Pastor Adam Cruse, a great friend of BMIC, was our keynote speaker for BMIC’s 15th Anniversary this past June 2018, at our home meeting place – Pizza Ranch of Springfield, Illinois. Pastor Adam is the senior pastor Living Faith Baptist Church (Sherman, Illinois). His text was 1 Thessalonians 2:10-13:

¹⁰ You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers; ¹¹ just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children, ¹² so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

¹³ For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe

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The stated goal of Cross Trails Outfitters (CTO) – a National Christ-centered Ministry is to guide “The Next Generation to Christ Through the Outdoors”. From their testimonials and growth across the United States, CTO is beginning to have some phenomenal success rescuing the next generation of young boys and young men (ages 7-20) off the streets.  Based and anchored out of Plymouth North Carolina, this exciting Outdoors ministry, which teachings these young men how to hunt and fish in God’s creation, while learning the Bible, now has a solid presence in Illinois.

CTO was brought to Champaign, Illinois by former WWE Professional Wrestler Bear St. Pierre who left that field of work, after SMACKDOWN in 2010. Since then, Bear has thrown his entire life focus, energy and resources into making CTO a presence in all 102 Counties of Illinois. BMIC was humbled and blessed to be invited to SCHEELS Sporting Goods in Springfield, Illinois to witness the launch meeting. Bear St. Pierre is the Illinois state director of CTO explains more about CTO.