What we do
: Our purpose is to try to encourage others to help us to make a difference.
: Often we help people and projects simply because there is an urgent need for help.
: We offer the hope of a better life, which can be found through Jesus Christ.
: We alleviate the suffering and hardship of those in great need through practical help.
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Who We Are

ian-bible-storyIan 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 Brook Hills 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.

Our Core Values

Bringing Good News has six core values which guide and determine our actions.

The core values are our aim, a challenge that we seek to live and work by each day.

  • We are CHRISTIAN
    Bringing Good News acknowledges God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We seek to follow Jesus in his identification with the poor and powerless; especially children.
  • We are COMMITTED
    Bringing Good News is committed to both proclamation and social action. We seek to express God's love in both what we say and in what we do.
  • We HELP those in need
    We are called to serve those in the greatest need; to relieve their suffering and to promote their well being. Bringing Good News is committed to help the poor to become self sufficient.
  • We value INTEGRITY
    Integrity with those we serve, our supporters, and other partners. Bringing Good News will act with honesty, truth and transparency. We value financial integrity and accountability.
  • We are STEWARDS
    Bringing Good News is by faith dependent on God for the provision of all our needs. God has given us the responsibility to work with diligence in using the resources he has entrusted to us. God has given us supporters and partners who enable us through their prayers and financial gifts. Bringing Good News believes that it is right to make needs known, so that supporters can pray and give towards those needs.
  • We work in PARTNERSHIP
    Bringing Good News pursues relationships with others, we seek to work in partnership with those individuals and organizations that have common goals and values.