Helping Churches Support Their Missionaries Worldwide
“The field is the world” Today there are GBM missionaries serving on four continents, but during the Mission’s first one hundred years the work was concentrated solely in India. Yet, as Paul Brunning writes, our forerunners in the Mission were
Hungry for the truth In November 2024 Colin Grimwood visited Nigeria with Chris Buss (from Hilperton) to speak at a Reformed Baptist conference in Port Harcourt on the south coast. Amidst poverty and distortions of the gospel, it was a
Serve South Africa GBM has never had long-term missionaries serving in South Africa, yet we have good links with the country—particularly through our Radio ministry and Envision programme. These connections led Paul Brunning to visit there in June 2024. It
Grief and joy in North Kivu We have long valued radio ministry for its ability to carry gospel truth and hope into very difficult places. Ian Flanders reflects on seeing this happen in one especially troubled region. North Kivu, a
Ian Flanders, supported by his wife Hélène, produces GBM Radio’s French language programmes. Through this vital ministry the gospel reaches into some of the most troubled parts of the world, including, as Ian tells us here, the Democratic Republic of Congo
Andrew Cook produces and presents GBM Radio’s programme Serving Today. This is a weekly programme for pastors and leaders in the Developing World, teaching the Bible clearly and addressing the issues that they face in their work.
GBM’s Serving Today’s radio programmes support those involved in preaching and teaching the Bible to God’s people mainly in the developing world.
Ian Flanders of GBM Radio was invited to visit Togo in West Africa, which is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin, and two countries west of Nigeria. Christians there regularly listen to Ian’s French language radio programmes. This was an important opportunity to connect with his audience.
OneHundredFold is a ministry of UFM that uses a range of media platforms to provide ministry resources for use across the world. This summer they ran an Envision team with GBM in Mission centre in Abingdon.
Our radio studios in Mission Centre in Abingdon are one of GBM’s undiscovered treasures.
Partnerships are often crucial in the work of mission. In recent years, Derek French of GBM Radio has had a fruitful partnership with Gerard and Philippa Chrispin and their prison ministry. Here Derek and Gerard explain how that has been working.