BTBTTBM APRIL/MAY 2016 UPDATE
“Keep in the Word, on your knees,
loving God, loving each other,
building godly homes,
worshiping together,
sharing the faith.
supporting the Lord’s work financially,
living life abundantly”
Back To The Basics Ministries
P.O. Box 32486 Knoxville, TN 37930
www.drbobbymullins.com
drbobbymullins@aol.com
Dr. Bobby Mullins YouTube Channel
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OUR DAUGHTER MALLORY AND HER HUSBAND ROCKY EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD
“We’re adding a new member to our Pit Crew November 5th and the doctors are 99% sure it’s a little girl. Watch out world, there’s another boot scootin’ McNabb racin’ into this world.” That’s how Mallory and Rocky announced on Facebook, along with the picture above, that they are expecting their first child. Wanda and I are planning now for time off to be able to be in Knoxville for the birth and to spend a few days there afterwards.
A FRESH START DISCONTINUED IN NASHVILLE
The last program on this first try at airing A Fresh Start in Nashville ended its run the last Sunday in April. Down the road, when the extra funds are available, we will probably try another go in Nashville. We are grateful for the support of our Knoxville area donors who have made it possible for us to be on the air on WVLR, two times a week in prime time, since November 2009. Support in Memphis has been good enough that we have been on the air in Memphis again since the last week of last August. I hope to soon be able to tape new programs of a Fresh Start. It costs $200 a week to air the program in Memphis and $187.50 a week to air the program in Knoxville. We are able to tape, edit, and produce a new program for $250.00. We are extremely grateful to Bob Denney, the one who produces and edits our program via his company DDX Media, for airing A Fresh Start at no cost on the Creative Christian Network, which he founded. He also arranged where we are able to air A Fresh Start on Saturday night without cost on IHope TV.
WHY KNOXVILLE, MEMPHIS, AND NASHVILLE FOR A FRESH START AIRING
Since we were living in Knoxville when A Fresh Start TV originated, being on WVLR in November 2009, which is on the Knoxville cable TV system, of course, was the place to begin airing the program. Going on in Memphis and Nashville was the next logical step for expansion. Both Memphis and Nashville have populations near the 650,000 mark with Memphis still a few thousand residents larger than Nashville. Knoxville has about 185,000 residents. So, that comes to about 1.5 million residents in the three cities. But, all three cities have surrounding cities/towns that push the numbers living in those areas and in the television viewing range of A Fresh to about 2.5 million. Then all 3 cities are tourist destinations with the Grand Ole Opry drawing tourists to Nashville from all over the world, Elvis’ home Graceland drawing tourists from all over the world to Memphis, and The Great Smoky Mountains National Park drawing tourists from all over the world to the Knoxville area. And, there are other tourist attractions in all three areas, but I mentioned the main attraction for each city.
So, that is why airing A Fresh Start in these areas has such great potential for reaching people for Christ regularly who are not just residents of the local viewing areas of the program, but thousands of people each week are in these locations from all over the United States and the world. The potential to reach people, whom we will never meet but possibly make an eternal difference for Christ in their lives, reminds me of the setting on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2). People were gathered in Jerusalem from all the world as they knew it at that time. In one day as the Gospel was shared and people were saved, they went back to their homes and testified to the citizens of their home countries of the saving grace of Jesus. That was the fulfillment of Jesus’ command to take the Gospel locally, regionally, continentally, and globally to all the world. Thank you for your support, financially and prayerfully, that allows me and you as my ministry partners to take the saving name (Acts 4:12) of Jesus to all the world, and most importantly, to our corner of the world.
Blessings,
Bobby Mullins