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Haiti

the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation may be equally poor in true Christian doctrine

By Pastor Denis Celestine
Final Frontiers Regional Coordinator for the West Indies,
National Coordinator for Grenada

Edited by Jon Nelms

I praise God for the opportunity given me by Final Frontiers to visit Haiti on behalf of the Foundation.

I’ve got so many things to say to you all, but I must say that my recent trip to Haiti changed me tremendously. I really thought that we were the ones that were poor and needy, but when I saw the poverty among the Haitian people, it definitely made me shed tears. Brethren, those of us who are fortunate, let us not take it for granted. Appreciate what God has blessed you with. We praise God for His wonderful blessings in our lives.

Early on the morning of my departure from Grenada to Haiti, I prepared the necessary documents for travel. I was to leave for Santo Domingo and from there go on to Puerto Rico and finally to Haiti. To enter these islands, one has to have a valid passport and visa. Each visa cost $25.00 plus the payment of $27.00 for a departure tax. When I finally arrived in Puerto Rico, I was met at the airport by Missionary Johnny Daniels. After spending the night, he gave me the opportunity to preach at his church. As I preached in English, one of the brothers translated into Spanish. After lunch, Johnny took me to the airport.

On my way to Haiti, the flight was delayed for thirty minutes. I began to sense the forces of darkness as it moves over the land of Haiti. I prayed and prayed, due to the bad stories I had heard. When I arrived, my knowledge of Haiti’s evil forces came alive. My heart began to jump up and down inside me. After clearing customs, a group of young, poor vagrants rushed vehemently toward me and shouted on the top of their voices that they wanted food and a place to stay.

Here I was in the midst of about twenty-five people trying to pull my briefcase from my hand, shoving me back and forth, when I noticed a placard above their heads with the inscription “Pastor Denis Celestine.” This is Pastor Samuel. Making his way through the crowd, pushing people to the left and right, he grabbed me by the hand and pulled me away from the group, locked me in his car and rolled up the windows. While he made his way to the driver’s side, men were banging on the doors and windows of the car. The scene that night was as if some dignitary had arrived, and as if the crowd thought that there was something I could do to help them. When I looked into the faces of these people, all I could see was hunger, frustration, death, and evil.

That night I stayed with Pastor Samuel at his home. In the morning we left to visit the different areas where he had established ministries. I learned that day that when traveling in Haiti, it is impossible to return home at night with the clothes you start off with. When you see the poverty that these people live under, it motivates you to give away your shirt or shoes or whatever you can spare.

The first church I visited was in an area they called “Fond’s Benches.” The congregation met in an incomplete building. They had a dirt floor, benches made from raw wood, and no roof to protect them from the heat and rain. From there we traveled to the next church. The pastor there, named Edner, has a very good ministry teaching in a Christian school and instructing the young people how to prepare food and to make wood works. In his church, there is a family of ten that lost their mother and father in the last political upheaval Haiti had when America was forced to come to the rescue. The oldest child is twelve and the youngest is four. I gave them some money for food when I saw the condition of these children. You cannot go to Haiti and see all this suffering and turn your back upon these poverty-stricken people. Be much in prayer for them.

When I entered Haiti, I had lots of Final Frontiers applications for support, but I learned that I did not have enough. I met so many pastors in need that I had to make additional copies at a cost of $40.00. At the first pastor’s conference, there were forty-eight preachers present. Most of these were married, though some are single men. These men were very excited concerning the things of the Lord. I learned during my time with them that they have many needs other than material. For instance, this group needs improving in leadership skills.

During these conferences, I carefully explained to them, through an interpreter, the doctrinal statement and policies of Final Frontiers. As I spoke in English, my words were translated into French. I also preached to them from Romans 10:1-4 regarding our responsibility in getting the Gospel out despite the religious influences around us.

Another observation I made was that one or two of the pastors do have some strange doctrines. I believe that through good teaching, that can be dealt with. I do recommend we wait before assisting them to see if their doctrine changes or remains radical. It appeared to me that these brothers are zealous in their work but have had little or no discipleship or training for the ministry. Strange teachings seemed to abound among them. On the positive side, I had the opportunity to make some headway learning some Creole and French.

The following day we left for the southeastern side of the island. I visited four churches in that area and many people came out to the meetings. Among these people, I noticed that their whole concept of worship is out of this world. During the worship period, people would stand and shout the theme of the message that I was preaching. This was of course a distraction to me, as well as to all others in the audience.

During my trip, I could not help but compare the resources of Haiti with those in my country of Grenada. In fact, there is no comparison. Their churches are built with little or no material. One church up on the mountain was still under construction. The members walk two miles down to the creek to gather together small stones into buckets. Then they put the buckets on their heads and walk back up the mountain to the church site.

While observing all this, I also noticed little children as young as seven being hired to work for unscrupulous men, and given only that day’s food in return for their labor. Little girls sell their bodies for survival. Most of the children I saw were malnourished.

After being out all day in the jungle, we were worn out and tired; however, God renewed our strength for the afternoon meeting. I took a shower in preparation for our next meeting. To do so, I had to get outside of the house into a small open pit (known as a latrine). We would strain the worms from the water buckets to have a shower since there was no running water in that area.

Later that night, when the meetings were over, we returned home by passing through another rough neighborhood. Lots of Haitians lost their lives in that area during the fighting. The next day we woke up early, and after meditation from God’s Word, we left for the higher jungles. On our way, we came across another large crowd of demonstrators. They forcefully made their way through the packed vehicles lined up on the road waiting for them to clear out. One thing I realized is that you have to really be called by God to do ministry in Haiti.

My last night was spent with the constant squeaking and zooming of the crickets and mosquitoes. The next day, due to dangerous roads, I missed my flight to Grenada. After speaking with the manager of the airport, he arranged for me to get a flight out to Santo Domingo for a fee of $100.00. When I arrived there, I had to sleep on the airport floor. I didn’t have funds available for a room because I had given away so much money while in Haiti to the poor and needy. The next morning I left for Grenada. I praise God for the wonderful experience I was given, and hope my report will be a blessing to the supporters of Final Frontiers.

Editorial Note:
During a pastor’s conference in Ohio, I met Pastor Samuel from Haiti. Because I had a flight to catch, I was not able to spend time talking with him. This brother is supported by a number of Baptist churches throughout Ohio and the northern states, thus I assumed that he would meet our doctrinal requirements.

Because of his accent, I felt it would be prudent to send Denis Celestine to meet with him rather than myself. Being from the West Indies also, they would have more in common, and we trust Denis’ ability to interview and discern a preacher’s moral, ministerial, and doctrinal positions. Thus, with Denis’ consent, and after providing him with the necessary funds for travel, food, lodging, etc., he set out to Haiti to examine this work for us.

For nearly a decade I have done this type of ministry, and during that time, I have learned a lot. One of my greatest concerns is the speed with which we in the States rush to throw money at a ministry in another land, without learning more about the nation, the people, and the preachers involved. For example, I know of a church in Romania that began to be supported by a well-known church from America. Immediately, other pastors of large churches got involved as well… Today this church has a huge staff and millions of dollars worth of buildings. They also have doctrine which is not consistent with the churches supporting them, but these supporters don’t even know it. At the same time, this Romanian church uses its influence to hinder the work of other Baptist churches in the same town, who do have the exact same doctrinal position as these well-meaning American churches.

Having knowledge of such events, it was not enough for me that this brother in charge was being supported by numerous Baptist churches in America. The fact that a preacher is living in poverty is not in itself sufficient cause for necessitating support from us. We needed to know his doctrine, his polity, his ministry experience, his financial standing, etc. In addition, we needed to know the same information regarding every preacher he was recommending to us for financial assistance.

During Denis’ trip, it became apparent to him that the preacher in charge, while seeming to have a correct doctrine personally, certainly did appear to have a major weakness. That is, doctrine was not an issue for him when it came to seeking support for other preachers. For him, the issue was their financial need. To us, however, doctrine is the primary consideration. In addition, he was unable to grasp the fact that each preacher must have the same doctrine as we do in order to be supported. He thus, was either unconcerned about doctrine, or unable to understand our policies. At either rate, this would disqualify him from gaining support for himself, or acquiring it for others.

Because of this, we have determined not to get involved with this group of preachers, unless and until we can better assess their doctrine and they have had a chance to prove themselves on these issues. Some may feel that we are uncaring to their needs, but that is not the case nor the issue. We have certain policies which guide us in determining if a preacher should be supported. In short, he must be doctrinally sound, morally pure, and have verifiable experience in church planting and discipleship.

Some may wonder why we would print this story, seeing the men were not qualified for support. The purpose for printing this story is to illustrate just how unmoving we are on this point. Stewardship dictates that we be extremely careful regarding whom we recommend for support. Accountability requires that we inform you of the successes and the failures as we learn of them. Logic demands that we channel the support to the thousands of deserving preachers worldwide with whom we have contact and who meet our standards, and integrity commands that we look beyond the suffering and poverty of the flesh to see what are the needs of the spirit. In short, we must help this group with their doctrine before we could ever assist them with their ministry.

We desire to help further the Gospel in Haiti, but there must be criteria other than that the preachers call themselves “Baptist.” Yes, there are other groups in Haiti that we know of, but they are already being assisted and we don’t want to duplicate their funding. We will continue to pray, therefore, that the Lord will lead us into His will.

Epilogue:
This week we were contacted by a preacher from the neighboring nation of the Dominican Republic. He meets all of our criteria and was trained by the Kansas City Baptist Temple where Jeff Adams is pastor.

After lengthy discussions, he has informed me that he knows many church planters in the Dominican Republic who qualify for our help. Additionally, he says he knows preachers who have good contacts with church planters across the border in Haiti.

You never make a mistake by waiting on the Lord. We’ll keep you informed as to how and if God expands our work into Haiti.

The Jon Nelms Family Report

Dear Reader:
Last week I returned from a short trip to Honduras and Nicaragua. While in Honduras, I was able to meet with the leader of a new group of preachers we will be attempting to raise support for, most of whom live around the capital city of Tegucigalpa. From there I traveled to San Marcos de Colon, where unexpectedly, I was introduced to the leaders of several good associations of Honduran churches. These combined groups represent more than 200 churches scattered throughout the country. Up to now, our support for Honduran preachers has been mostly limited to the southern region; now we will be able to help men all over the nation. This was a great blessing for me, and I’m sure it will be for them, as many of you begin to offer support for these preachers.

Several days later I left for Nicaragua with my good friend (and newest board member) Philip Tyson. Philip, at age 26, has already started five Christian radio stations in Honduras and was preparing to open his first in Nicaragua. For several days he worked to get the new station on the air. Then after only four hours of broadcasting, at the orders of the local Catholic priest, men went out and cut down his power lines. All night Philip’s team prepared to erect new poles, and after they did so on the following day, his power lines were cut. When the workmen from the electric company went out to repair them, they were threatened by men with guns. Finally, being forced to buy a gerrymander-like piece of land to re-route the electric lines, and after having to pay an additional $3,800.00, the station went on air. After four days, the power was cut again, but within a week, the station had received more than 1,500 phone calls and more than 4,000 letters from people who had heard the broadcast, and wanted to know when they would be back on the air! Isn’t it amazing how Satan’s efforts to stop God’s work only seem to promote it? I hope by making you all aware of this situation, we will raise enough prayer support to see the station go on air without hindrance. Right now, an effort is being made with the government officials to stop the harassment, however, we have learned that it was ordered ultimately, not by a lone priest, but by the Cardinal of Nicaragua. Dear friends, please pray for this cause.

God’s servants often work against such opposition which goes unnoticed in the States. It is our joy to inform you so that you can be better stewards of your finances and prayer life.

Yours for souls,

Jon Nelms

Child Care International

Name: Chakradhara Rao Gudi
Date of birth: 11-26-85
Gender: Male
Country: India

Family Background of Child:
My parents were both born to Orthodox families that were very pious. After many visits to the temple and pilgrimages, my father was born. My mother was the only child in her family. Her parents gave a large dowry in the shape of gold, money, houses, and property because she was the only issue to her parents. As they could not stay without her they changed their residence to their daughter’s place. Such was the love they had upon her. They could give the remaining property to her only after their death. They even extended their will to that effect because they had no sons.

Seven years after their marriage I was born, and two years later my brother was born. We had no sisters. My parents were sad because their idea was that if a girl was born they could give away all the dowry to her because sons would get dowry at the time of their marriage. On an auspicious day, my parents planned to go to the temple to sacrifice to the goddess for a girl. I was seven years old and my brother was five. On their return, they boarded a steam ship, but the heavy rains caused it to sink and they died with most everyone on board. None would look after us, so the head of our village admitted me in Pastor Swatantra Kumar’s orphanage.

A TEAM Report from India

From: K. Swatantra Kumar
Location: Andhra Pradesh, India

What was the total amount of TEAM funds received?
$3,937.00

What were these funds used for?
The above amount includes $2,000.00 for construction of a church and $650.00 for the purchase of Bibles. I have already bought the Bibles and the building is completed and having Sunday services. I have also built another village church.

Do you have any special needs we can pray about?
Final Frontiers is supporting more than 150 preachers in our state, so it is my desire and ambition to have 150 churches, either permanent construction or thatched construction. For permanent construction with iron, cement, and concrete, it requires $5,000.00, and for thatched roof construction, we require $1,000.00. Please pray for this.

Below, please write a short letter of appreciation to your TEAM sponsors:
Thank you very much for your help. Our preachers are conveying their thanks not only for supporting them regularly but also coming forward to help to build churches, buy bicycles, lanterns, and other church tools. We really appreciate the Final Frontiers Foundation for introducing and recommending us to many of you. In turn, you are extending your help, you are visiting India, and you are appreciating the work done by our national pastors who are supported by Final Frontiers.

As you know, India is a big country. As it is in the Bible, the harvest is plenty, but the laborers are few. Even these few laborers are supported by you goodself. We praise God for you, for your vision, and for your compassion for the dying souls in India. We, the national preachers of India, are conveying our thanks to each and every one of you who are having a share in the ministry of India supported by Final Frontiers Foundation.

Let’s Get Acquainted….

The purpose of this feature is to introduce our readers to approved preachers who are not yet sponsored. It Is our hope that their testimonies will verify their worthiness and need, and will lead to prayer and support on their behalf.

Preacher’s Name: A. I. Abraham

Wife’s Name: Sarama

Number of Children: 1

Country: India

Testimony:

I was born and brought up in a nominal Christian family. My life was wrecked because I was running back with the worldly things. Since 1958 I am doing god’s ministry and God helps me to do His ministry well.

I work in the State of Kerala especially in different places of Hukki district. I am doing His ministry with “Salem Gospel Team” and I am drawing many perishing souls from this wicked world. Very enthusiastically with my family I do His ministry.

When my wife heard God’s message in the year of 1970 she received Jesus as her personal savior and she took water baptism. Then I married her and we together began to work for Christ and still do. She prays for India and for the perishing souls. She is a blessing to my ministry.

God has blessed our team ministry by allowing us to win 2,500 people to Christ. I have started four churches and have trained two preaches. I am regularly involved in church planting ministries and open-air evangelistic meetings where we distribute Christian literature. We also work with children. Our evangelistic outreach is directed mostly at three tribes. These three tribes are Mannan, Muthulian and Vetton. We visit house to house and go into the hospitals also.

Since we have no monthly income, we must live by faith. We live in a thatched hose like most people in our area. We need you financial help and your prayers in order to further our ministry and to help feed and cloth our children. It will also help us to educate our children and will be greatly appreciated.

Preacher’s Name: Hoang Van Duong

Wife’s Name: Doan Thi La

Number of Children: 5

Country: Vietnam

Testimony:

I was born in a Christian family. I was brought up by Christ’s teaching through God’s servants and my family. During the time of following Christ, I had a lot of blessings from God. I know that I must bring the salvation of Christ to all sinners. Since then I have been changed by the Holy Spirit. I decided to offer my life to God to serve Him, and God let me know my duty through the verse in Romans 10:14. Since then I spent all my time to serve in God’s house and everything I do is for the Good News’s sake.

My wife was born a Roman Catholic. She was taught to learn by heart, ready prepared prayers such as morning, evening prayers and Ava Marie prayers. She followed all religious rites and rules of church without knowing the salvation of Jesus Christ. During the time she was in school, one of her friends who was a young man, often told her stories from the Bible. She opened her heart to Christ and was saved.

I do not do any other work but spend all my time serving God. No one yet sponsors me and I do not receive any money from any organization. I am training other men in a program of Gospel preaching, so that they can testify for Christ to sinners.

The church in my state where I serve is 35 kilometers from my place (about 21 miles). The roads are bad and difficult to move on. It is very mountainous area. This is one of the churches I serve to help build the members up in their faith. I have started two churches. Everyday I go out preaching the salvation of Christ, visiting church members and bringing up new believers. I need a motorcycle because there is no public transportation to the places I go so I must walk.

We live in a wooden house and eat rice and vegetable soup and sometimes meat and fish. It would be hard for you to understand just how much your giving will bless our family and those we minister to.

From the Mailbag….

Thanks for your prayers and love gift for my ministry in the tribes. Your prayers and love gift has been greatly appreciated to my family and to my ministry in the tribes. The money you sent was used to buy roof sheet for my parsonage. At this moment we erect the house post by the next week the beam and the truces and by the third week the roof sheet. I will be sending you pictures after putting the roof when the sheet is at each place.

For my children clothing I will just sacrifice for the sake for my shelter. The Lord will provide my needs for the children’s clothing. June is coming, classes will start the second week. God will supply.

Please pray for my building needs, the Higaonon Tribal Chapel building and adult education for the Higaonon tribal people. Lastly, again thank you so much for your love and prayers.

Thank you very much for your regular financial help. During this quarter I visited many new places, distributed tracts, led many people to Christ. It is all because of your help that I was able to do. But during the last month, I had a problem. In our village my son is studying in a Government Public School. The school officials forced him to attend daily idol worship. My son refused to do that. Because of jealousy, the school officials suspended my son from the school. Then I approached the higher officials because India is a secular state; every citizen has a right to worship according to his conscience. The school officials came to know that I complained to higher-ups and then they sent a message to me to admit my child by paying some fine immediately. They know that I cannot pay the fine in time. I prayed God for money. As a miracle, when I said “Amen” the mail man handed over your check. I paid the fine and because of your help, my son is able to continue his studies.

From: Santos Casco
Sponsored by: Faith Baptist, Davison, MI & Harmony Baptist, Chattanooga, TN

It is a great blessing for me to write you again, wishing you are enjoying great blessings from the Lord.

I thank you in a great way for your help. This is a great blessing for me, since I am the director of the Baptist Mission El Buen Samaritano, and I have to travel to different places, and while I travel I need to buy food, gas, and sometimes, I have to pay lodging. For example, in October, November, and December I traveled 7,000 kilometers by motorcycle, sometimes preaching, and sometimes directing the building construction.

During these three months, 14 people accepted Christ and 7 were baptized by my preaching. I carried out five programs of holy dinner (Lord’s Supper), and nine sessions in different places or churches to help in the increasing of laborers (encouraging the believers to be more involved in their Christian work and walk).

Now we have two new laborers, one serving in the Community called Lagunita and the other one in a town called Susucayan.

Your offerings help me very much to travel, to buy food, shoes, clothes, and to help my children at school, since I have four children who go to school.

I need to help my mother, since part of my money is for her medicine and food. I need $75.00 to help her. Please pray for me.

Note: The life testimony of Santos Casco is one of the most interesting and thrilling that I have encountered worldwide. Last week while I was in Nicaragua, I asked Santos to give us a detailed account of his life and ministry. When it arrives, we will share it with you. Look for this in the future and prepare to be fascinated.

Meet Our Sponsors

We were introduced to Final Frontiers when Lewis Nelms spoke at our church in 1994. We started as sponsors for Danilo Iporac in the Philippines. We received no reports from him for a time, but after the first two reports arrived he mentioned the need of help to build a church building. We sent him a contribution and after some time we received a report and pictures of the building as well as a picture of those who had been saved. We praise the Lord to be a part of his work. We were blessed when we received these photos, as well as the picture of the ten preachers to whom bicycles were provided, and the lanterns and Bibles that were purchased. I say “praise the Lord.”

Since the beginning we have become sponsors for two other men, one in India and the first national pastor you approved for sponsorship in Albania. We are impressed by the Lord for this work you are doing. We believe it is the best way to reach the most people with the funds available. In regards to Final Frontiers, I am well satisfied that it is doing the most good with the funds it receives, and the staff is very cooperative and understanding.

We were church planters ourselves in the pioneer regions of Michigan and Indiana. I believe that God can use these preachers in their own lands better than sending someone from here. They are already trained, speak the languages, know the customs, the people and in addition, they can be supported (many of them) for what one missionary from America would cost. We pray for you and those who work with you as well as the pastors who are freed from other work in order to preach the Gospel of Christ to the lost and train others to do the same.

In His matchless name:
Hansford and Dorothy Smith

Fun With A Purpose

Final Frontiers has several fundraising programs that churches and families can participate in, in order to help fund our international office needs. Already more than 50 events are scheduled for 1996 all across America!

For the youth, we have the “Night With A Purpose” event, which is (usually) an all-night bowling, skating, and pizza party. Man do they love it! For the children, we have the Children’s Missions Challenge, which is a bowling event coupled with a pizza feast. Churches are going wild over this one!

It’s great seeing children and youth help to support missions by getting sponsors to contribute on their behalf. (Prizes such as a free missions trip are also awarded for the youth and children.)

We also have our ongoing “Long Distance With A Purpose” phone contribution program. Signing up for this allows Final Frontiers to receive a percentage of your long-distance charges to help with our ministry programs. Of course, the benefit to you is two-fold: first, a lower long-distance rate, and second, no matter how many or how few long-distance calls you make each month, a portion of the charge will be given by the phone company to help us reach souls around the world, buy needed equipment, and fund other projects. If you want to know more, check the appropriate block on the envelope voucher or contact Lewis Nelms.

Final Frontiers Foundation

Reports received since last month’s Progress Report indicate there were:

• 31 Churches Started
• 122 Villages Evangelized
• 702 Professions of Faith
• 162 Believers Baptized

Combined totals from all reports received since our beginning in January 1987 indicate there have been:

• 5,709 Churches Started
• 21,478 Villages Evangelized
• 170,445 Professions of Faith
• 53,180 Believers Baptized

A current total of all statistics indicate there are:

• 781 Preachers Supported
• 879 Preacher Sponsorships
• 100 TEAM Sponsorships
• 28 Orphans Supported
• 35 Countries where support is given
• 63 Families, Churches, and Businesses giving through our “Long Distance With A Purpose” program

MINISTRY INFORMATION

The Progress Report is a free, monthly publication of the FINAL FRONTIERS FOUNDATION INC., whose purpose is to effectively take the Gospel to the more than three billion souls, who have never before heard. Currently we are ministering in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, China, Philippines, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, the Ivory Coast, Togo, Liberia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and the West Indies. Some of these countries are closed to foreign missionaries, and in others, work among the various tribal groups is restricted to national preachers only, thus they are open to us because of our unique method of missions.

We believe that the training and subsidizing of national preachers is the most efficient and effective method of global evangelism. Thus we seek to raise prayer and financial support from believers in America, for God’s servants abroad, who are actively involved in church planting and discipleship.

Selection of those we sponsor is dependent upon their doctrinal beliefs, need, and reputation. We support only those who are serving by faith, never those who are waiting for a salary in order to serve. Worldwide, the average preacher in a third-world country needs as little as $35.00 each month to support his family and ministry.

All those subsidized through this foundation are involved in church planting. Their various outreach ministries include: Bible translation and distribution, radio and television broadcasting, camps, Bible schools, outdoor and film evangelism, educational and health programs, blind and leper ministries, orphan and children’s ministries, feeding centers, and refugee ministries. The foundation also offers assistance in missionary training, and we provide mission trips for American believers who want to examine the ministries of the national preachers.

Current ministries available for support are:

• Sponsorship of a national or native preacher ($35.00 monthly)
• Sponsorship of a TEAM of preachers in a given country ($10.00 minimum per month)
• Sponsorship of an orphan through our CHILD CARE subsidiary ($35.00 monthly)
• Sponsorship of our radio evangelism ($35.00 monthly for free radio distribution)

FINAL FRONTIERS, as a non-profit, religious corporation, was founded by Jon Nelms in 1987, and is governed by those serving on the Executive Board of Directors: Rev. Jon Nelms (Chairman and CEO), Dr. James Mastin (Vice President-Treasurer), Dr. Dan Burrell (Secretary); Rev. Gene Carpenter, Mr. David Fluth, and Mr. Tim Floyd. Further council is provided by those serving on the Board of Advisors.

Contributions and gifts to this ministry are tax-deductible and are applied to the ministry’s evangelistic outreach. FINAL FRONTIERS is classified as a 509 (a)(1) public foundation, under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Regional Offices:

• Office of Ministry Expansion and Development, Sioux Falls, SD
  Executive Director: Rev. Lewis Nelms
• Office of Asian Expansion, Akron, OH
  Director: Dr. Minh Dang

International Offices:
International offices are maintained in every country of service for accountability purposes, and are staffed by national and regional directors who are elected by the supported pastors and approved by the Executive Board of Directors. For further information concerning this ministry and its various programs, please call or write to the home office.