Sunday, March 9, 2025

This morning, Rev. Dan DeLong will be speaking here in Conqueror’s Sunday School Class!

Brother DeLong now serves as the International Representative for BIMI (Baptist International Missions, Inc.) and will be sharing with us how God is using him and his dear wife, Sandy, to encourage and strengthen those serving as missionaries all around the world! I look forward to seeing him again and hearing all that he has to share with us as God uses him in this ministry!

Dan accepted the Lord as his Saviour on August 15, 1969, at the age of 17. Upon completion of high school, Dan attended Bob Jones University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education in May 1975. A few weeks later, Dan married his wife, Sandy, and together they have been faithfully serving the Lord in full-time ministry all these years. 

I look forward to hearing him this morning in our class and then again, this evening at 6:00pm as he speaks in our Sunday evening service!

Ministry Experience:

From 1975-1994 — Dan served as an assistant pastor and college Dean of Students.

From 1995-2002 — Dan and Sandy ministered as missionaries in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Trinidad and Tobago with Baptist International Missions, Inc.

• Papua New Guinea — organized and started three Baptist churches

• All three churches have Bible-believing, trained national pastors and are operating independently. Dan also organized, administrated, taught, and trained nationals at a Bible college and administered two Christian schools during his time in PNG.
• Trinidad and Tobago — organized and started one Baptist church that continues to operate today and is led by a Bible-believing Trinidadian pastor.

From 2002–2005 — The DeLongs returned to the States to work at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown, North Carolina. Dan also served as Christian school principal and bus leader under Dr. Bobby Roberson.

From 2006–2012 — Dan and Sandy were reinstated as missionaries with Baptist International Missions. The Lord led Dan to organize and start a Baptist church in the far north tropical city of Cairns, Australia. The church is now self-sufficient and thriving. They have called a Bible-believing, trained Australian man to pastor. In June 2012, the BIMI Board of Trustees voted to appoint Dan DeLong as the Assistant Candidate and Deputation Director.

From 2013–June 2024 — January 2013 Dan became the BIMI Candidate/Deputation Director. He also helped manage BIMI Connect Trips to mission fields around the world. Dan's status remains unchanged as a missionary with BIMI. He receives no income other than from the support of churches who share his vision of reaching the lost world through missions.

In June 2024 — Dan DeLong transitioned from being Candidate/Deputation Director to an International Representative for BIMI. This role will allow him to focus on ministries in Papua New Guinea and Australia. He will also continue preaching missions conferences, youth meetings, and family camps. He will work closely with the General Director in assisting pre-field missionaries, missionaries on furlough, as well as missionaries on the field.