Others were called to go to Italy, England, The Azores and Spain as well as to other places. Some went to mainland Japan, some to Germany, others to The Philippines, some to Puerto Rico and Panama. So in September of 1968 the Maranatha Baptist Church was begun under the leadership of Missionary Bob Elzey.Īlmost immediately God began to call men from the congregation into full-time Christian service with a burden to minister to the military in other places. When a number of these military families begin to inquire about worship services in English, James Kennard, a missionary ministering to the Okinawan nationals, realized that a church was needed just to minister to the American military. There were obviously no English speaking Bible-believing churches on the island. This was at the height of the Viet Nam War and there were tens of thousands of Americans stationed on the island of Okinawa. The Military ministries with BIMI began in 1968. Action Conference for World Evangelization.
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