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Clough
Missionaries to Scotland
7/17/2026
Dear Prayer Partners,
Toward the end of May, Pastor Thomas Smith and his wife Rhonda visited with us for a few weeks (left picture below). Bro Smith preached a four-day revival meeting for us, from May 31st through June 3rd. All of our members attended each of the services, and the Lord used the messages to work in each of their hearts. Please pray for lasting fruit from the revival meeting. We also had the opportunity to take the Smiths out for a little sightseeing, including a trip to Loch Ness. It was a blessing to spend time in fellowship with them both.
Around the end of June, I took my son Harry, and two of the men from our church down to Plymouth, England to help missionaries Wayne and Linda Grissom (right picture below). We travelled down on Monday, June 22nd, spent Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday distributing John and Romans booklets, and then travelled back up to Scotland on Friday, June 26th. The weather was very warm (up to 93F), at least for folks that are used to the cooler weather in Scotland! But it was a blessing to spend time in fellowship with the Grissoms, and to help them 9 the seed. Please pray that the Lord will bless our efforts, both there in Plymouth, England, and here in Elgin, Scotland.
Meanwhile, our Bible Institute training continues to go well. We recently finished a series on Baptist History, from the time of Christ and the Apostles, up Field Address The Clough Family 44 High Street Fochabers IV327DU United Kingdom (612) 224-2104 Support Address until the Protestant Reformation. It’s important for us as Baptists to know our history, that we didn’t start with the Protestant Reformation, and that we were never part of the Catholic Church. We’re currently studying Biblical Guidelines for Music. These studies are mainly directed at Michael, to prepare him for the ministry. But all of our church members have been attending them, and one of our regular visitors has also started coming along. Please pray that the Lord will use these studies to help each of our members form solid, Bible-based convictions.
May the Lord bless you all,
Missionary Don Clough
7/17/2026
Dear Supporting Pastor,
We would greatly appreciate your prayers for our family, and for our ministry. For the most part, I have tried to keep our prayer letters positive, by focusing on the Lord’s blessings. But the truth is, our church-plant has really struggled over the past few years.
Throughout 2025, we lost more than a dozen of our regular visitors. We believe most of them were unsaved, and it was clear that they were not on the same page as our church, doctrinally. So, while that was difficult to go through, we could see it coming.
However, 2026 has been very hard for us. Two of our key members, a married couple, resigned their membership, and now they are going to a liberal “Baptist” church in our town. When they left, they also took some of their family members with them, who had been attending our services.
I was also informed last night that one of our members left her husband (who is also a member of our church) and that she moved in with her grandma. It’s not clear if it is only a temporary separation, or if it will be long term. She sent me a message last night, to say she would be resigning her church membership, and asked me not to contact her. This was a tremendous shock to my wife and I , and especially to her husband. We had been counselling with this couple, but the wife suddenly refused to even speak to us. There’s a lot more going on here than I can get in to right now, but urgent prayer is needed.
At the moment, our church attendance is way down. Thankfully, both Michael (who is training for the ministry) and his wife Jamie have continued to be faithful. Besides them and our family, there is one other family with three children that have been attending.
The reality is, we are in the midst of an intense spiritual battle, and our church is facing bitter opposition. We know that we are in enemy territory, and that the Devil is resisting the work we are doing for God. We earnestly covet your prayers at this time!
May the Lord bless you all,
Missionary Don Clough
January 2026
Dear Prayer Partners,
Around the beginning of January, Michael surrendered to become the pastor of our church-plant here in Scotland. Praise the Lord! As you know, he surrendered to preach a couple of years ago, and I’ve been training him for the ministry. I’ve known for some time that God was calling him to become the pastor here, so we can go on and do more church-planting. To be clear, we’re still training Michael, and it will still be some time before he is ready to take the church. But please be in prayer for me as I train him, and for Michael and his wife Jamie, that they will be ready to step into the ministry here, in God’s time.
Later in January, I had the privilege of marrying Eva and Euan (left picture), two of the members of our church-plant. Both Eva and Euan were saved in our ministry, so it has been a blessing to watch the Lord work in both of their lives, and bring them together as man and wife. Eva and Euan have both faced a lot of pressure from their unsaved family members, but they have both been faithful to the Lord, in spite of it. Please pray for Eva, as she is expecting a baby this November, and for Euan, as he has had some recent health problems.
On the first Sunday of February, our church-plant celebrated it’s ninth anniversary (right picture). It was a blessing to have Pastor Todd Grimes and his wife Joyce with us, from Bible Baptist Church in Duncan, OK. Bro Grimes challenged the members of our church-plant to be faithful, so the church can have many more anniversaries to come!
While there have been many blessings over the past few months, there have also been some difficult times. One of the key families in our church-plant decided to leave, and go to a different church. They had been with us since 2020, so everyone in the church has taken it very hard. However, the Lord has used this time to bring the rest of us closer to one another. Please pray that the Lord will carry us through this rough patch, and work all things together for good. May the Lord bless you all, Missionary Don Clough
Hello from Scotland,
I just sent a prayer letter last week, but I have some great news that I couldn’t wait to share.
PRAISE
As you probably know, there’s a man named Michael in our church who has surrendered to the ministry. We’ve been praying that the Lord would specifically call him to become the pastor of our church-plant since that time. Well, this past Sunday, Michael asked to speak to me privately, and told me that the Lord had clearly showed him that he was to become the pastor of our church-plant, and that he had surrendered to it. Praise the Lord!
Obviously, there is still work to be done, when it comes to his training, and preparation for becoming the pastor of this church.
PRAYER REQUESTS
1) Please pray with us, that the Lord will continue to help Michael grow and develop as a preacher, and prepare him to become the leader that he needs to be.
2) Also, please pray for his wife Jamie, that she will grow in her faith, and in her walk with the Lord, that she might fully support her husband in his calling.
3) And please pray for us, that the Lord will work out His plans for our family, and our future church-planting endeavours.
May the Lord bless you all,
Missionary Don Clough