Ventura Saenz Franco, best known simply as “Saenz”, took
an unusual route to become an FEBC Missionary. He married Mary Buhler from the Mountain Lake EMB Church. She was a missionary, and he was her student at the Bible School near La Chorerra, Panama. At that time a person serving under GMU/ Avant was not allowed to marry a foreign national and maintain regular missionary status. So Mary and Saenz became associate missionaries — but they were full missionaries in their hearts and labors. Saenz’ love of the Lord and people, combined with his comprehension of Scripture, made him an excellent pastor, church planter and soul-winner. He and Mary worked for 43 years in Pan- ama before relocating to Mountain Lake, Minn., in 2013. Saenz passed away on April 18, 2016.
Fellowship Focus, July/August 2016
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