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Bringing Good News
The purpose of Bringing Good News is to support the spread of the gospel, relieve poverty and suffering while encouraging self sufficiency.
Bringing Good News partners with others to make a difference.
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Ian Thomson
My Name is Ian Thomson and I manage a small property company in England. In 1996, I attended a Christian conference and during that event I developed a clear sense that God wanted me to bring good news to the poor. After the conference I spent the next two years wondering what this meant and who were the poor that I was to help. Then, in 1998, I visited an orphanage in Ukraine. I lived in the orphanage with the children for two weeks and those two weeks changed my life. I no longer asked the question who were the poor. The answer was obvious. I was sure that I could do something to help these children. I returned home to England and started to think how I could assist them. I began to regularly visit orphanages and internats in Ukraine, giving practical help to improve the conditions for the children. Internats are very poor, State-run institutions with a mixture of orphans and vulnerable children from very poor families. As the work developed, I formed a UK registered charity in December of 2002, with an initial board of three trustees. The charity has continued to grow and our present board consists of myself, my wife, Helen Thomson,Ali Lenton, Maggie Smith and Steve Taverner. Through the support of an American friend, Fred Judd, who in 2002 was the missions pastor for the church at Brookhills in Birmingham, AL, links were formed in the United States. The work of Bringing Good News continued to develop, not only helping those in great need Ukraine, but also in Central Asia and Africa. This led to Bringing Good News USA being formed and registered as a USA 501 C3 in 2006. The present directors in the USA are Denny Barrow, Pam Barrow and Fred Judd.
Recent Posts
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Bishop Abraham of Aweil in South Sudan writes
This letter dated 5th May 12 is to update you all about the current war situation in South Sudan, as many of you have seen it in television and read it in the newspapers; the war is back to us. As we are watching television and reading about what going on through the newspapers, we learnt that many people are killed, wounded, displaced and their ...May 07 -
Yes but what can I do?
18 months ago I was in the Nuba Mountains witnessing great celebrations of the first graduation ceremony from Bishop Korkiel Bible College which your support was helping to build. Since that time the Khartoum government has sent troops and planes to destroy the Nuba people. The Bible College was bombed and destroyed along with churches and villag ...May 04 -
How many churches has this man opened?
IsaiahI recently met Isaiah while I was in Aweil, South Sudan. He was captured by the Arabs during the war while trying to sell fish. He was beaten and tortured and expected to die. Miraculously God saved him and after several days was set free. His miraculous release from expected death led him to faith in Christ. Since that time he has opened 59 ...Feb 28 -
Dr. Alexander Doroshenko
Dr. Alexander DoroshenkoI know Dr Alexander Doroshenko as a man of immense capability and character. How one man can be a maxillofacial surgeon, senior pastor of Kirovograd central church, senior Baptist pastor for the whole of Kirovograd region, president of the Ukraine Christian doctors association and to regularly lead medical teams into the vil ...Feb 15 -
First graduation from Bishop Ngalamu Bible College
First graduation from Bishop Ngalamu Bible CollegeWe have supported Bishop Ngalamu Bible College in Mundri, South Sudan with beds, mattresses, mosquito nets and desks. We also helped them start a small agricultural project at the college. On Saturday 17th December 2011 they held their first graduation of 14 Bible College students who have spent th ...Jan 10 -
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