🎄 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GoodNews Journey!As we celebrate the birth of Jesus our King, we want to pause and say THANK YOU. This season is about JOY, and we are overflowing with gratitude for how God has worked through us together in December and throughout all of 2025. Your prayers, generosity, and encouragement continue to advance the Gospel in powerful ways.
⏰ A Quick Year-End Note
As 2025 comes to a close,
year-end giving will end in just a few days. If GoodNews Journey has encouraged you this year, we invite you to
prayerfully consider a year-end gift as you read this update. Everything below is possible because of
faithful partners like you, and your generosity now helps us start 2026 strong.
🔥 December Ministry Highlights
Together, we saw God move in incredible ways this month. At Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton, over 100 inmates attended our evangelism service, and more than a dozen prayed to receive Christ. 🙌 God also moved powerfully through our Juvenile Center ministry, where around 10 students prayed to receive Christ this month alone. 💥
We equipped believers at FBC Anadarko through a two-session Evangelism Training focused on Gospel Urgency and Gospel Fluency, helping followers of Jesus share their faith with confidence. At FBC Davenport, we preached to a Sunday morning crowd of about 300, calling the church to share the Gospel, followed by a GOODNEWS evangelism training after lunch to equip them to live it out.
At Community Baptist Church in Coweta, we preached in both the 9am and 11am services (300+ in each), teaching from Isaiah 12 on finding the true source of JOY during Christmas, followed by a networking lunch with potential ministry partners.
🤝 Leadership, Coaching & Network Impact
December was also filled with Gospel-advancing conversations. We connected with leaders through the Eastern OKC Area Youth Ministers Network, celebrated with the UNITE OKC Christmas party, and hosted multiple coaching calls with pastors and ministry leaders focused on Bold Vision, discipleship multiplication, and missions strategy. We are grateful for meaningful meetings and conversations with current and potential partners as we look toward the year ahead.
🎙️ Media & Digital Reach
Throughout December,
we were on The House FM radio three times a day, every weekday, equipping listeners to share Christ during the Christmas season. It has been encouraging to hear how many of you noticed and shared those spots. We also posted video clips from the radio segments on the GNJ Facebook page, extending the reach even further.
🌍🏕️ Missions and Camp Momentum
We continued promoting and planning upcoming
GoodNews Journey mission trips, including ongoing calls with
Alaska church leaders, missionaries, and catalysts to expand summer opportunities. We also connected with campus ministry leaders and mission partners via Zoom and confirmed speaking roles at
Grand Lake Assemblies Camp (Grove) and
Summit Camp at KBA (Talihina) this summer.
We also sent our VERY FIRST GoodNews Journey Christmas cards to supporters and donors this month. 💌 What a meaningful milestone for our ministry family.
📊 Year-One Praise Report (ALL GLORY TO GOD!)
In just the FIRST YEAR of GoodNews Journey, together we’ve seen:
65 events | 100+ messages preached | ~15,000 people reached | 80 leaders coached | 8 mission trips in development
God is SO GOOD. Truly, none of this would be possible without YOU. 🙏
🏡 A New Door God Has Opened
As GoodNews Journey grows, God has opened a door for Brian to serve as
High School and Missions Pastor at Choctaw Road Baptist Church, beginning in January. This role strengthens our foundation so we can
GO FURTHER, TRAIN DEEPER, and SEND BOLDER. Candace will also join part-time as
Ministry Support Coordinator, handling key administrative needs so we can stay focused on equipping leaders and sharing the Gospel. This next step allows us to serve
locally and globally with greater stability and reach. Your partnership ensures that every prayer, volunteer hour, and dollar advances the mission even more effectively.
💌 YEAR-END GIVING OPPORTUNITY (TIME SENSITIVE)
As 2025 COMES TO A CLOSE, we invite you to prayerfully consider a year-end gift to GoodNews Journey. With only DAYS left in the year, your generosity right now helps us step into January ready to train more believers, mobilize more people on mission, and reach more souls with the Good News.
Gifts must be received by December 31 to count for 2025.
Through our partnership with WatersEdge, donors can now give in creative ways, including stock, charitable rollovers, endowments, and donor-advised funds. Most supporters give one-time or monthly online, and every gift, no matter the form, fuels Gospel impact.
🚀 Looking Ahead
We are praying for you as you finish the year strong. Thank you for being part of this story. We truly could not do this without you. As we look toward 2026, we remain committed to our 2030 Vision:
50,000 trained | 7,000 sent | 100,000 reached for Christ
Let’s step into the new year FULL OF FAITH, READY TO OBEY, and EAGER TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL TOGETHER.
For our King and His Cause,
Brian & Candace Baldwin
