Missions
Iain, an elder at Greyfriars Stratherrick, is the Scottish and Northern England area representative of the Soliders and Airmen's Scripture Readers Association. SASRA's ministry is personal evangelism among members of the armed forces. Uniquely, they are permitted, subject to Chaplain's recommendation and Commanding Officers' permission, to visit soldiers and airmen in their accommodation, work and recreation areas. This is done with a view to befriending them and introducing them to the Lord Jesus Christ.
... A brief look at the New Testament will show that Jesus was often in touch with soldiers and was concerned for them personally and spiritually. Soldiers were also near Him when he died. Some remained quite unmoved by His sufferings but to one there came a great moment of spiritual light that led to his clear confession, "This was the Son of God". It is significant that the first Gentile church meeting took place in the Army quarter of a Roman Centurion named Cornelius.
Iain is married to Ella, and they have three adult daughters.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1.16.
Christian Witness to Israel, established in 1842 as The British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews, is a UK-based interdenominational and international evangelistic organisation committed to sharing the Good News of Jesus the Messiah with the Jewish people. CWI staff seek to reason from both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament ... to prove that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead and that Jesus is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world promised through the ancient Jewish prophets. CWI believes that to preach the Good News of Jesus to everyone but the Jews is an act of spiritual anti-Semitism. They are completely open and honest about their beliefs and aims and deplore deceptive and manipulative techniques. The Free Church of Scotland and CWI have enjoyed a long and fruitfull relationship, dating back to the origins of the Free Church in 1843. In Israel, CWI operates as Hagfen Publishing .
The Garlands are involved in the ministry of ACTS a leading provider of theological literature in Africa. ACTS imports and also publishes serious theological textbooks and reference books, mainly in English, with some in Hausa, to equip Christian leaders for the challenges facing Africa today.
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Sidney is the Executive Director of ACTS. He is a minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Ireland), a missionary with Mission Africa and an Action Partners Associate, serving under Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN). He is also a senior lecturer at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria (TCNN). Jean is involved in the battle against AIDS and is co-author with Mike Blyth of of the best-selling Aids is Real and its in Our Church.
James (Jamie) and Helen are members of St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks, serving on the staff of the Bible Institute of the Eastern Cape , in Port Elizabeth. James holds degrees from the University of Bath,... the International Christian College, Glasgow, and Oakhill College, London. The Read's have three children, Angus, Conor and William.
BIECis an evangelical, interdenominational theological training institution. The Institute aims to produce leaders who are grounded in the knowledge of God through His Word, the Bible, who are balanced in character, and who have skills for Christian Ministry and Missions. The Institute does not discriminate on grounds of race, gender or socio-economic status. John Stott commends the ministry of BIEC, "I am grateful for the vision of the Bible Institute Eastern Cape to train Christian leaders who will be faithful to Christ and the Word of God."
John was minister at Greyfriars Stratherrick from November 2002 to July 2008, when he was appointed as a lecturer at the Dumisani Theological Institute. ... The Rosses commenced their Christian ministry in 1972 as missionaries in Nigeria, before returning to Northern Ireland, where John was minister of Knock Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Belfast. For eighteen years John and Elizabeth worked with Christian Witness to Israel, before coming to Greyfriars. They have three adult children and seven grandchildren.
Dumisani Theological Institute began in 1979 as the Dimbaza Reformed Bible School and provided lay training and theological literature in English and Xhosa. In 1985 the work moved to King William's Town. In 1991 Diploma classes were started for men studying for the ministry and in 1997 the link with Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (now North-West University) was forged. In 2008, there are 80 students studying on campus and more than 100 studying by distance learning
