My journey with Blackaby Ministries International began 18 years ago when I enrolled in the Spiritual Leadership Institute. During that season, I had the privilege of learning from Richard Blackaby as he taught the Seven Realities of Experiencing God. That experience marked a turning point in my spiritual life, deepening my walk with Jesus Christ and sparking a desire to explore BMI’s mission, teachings, and resources further.
One reality from Experiencing God that especially impacted me is this: “You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work through you.” Through BMI, I’ve not only come to know God more intimately but have also experienced a transformation that continues to shape my life and ministry. This is why I joyfully partner with Blackaby Ministries International.
Paul Spence
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It has been a blessing to support Blackaby Ministries International for many years. We count one of the greatest privileges of our lives to have spent time with Henry Blackaby and to learn from him. Henry’s personal involvement with our family was a gift from God.
Henry’s teaching through the Experiencing God study changed our lives and our relationship with God. It was through this bible study that we learned to listen for God speaking into our lives. To understand that He is always working around us and wants us to join Him in what He is doing. This is an important part of having a personal relationship with God that we had not understood until taking this study, even though we had been Christians for decades. Through BMI we came to understand these fundamental truths about God and His love for us.
We also see God’s hand of blessing on BMI in the leadership of Richard Blackaby as he took over responsibility for the ministry from his father. The continuity of the message of BMI and the continued teaching of profound truths about the reality of God has been a blessing to countless individuals and organizations around the world.
Ed and Wendy Bjurstrom
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More than 30 years ago, someone gifted me the book Experiencing God, which completely changed my view of how to discern the will and work of God. It would be 10 years after that when I first came into contact with the Blackaby family and my faith walk would deepen further still.
As I had the chance to witness first hand how the Blackaby family impacted people all around the world, I knew that I both needed and wanted to come along side the ministry. They are changing hearts, families and souls for Christ. And both my family and I have been impacted in a powerful and joyful way.
One of the key tenets of Experiencing God is that if you want to know God’s will, go where you see God already working. I can say with conviction that partnering with BMI is one of the best ways I know how to come into the will and work of God. I’ve been lucky to be a part of the ministry as a partner, consistently, for well over a decade. I would encourage anyone to do the same.
Scott MacLellan
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It is a true honor to write this letter in support of Blackaby Ministries International celebrating 20 years of faithful service and unwavering commitment to sharing God’s Word throughout the world.
I have had the privilege and blessing of supporting Blackaby Ministries for many years and can say without hesitation that it is the finest Bible-teaching ministry anywhere in the world. Richard Blackaby’s dedication along with his teams clear, accurate, and uncompromising teaching of Scripture has impacted thousands of lives – including my own.
Blackaby Ministries has brought light, and truth from the White House to the smallest Village’s in Africa. Their teaching not only deepens the understanding of God’s word but also inspires believers to live out their faith with boldness and integrity.
I am a businessman and understand leverage and return on investment, Blackaby Ministries leverages the dollars given to them creating a great return for the Kingdom through their commitment to the Gospel and their tireless effort to equip and encourage the Body of Christ.
I thank God for this ministry’s leadership and look forward to seeing how God will continue to use them powerfully in the years to come as they press on in their calling.
David Cavan
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A Legacy Approach to Giving: “Being a part of what God is doing in our world with ALL we have”
By Robert and Janice Adams
Little did we know that Robert’s sabbatical from Colorado State University that placed us in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1976 would change our perspective of our walk with God. It was in Saskatoon that we met Henry and Marilynn Blackaby and their family and became involved with Faith Baptist Church. We were only there 3 months but then we returned several years after that and helped with the first Saskatchewan Baptist Youth camp attended by Richard, Mel, Thomas, Norman and Carrie Blackaby.
In 1990 when Experiencing God, Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry Blackaby and Claude King was first published, we immediately began to lead groups in our church(es) through the study. God used the study to change our perspective for our Christian life as well as many others. We were no longer just trying to find ways to serve God, but we were watching to see where God was at work and joining Him in what He was doing. Between the two of us, we have probably led the study 20-25 times in churches in Texas, Utah, a seminary in Zambia, and partnership trips to New Zealand.
The following is a quote from Experiencing God on investing in the future:
“Begin orienting your life to God’s will. His purposes go far beyond time and eternity. Make sure you are investing your life, time and resources in things that last, not in things that will pass away. If you don’t recognize that God created you for eternity, you will invest in the wrong priorities. You need to store up treasures in heaven.”
We decided we wanted to make sure we were investing in things that are lasting. This included not only our time but our finances as well. We realized that there is more to life than just accumulating stuff. God has richly blessed us financially so we decided we wanted to invest in things that would outlast us.
God put it on our heart to invest in various ministries including Blackaby Ministries, Canadian Baptist Theological Seminary, International Mission Board and Texas Baptist Men. We established several charitable remainder unitrusts with these ministries as beneficiaries which provides income for us but will benefit these ministries after we are gone.
We have decided that toward the end of each year we would look at our finances and make special offerings to various ministries. It has been such a blessing to see how God has used our finances to benefit others. We just want to make sure that we are investing our lives, time and resources in things that will last. This includes investing our lives and time in people’s lives as we are a part of what God is doing here in St. George, Utah—whether it is Red Rock’s Boys Club, Young Men of Integrity, English classes for Hispanics or a Burmese mother, citizenship classes, leading Bible studies, sharing talents in music, leading studies of Experiencing God or The Seven Realities for Experiencing God, or serving on an associate pastor search committee. Investing our financial resources in what God is doing wherever we are has become very important to us. God continues to bless our lives and use our financial resources to bless others.