Barnabas Enrichment Ministries
Encouraging pastors,
churches, and missionaries.
Serving the servants of God through preaching, teaching, counseling, and loving care.
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Ted & Marlene Sutherland
BEM is excited to introduce Ted & Marlene Sutherland as new missionaries with BEM! Ted and Marlene first met in 1970 while attending a Christian high school. Both were blessed to be raised in strong, God-centered Christian homes. During his high school years, Ted sensed God's call to ministry. The couple married in 1976, and Ted later graduated from MBBC in 1983.
That same year, he accepted the call to pastor his first church. Over the years, he has served in three pastorates and has been faithfully shepherding Calvary Baptist Church in Golden, Colorado, since 2003.
Small Church Enrichment Conference — Kokomo, IN
BEM will host a Small Church Enrichment Conference.
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A Menu of Impact
We serve pastors, churches, and missionaries through these core ministry areas.
Our History
How BEM Began
In 2007, Tim and Sandy Hewitt recognized a significant need among solo pastors who often served in isolation and were frequently overwhelmed by the unique demands of small church ministry. Inspired by the biblical example of Barnabas, "the son of encouragement," they envisioned a ministry devoted to offering support, counsel, and encouragement to these pastors and their congregations. From that vision, Barnabas Enrichment Ministries (BEM) was formed.
BEM has continued to grow since its founding, adding missionaries and gifted board members, all the while developing new ways to serve pastors and churches across the country. We remain grateful for the work God has done through this ministry and look forward with anticipation to all He has prepared for its future.
Our Faith
Built on the Foundation of God's Word
We believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testament as verbally inspired of God as inerrant in the original writings. We believe in one God eternally existing in Three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.
Read Our Full Statement"We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood."
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