Contacts: Don Pownell, or Nate Curtis

India

Camp Hill has had involvement with several works in India going back many years. Paul Cantrell, who has gone on to his reward, went there in the 1970's as well as several of the evangelists since that time. The primary works that Camp Hill supports are located in Andrah Pradesh, a state located on the eastern coast of India and more specifically, in Kakinada, a city south east of the capital.

Two brothers, Joshua and Nehemiah Gootam have been key in spreading the Gospel to that part of India. Joshual has a media approach that includes television, radio and correspondence courses in his ministry. His son Ricky participates in this as well as founding an orphanage. Nehemiah founded the Kakinada School of Preaching (KSP) which has been training Christian men to go into all of India to spread the Good News.

This program is offered at no charge to these men and has been fully supported by outside groups and individuals. A recent development has been the ending of the majority of support KSP was receiving from a generous American donor. There is an urgent need to replace that funding if KSP is to continue. An offshoot of this work is the monthly support of many of the KSP graduates in their work of preaching the Gospel in their home towns and villages.

Camp Hill has supported aspects of these works through the years as well as functioning as conduit for support given by other American congregations. Many from the congregation have traveled to Andhra Pradesh in the past to participate in the work there.

Ghana

In the late 1950’s members of the churches of Christ traveled to Africa to spread the Gospel. After success in Nigeria, they set their eyes on Ghana.  Jerry Reynolds and Dewayne Davenport led this charge and established the Ghana Bible College in Kumasi, Ghana in the early 1960’s.  In less than 10 years not only did they spread the Gospel, but they also trained men to spread the Gospel to others.  As Christ said in Matthew 4:19, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.”

The work of Jerry and Dewayne did not stop there. They recruited others to join the work in Ghana to support the work there. Bob and Beth Williams, the late father and mother of our elder Tim Williams, moved to Ghana and lived there to support the work of the church and the local medical clinic. All of this hard work over multiple decades paid significant dividends and it all started with one seed. In Matthew 13:31,31 it says, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than all the other seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.” The mustard seed was planted in Ghana, and it has grown into a large, strong tree today.

Today, the Camp Hill Church supports the Ghana Bible College and the Bomso Church of Christ in various ways by financial and technological means. The Helping Hands Fund offers finanical options for Ghanaian Christians to borrow funds during difficult times. Farmers and preachers use this benefit to support their farms and congregations in times of need.

Starlink is a satellite internet service provided by SpaceX. Starlink was recently donated by the Camp Hill Church and installed at the Ghana Bible College in support of online learning and worldwide collaboration. Staff and students can now download study materials, watch lessons, take online classes, engage in facetime & video calls to join bible studies, and worship with fellow Christians anywhere in the world.

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