Post by John on Jan 21, 2010 22:32:55 GMT -5
LIGHTHOUSE PRAYER MINISTRY NEWS
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WINTER 2010
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LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY (MCCPF) Founded 1954.
From :Administrator John E Maddams 35 Four Acres. Saffron Walden CB11 3JD UK
The object of Lighthouse Prayer Ministry (MCCPF) is
“The Advancement of Christ’s Kingdom into all the world
WHERE NOW ?
#############
It is almost 56 years now since this ministry began. World population hovered around 2 billion. Today it exceeds 7 billion. Britain was hauling itself out of years of austerity and it may now be entering new austerity. I had left the Sunday School which itself had collapsed, its leaders abused by a new minister and new younger deacons. New people were in charge and a lot of the children had left too rebelling against the changes of the new regime. There were hardly any teenage church members left just two young women. I became a few months later the first of a new stream of young Church Members.
56 years later this ministry has reached out to just under 50,000 people of whom 20,210 have been outside the UK scattered across 191 other countries. By some support for Radio and TV ministries we have reached out potentially to about 2 million more. My ability to fund this work is severely hampered by rising living costs and income from other friends has in most cases dropped and we are down to about 10 in number.
Over the years at several points I have reckoned this ministry had ended. In particular in 1997 and 2008 but still it hangs on by it’s finger nails. We may only reach a few people directly but they may be significant people. People who may act as catalysts to something new. By encouraging them we encourage those they will reach. The Noughties are behind us, the first decade of the 21st century. Where now?
The money that funds our main budget for the year has been exhausted over Christmas and January, At present we have just enough to mail existing second hand Bible reading notes handed to us.
We were able this year to supply 5 Bibles to Mongolia and a third Clock work Cassette/CD player for use in Africa. As more money comes in we can use it but until it does we have stopped functioning apart maybe some local village tracting in the spring until we run out of the few hundred tracts left, but we don’t stop praying and prayer opens opportunities.
PERSONALLY
##############
I am 71, the age my Dad died at. The years ahead are fewer than those behind, but beyond those few years eternal life, given to me through Jesus Christ, by God my Father who owns everything in and beyond the Universe, stretches into infinity and beyond. I may only be here a few more months and probably no more than 30 years.
2010 I hope. DV, to complete and pack away my family researches, and write up to my web board site a number of local history documents.
2011 will find me working towards an exhibition marking the 300th Anniversary of 1st Baptist Church Saffron Walden ( Gold Street & Hill Street ) and the 250th Anniversary of 2nd Baptist Church Saffron Walden (High Street).
2012 will find me involved in helping to organise the Golden Jubilee of the Four Acres Community ( 1962 -2012) . The rest is uncharted territory. Anything may happen.
LOCALLY
#########
I continue, to introduce as opportunity allows various versions of the OUR DAILY BREAD Bible study devotional booklets..
GHANA
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Please pray for fellow Christian Patrick Guyam, a beggar suffering from severe leprosy with 3 children to care for to whom we supplied a Study Bible and are further assisting him regularly.
HAITI
######
In 1965 as the new Missionary Secretary at the Baptist Church I started the Annual Christmas Charity Appeal. The first year raised £10. Since then we have helped over 100 charities. This year over £2000 was raised of which £1,730 was for supplies for Mercy Ships and that is being used for their ship on it’s way to Haiti. Our Church are collecting for 4 weeks donations for the BMS Relief Fund which provides supplies to our Baptist Hospital in North East Haiti, untouched by the quake and now a centre for helping.
INDIA
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From S.Sam Selva Raj, Echo of His Call ,10 Mohammed Abdullah 2nd Street
Chepauk, Chennai, 600 005, INDIA Please pray with us
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1 They need money to purchase furniture for their new ministerial training college now built
2 They need more land and buildings to upgrade their school St Paul’s Matriculation from 10th standard to 12th standard [ over in UK = adding a 6th form for 16-18 year olds, ]
3.They need a minibus to convey elderly people to their services.
4.They need additional preachers to help lead and minister at their services, as they have 7 worship service congregations on Sundays between 5.30am and 10am and 4pm and 6pm in 5 languages
They have the money to pay them but need the preachers.
5.The main admin centre needs more updated computers, copying machines, people with translation skills and additional dedicated staff fluent in Nepali. Sinhala and Afrikaans and in several Indian languages. They publish their Echo of His Call magazine in 16 languages.
IRAN,
######
Last year we funded 10 New Testaments in modern Persian as part of the project to supply believers and seekers in Iran, through Elam Ministries. Since 2003 they have printed 330,000. One church in Iran at the Iranian New Year in March this year distributed 3500 to Iranians who joyfully received them. In June the new Azeri New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs is being launched aimed towards the 20 million ethnic Azeris in the North west of the country. The first 10,000 also carry a CD of the scriptures and that audio version is available on two web sites. For more news about Elam ministries access www.elam.com or write for ELAM NEWS to PO Box 75, Godalming, Surrey GU8 6YP. [ or email contact@elam.com
MIDDLE EAST
############
We have also funded radio transmission equal to reaching 30 families in the Middle East via HCJB Global The Media Centre, 131 Grattan Road, Bradford, W Yorkshire. BD1 2HS / Tel. 01274 721810 /
email;- info@hcjb.org.uk. We recommend you if you are able to do so to access www.onehousehold.com.uk.
MALAWI
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Pastor Enock M Dimba PO BOX 883, BLANTYRE, MALAWI is the pastor who directs Christian Resource Ministries to whom over the past 3 years we have been enabled to help people in Malawi and Mozambique. This year we have sent more pictures cut off calendars for the orphanage and may send more help for orphans.
If you can provide pictures, world maps, exercise books, pencils. Biro pens, erasers, tracts. AV Bibles, cassettes or Christian literature all these are helpful but send direct too him, not to me. It is a registered charity so if desired, money gifts can be Gift Aided and made payable to Christian Resource Ministries, and sent to their agent in UK Mr Jim Figgis. Christian Resource Ministries, The Bible Shop 168 King Street, Castle Douglas. Kirkcudbrightshire DG7 1DA SCOTLAND.
The Orphanage needs money to buy firewood, pay teacher salaries now in arrears, and school fees for lots of orphans.
On Jan 3rd when he arrived at the Orphanage he discovered they only had 2 bags of maize enough for 1 day’s meal for all of them.
He laid their needs before the Lord on sheet of paper
Before he left he received news that a supply of 80 bags of maize had been promised, with 40 arriving while he was there and payment delayed to the end o the month
On Jan 7th at the Agent’s address in Scotland a large cheque arrived from a donor unaware of the need that meets the cost of the 80 bags and the sum sent electronically to the Orphanage bank account.
ZAMBIA.
#######
We receive from a charity book shop second hand copies of Gideon NT with Psalms which are regularly handed in but which they are not allowed to sell. These would otherwise finish in the recycling skip We send periodically to Pastor Dominic Mulalambuka C/O TUG-ARGAN BARRACKS, ALPHA COMPANY , POSTAL AGENCY NDOLA , ZAMBIA . A Chaplain with the Zambian army who uses them to meets requests from soldiers.
Elder Jackson Chanda of Final Message to the Lost Sheep, P O BOX 740009 Nchelenge. Luapula, Zambia can still use Christian literature and cassettes if anyone can send him anything direct, Also for his orphans he would appreciate biro pens, pencils, pads . He also needs copies of the Good News Bible and the NIV Bibles for the orphans.
He is still seeking sponsors for orphans education. He personally is looking after 10 orphans and he encourages other Christians there who are looking after them. One is a retired lady running an orphanage where we funded a few years ago a fresh water bore hole. Mr Chanda needs £390 this year to send the 10 orphans to school or £39 each.
If anyone can send him any money it can be sent from a UK bank to Mr Jackson Chanda, Account Number 0040010000052603 Zambia National Commercial Bank. Kawambwa Branch, PO Box 730196, Kawambwa 730000,Luapula Province, Zambia, [ Swift Code ZNCOZMLU ] OR BY Western Union Money Transfer in which case include
1] The name of the sender.
2] The amount of money sent.
3] Date on which money was sent.
4] A Test Question and answer.
5] The money transfer control number.
Having sent the money you should write direct to him by airmail supplying those 5 points to him so he can go and collect it. We cannot send him bank notes or postal orders. He cannot receive a MoneyGram either as he is not near a MoneyGram transfer centre
Other Zambian ministers listed below still request Christian literature including second hand Bible reading notes. If anyone can help please send them direct and not to me as we have no spare funds
Mr TIMOTHY CHALI. of the SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS P. O. Box 760078 Mwense, Zambia.
Mr LAMECH CHILIMA. of Nchelenge District Box 740096. Luapula Province. Zambia. Can both continue to accept second hand Daily Bible Reading and Bible Study Notes, and tracts, and other forms of English Christian literature for distribution. Lamech a young evangelist aged 18, who has taken over the outreach ministry his Dad Albert pioneered who died last year
Mr JOSEPH S MUSONDA C/O Bernard Bohan, Bwacha Parish Church, P O BOX 80613, KABWE . ZAMBIA
can continue to use Daily Bible Notes, Christian books, Pads and pencils/biros, as he is a Prisoner pastor and also helps in the study and training programme as an instructor helping to prepare prisoners for GCSE exams and more advanced studies. As we are able we continue to provide him Vitamin tablets and dried milk at his request.. We have already supplied him shoes, paper, a clock, and we send annually a diary.
Having run out of funds and exhausted the money set aside last year for this year we have now discontinued sending supplies to prisoners in Zambia but so far this year we were able to send some pairs of shoes and toiletries.. We will post while we cam Bible Reading Notes handed to us by existing friends.
AFRINSPIRE and TREE PLANTING.
#################################
We continue to support AFRINSPIRE whose General Secretary is a former Baptist Minister They supply computers and agricultural equipment to Uganda. Our interest is in trees. We already have two small woods on the Congo-Ugandan border, We funded 750 saplings last year and again this year, bringing our total in 15 countries to 6885. Afrinspire operate in Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania. They also supply medicines, & school supplies, and support literacy and education. Charity No 1095001. 22 Melvin Way ,Histon. Cambridge. CB24 9HY. www.afrinspire.org.uk email office@afrinspire.org.uk ( 01223 233367
SECOND HAND POSTCARDS
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for sale to raise money to keep Mission Aviation Fellowship Aircraft in the air are still acceptable by Mrs Heather Yule 10 Calverden Road RAMSGATE Kent CT12 6JU.
USED POSTAGE STAMPS
########################
We can accept from local people special Pictorial British stamps, and any overseas stamps. These we send to a relative of mine in Hawaii who takes out any he hasn’t got and then adds thousands more he gets through his business and then they come back to Britain for Christian Witness to Israel who have missionaries amongst the Jews in various parts of the UK, USA, Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, South America, and South Africa. Please leave the stamp on the envelope paper with about half an inch or 15mm paper surrounding the stamp
LATEST PRAYER REQUESTS
##########################
Richard Baudd inmate at Lusaka Central Prison. PO Box 30133, Lusaka. ZAMBIA who is 34 years old and in prison for aggravated burglary, ie involved violence, has 3 children who are now destitute needing shelter, clothing, and education. He asks for things to be sent to them by registered post
As he dies not supply an address, and as it would be unwise to send them to him at the prison,
and as he does not explain what he wants sent and as we cannot send money as cheques, bank notes or postal orders all we can do is pray that their needs will be met.
Richard would appreciate a pen friend. He became a Christian in prison.
I have sent him a copy of OUR DAILY BREAD, and advised him I’d add him to the prayer letter
Thank you for your support over the years, much of what we have sent abroad, and many of those we were able to help, are still out there being useful into the future.
Kind regards
John Maddams
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WINTER 2010
##############
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRY (MCCPF) Founded 1954.
From :Administrator John E Maddams 35 Four Acres. Saffron Walden CB11 3JD UK
The object of Lighthouse Prayer Ministry (MCCPF) is
“The Advancement of Christ’s Kingdom into all the world
WHERE NOW ?
#############
It is almost 56 years now since this ministry began. World population hovered around 2 billion. Today it exceeds 7 billion. Britain was hauling itself out of years of austerity and it may now be entering new austerity. I had left the Sunday School which itself had collapsed, its leaders abused by a new minister and new younger deacons. New people were in charge and a lot of the children had left too rebelling against the changes of the new regime. There were hardly any teenage church members left just two young women. I became a few months later the first of a new stream of young Church Members.
56 years later this ministry has reached out to just under 50,000 people of whom 20,210 have been outside the UK scattered across 191 other countries. By some support for Radio and TV ministries we have reached out potentially to about 2 million more. My ability to fund this work is severely hampered by rising living costs and income from other friends has in most cases dropped and we are down to about 10 in number.
Over the years at several points I have reckoned this ministry had ended. In particular in 1997 and 2008 but still it hangs on by it’s finger nails. We may only reach a few people directly but they may be significant people. People who may act as catalysts to something new. By encouraging them we encourage those they will reach. The Noughties are behind us, the first decade of the 21st century. Where now?
The money that funds our main budget for the year has been exhausted over Christmas and January, At present we have just enough to mail existing second hand Bible reading notes handed to us.
We were able this year to supply 5 Bibles to Mongolia and a third Clock work Cassette/CD player for use in Africa. As more money comes in we can use it but until it does we have stopped functioning apart maybe some local village tracting in the spring until we run out of the few hundred tracts left, but we don’t stop praying and prayer opens opportunities.
PERSONALLY
##############
I am 71, the age my Dad died at. The years ahead are fewer than those behind, but beyond those few years eternal life, given to me through Jesus Christ, by God my Father who owns everything in and beyond the Universe, stretches into infinity and beyond. I may only be here a few more months and probably no more than 30 years.
2010 I hope. DV, to complete and pack away my family researches, and write up to my web board site a number of local history documents.
2011 will find me working towards an exhibition marking the 300th Anniversary of 1st Baptist Church Saffron Walden ( Gold Street & Hill Street ) and the 250th Anniversary of 2nd Baptist Church Saffron Walden (High Street).
2012 will find me involved in helping to organise the Golden Jubilee of the Four Acres Community ( 1962 -2012) . The rest is uncharted territory. Anything may happen.
LOCALLY
#########
I continue, to introduce as opportunity allows various versions of the OUR DAILY BREAD Bible study devotional booklets..
GHANA
#######
Please pray for fellow Christian Patrick Guyam, a beggar suffering from severe leprosy with 3 children to care for to whom we supplied a Study Bible and are further assisting him regularly.
HAITI
######
In 1965 as the new Missionary Secretary at the Baptist Church I started the Annual Christmas Charity Appeal. The first year raised £10. Since then we have helped over 100 charities. This year over £2000 was raised of which £1,730 was for supplies for Mercy Ships and that is being used for their ship on it’s way to Haiti. Our Church are collecting for 4 weeks donations for the BMS Relief Fund which provides supplies to our Baptist Hospital in North East Haiti, untouched by the quake and now a centre for helping.
INDIA
#######
From S.Sam Selva Raj, Echo of His Call ,10 Mohammed Abdullah 2nd Street
Chepauk, Chennai, 600 005, INDIA Please pray with us
#################################################
1 They need money to purchase furniture for their new ministerial training college now built
2 They need more land and buildings to upgrade their school St Paul’s Matriculation from 10th standard to 12th standard [ over in UK = adding a 6th form for 16-18 year olds, ]
3.They need a minibus to convey elderly people to their services.
4.They need additional preachers to help lead and minister at their services, as they have 7 worship service congregations on Sundays between 5.30am and 10am and 4pm and 6pm in 5 languages
They have the money to pay them but need the preachers.
5.The main admin centre needs more updated computers, copying machines, people with translation skills and additional dedicated staff fluent in Nepali. Sinhala and Afrikaans and in several Indian languages. They publish their Echo of His Call magazine in 16 languages.
IRAN,
######
Last year we funded 10 New Testaments in modern Persian as part of the project to supply believers and seekers in Iran, through Elam Ministries. Since 2003 they have printed 330,000. One church in Iran at the Iranian New Year in March this year distributed 3500 to Iranians who joyfully received them. In June the new Azeri New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs is being launched aimed towards the 20 million ethnic Azeris in the North west of the country. The first 10,000 also carry a CD of the scriptures and that audio version is available on two web sites. For more news about Elam ministries access www.elam.com or write for ELAM NEWS to PO Box 75, Godalming, Surrey GU8 6YP. [ or email contact@elam.com
MIDDLE EAST
############
We have also funded radio transmission equal to reaching 30 families in the Middle East via HCJB Global The Media Centre, 131 Grattan Road, Bradford, W Yorkshire. BD1 2HS / Tel. 01274 721810 /
email;- info@hcjb.org.uk. We recommend you if you are able to do so to access www.onehousehold.com.uk.
MALAWI
########
Pastor Enock M Dimba PO BOX 883, BLANTYRE, MALAWI is the pastor who directs Christian Resource Ministries to whom over the past 3 years we have been enabled to help people in Malawi and Mozambique. This year we have sent more pictures cut off calendars for the orphanage and may send more help for orphans.
If you can provide pictures, world maps, exercise books, pencils. Biro pens, erasers, tracts. AV Bibles, cassettes or Christian literature all these are helpful but send direct too him, not to me. It is a registered charity so if desired, money gifts can be Gift Aided and made payable to Christian Resource Ministries, and sent to their agent in UK Mr Jim Figgis. Christian Resource Ministries, The Bible Shop 168 King Street, Castle Douglas. Kirkcudbrightshire DG7 1DA SCOTLAND.
The Orphanage needs money to buy firewood, pay teacher salaries now in arrears, and school fees for lots of orphans.
On Jan 3rd when he arrived at the Orphanage he discovered they only had 2 bags of maize enough for 1 day’s meal for all of them.
He laid their needs before the Lord on sheet of paper
Before he left he received news that a supply of 80 bags of maize had been promised, with 40 arriving while he was there and payment delayed to the end o the month
On Jan 7th at the Agent’s address in Scotland a large cheque arrived from a donor unaware of the need that meets the cost of the 80 bags and the sum sent electronically to the Orphanage bank account.
ZAMBIA.
#######
We receive from a charity book shop second hand copies of Gideon NT with Psalms which are regularly handed in but which they are not allowed to sell. These would otherwise finish in the recycling skip We send periodically to Pastor Dominic Mulalambuka C/O TUG-ARGAN BARRACKS, ALPHA COMPANY , POSTAL AGENCY NDOLA , ZAMBIA . A Chaplain with the Zambian army who uses them to meets requests from soldiers.
Elder Jackson Chanda of Final Message to the Lost Sheep, P O BOX 740009 Nchelenge. Luapula, Zambia can still use Christian literature and cassettes if anyone can send him anything direct, Also for his orphans he would appreciate biro pens, pencils, pads . He also needs copies of the Good News Bible and the NIV Bibles for the orphans.
He is still seeking sponsors for orphans education. He personally is looking after 10 orphans and he encourages other Christians there who are looking after them. One is a retired lady running an orphanage where we funded a few years ago a fresh water bore hole. Mr Chanda needs £390 this year to send the 10 orphans to school or £39 each.
If anyone can send him any money it can be sent from a UK bank to Mr Jackson Chanda, Account Number 0040010000052603 Zambia National Commercial Bank. Kawambwa Branch, PO Box 730196, Kawambwa 730000,Luapula Province, Zambia, [ Swift Code ZNCOZMLU ] OR BY Western Union Money Transfer in which case include
1] The name of the sender.
2] The amount of money sent.
3] Date on which money was sent.
4] A Test Question and answer.
5] The money transfer control number.
Having sent the money you should write direct to him by airmail supplying those 5 points to him so he can go and collect it. We cannot send him bank notes or postal orders. He cannot receive a MoneyGram either as he is not near a MoneyGram transfer centre
Other Zambian ministers listed below still request Christian literature including second hand Bible reading notes. If anyone can help please send them direct and not to me as we have no spare funds
Mr TIMOTHY CHALI. of the SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS P. O. Box 760078 Mwense, Zambia.
Mr LAMECH CHILIMA. of Nchelenge District Box 740096. Luapula Province. Zambia. Can both continue to accept second hand Daily Bible Reading and Bible Study Notes, and tracts, and other forms of English Christian literature for distribution. Lamech a young evangelist aged 18, who has taken over the outreach ministry his Dad Albert pioneered who died last year
Mr JOSEPH S MUSONDA C/O Bernard Bohan, Bwacha Parish Church, P O BOX 80613, KABWE . ZAMBIA
can continue to use Daily Bible Notes, Christian books, Pads and pencils/biros, as he is a Prisoner pastor and also helps in the study and training programme as an instructor helping to prepare prisoners for GCSE exams and more advanced studies. As we are able we continue to provide him Vitamin tablets and dried milk at his request.. We have already supplied him shoes, paper, a clock, and we send annually a diary.
Having run out of funds and exhausted the money set aside last year for this year we have now discontinued sending supplies to prisoners in Zambia but so far this year we were able to send some pairs of shoes and toiletries.. We will post while we cam Bible Reading Notes handed to us by existing friends.
AFRINSPIRE and TREE PLANTING.
#################################
We continue to support AFRINSPIRE whose General Secretary is a former Baptist Minister They supply computers and agricultural equipment to Uganda. Our interest is in trees. We already have two small woods on the Congo-Ugandan border, We funded 750 saplings last year and again this year, bringing our total in 15 countries to 6885. Afrinspire operate in Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania. They also supply medicines, & school supplies, and support literacy and education. Charity No 1095001. 22 Melvin Way ,Histon. Cambridge. CB24 9HY. www.afrinspire.org.uk email office@afrinspire.org.uk ( 01223 233367
SECOND HAND POSTCARDS
##########################
for sale to raise money to keep Mission Aviation Fellowship Aircraft in the air are still acceptable by Mrs Heather Yule 10 Calverden Road RAMSGATE Kent CT12 6JU.
USED POSTAGE STAMPS
########################
We can accept from local people special Pictorial British stamps, and any overseas stamps. These we send to a relative of mine in Hawaii who takes out any he hasn’t got and then adds thousands more he gets through his business and then they come back to Britain for Christian Witness to Israel who have missionaries amongst the Jews in various parts of the UK, USA, Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, South America, and South Africa. Please leave the stamp on the envelope paper with about half an inch or 15mm paper surrounding the stamp
LATEST PRAYER REQUESTS
##########################
Richard Baudd inmate at Lusaka Central Prison. PO Box 30133, Lusaka. ZAMBIA who is 34 years old and in prison for aggravated burglary, ie involved violence, has 3 children who are now destitute needing shelter, clothing, and education. He asks for things to be sent to them by registered post
As he dies not supply an address, and as it would be unwise to send them to him at the prison,
and as he does not explain what he wants sent and as we cannot send money as cheques, bank notes or postal orders all we can do is pray that their needs will be met.
Richard would appreciate a pen friend. He became a Christian in prison.
I have sent him a copy of OUR DAILY BREAD, and advised him I’d add him to the prayer letter
Thank you for your support over the years, much of what we have sent abroad, and many of those we were able to help, are still out there being useful into the future.
Kind regards
John Maddams
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