 | Wyldewood Baptist Church |  |
| Preaching the Word Reaching the World |
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| Ministry Head | Dr. Howard Nelson |
| Mailing Address | Scandinavians for Christ 3030 Witzel Ave Oshkosh, WI 54904-9371 |
| Office Phone | (920)235-5400 |
| Home Phone | (715)854-2252 |
| Fax | (920)231-3721 |
| sfc@wyldewood.org |
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For many years, Pastor Howard Nelson has had a special burden for the mission field. While he pastored Wyldewood Baptist Church he led the church to support many missionaries and encouraged our members to visit the field. He also led our church to start publishing Bibles in many languages for distribution around the world. In 1988 Pastor Nelson resigned the pastorate and started the ministry called Scandinavians for Christ. His burden is to see the nations of Norway, Sweden, and Finland reached with the gospel of Christ.
Pastor Nelson did not move to the mission field, but he has dedicated his efforts to raising support to publish scripture for each of the Scandinavian countries. He and Diana have made several trips and met various Baptist missionaries that we will work with in this endeavor. His first task was to find an accurate translation in each language so we could feel confident to produce. This has proven to be a monumental task! Only recently has an accurate text of the Norwegian New Testament been published, and our print shop here at Wyldewood began mass production in July of 1997. We plan to continue publishing and distributing as texts become available and money is supplied.
Born in June of 1926, Dr. Howard Nelson was raised on a farm in Pine County, Minnesota. In August of 1947 he married the late Virginia Kasten, a faithful Christian lady. At the age of twenty six he heard the gospel and gladly received the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour. He surrendered to preach and moved his wife and children to Owattonna, Minnesota to attend Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in 1957. After one year of schooling he moved to Springfield, Missouri where he enrolled in Baptist Bible College. Upon graduation in 1961, he moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to serve as the music director for a new church that was being established under the leadership Rev. Doug Kasten. (That church was named Southside Baptist Church, and it was re-named Wyldewood Baptist Church in 1978 when we moved in to our new facilities west of Oshkosh.) After about a year and a half in Oshkosh, he was called to pastor the Southside Baptist Church in LaCrosse, Wisconsin where he served for twenty months.
In June of 1965 he was asked to return to Oshkosh to become the pastor of Southside Baptist Church. He led the church for twenty two blessed years and oversaw the development of many ministries. Many surrendered to the ministry under his leadership, and he was given an Honorary Doctorate from Louisiana Baptist University in recognition of his years of service. God blessed Howard and Virginia with five daughters and one son. They played an important role in his ministry, and they are all serving the Lord in some capacity yet today. In February of 1988, Pastor Nelson resigned after over 22 years of faithful pastoring. He began the ministry of Scandinavians for Christ, a mission outreach dedicated to getting gospel literature to the countries of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Virginia Nelson died of pancreatic cancer in January of 1991, but Brother Nelson continued to serve the Lord in the field of missions. In December of 1992, Pastor Nelson re-married another wonderful Christian lady, Diana Kostreva of Crivitz, Wisconsin. They have worked together as a team to further the cause of Christ.
Scandinavians For Christ is a ministry of Wyldewood Baptist Church. Fiscal policies are overseen by the pastor, deacons, trustees, and treasurer of the church. As the sponsoring church, we support the ministry financially, but the majority of the resources are given by other churches and individuals. Our representatives serve as home missionaries, and they each must raise their own personal support. All other money given to the ministry is utilized to further the work, and no money is ever used to benefit the general fund of the church. All designated funds are used for the purpose that they were allocated for. Any supporting church or individual can obtain a copy of this ministry's financial statement by requesting it in writing to the church. Wyldewood's Missions Policy clearly defines the relationship between this ministry and Wyldewood Baptist Church.
| Support checks can be made out to: | Scandinavians For Christ |
| They should be mailed to: | Scandinavians For Christ |
| Wyldewood Baptist Church | |
| 3030 Witzel Ave | |
| Oshkosh, WI 54904-9371 |
You should write on the check which representative you wish to support or which project you want to designate your gift to. Undesignated gifts to this ministry will be used to publish and distribute more Scriptures for the foreign field. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the church or the head of this ministry. Their phone numbers are listed at the top of this site.
Wyldewood Baptist Church's statement of faith.
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