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Our History See Light out of Darkness book available to download
S A L V A T I O N
The most important aspect of the work has always been to see people find eternal life through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and so we have tried many ways to communicate the message including:
- Running charity shops on the egde of the main Asian area where people could come and ask about faith in Jesus and buy goods made in the developing world.
- Visiting every Asian home in the city at least 12 times over the years with Christian books, magazines, videos, questionnaires etc.
- Visiting family and friends of Asian Christians.
- Youth clubs for boys and girls.
- Special events like annual barbecues and Christmas parties.
- Teaching English and helping with homework.
- Visiting Indian restaurants.
In January 1990, God gave us the target to see at least one Asian person per month profess faith in Jesus. This seemed a big request at the time but within a week of that January prayer meeting there had been 4 professions of faith and there were over 24 that year !
With a couple of exceptions, there have been at least 12 every year since then to God’s glory. Some of their testimonies can be found here About half of those who profess faith in Christ never become strong enough to attend church due to fear of persecution from their family or the wider community or because of the cares and distractions of the world.
F E L L O W S H I P
An Asian Christian Fellowship was started to encourage Asian believers in their faith in an Asian cultural setting. The first monthly meeting was in June 1983 and the meetings became fortnightly in 1986 and weekly in 1989. It has been so important that believers could express their faith and find fellowship with one another within their own culture and the Asian Christian Fellowship has become a spiritual home and family to many who have otherwise been rejected by their families because of their faith in Christ. It has also been a living witness that Christianity is not just a religion for Westerners but is relevant to Asian people also.
In September 1989, Kuldip Rajo, a Christian from Sikh background, joined the work and having worked alongside Clive for almost 5 years, became the main pastor of the Asian Christian Fellowship in January 1994.
Sunday afternoon meetings were held in rented church premises but when this was no longer possible due to growing numbers, the shop was sold and the last church building in the Asian area of Southampton was purchased, renovated and opened as the LIGHTHOUSE in July 2006. The church aims to reach and serve the whole community in the area.
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