Billy Tallas
Many Farms Bible Church | Many Farms, AZ (Navajo Rez)
Tell us about your family.
My wife's name is Brianna! We have been married for over 7 years; praise the Lord! We have two kids named Tyndale (3 years old) and Theoden (1.5 years old)! We enjoy taking hikes and playing board games in our limited free time. Overall, our kids take most of our time and they are blessings from the Lord!
How have you seen God working in your family?
God is working in our family by protecting us during this heavy time of ministry here on the Navajo Nation! My wife and I are building rhythms of spending intentional time together weekly and teaching the boys more intentionally about the Lord as they grow and understand more.
What is your church’s mission/vision?
We aim to reach the Navajo people with then full message of the gospel. We seek to grow a healthy church on the Navajo Nation with a focus on long-term discipleship to see lives changed by Jesus, who is the hope of the world.
We seek in the within the next five years to be hub for planting churches on the Navajo Nation and by the Lords grace have a co-pastor here at the church.
To see any success here as a church plant is to see mature believers share the gospel with their relatives. We are prayerful as we continue to labor in the field the Lord has put us we will see plants grow and fruit mature. We are here for however long the Lord has us here and we are grateful for even the one sheep to return to the Great Shepherd.
You can also see our personal support/newsletter update website here: https://tallasmission.com/
How can we be praying for you?
Pray for God to raise up more laborers for this harvest - for another mature believer to help in the ministry.
Pray for Brianna and I to set healthy boundaries with others and spend more time with each other and our kids.
Pray for the church to grow and for the seeds of the gospel planted through summer VBS and camps to take root!
To send Samuel a note of encouragement, write to HelloCP@spanishriver.com.
How have you seen God working in your life?
Since moving to the Navajo Nation, I have prayed and journaled more than ever before while re-starting this church. I have grown so much in dependence on God since I have had to rely more tangibly on Him and His provision for everything here. The pain and the suffering here, both emotional and physical, have had grown my reliance on the Father every day that I have been here. The cultural distinctions from planting in the city and to rural Navajo country has been drastic. Help has to travel farther distances and community takes longer to build. Thank the Lord he ordains all things to happen in his timing.
How have you seen God working in your church?
In the last few months, the Lord has grown the church from a small group of 4-6 women each Sunday to 25-35 people each week, including lots of kids and more men, even though we have not really done any advertising or outreach yet. The Lord is bringing people to hear the good news of the gospel and I am grateful to have a small part in the Lords work here in Many Farms, AZ. We just baptized 4 people on Sunday (2/22/26)! there has not been a baptism in this church in over 8 years! Hallelujah!