
Linda and I (Rich) were saved under the ministry of
Great Lakes Baptist Temple, in Flint, Michigan, under the leadership of Pastor
Gerald Cheney. Linda was born-again in the summer of 1969. She was led to Christ
by Martha Edwards, and Emily Hulverson in our home one Monday evening during
church visitation. I was saved on Easter Sunday morning, March 29, 1970, during
the morning service at the church. I surrendered to preach in March, 1977, began
attending Baptist Bible College East in August, 1977, and graduated in May,
1980. We started Heritage Baptist Church, in Fairfield, Connecticut, in July,
1980. I served as pastor there until February, 1990. Linda and I were approved
as BBFI missionaries in September, 1990, and began our first term in IRELAND
in December, 1991. Our first term in IRELAND was spent relieving Cliff and Linda
Goodwin (BBFI missionaries) during their fourteen-month furlough. When Bro.
Goodwin died unexpectedly in April, 1992, the church called me to be their pastor.
Our sending church is Great Lakes Baptist Temple, where Ted Wille is now the
pastor. We are privileged to be the first missionaries sent out of Great Lakes
Baptist Temple who were saved in the church.
Sabrina Shangle