David and Julie McCrum

Serving in South Africa, Africa

www.crumkids.com

David and Julie McCrum have been serving in Witbank, South Africa, for the past four years. During their first term God blessed them with the birth of John Randall, and they are expecting a second child in February 2009.

The mark by which the missionary must measure himself is the question, “Am I equipping the saints for the work of the ministry?” God has blessed the church plant (Faith Baptist Church) in Witbank.
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Jim Civale

Hanging up from a rushed, long-distance phone call from my brother in New Jersey, I stared at the fax machine, waiting and wondering. What was this big decision he had made “that would be best communicated in writing?”

Finally my fax machine cranked and sputtered as three pages inched their way across continent and ocean. While the letter was still attached, I raced to read. I was stunned. Vince had left the Catholic Church.

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