Reaching People Around the World

My vision is to reach the people of the world who have never heard the gospel or who have had little Christian witness. We have done this to the best of our God-given ability. To fulfill this vision, we once lived in Nairobi, Kenya for four years. Before leaving for Kenya, I sat down with Dr. Melilli, my pastor, and explained to him that I wanted to minister in Africa and India on a full-time basis. I had the opportunity to associate my evangelistic ministry under the pastorate of Don Matheny, Nairobi Lighthouse Church. With Dr. Melilli’s blessing, we took a sabbatical from Christian Life Fellowship, and in June 1996, moved to Nairobi. We evangelized East Africa and ministered the gospel of Jesus in India. We held crusades and bought property so that churches could be built. We trained pastors and placed them in leadership. In India, we visited the churches we helped establish over the past 15 years. Also, we held conferences for local pastors.

India – A Great Opportunity
India is a difficult place to minister. I remember a number of years ago, some Hindu priests literally kicked me out of their village, because so many people were coming to Christ. They tried to stone me, but I was rushed out of the area to safety. I also remember situations with our hill-tribe ministries where I met a 65-year-old man who said, “If your God will feed us, then I want to serve him.” Praise Jesus!! He got saved, and the Lord has continued to deal with his life! Over the years, we have seen hundreds of people, from many different religions, come to Christ and be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Our goal is to harvest souls and to see more churches established by our continued efforts. We believe the Lord has opened the door for us to serve overseas. Please be in prayer as we follow His direction. Please consider how you may partner with us in this missionary endeavor, as the Lord lays it on your heart.

Go Therefore and Make Disciples
There is a new thing happening in the realm of missions. We honor all those who have gone before us and keep them in the highest regard. At the same time God is doing a new thing in the earth and we want to be a part of it. Things have opened up in this generation that were not available years ago and we praise God for that. So, as you can see from this Web site, we believe the scripture that says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Our vision is for souls to be reached. We believe God has given us a strategy to do it. The vision is through evangelism; to take the gospel to people that have never heard, or barely heard, the name of Jesus. Evangelism is a critical part of the vision. We use crusade evangelism in the many countries. Out of those new converts, we start a church.

Reaching Souls for Jesus
The vision is also out of the crusade evangelism is to start churches in these countries. Church planting is part of the vision. I believe it is very important to have churches, so people will have a place to worship God. We have been involved in over twenty church plantings in India alone. The vision is to train and support national Pastors. We have a meeting about every six weeks in India that has a membership of more than five thousand Pastors. Money is sent every month to feed them and support film teams, lepers, orphans, and feeding programs. However, most important is preaching of the Word of God.

Training for Missions
The vision is also to network with other churches in America that want to be involved in missions. The vision of networking is very important. One of the things I enjoy doing is taking people from local churches to visit the mission field. I believe in the local church. Therefore, I take them to the mission field where they can experience God first hand. They come back from the mission field fired up about souls, and the church gets the vision for the world. Praise God!

As you can see it is quite exciting what God has allowed us to do. We would like you to be a part. So, send us an Email or write us and be a part of the wonderful things God is doing. It will change your life.