Missionaries to Cyberspace
The Hoffman Family • FamilyNet International Inc.
Volume 39 • Issue 5 • September/October 2026
Dear Friends,
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! Thank you for praying for our family and helping us carry the Gospel into places we may never visit in person. This fall, we have a new church website to share, an expansion of our worldwide tract outreach, and encouraging news from our Bible correspondence ministry.
A new website for a church in the Philippines
One of the blessings of this summer was getting to know the Aparre family. We first met at Kenneth Jackson’s Camp Meeting at Dyersdale Baptist Church in Coldspring, Texas, and later enjoyed visiting again at the South Central Texas Baptist Fellowship and the Missions Conference at New Beginning Baptist Church in Edgewood.
Brother Jonathan Aparre pastors Liberty Bible Baptist Church in Panglao, Bohol, Philippines. As we talked, he expressed an interest in a website for the church. He supplied the information and content, and I had the privilege of working with him to organize it and build the site.
Their new website is now online! Through our ministry, we provide this help at no cost to Independent Baptist churches and ministries. Please pray that the Lord will use this website to help people find the church, learn about its ministry, and hear the Gospel.
Visit Liberty Bible Baptist Church at LBBCPH.com
Opening another door for the Gospel
Beginning this October, we are adding another social media advertising platform to our worldwide Gospel tract outreach. The new effort has a budget of $250 per month and will help us offer God’s Bridge to Eternal Life to people who may not see our existing advertisements.
Our tracts are available in seven languages. As advertising costs have risen on our existing platform, our funds have provided fewer tract offers. The additional platform offers lower costs and the potential to reach a different audience. We will evaluate the results carefully as the campaign gets underway.
Offering a tract online is much like holding out a printed tract: not everyone accepts it, but the opportunity is there. Please pray for receptive hearts and for readers to trust the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
Read and share the tract at gods-bridge.com
Bible lessons reaching homes and prison cells
Our Bible correspondence ministry continues to help students study God’s Word through lessons sent by mail. During the third quarter, we sent 463 lessons and issued 25 certificates. We served 53 students, including 18 prisoners, with lessons mailed to Nigeria and the United States. Please pray that our students will understand the Scriptures and apply what they learn.
We are thankful for Oleta Ferrell, Joyce Hall, Ron Henrici, Lorraine Meier, JL & Florence Smith, and Freddie Vaughan for their help this past quarter. Thank you for giving your time to this work! Please pray that our students will understand the Scriptures and apply what they learn.
The outreach you help make possible
More than 344,000 people have read our Bible tracts online. Our advertising currently offers tracts to more than one million unique individuals each month, in seven languages worldwide. Since February 2020, we have made more than 62 million tract offers through advertising.
Would you pray with us
Our family has health needs, with procedures and treatments ahead (Bob is having Sinus surgery on Friday 09/16). We would appreciate your prayers for the care we receive, strength for each day, and the ability to keep serving faithfully. Please also remember Brother Aparre’s church, our Bible course students, and those encountering the Gospel through our tracts.
We are currently receiving about 70% of the support needed for our ministry expenses. If the Lord leads you to help, your gift will support the practical needs that keep this outreach going:
Servers: $1,600 per year to support our online work.
Tract advertising: $200 per month, currently offering tracts to about one million people worldwide.
Thank you for every prayer, gift, and word of encouragement. We are grateful to have you alongside us in this ministry.
In His service,
The Hoffman Family (Phil 1:3)
“When you go on the internet, please pray for the Hoffman Family — your missionaries to Cyberspace.”
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