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What began as a prayer, then followed by two and a half years of deputation, moving to San Diego, a calling campaign to over 32,000 homes, and a Grand Opening service on Valentine's Day has culminated on January 23 in the Chartering of Metro
Baptist Church. We were blessed to have our sending church pastor, Dr. David Innes (Hamilton Square Baptist Church, San Francisco) preside over the Charter Service Business Meeting when 23 souls became founding members, adopted the MBC Constitution and By-laws and elected Tim as their pastor. Nine guest preachers attended with four bringing messages throughout the day.

We praise the Lord that with your prayers and support MBC is now an official, autonomous local body of believers. Thank you for partnering with us to get us to this point. We are humbled at all God has done and what He will do in the days to come. Other recent encouraging news: we saw a lady come to Christ who had been attending for some time. Also, we had our second baptism service – one young man submitted himself to believer's baptism. Several new couples and individuals have been visiting. We have several who are considering membership. We also need to schedule our third baptism service for those who are ready to follow the Lord in this
precious ordinance of the church. Eileen is busy discipling/mentoring/counseling several of our ladies and Tim is involved in the same with a number of our men.

Please pray with us as we look to the future. On February 13 we will have our First Anniversary Sunday. Just before Easter we will be hosting Pastor Jeff Musgrave for a week of training in how the use The Exchange – An Inquirer's Bible Study, which
he authored, to prepare our congregation to win souls to Christ. July 23, we will have several mission teams converge to help us host a “Free Family Fair” in order to meet more families in our community. It is going to be an exciting year!

Also, we ask you to join with us in a special prayer as we ask God for a miracle to purchase a house in our community. Even with a great drop in housing prices and historically low interest rates, the homes in our community are very much out of reach for our budget. However, with 20+ people filling our living room each Sunday night, we see the great need to take this step of faith to acquire a larger, permanent dwelling here. He is able - there is nothing too hard for the Lord!

Thank you for your love and prayers. If you find yourself near San Diego, we hope you will drop in and see us.

God's best,

Tim and Eileen Sneeden

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SNEEDEN San Diego Church Planting