I was delighted to read the story “A Troubled Culture” in the April 19 issue of The Alabama Baptist paper. I’ve been working with Maya Missions for over 23 years. Pastoral training, evangelism and church planting have been our passion throughout this time.
About seven years ago, we added Vacation Bible School to our ministry goals. We have seen hundreds of children and adults come to faith in Christ.
Wayne Anderson, the founder and director of Maya Missions, has poured his heart and soul into this ministry. He now has over 50 Maya and Ketchi national pastors representing 34 churches in the Pastoral Training School four times a year. These men have been evangelizing villages in Guatemala for a number of years.
Over the years, I have sent stories and pictures to The Alabama Baptist publication but not more than a couple of paragraphs are usually written. Though I am a Southern Baptist pastor committed to the SBC, it seems to me when you work with an Independent Baptist missionary your missions work is not newsworthy. I hope the paper that I enjoy reading, and that we provide for our church members free of charge, is not biased in choosing its missions stories. There is so much more being done among the Maya and Ketchi Indians of Central America by Southern Baptist pastors than what the article indicated.
Stanley Kilgore
Center Grove Baptist Church
Cullman, Ala.
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