Our Purpose & Vision

Advancing the Gospel

Church Planting in Unreached Nations

We are an independent Baptist ministry that facilitates the church planting movement in unevangelized countries. Our focus is to help ministries in predominantly Muslim, Hindu, or Buddhist countries.

The Carpenter’s Project:

STAFF

Our People

John Conrad

Founder

Rodney Fitzsimmons

Field Representative

Internal Directors

John Conrad

Founder

Rodney Fitzsimmons

Field Representative

Thomas Burkett

Vice President - Administration

Al Knipfer

Vice President - Finance

Independent Directors

Keith Reedy

Missionary, Bibles for the Blind, Terre Haute IN

Dave Young

Pastor, Poplar Bluff MO

Jeff Redlin

Pastor, Pensacola FL

Steve Rich

Pastor (retired), Clayton IN

Advisors

John Van Gelderen

Evangelist, Ann Arbor MI

Matt Downs

Evangelist, Murfreesboro TN

Wil Rice IV

Evangelist, Murfreesboro TN

Caleb Phelps

Pastor, Taylors SC

Doctrine

Our Position

We believe in the triune God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each person being equal, yet not being three Gods, but one.
We believe in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, and they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.
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; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the case of those who reached moral responsibility, are sinners in thought, word, and deed, and are lost without Christ.
We believe Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, and a representation and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe on Him are justified on the single grounds of faith in His shed blood.

We believe in the shed blood of Jesus Christ as the only atonement for our sins. Resurrection of Christ: We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into heaven, and His present life there as our High Priest and Advocate.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, and regenerates, indwells, enlightens, and empowers the saved.

We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again by the Word and the Spirit, and thereby become the children of God.

We believe that all who have been born again into the family of God are sealed by the Holy Spirit and preserved unto the day of redemption.

We believe that the Church of Jesus Christ was begun at Pentecost and is composed solely of believers; that it is the body and bride of Christ, and distinct from Israel.

We believe that Jesus Christ instituted the Lord’s supper to commemorate His death till He comes. We believe in baptism by immersion as an ordained testimony, portraying the believer’s union with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.

We believe in “that blessed hope”, the premillenial, personal, and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in the air for His saints which shall be followed by the personal, visible, glorious return of Christ to the earth with His saints to execute judgement and reign in righteousness.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.

We believe that all the saved are called into a life of separation from all worldly and sinful practices as well as alliances with unbelievers.