7 Reasons we are strategically poised to ADVANCE THE GOSPEL

 - HELPING MATURE CHURCHES

For decades missionaries have labored to plant churches all across Latin America.  God blessed and today, thousands of churches exist.  Some estimates show as many as 60 million believers in Latin America. Church planting is vitally important, but we must strengthen the thousands of churches that already exist.  EBI does this by offering the training and materials these churches need.

- TRAINING LEADERS

EBI promotes theological training by providing "University Level" courses for seminaries and Bible institutes and producing a full Theological Education by Extension series allowing pastors to study where they are when they can.  EBI also partners with STEP (Strategic Theological Education Partnership) to promote quality training around the globe.

- ENCOURAGING NATIONAL AUTHORS

Most of EBI's staff are fluent in Spanish.  However, who could be more effective in ministering to Hispanics than a native-born speaker.  EBI works to train and encourage writers.  Until now almost all ministry books in Spanish have been translated from English.  We are promoting the importance of  National authors to advance the Gospel.

- OFFERING EXTENSIVE COUNSELING RESOURCES

EBI is considered a leader in providing Christ-centered, Biblically-based counseling materials to the Spanish world.  Our materials cover a variety of current and relevant topics.  By providing a Biblical approach to many of today's problems churches are able to effectively meet people where they are and bring hope to the many who are coping with crisis in their lives.

- PROMOTING SUNDAY SCHOOL

There is perhaps no better place to teach new believers and to promote spiritual growth than in Sunday School.  EBI is one of only a few publishers that offers an extensive series of Sunday School curriculum for all ages.  Our children's materials are Christ-centered and offer all a teacher needs to effectively communicate truth.

-PROMOTING DISCIPLESHIP

EBI produces an in-depth discipleship program that helps both new believers and maturing Christians to grow in their faith and become more like Christ.  We are passionate in our goal to see others grow in their spiritual lives and become leaders in their local churches

-USING THE LATEST TOOLS

Thanks to new technologies we can work face-to-face with pastors, seminary students, church leaders and everyday Christians in their pursuit of godliness.  Even closed countries are accessible through online tools and meeting resources.   We are growing in our pursuit of effective media tools to promote the Great Commission.

For more than 60 years EBI has been working to point people to Christ through publishing.

Welcome!

You've reached the internet home of the Poe family. Since 1997 we have served as faith missionaries with Baptist Mid-Missions.  We spent the first 14 years of our ministry as church-planters to the city of Lima, Peru.  During that time we gained experience as we worked with veteran missionaries and helped start two churches. 

In 2014 a health crisis in our family caused us to be medically evacuated from Peru.  This began a series of changes in our lives that led us to our current ministry serving with Editorial Bautista Independiente.  EBI has been serving the Hispanic churches of Latin America for more than 60 years.  Our ministry allows us to help with the development, production and distribution of ministry materials and books.  We are also involved in theological training through leadership conferences, seminar consultation, and in-person and virtual training.  

Please take a few moments and review our site.  Along the top of the page you'll find links to a quick overview of our ministry, our personal testimonies, our social media and latest prayer letter updates.    

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We're so Thankful!

As believers, everyday should be thanksgiving day as we reflect on all the things the Lord has done for us!  This year will go down in the history books as a very special and memorable day for our family.  For several years we have been sharing prayer requests with you.  Today, we would like to share with you some special praises and answers to your prayers:

• We are thankful for faithful prayer warriors.  Just a few moments ago we received word that our apartment in Peru is now sold.  The paperwork is completed and the check is on hand with our representative in Peru.   There were several complicated issues that came up in the last few days and we could see that God was truly in control of the situation or the process would never have been completed.  This has been a burden on our family for many months.  We are thankful to close out this chapter in our lives.  We felt it was amazing that it actually sold on Thanksgiving Day
• We are thankful for our faithful supporters.  When we joined the mission as young people we were warned by veteran missionaries that many churches and supporters are not faithful for the long term.  The majority of our supporters have been with us for many years.  Most of our supporting churches have supported us financially for more than 20 years!  We thank God for their faithfulness.  God always provides our every need.  
• We are thankful for good medical treatment.  When Debbie first fell ill back in 2014 the doctors told us that she might live less than a year.  Debbie still has major medical problems but with good medical treatment and with the Lord's blessings she has been stable.  She is getting very close to being put on the liver transplant list and we are thankful that God has lead us to a great team of doctors to walk us through this process.
• We are thankful for open doors of ministry opportunity.  The ministry at EBI is not without obstacles, but we are amazed at the new ministries God opens up to us each month.  I believe that we are now poised for the most successful years in EBI's history.  One example happened just last week, at a counseling conference in Mexico.   Our materials were made available there for the first time and everything was greatly received and gone within minutes.  People are hungry for truth and God has placed  us in a place where we can lead people to truth.  

We hope you are encouraged, as we are as we reflect on the blessings of our Lord.