Missions
SHORTWAVE RADIO MINISTRY.
We are broadcasting a weekly half-hour teaching programme to the whole Indian sub-continent and beyond, on Bible-Voice, on Saturdays, from 1400-1430 UTC (around 7.30pm or 8pm local Asian time). India 1 winter frequency is 11.695 (25 meter band) effective until end of March 07. Many of the radio messages can be found on our website www.oxfordbiblechurch.co.uk and www.biblevoice.org The Bible-Voice website uses our ‘Good-News’ as their Gospel Presentation
SATELLITE TV MINISTRY. Since April 2006, Oxford Bible Church has been broadcasting our own TV programme: ‘Into the Word’ every Wednesday at 8.30pm on the Revelation TV,
Sky Channel 765, which covers the UK and much of Europe. You can also see our programme on broadband at www.revelationtv.com on Tuesdays at 6pm. We are also broadcasting our programmes nationally in Ghana, Nigeria and the Philippines.
Deddington Bible Church (DBC), Sunday Services 3pm. Deddington is a small town between Oxford and Banbury. The Congregational Church there has asked to come under the covering and ministry of OBC. We have relaunched the Church there as DBC, and a group from OBC are joining in their Sunday afternoon worship and working to rebuild the Church, in order to reach Deddington and the surrounding area with the Gospel.
NURSING HOME MINISTRY. We have a team that holds a Service every fortnight in
the Close Nursing Home, Burcot as well as occasional Services in other Homes.
CHURCHES TOGETHER LOVING OXFORD.
We also join together with other Churches in Oxford in various outreaches to Oxford, such as: ‘Love Oxford’, ‘Feed the 5000’,‘Oxford City Mission’, ‘Fusion Headington Festival.’
MISSIONS We believe in Missions. Not including the media ministries mentioned above, 20-40% of our budget is dedicated to Missions around the world. Please uphold these Missionaries in your prayers, for they are involved in vital work for God’s Kingdom! If you want to know more about any of these ministries, because you want to support them more in prayer or in giving -please ask. You can give a financial gift to any of these ministries through OBC by designating your gift for them. Taxpayers should use the Gift-Aid envelope system for then the Church can reclaim an extra 28% from the Government.
1. We support Simon and Adriana Potter. Simon went to Bible School with
Derek and Hilary and then helped them start the Church in Oxford in August 1991.
Simon and Adriana travel together teaching the Word around the world.
2. We support Dr Tahira Saleem and her family, who lead the Shekinah Churches and Bible Institutes in Pakistan, which are associated with OBC (part of our network of Churches). We got to know Tahira after Derek was invited to hold an open-air Evangelistic Healing Crusade in Lahore, Pakistan (a Muslim country). She was later ordained and sent by Derek and Hilary and OBC, to fulfill her ministry in Pakistan. Since then Shekinah Bible Institute, Lahore has been started, raising up Evangelists, Pastors and Church-workers for Pakistan. Graduating students are starting Shekinah Bible Churches in Pakistan. Presently there is: Shekinah Bible Church and Institute, Lahore and Shekinah Bible Church and Institute, Quetta. Recently Asher Saleem has been ordained to Pastor the Lahore Church and the other members of the Saleem family (Ashgar, Areesha, Aneela, Anita) along with Aneel Chaudrey are also involved in leading this ministry. We go to Pakistan regularly to teach, encourage and minister in the Churches, Bible Institutes, doing Seminars and Outreaches. They are also involved in the production and printing of Derek’s Prophecy Book and translating books into Urdu. They also produce the only christian newspaper in Pakistan.
3. We support Rick Renner Ministries, with its TV programme “Good-News with Rick Renner” which broadcasts all over the former Soviet Union and beyond, even into China.
Rick is an apostle who has pioneered large Good News Churches in Riga, Latvia, and now Moscow as well as a Minister’s Association providing a covering for hundreds of Pastors
and Churches. Derek and Hilary are Trustees of RR Ministries, Europe.
4. We support Eurovision, the effective evangelistic ministry headed by David Hathaway to the former Soviet Union, where he holds large televised evangelistic campaigns with miracles. Susanne Pillans, a member of OBC, is an associate evangelist with Eurovision, and ministers the Gospel in many nations. We are working with her ministry to help establish Bible Schools
and to broadcast our (and her) TV programmes in these countries.
5. Malawi. We have been helping in two villages to relieve poverty and bring God’s Word
to Malawi. Money has been raised to buy food, a well, as well as to build a Church and a ‘Shekinah’ Orphanage in Samuti village. In addition, there is now an Oxford Bible Church
in Malawi, led by Pastor Sosten, which is associated with us as part of our group of Churches. We have recently funded the construction of their church building
6. South Africa. We support the Bethany Care Home for Aids Children run by
Abel and Neela Govendar in Johannesberg. ABEL'S TESTIMONY. Abel has a well-known ministry in South-Africa and is on the Board of the Africa Pastor’s Forum. He spends part of the year in the UK and is a Member of OBC. He is getting our Radio Programme on various stations in Africa.
Abel’s wife Neela runs two Care Homes for orphaned children. OBC purchased and owns the second Home called: ‘Bethany’ which cares especially for AIDS children.
Alan Clarke, a member of OBC, helps Christian Charities in South Africa. He uses the support money we send him to give Charles from Malawi a Bible School training for the Ministry.
7. We support Steven Everett and Family - missionaries in Istanbul, Turkey.
8. We support Alice Eastwood, a member of OBC, who is working with the Wycliffe Bible Translators doing Literacy work in Indonesia.
9. We also send occasional gifts to India Inland Mission led by Paul Pillai,
having the largest Bible College in India and sending out many Pastors and Evangelists
to work in India and beyond. They also have a large orphanage.
Penny Caldwell, a member of OBC, runs their UK Office.
10. We also send occasional gifts to other groups such as:
Tear Fund, World Compassion (Terry Law Ministries), and the Barnabus Fund.
SHEKINAH MISSIONS
Simon Potter Ministries
Shekinah Bible Institute and Churches, Pakistan
India Inland Mission
Abel Govendar Ministries