A short update - 03/20/26

Dear Praying Friends,

God is good and gave a smoother than normal flight back to the USA. After months of dealing with sinus problems and chest congestions, I think I am finally feeling better - but please continue to pray for wellness for Marcia and the boys (now they have it). We are all working through our jet-lag and God is good to give us spurts of energy and a lovely and beautiful place to rest. Brogue, PA is a beautiful farm country with the most spectacular views of them "rolling hills." I was able to share a report to Mt. Zion Baptist Church (our sending church) this past Wed. night mid-week service meeting. And now we are preparing to honor two godly young people who kept themselves pure for each other and for the Lord. Alyssa Starr and Seth Golden are to celebrate their wedding day on Saturday, March 21 and we are so honored to have a part in it. God is good! Marcia has reconnected with her Mom and Dad, and Brother, and now she is with her Sister (Heidi) and they are painting the town red, ha!

1. Please pray for the two missions work back in the Philippines (Tuktukan and Candelaria).

2. Please pray for the Lord to raise up a couple more husband and wife teams, and male leadership for sure.

3. Please pray for the missions workers for spiritual strength and victory in their lives against the wiles of the Devil.

4. Pray for us to be able to be effective witnesses for the Lord during our short furlough (we will be returning back to the Philippines in early July, Lord willing).

It is so good to see family and friends again. It is so good to be able to report back to some of our supporting churches. May the Lord use us to see souls saved and disciples strengthened to trust the Lord and obey His words!

Sincerely,

Bro. Bill

Up-coming Candelaria, Quezon Province Ministry Opportunity

Dear Praying Friends,

Please pray for us this Saturday, Feb. 28 as we make our way back to Candelaria municipality in Quezon province (65 miles south of Taguig City) for a Bible study on the topic of Ecclesiology (the doctrine of the Church). My prayer is for souls to get saved and for disciples to receive by faith God's plan of establishing and edifying a Biblical Baptist church in that precious town. Both seniors, adults, and older teens will be present to listen and to participate. Many are not yet saved, but they are willing to listen. May God grant us His grace and power to become effective and clear witnesses of the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Thank you again for your prayers,

Bro. Bill

Lecture Series: On the Doctrine of Verbal Preservation in the New Testament

Pastor Chris Starr, my sending church pastor (and also, he happens to be my brother-in-law, too) asked me to teach two sessions on the doctrine of Verbal Preservation in the New Testament in the School of Theology. It was a joy to be able to spend time with eager students and auditors and to go over an introduction and sample arguments from the book of Matthew. You may access the lecture series on our YouTube Channel, the following are respective links to parts 1 & 2. As usual, since these are YouTube videos, it would be nice if you would hit the like, and subscribe button and click also on the notification icon. And now, on to the lectures.

Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkUmtkci7gc

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIYrSHVEGlw

We praise and thank God for His promises to keep His words, and for the fact that we have a highly accurate and faithful translation of the received texts that represents God's verbally preserved words in our King James Bible. Glory to God!

Rev. 1:3 - "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

Merry Christmas to You

Dear Praying Friends,

It was an absolute joy to be able to give gift bags with food and treats to 75 of our precious Sunday school children. On this Sunday, Dec. 21, we took time to explain to the children the real meaning of Christmas. The Christmas songs, and lessons were a great reminder of why we should be thankful to God for the very first Christmas Day, when the Word (Jesus Christ) was made flesh. Jesus was born to die, so that we may be saved freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus! 

Merry Christmas!

Bro. Bill Hardecker

Happy Thanksgiving Day 2025

 Dear Praying Friends,

We had a wonderful and precious mid-week service this past Wednesday (last night) - it was our "Thanksgiving Service." First of all, the food was amazing - we proved that we were indeed, tried, true, good and proven Baptists. AMEN! HA! Second, the testimonies were filled with thanksgiving to God for salvation and church family. Third, our guest speaker was Bro. Mark Ratac (accompanied by his precious wife, Sis. Jemima). Preacher Ratac pastors "All Truth Baptist Church" in Dasmariñas, Cavite. He spoke from 1 Thess. 5:18 and our people were edified in the words of God and reminded of that precious truth that in everything we are to give thanks to God. Please pray that a couple of new visitors would return and get saved and baptized and added to the church. Fourth, we were also joined by Bro. Kenneth and Sis. Sherie, our precious friends and co-workers from Candelaria, Quezon province. What a special night it was and we praise and thank God for His amazing and always abounding grace!

Thank you dear friends for your love and prayers and Happy Thanksgiving Day to all of you!

Bro. Bill

A Short November update (11/21/25)

Dear Praying Friends,

My Mom went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 15 of this year. Though we are sad and grieve, we do not grieve as those who have no hope. She trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation a few years back. Praise God for His amazing grace! Thank the Lord for His great sacrifice on the cross and for His empty tomb. Please pray for wisdom and strength as we navigate through a host of things regarding mom's properties, etc. Pray also for family and friends to come to know the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour.

Today, Marcia and the boys and I were able to get our latest family photos. Many of our supporting churches request an updated family photo, so, please feel free to email me a request for that, and I will be glad to get one to you upon request.

We have a couple of important meetings ahead. FIRST, our Thanksgiving Service on Wed. night, Nov. 26. We invited Preacher Mark Ratac and his wife, Sis. Jemima to come and preach and teach God's word to our people and their family, friends, and invited guests. We always enjoy an evening of eating, playing, and preaching. AMEN! SECOND, I have a special day of Bible education session at a church a few miles away. I will be teaching on The Fall of Man (Gen. 3). Please pray for God's words to be presented clearly and with Holy Spirit power. Please pray for hearts to be opened up and for those who are not saved to get saved, and for those who are saved to grow in the Lord. THIRD, We have an up-coming Lord's Supper with special training for Bro. Kenneth. He is a faithful man (along with his wife, Sis. Sherie) and I am training him to administer the Lord's Supper - so he gets to do it and I get to serve in it. Praise God for faithful men who shall be able to teach others also. PRAISE GOD! FOURTH, We have a special speaker for the first Sunday in December - Dr. Jed Raquintan. He is a faithful pastor and seminary director based out of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Quezon City. We can't wait to hear what the Lord has laid on his heart to preach and teach to us on that special Sunday.

Well, God is good and we thank God for His amazing grace. Thank you, dear praying friends for your love, prayers, and support. We thank the Lord for counting us faithful and putting us into the ministry!

Serving the Lord with gladness,

Bro. Bill, Sis. Marcia, W.T. and Joseph

A Short October update

 Dear Friends,

1. Greetings to all. I trust that you all are serving the Lord with joy and thanksgiving. Let us remember that we can do all thing through Christ which strengthens us! AMEN!

2. We had a wonderful gathering of faithful children Sunday school attenders (even a few "perfect" attenders, meaning, zero absences for the past three months) - congratulations to those kiddos!

3. Since we have noticed a lot of rainy weekends, we decided to redeem the time with an after church video course on Bible Geography. Many stay after the services and enjoy seeing "the Holy Land" and getting more familiar with the Holy Bible and its contents relative to earth's most important real estate.

4. Preparations are being made now for a fun Christmas season with our Tuktukan Sunday school classes. The ladies have shopped and gathered some wonderful gifts to giveaway for the children.

5. We finished the book of Zechariah (thanks to the labors and teaching and preaching of Bro. RJay). We are working through the book of Romans in our afternoon service, 1 Samuel in our Adult Sunday school class, General Epistles in our Teen Sunday school. AND we just finished the Song of Solomon and are now on Ecclesiastes in our Mid-week service and prayer meeting.

6. Grace Baptist Church, Oxford, PA (Pastor Combs) gave a special offering which enabled us to purchase 50 beautiful English KJBs to give to our friends, and visitors. AMEN! Jehovah-Jireh!

7. Do pray for my Mom as she is suffering from her chronic kidney disease. She is in good spirits generally speaking, but could use your prayers. I would appreciate that, too.

8. Pray for safety. The Philippines has been rattled with some strong earthquakes. Flooded with lots of water from many recently revealed ghost flood control projects (that never even happened), and now there is distrust and anger from the people. Natural disasters and social unrest are just not good. BUT we all know that JESUS is still the answer - and we will trust in God and obey His words!