25th Anniversary View book
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Our Pastor Brent Lenentine grew up in a small town in northern Maine, and at the age of 12 at a summer camp he trusted Christ as His Saviour. Aſter college, Pastor Lenentine moved to Atlanta, GA to pursue a very promising computer programming career. It was here that he met his wife, Jeanie. rough her in- fluence, Pastor Lenentine got into church and started to grow in the Lord, and in 1982 he committed to answer God’s call to preach. Pastor began attending a local Bible institute and upon graduation in 1984 started serving in a local church plant. Aſter a few years, they felt God’s call to start a church in the southwest. Following this call, they took a trip to the Albuquerque Metro area in spring of 1988. Pastor felt so clearly that this is where God wanted them that they committed to return and start a church that July. e Lord has tremendously used the ministry of this great man of God. Only eternity will tell the impact of Pastor Lenentine and the dedicated servants of Gospel Light Baptist Church. We are so thankful for a preacher that has stayed faithful and dedicated for 25 years and we greatly anticipate the future of this truly miraculous ministry.
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Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Gospel Light Baptist Church in Rio Rancho, NM
Transcript of 25th Anniversary View book
Our PastorBrent Lenentine grew up in a small town in northern Maine, and at the age of 12 at a summer camp he trusted Christ as His Saviour. After college, Pastor Lenentine moved to Atlanta, GA to pursue a very promising computer programming career. It was here that he met his wife, Jeanie. Through her in-fluence, Pastor Lenentine got into church and started to grow in the Lord, and in 1982 he committed to answer God’s call to preach. Pastor began attending a local Bible institute and upon graduation in 1984 started serving in a local church plant. After a few years, they felt God’s call to start a church in the southwest. Following this call, they took a tripto the Albuquerque Metro area in spring of 1988. Pastor felt so clearly that this is where God wanted them that they committed to return and start a church that July. The Lord has tremendously used the ministry of this great man of God. Only eternity will tell the impact of Pastor Lenentine and the dedicated servants of Gospel Light Baptist Church. We are so thankful for a preacher that has stayed faithful and dedicated for 25 years and we greatly anticipate the future of this truly miraculous ministry.
Laboring together Deacon Board
Rick Pope Mike Pooler Bob Franklin Casey Padilla
Earl Stills Dick Heintzelman
Harvey Wrobbel
Bro. Wrobbel and his dear wife had a passion for the next generation. They led children’s church for many years and impacted hundreds of lives. Bro. Wrobbel passed away in 2010.
Bro. Stills served on the original deacon board of GLBC. He was a gifted carpen-ter and built several pulpits and tables for GLBC’s first build-ing. Bro. Stills passed away in 2007.
Bro. Hientzelman served for many years as the church treasurer on the deacon board. He had a gift for training young men and GLBA operates a scholarship fund in his honor. Bro. Hientzelman went to be with the Lord in 2010.
Bro. Pope is head deacon and also oversees our missions program. He has served on the deacon board since 1999.
Bro. Pooler is an adult Bible class teacher and also teaches in the Bible Institute. He has served on the deacon board since 2006.
Bro. Franklin serves as a head usher and volunteers many hours serving as our bus mechanic. He has served on the deacon board since 2006.
Bro. Padilla and his wife, Connie, serve as children’s Sunday School teachers and captain Bus 4. Bro. Padilla has served on the deacon board since 2006.
Kyle PopeBro. Pope and his wife, Celeste, have two wonderful children, Maddax and Caitlin. Kyle is a product of the youth group of GLBC and has been serving on church staff since 2006.
Mark LenentineBro. Mark and his wife, Lacey, have one child, Carter. He has been on church staff since 2009 and serves as the youth pastor and music director. Christian
AmaroBro. Amaro and his wife, Ashley have one girl named Alexia and another child on the way. Christian is a second-generation preacher and has been the spanish pastor since 2011.
Jeremy LenentineBro Jeremy serves as the outreach direc-tor and serves in a variety of other capacities. He has been on staff since summer of 2012
Church staff
Second Location
1030 Veranda Dr
Marvellous in our eyes
Gospel Light
Baptist Church opens
its doors
July 31, 1988
First Location1708 Southern Blvd
The need for more space arises as this young
church continues to grow Fall 1989GLBC moves to a larger rented facility
Pastor, Mrs Lenentine
Mark & JeremySpring 1989
1988 Rio Rancho is a small, developing com-munity of less than
30,000 1990
The population
of Rio Rancho now
exceeds 30,000 and is
poised for more
growth
This is the LORD’s doing; it is
GLBC continues
to grow and by
1993
the church was renting
4 of the 6 units at
1030 Veranda Dr
A growing church of vision for the growing “City of Vision”
Ground-breakingFall 1993
After much prayer and sacrificial giving the property at 1500 Southern Blvd was
purchased and a ground break-ing ceremony was held Fall 1993
Grand Opening
for facility at 1500 Southern
Blvd held on church’s
sixth anniversary
July 31, 1994Gospel Light Baptist Academy is foundedFall semester 1999
Gospel Light
Baptist Church breaks
ground to expand facilities
Fall 20002000
Rio Rancho’s popu-lation tops 50,000, and is now known as one of the fastest growing communites in the southwest US
Grand opeining service for second-phase expansion July 2001
Grand opening service for third-phase expansion and new
auditoriumOctober 2011
2010 Rio Rancho’s population has now reached almost 90,000, and Money Magazine ranks Rio Rancho 51 on their 100 best US cities to live in
Gospel Light
Baptist Church breaks
ground for third phase
expansion
October 2010
Ribbon-cutting ceremonyOctober 23, 2011
Reaching the
Family Vacation Bible School
Children’s Ministries
“Suffer the little children to come unto me... for of such is the kingdom of God” Mark 10:14
Bus Ministry Vacation Bible SchoolBus 1 Bus 4
Bus 2
Bus 5over 200 kids
received Christ as Saviour last
year, and over 50 were
baptized during this
miraculous week!
Bus 3
Teen Group
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the Believers...”1 Timothy 4:12
More than
40 young people
who grew up in the youth
group have gone on to train
for full-time Christian
service at a Bible college
Rocky Mountain
teen camp“Where God meets us on the mountain”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7
Est. 1999 1st - 12th grade
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6
AdultMinistries
Adult Bible Classes
Family picture dayEaster Sunday 2013
ActivitiesChristmas Progressive Dinner
Annual Couples’ Retreat
Potluck Fellowships
Valentine Banquet
1988
19941990
2001
2012
The Jordan FamilyMissionaries to the Dominican Republic
The Stidham FamilySenior PastorBible Baptist ChurchNew Port Richey, FL
The McGraw FamilyAssistant pastorHigh Street Baptist ChurchColumbus, OH
The Harris FamilyMissionaries to the American Prison System
The Hernandez FamilyMissionaries to the Amazon River Basin
Training laborers for His
Harvest
Cindy StacyMissionary toZambia, Africa
The Kalgren FamilySenior PastorEmmanuel Baptist ChurchPierce City, MO
The Jasper Whiston FamilySenior Pastor Bible Baptist ChurchRangely, CO
The Bob Whiston FamilyChurch planting teamAlaska
The Whitehouse FamilyFull-time evangelism
The Robertson FamilyMissionaries to Chile, South America
Families that GLBC has sent out or had a part in sending out to full-time works across America and around the world
Gospel Light Baptist ChurchMissions Program
supporting
serving in
60 missionaries
36 foreign countries
In 2012, GLBC contributed over
$100,000 directly to missionsaries and mission
works around the world
New Lifediscipleship program
Gospel Light BaptistBible Institute
