“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…”.
“…and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth”.
The Heath Church recognizes its responsibility to be involved in our Lord’s Great Commission to bring the Gospel to all parts of the world. We have our part to play in our own city, in Wales and the rest of Britain, in Europe and the world beyond. The Lord does not expect us to be involved with every single evangelistic effort around the world, but He does expect us to be committed to those ministries that He has directed us to.
In Cardiff, we preach the Gospel regularly every Sunday. We are also involved in children and young people’s work at the church, Jubilee Gardens, Penylan and Llanishen, visits to schools, summer camps for young people, mothers and toddlers, door-to-door visiting, prison visiting, an open air ministry in the city centre, an outreach to ethnic minority communities, a service to students and particularly to international students, and a monthly French Bible Study. In addition, our Evangelism Group organizes special evangelistic events each month. We are closely involved with the Heath Christian Bookshop and Coffee shop, and we provide rooms for the Arabic Church of Wales and a Korean church.
In Wales, we are closely involved with the Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST) at Bryntirion, Bridgend, and have a close interest in a number of fellowships where our own members have assumed pastoral responsibilities.
We also support a small new venture of visiting farms and homes in the rural areas of West Wales.
Elsewhere in UK, we are also associated with a number of fellowships where our own members have assumed pastoral responsibilities, at Blackpool and Chessington, Surrey; and at Jersey Baptist Church in the Channel Islands.
In Europe, we have a particular interest in France: David Morrish works with the Navigators mainly in Strasbourg, and Fiona Steward with UFM in student work in Bordeaux. Emmanuel and Esther Durand have just begun their ministry in Guincamp, Brittany, with UFM. Gethin Jones has just completed the second year of his two year term of service with IFES in Paris, and is now working as an administrator in a local school, before he considers his next move in the Lord’s service.
Steve and Chris Owens teach at a WEC training college, Cornerstone, in the Netherlands which prepares Christians for cross-cultural witness.
Rev Eddy Muskus, and his wife Helen, with their two sons, serve with La Parroquia Evangelica Jesus el Señor church in Valencia, Spain.
Rev John Gilmore and his wife Maureen have just retired from the ministry in a church in Messina, Sicily, and hope to settle now in Northern Italy.
We also have links with Support for Romania, a Cardiff based Christian charity, and with Child Evangelism Fellowship in Poland.
Maureen Wise works in Moldova with a Bible school in Chisinau, and with Casa Mea, a Christian charity that supports people with learning difficulties, in association with Unevangelized Fields Mission. Elsewhere in Eastern Europe, we have links with Support for Romania, a Cardiff based Christian charity, and with Child Evangelism Fellowship in Poland.
Beyond Europe, Dr Klaus and Janice Spreda have now retired from the Wycliffe Bible Translators, but we plan to continue to support the work of translating the New Testament into Metta (Cameroon);Rev Anatole Lordon is associated with the Barnabas Centre in Douala, Cameroon, through Unevangelized Fields Mission. He is pastor of a small church that meets at the Centre.
Rev Martinez and Immacula Jovin serve in Haiti with the Bethesda Fellowship of churches.
Klaus-Peter and Doris Kügler have now retired from their work among the Fayu people of Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia, but we hope to see their work continue with a modest programme of Bible translation.
In USA, we are associated with Rev John & Mrs Misty Snyder at New Albany in Mississippi, and in Australia, with Rev Cornel Ghita and Mrs Maria Ghita who serve a Romanian church in Melbourne.
Our interest in Christian work in Israel is directed mainly through Christian Witness to Israel (CWI).
We also have interests in other, sensitive, parts of the world.
