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FOR HIS GLORY MINISTRIES

Thank you so much for your interest in For His Glory Ministries. We sincerely hope that you will find the contents of this site as inspirational as they are educational, and above all, that everything found here will exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and magnify His Word.
 

Though I am Baptist by conviction, I am keenly aware that many who frequent this site may not be. If this is the case, I hope you will be as gracious to me as I, by God's grace, endeavor to be to you. I am of the opinion that Christians can agree to disagree on certain issues as long as we are in agreement that salvation in this dispensation is by grace through faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ—plus nothing and minus nothing.
 

A Ministry God Has Expanded

What began largely as a burden for Bible teaching, Gospel literature, and defending the truths of Scripture has, by the providence of God, developed into something we could never have fully anticipated.
 

The Lord has graciously given me a faithful wife, Michelle ("Michelle Saved By Grace"), whose heart for the Lord, love for souls, and burden for encouraging believers have become an invaluable part of this work. Whether through her devotional writings, Scripture-based artwork, Gospel outreach, encouragement of believers, or quiet faithfulness behind the scenes, she has consistently sought to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and point others to Him.

Today, the Lord has brought us together to the Philippines as missionaries, with a particular burden for Angeles City, Pampanga, and the surrounding areas.
 

What was once primarily a ministry expressed through preaching, teaching, writing, and online resources has now become a boots-on-the-ground missionary work involving local church ministry, public evangelism, Gospel tract distribution, Bible distribution, outreach into local communities and schools, and a growing burden to provide Filipino pastors, churches, and evangelists with the Scriptures and Gospel literature they desperately need.
 

The Lord has opened doors that we could not have opened ourselves.
 

He has connected us with faithful Filipino believers who share our burden for souls. He has provided opportunities to preach the Gospel publicly, distribute thousands of pieces of Gospel literature, minister alongside local churches, and reach people in places where the Gospel desperately needs to be heard.
 

Most recently, the Lord allowed us to sign a lease on a building in Angeles City which, Lord willing, will become the new home of Magnified Bible Truth Baptist Church.
 

After signing the lease, Brother Ed Gatchalian, Michelle, and I bowed our knees together in that building and dedicated it to the Lord Jesus Christ. Our prayer is simple:
 

It belongs to Him. May He use every square foot of it for His glory.
 

We desire for this place to become far more than merely somewhere to hold church services.
 

Our burden is to see it become a base from which the Gospel goes forth throughout Angeles City and beyond.
 

We desire to establish a Bible and Gospel tract printing ministry here in the Philippines so that Bible-believing pastors, missionaries, evangelists, and local churches can have access to the materials necessary to do the work God has called them to do.
 

We have encountered men who are willing to preach.
 

We have encountered churches willing to evangelize.
 

We have encountered believers willing to labour.
 

What is often lacking are the resources.
 

Bibles.
 

John and Romans.
 

Gospel tracts.
 

Sound Bible teaching materials.
 

Our desire is to help place those tools into the hands of the men and churches who will actually use them.
 

The Lord has already used other ministries and faithful believers to help us toward that goal, and we are deeply grateful for every Bible, tract, John and Romans, financial gift, prayer, and word of encouragement that has been given for the work.
 

But our vision extends even further.
 

As the Lord provides the men, resources, and opportunities, we desire to see Bible-believing churches planted throughout the Philippines, men trained in the Word of God, Christians strengthened in sound doctrine, and the Gospel carried into communities where Christ desperately needs to be proclaimed.
 

There are also open doors into local schools and other areas of the community, giving opportunities to place the Word of God into the hands of young people and present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

Angeles City itself presents an extraordinary mission field.
 

Within this city are places internationally known for sin and vice. There are streets filled every night with men and women desperately needing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

There are also deeply rooted religious traditions in which people attempt through personal suffering, flagellation, and even crucifixion reenactments to demonstrate devotion or seek favour with God.
 

Our message to them is that Someone has already been beaten.
 

Someone has already been wounded.
 

Someone has already shed His blood.
 

Someone has already been crucified.
 

And He did it once for all.
 

His name is Jesus Christ.
 

There is no religious work, personal suffering, ceremony, sacrifice, or human merit that can add anything to the finished work of Calvary.
 

Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.

That is the message we desire to proclaim in the streets, churches, schools, communities, and wherever else God opens a door.
 

The Four Convictions Behind This Ministry

This ministry and site are the culmination of four things:
 

1. A labour of love for the inerrant and infallible Lion of the Reformation: the Black-Backed, Elizabethan, .66 Caliber, Authorized King James Bible (A.V. 1611).
 

We believe that God has not merely inspired His Word but has preserved it, and that the English-speaking Christian possesses that preserved Word in the Authorized King James Bible.
 

Our allegiance is not to scholarship sitting in judgment upon the Bible.
 

Our allegiance is to the Book.
 

2. The conviction that what Christendom needs in this late hour is not more armchair quarterbacks, but men and women dedicated to the proliferation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

Christianity was never intended to be a spectator sport.
 

The Gospel must be preached.
 

Tracts must be distributed.
 

Bibles must be placed into hands.
 

Souls must be witnessed to.
 

Churches must be planted.
 

Men must be trained.
 

The Great Commission demands more than our agreement—it demands our participation.
 

3. The conviction that strict adherence to the precepts of Dispensational Truth is paramount to the proper interpretation of Scripture.
 

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." — 2 Timothy 2:15
 

All Scripture is for us, but not all Scripture is written directly to us.

As Dr. Ruckman once said, "Every heresy in this age is THE TRUTH misplaced. Every theological LIE in this age is a Biblical TRUTH misplaced" 
 

Failure to rightly divide the Word of Truth inevitably produces doctrinal confusion. Therefore, we seek to teach the Scriptures according to the divisions God Himself has placed within His Word.
 

4. The realization that, one by one, we—the Church—have allowed the removal of our ancient landmarks which God, in His Word, admonishes us not to do.
 

"Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set." — Proverbs 22:28
 

In Psalm 11:3, David, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, asks:
 

"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian dissident, wisely observed:
 

"In order to destroy a people, you must first sever their roots."
 

Never have those words seemed more applicable than they do today.
 

Standing in a Changing World

As we approach the close of this present dispensation, there is an ever-increasing need for the men and women of God to take their stand—to face with unflinching courage and unwavering conviction the prophets of Baal in our own generation.
 

Our Lord warned that it was:
 

"...while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." — Matthew 13:25
 

It would seem that we are living in precisely such an hour.
 

It should also be carefully noted that both John, the beloved disciple, and Paul the Apostle addressed seven churches. The significance of this should not escape us. Since seven is repeatedly associated with completion throughout Scripture, it reminds us that God has given His completed revelation for this present age.
 

There is no new revelation that needs to be added to the Word of God.
 

There are instead the timeless truths of God's Word that must be believed, obeyed, defended, preached, and proclaimed.
 

The fact that Paul found it necessary, even in the first century, to confront false doctrine in Galatians and Colossians, and false practice in Corinthians and Philippians, reveals that the tide of apostasy had already begun to rise during the days of the apostles themselves.

That reality ought to sober every believer.
 

In his second epistle to the Thessalonians, Paul exhorts the church to:
 

"...stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle."
 

Likewise, in Philippians he commands believers to "walk by the same rule" and to "mind the same thing," and declares:
 

"Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)" — Philippians 3:17–19
 

Sadly, this is where so many of God's people—including ourselves—have failed.
 

We have too often remained silent when we should have spoken.
 

Compromised when we should have contended.
 

Watched when we should have worked.
 

And neglected opportunities that God placed directly before us.
 

But by the grace of God, there is still work to be done.
 

For His Glory

That is ultimately what this ministry is about.
 

Not building a name.
 

Not building a platform.
 

Not drawing attention to ourselves.
 

For His Glory Ministries exists for HIS glory.
 

Whether behind a pulpit, standing on a street corner in Angeles City, handing someone a Gospel tract, placing a Bible into the hands of a Filipino pastor, teaching the Word of God, writing a devotional, producing Gospel literature, reaching into a school, strengthening a struggling church, training another labourer, or someday helping establish another Bible-believing church—the purpose remains the same:
 

Magnify Jesus Christ.
 

Preach His Gospel.
 

Defend His Word.
 

Strengthen His Church.
 

Reach the lost.
 

Our prayer is that this ministry—through sound Bible teaching, devotional resources, Gospel literature, evangelistic outreach, local church ministry, Bible and tract distribution, future printing efforts, church planting, and every other opportunity the Lord provides—will encourage believers to stand unashamedly upon the Word of God, proclaim the Gospel with compassion and boldness, and:
 

"...earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." — Jude 3
 

The hour is late.
 

The field is great.
 

The labourers are few.
 

And the need before us is greater than anything we could accomplish in our own strength.

But the God who opened the door is able to provide everything necessary to walk through it.

Our Lord Himself declared:
 

"...the night cometh, when no man can work." — John 9:4
 

So while it is day, we intend to work.
 

May the Lord strengthen each of us for the task before us.
 

May He raise up labourers.
 

May He provide the Scriptures and Gospel literature.
 

May He open doors that no man can shut.
 

May He allow Bible-believing churches to be established throughout this country.
 

May thousands hear the Gospel of the grace of God.
 

May souls be saved.
 

May saints be strengthened.
 

May His Word have free course and be glorified.
 

And above everything else, may Jesus Christ receive all the glory.
 

May He find us faithful when He comes, and may we, by His marvelous grace, be wholly committed to His service until that glorious day.
 

May the grace of our Lord be with you all.
 

In Christ,

Mike, Michelle, Ed
For His Glory Ministries
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"The outer must be preceded by the inner; public life for God must be preceded by private life with God; unless God has first spoken to a man, it is vain to attempt to speak for God."

— James Stalker, The Preacher as a Man of God (1848–1927)