David and Melanie Wright are serving with Engineering Ministries International (EMI) – a Christian non-profit international missionary development organisation made up of architects, engineers, surveyors, construction managers, and other built environment professionals who use their skills to serve the poor and least reached worldwide.
After spending time in Uganda, Paris and Senegal, the Wright family moved back to their home in Northern Ireland in June 2021 in order for their kids to finish schooling and start university.
David is the Africa/UK Regional Director for EMI’s Global Office and travels to the offices in Cape Town, Uganda and Senegal each year, while working remotely in Northern Ireland.
George and Peggy serve with the Baptist Union of South Africa as the Missions co-ordinator. They are focused on encouraging missions among Baptist churches.
They also manage & run the Baptist Women’s campsite, and pastor a church.
My work in 2024:
I cherish my relationship with Howick Community Church and appreciate their interest and faithful support over many years!
Engaging the next generation with the Gospel and a crystal clear set of high Christian Biblical values in KZN rural and Township schools.
The aim is to prevent Crime and violence; Drugs and alcohol abuse; Premarital sex; Sexuality, gender abuse, rape, and transgender ideology; and Gambling, while improving Spiritual Life Relationship with God; Academic performance; Respect for authority; Good decision making; Commitment to walk the moral high road of integrity; and Career pathing.
The ultimate solution to our enormous social problems is not political, it is spiritual. The greatest change agent is not legislation or policing, it is God and His Bible! Each subject leads to the Gospel of forgiveness and eternal Life in Christ as the ultimate necessity and prerequisite for behavioural transformation!
UBI is based on Sweetwaters Road in Hilton. It trains pastors and Christian leaders for Africa.
For more information, email principal@ubi-edu.co.za
Mission Statement: “To evangelise the Cities of Africa, through Word and Deed, in partnership with the Church.”
Our main objective is to equip and mobilise the Church for missions, through training and proclamation evangelism. We also seek to transform lives through our Foxfire youth gap-year, various community projects, and leadership training programmes.
Thank you Howick Community Church for your faithful support!
Andy and Debbie Abbott labour with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Indonesia with Bible translation, Pastor teaching, and Adult and Children literacy.
Barry and Julia Funnell are serving with The Word for the World Bible translators. They are based in the UK with their 3 children, and worked in Malawi and Tanzania as Bible translators.
Barry works as the Vice President for Quality Assurance in Bible translation for their 310 projects in Africa, Asia and Europe. Barry travels extensively to train and oversee Bible translation consultants.
Julia is the editor of their Diploma in Bible translation training materials with 970 students enrolled.
God bless you, and all our friends in Howick Community Church and thank you for your support.
Greetings from SE Asia to HCC!
Our family has been called to SE Asia to serve in mobilising work. Mobilising is the exciting ministry of working alongside the Holy Spirit to teach, model, encourage and train followers of Jesus in sharing the Good News with unreached people (people who have no access to the Good News).
We are amazed that despite being a closed country which can be dangerous for believers we have such open doors.
We love this scripture and see it is part of our calling here in SE Asia: Matthew 9:37 Then [Jesus] said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”