Each month I look forward to receiving Alex Tenenbaum’s ministry newsletter. These newsletters are full of stories about how he ministers to people just as he goes about his everyday life. Alex is a quiet kind of guy but wow, is he ever impacting those in his church and community circles.
Alex is a KY-Mission Service Corps Missionary, serving through Forest Baptist Church in Louisville as Director of Community Engagement. His main role is to equip church members and mobilize them to make disciples in the community by finding where God is moving and create ministries to meet the practical needs of the community. Not only is Alex equipping church members but is leading by example.
Alex has a passion for unreached people groups of the world and desires to see them come to know Christ, as well as a passion to disciple believers to go deeper in their faith. As a result, Alex has gotten involved in a cross-culture community in Louisville and even moved into this community to intentionally minister to and reach them with the Gospel.
You may find Alex helping a young man with his driving test, connecting residents to ESL classes, helping to sponsor a cookout in order to meet his neighbors, partnering with a nearby hospital to offer materials, classes, and training for those he serves, helping residents to get into college, and organizing Bible study and prayer groups. He shares stories of how all these activities have opened doors to share Christ and to help others grow in their relationship with Christ.
One interesting story Alex shared is about an evening they ordered Chinese food and it was mistakenly delivered to the wrong address. Alex went to the other home to share about the mix-up, which led him to a thirty-minute conversation with a high school student. Not only was this young man in school, but he was also having to work to provide for himself, his mother and niece. He had moved to Louisville from Rwanda in 2020 and is still growing in the English language. Alex encouraged him, shared that he could support him with his classwork, and be another friend to connect with. “He has an interest to connect with the church, but as of yet has not,” Alex said. “There were silent moments when we hung out but, as I was about to leave, this young student said that he doesn’t know how he will thank me for visiting him that night, that it is so good to have a friend. This reminded me,” Alex went on to say, “that we just don’t know how our simple steps of faith can really bless and impact someone else’s life.”
You can be sure this is only one of many conversations Alex has with men and women each week, and that he looks for every opportunity to show and share the love of Christ.
Please pray for Alex and for Forest Baptist Church as they reach out into their community to “know” their neighbors and share the Gospel.
To learn more about Alex’s work, or to subscribe to his monthly newsletter, go to https://fbcnewburg.org/ministries/community-engagement.
Consider “adopting” Alex through the KBC Adopt-a-Missionary program. Click on www.kybaptist.org/adoptmissionary for information.
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