Missionaries to Churches in Pastoral Transition

09/20/2025

We were invited to Newport News Baptist Church in Newport News, VA, by Pastor Ben Webster. Howard taught Sunday school and preached Sunday morning, as well as presented our ministry. The people were very appreciative of our ministry and want to help. They are our newest supporting church. We had a great tine of fellowship with the people at Newport News Baptist Church.

Our website is www.rescuingchurches.com You can see our video under contacts on our webpage.

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09/08/2025

Sandra and I had the privilege to go to Riverside Baptist in Durham, NC. Pastor Chase Greene invited us to come to their missions conference to present our ministry of "Rescuing Churches" by helping churches through the process of finding their next pastor.
It was a blessing to be there and fellowship with other missionaries and to hear some good preaching dealing with the need of missions. We had a great time fellowshipping with Brother Greene and his congregation. Pastor Greene and Riverside Baptist Church have become one of newest supporting churches. It is great to be on their missionary team. God is so good.

08/27/2025

Eastside Baptist Church in Henderson, NC is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church praying that God will help them find a godly man with a pastor’s heart. They are King James only and uses the hymn books along with conservative music. They believe in winning the lost to Christ and support 45 missionaries around the world. The members are loving, caring, friendly, kind, and praying. They have 40+ in attendance. The church is debt free and has nice facilities. This position is a full-time position. If interested, please send us a resume to [email protected]. The resume needs to have personal information (birthdays of the family and anniversary), a statement of your salvation, experience with dates of service, a doctrinal statement, four references, a website to see and hear you preach, and a current picture of the family.

08/26/2025

Recently we have been in a number of churches as well as helping a couple churches through the process of finding a pastor. We will share these over the next few days.

We were at Anchor Baptist Church in Youngsville, NC where Rev. Upchurch is the pastor. During the church service, we shared our ministry. I explained what it means to take a church through the process of finding their next pastor. We enjoyed getting to know the people there. They understood there is a great need for a ministry like this today, where churches help sister churches to keep the doors of the church from closing. We had a great time of fellowship with the pastor and people at Anchor Baptist Church.

Our website is www.resciungchurches.com You can see our video under contacts on our webpage.

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06/15/2025

A few weeks ago we were invited to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Elizabeth City, NC by Pastor Kevin Senn to present our ministry. We had the privilege to show our video about helping churches through the process of finding their next pastor. Pastor Senn and his people were very interested in this important ministry of Rescuing Churches. I was able to teach Sunday school and preach for the morning service. Sandra and I greated people at our display table. We gave out prayer cards and brochures explaining our minsitry. We had a great time visiting with the folks at Emmanuel.
Pastor Senn and his people saw the need of our ministry to keep churches open for the Lord. Emmanuel has become one of our most recent supporting churches.

You can see our video on our web page under contacts.
Our website is: www.rescuingchurches.com

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05/05/2025

We were invited to Gethsemane Independent Baptist Church in Elm City, NC, by Pastor Johnny Taylor. We had a great time with Pastor Taylor and his congregation. I had the opportunity to preach and present our ministry of Rescuing Churches. I explained what it means to take a church through the process of finding their next pastor. They understood that there is a great need for a ministry like this today. We had a great time of fellwoship with the pastor and his wife after the service.

Our website is: www.rescuingchurches.com
You can see our video under contacts on our webpage.

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For the Cause of Christ,
Howard and Sandra Vinson
Missionaries to Churches in Pastoral Transition

03/29/2025

We were invited to Grace Baptist Church in Nashville, NC. On Sunday, March 9, 2025, I taught Sunday School. In the morning worship service we shared our ministry of "Rescuing Churches."
I preached in the morning service about Standing in the Gap. We had a great time visting with Pastor Bailey and his church family.
You can visit our website and see a video of our ministry:
www.rescuingchurches.com and go under contacts to see the video.

06/04/2024

We have been busy helping churches look for pastors in Chesapeake, VA and Williamston NC. God is working in special ways to help these churches. Continue to pray for them. While at Chesapeake, VA, Sandra and I participated in the missions conference at Immanuel Baptist Church in Edenton, NC. We had the privilige to present our ministry "Rescuing Churches" to the good folks at Immanuel. Our message of helping churches during their pastoral transition was well received. The people did not know that there was such a need and they would be praying for us. It was great to visit with Brother and sister Keeter. We had a wonderful time of feo watch a video of this ministry click on the website below.
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03/06/2024

A few weeks ago Sandra and I were invited to Samaritan Baptist Church by Pastor Danny Smith in Winston-Salem, NC. I had the privilege to present our ministry of Rescuing Churches through the process of helping churches find their next pastor in the morning service. I was also asked to preach in the afternoon service. The people were very kind and friendly. They came by our display table and picked up prayer cards and some literature. We had a great time visiting with Brother Smith and his wife, Jane, along with the church family. Samaritan Baptist Church has become our most recent supporting church. It is great to be partners with them in the Lord's work.
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12/27/2023

On Sunday, October 26-29, Sandra and I were in a missions conference at Gospel Baptist Tabernacle in Kenbridge, VA. Pastor Appling invited us to come to preach and present our ministry of "Rescuing Churches." I had to privilege to explain in detail how we are able to help the churches that have lost their pastor find their next pastor. Brother Appling really liked our ministry. Sandra and I had a wonderful time visiting with the pastor and his congregation.
Many picked up prayer cards and some literature.

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12/11/2023

On Sunday, October 22, 2023, Sandra and I were invited to Christian Baptist Church in Linwood, NC by Pastor Sam Harvey to be with them in the evening service. I presented our ministry of "Rescuing Churches." I had the opportunity to give in detail what the process is like for a church to find its next pastor. After answering questions about our ministry, I was able to bring a message on "Standing in the Gap." We enjoyed fellowshipping with Pastor Harvey and his church family. Many came by our display table and picked up some literature and assured us they would be praying for us. We look forward to parterning with Christian Baptist Church in the future to "Rescue Churches."

11/21/2023

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, Sandra and I were invited to Hope Baptist Tabernacle by Pastor Chris Cantrell for the Sunday evening service. We had a great time visiting with Brother Cantrell and his people. I had the opportunity to present our ministry and to show our video about our ministry. Many came by our display table and told us they did not realize there was such a great need for a ministry of "Rescuing Churches." I was able to explain to the church how the process works to help a church find their next pastor. Our ministry was well received by the pastor and his people.

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