Church Planting in Utah
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Missionaries Cooper and Carolyn Abrams
Carolyn and I are missionaries, planting Fundamental Independent Baptist churches, in the Mormon heartland of Utah. We have been missionaries serving in southern, central, and northern Utah since 1986. We are sent out by Calvary Baptist Church, King, NC. I graduated from Piedmont Baptist College, in 1981 with a ThB in Theology Pastoral Major and in May 2000 with MBS Master of Biblical Studies My home town is Pinetops and my wife's is Rocky Mount, both in eastern North Carolina. My hobbies are Ham radio (KC7DUC), shooting, teaching Utah hunter education, as an NRA instructor, gun safety and shooting skills, fishing, collecting fossils and exploring the deserts and mountains here in Utah.
Carolyn graduated from the College of Eastern Utah (CEU) in May, 1996, with an associate's degree in science (accounting major). She enjoys teaching Sunday School, singing, playing the piano and organ, directing the choir, sewing, exploring the deserts with me and she too is an amateur radio operator (KC7IOX).
We ask for your prayers as we begin a new work in planting a church in Perry, Utah. To view pictures and information on the property go to http://bible-truth.org/perryproperty.html
Would you would be interested in being a part of seeing a sound Bible believing New Testament church started in the Mormon heartland? I would be glad to talk with you and answer any questions you might have. For information please call 435 257-2466, 435 452-1716 cell or Send us E-mail. My Web site: Bible-truth.org .
We began our church planting ministry in Utah in 1986 at the First Baptist Church of Beaver, Utah. Beaver has a population of about 2000 people. Until the establishment of the First Baptist Church there was no biblical Gospel witness in the area. The church, which we helped establish, celebrated its twenth anniversary 2005. First Baptist Church of Beaver is debt free and has nice building in the center of town located at 220 Center Street across from the county High School.
We began our second work, Grace Baptist Church, in Price, Utah, in October, 1993, a town in the central eastern part of the state . This work is Grace Baptist Church of Castle Country. Price is a coal mining area of about 9000 people, having LDS, Mormon, Catholic, Greek Orthodox, CMA, SBC, Protestant and Pentecostal and Charismatic churches. In June 1999, I completed my work there after the church purchased is own building on South Main Street. The church debt free and very doing well with attendance around forty and is located at 295 S Highway 55. They also have a Spanish speaking ministry with an averable attendance of thirty five.
The Lord directed us to our third work in Tremonton, Utah. Tremonton is in northern Utah near the Idaho border at the I15 - I84 junction. Calvary Baptist Church began meeting in September of 2000 and currently has an attendance of around thirty five to forty people. The Lord has blessed and we were able to build a beautiful 5144 sq. ft. new church building at 830 West 1200 South, Tremonton, Utah. The church is doing well. In July 2009 Carolyn and I completed our work in Tremonton and the church called a regular pastor. The church web site is http://calvarybaptchurch.us .
