Foreign
Preaching Efforts
Foreign
Preaching Efforts
“Also
I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for
Us?” Then I said, “Here am I!
Send me.” Isaiah 6:8
“For
when I spoke, I cried out; I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the LORD was made to me a reproach and a derision
daily.
Then I said, “I will not
make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a burning fire
Shut
up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.”
Jeremiah 20:8,9
Bill and Gerry worked for eight years in Nigeria, Africa as missionaries (1955-1960 and 1971-1974). They worked with other missionaries among the Efik people at first, then opened the Nigerian Bible College among the Ibo people in 1957 with 40 students. There are now over 400 congregations among the Ibo people and there have been over 400 graduates from the Bible College. Bill & Gerry also worked with others to establish the Nigerian Christian Hospital.
Bill and Gerry went to Liberia, Africa in 1969 as the first resident missionaries to live in that land. They worked in Monrovia for a year and started three new congregations in that vicinity. They planted 6 churches of Christ during the 3 years in the inland.
Bill and Gerry served as missionaries in Trinidad, West Indies from 1992-99. They worked with the Trinidad School of Preaching, under direction of the church in San Fernando. There are 47 congregations of the the Lord’s church in Trinidad & Tobago! Graduates of the Trinidad School Of Preaching serve most of these churches.
Bill & Gerry assisted the church in the Bahamas for
1 year (1991)!
Bill has also preached in Germany, France and Scotland!
In total, he has preached the Gospel in 10 foreign nations!!