I was saved at the age of 31 one evening after listening to a TV broadcast of a Billy Graham Crusade. The Lord lead our family to a Baptist church where we began to get grounded in the Word of God. A number of years later, I felt led to go to a Bible College and get additional training. We packed up, moved to Ankeny, Iowa and enrolled at Faith Baptist Bible College. I graduated in 1978, with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Bible and Theology, with a minor in teaching.

We moved to upstate New York and pastored at an independent Baptist church for the next 8 years. We then moved to Florida, and became involved with helping a mission church get started in Daytona Beach. A few years ago, I contacted Baptist Church Planters, and eventually became a "missionary" serving the Lord under BCP.

The Lord led this church and my family together, where together we are serving the Lord reaching out to this community.

--- Jim Novy