Good Shepherd Baptist Missions
A Ministry of East River Baptist Church
New Caney, Texas
Helping to keep soul winners
on the job winning souls
PTS AV and Reinforcement Team . . .
Gordon LeGrow became pastor of Forest City Baptist Church in London, Ontario, Canada in January 2000. The church had been founded by Dr. Fred Howard at age 78 just a few years earlier.
Gordon began working as church planter at that time to see the church established. Brother LeGrow also heads up Independent Baptist Canada, which is a ministry of helps to Canadian Pastors
as well as Missionaries to Canada. He works with GSBM in producing some of the audio/video presentations for the ministry, hosting the Pastors Training School here in Canada, and directing the
Canadian Emergency Helps. His vision for ministry is to see Forest City Baptist Church well established in London to meet the needs of the community with evangelistic outreaches as well as help
ministries etc. His desire for IBCanada, is to see an interdependence among Independent Baptists in Canada, including a quarterly news letter/magazine and devotional book. His vision for GSBM
is to continue to host the Pastors Training School every second year as well as establish the Emergency Road and Housing Ministry here in Canada.
Gordon was born in Ontario, Canada and grew up in Toronto. He attended Bible college at the age of 28. He earned Graduate of
Theology degree from Baptist Bible College Canada in 1983 and a Bachelor of Theology degree from the same school in 1984.
From 1983 - 1998 he ministered in Brantford, Ontario, Canada as Assistant Pastor and then Church Planter. Because of his wife's long battle with leukemia, he had to take a two-year sabbatical from
the ministry in 1998. At that time the Lord opened the door in London for him to come and continue building on the foundation that Dr. Howard had started.
In 1971 Gordon married Shelley Lynn LeGrow and they have three daughters and six grandchildren.
Pastor Gordon LeGrow
PTS Alternate Instructor
Forest City Baptist Church
6 Weymouth Drive
London, ON N5V4E7
Canada
Church (519) 455-8677
glegrowis@rogers.com
forestcitybaptist.org
ibcanada.org
Edgar Thierbach is the Associate Pastor of East River Baptist Church in New Caney, Texas. He assists in the preaching and the teaching of the word of God in the pulpit and as the dean of the church's Bible institute.
In addition, as the Director of Missions, he helps in the care of four missionary families out of East River and assists in the oversight of a mission budget that supports some 125 missionaries through God's gracious
and faithful supply. Overseas missionaries and national pastors in Papua New Guinea use him an instructor in their pastor's schools. He also helps with the reinforcements in GSBM's Pastors Training School.
Born in Missouri in 1952, he was reared in the rural town of Manchester. After graduating from high school, he entered the U.S. Air Force and was saved by the grace of God in 1980 while stationed in
Alaska. He separated from the military in 1981 and surrendered to the preaching ministry in February of 1982. He holds a bachelors degree in Christian Education from Trinity Valley Baptist Seminary and College
and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Faith Bible Theological Seminary in Milton, Florida.
Prior to his arrival at East River Baptist Church in 1999, Brother Thierbach served the Lord as a pastor in Louisiana and later as a missionary to Black Americans in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. There, men were trained
through the mission's Bible institute, and the church that was established continues today. He and his wife, Debbie, were married in 1972. They have two children and six grandchildren.
Associate Pastor Ed Thierbach
East River Baptist Church
2534 Fountain View
New Caney, TX 77357
Church (281) 399-3030
eterbc@nctv.com
erbctexas.org
Steve Williams currently serves as the General Director of Harvest Baptist Missions, a local church-based missionary sending agency ministry of Columbia Road Baptist Church in North Olmsted, Ohio.
He worked with his pastor, Alan Jenkins, to establish this ministry in 1999 and has continued to lead its day-to-day operations since that time. HBM currently serves ten missionary families that are
actively involved in various church planting efforts around the world. The main thrust of HBM is to assist the missionaries and their sending churches. All services provided by HBM are done so without cost
to the missionary or their sending church. HBM does not aspire to be a "large agency". Their desire is to faithfully serve those families that God sends their way. In additional to the sending agency, HBM also
oversees Nehemiah's Network -- a helps ministry providing quality used building materials and church supplies to missionaries and churches free of charge. Since their beginning, they have given away materials
conservatively valued at over $500K. Brother Williams serves on GSBM's Administrative Team and is an instructor with the Missionary Training School. He also serves as the leader of the PTS Audio-visual and Reinforcement
Team and has previously served as an instructor at the Pastors Training School.
Prior to his call to the ministry, Brother Williams was employed by Ameritech Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio for 13 years. During that time, the Lord was preparing him for future service by giving him a broad range of
managerial responsibilities and experiences including project manager.
Raised in Ohio, Brother Williams graduated from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio with a degree in Business Administration. Following graduation, he moved to the Cleveland area and joined the
Columbia Road Baptist Church. Over the past 18 years at the church, Brother Williams has received his Bible training under the leadership of his pastor and the church's Bible Institute.
Brother Williams resides in Ohio with his wife Kris, and their three children.
Steve Williams, General Director
Harvest Baptist Missions
33085 Fern Tree Lane
N Ridgeville, OH 44039
Office (440) 734-9970
Fax (440) 777-1124
stevewilliams@crbc-online.org
harvestbaptistmissions.org