Frontline Fellowship News Edition 1 of 2022

Ingrid Eva Hammond
Erlo Stegen. Their testimonies
and teachings continue to
challenge us to go deeper into
God's Word, to go further in our
adventure of discipleship, to
widen our missionary vision and
to deepen our devotion.
Raised in Rhodesia
As my mother taught me to
read before I went to school and
as my parents were avid book
readers, I had the privilege of
being brought up in a home
where reading books was part of
our daily life. As a schoolboy in
Rhodesia, my best friends were
animals and books. I am greatly
indebted to my mother who
taught me to love reading and I
am grateful for the many authors
whose books enriched my life
and helped prepare me for this
mission. I am also grateful for
the privilege of being brought up
in such a magnificent country as
Rhodesia. Our Prime Minister,
Ian Smith, is an example of
integrity. He was a man of his
word. He said what he meant
and he meant what he said. My
first history teacher in high
school, Mr Reese-Davies, taught
me to question everything. To
always ask: Why? To refuse to
accept the standard narrative,
or the textbook version of
history, but to always seek out
and understand the context. I
am grateful for a real education
which taught me to think
critically.
Doc Watson
Conversion to Christ
Praise God for Rev Doc Watson,
who, as Pastor of Pinelands
Baptist Church, organised the
evangelistic outreach in the local
cinema, where I was confronted
with the Gospel and converted to
Christ. Doc Watson was a patient
and dedicated Bible teacher who
discipled me and also insisted
that I go to Theological college.
Doc Watson later became the
first Chairman of the Board of
Frontline Fellowship
– a position he
held for 16 years
until the Lord
called him home.
Bill McDougall,
of the Leprosy
Mission, trained
me in ministering
in old age homes
and with people
on the streets. His
wise counsel and
example was very
helpful in my early
discipleship.
Hospital Christian Fellowship
It was a privilege to be mentored
by Francis Grim, the Founder of
Hospital Christian Fellowship,
who established missions in
over 110 countries. Uncle
Francis taught me how to live
by faith and how to prevail in
prayer through days and nights
of intensive intercession. As
I conducted my first mission
into Mozambique while under
En route to Mozambique—1982
Hospital Christian Fellowship, I
dedicated my book, In the Killing
Fields of Mozambique to Francis
Grim.
Baptist Theological Seminary
My favourite lecturer
at Baptist Theological
College, was Professor
Fritz Haus. He taught
Old Testament Exegesis.
Dr. Haus was a Godfearing,
dedicated Christian
Missionary. A veteran of the
Second World
War, he had led
Bible studies and
prayer meetings
in North Africa as
part of Rommel’s
Afrika Korps. For
over 60 years he
planted Churches
throughout South
Africa. Dr Fritz
Haus introduced
me to the doctrines
of the Reformation
and the Christology
of the Old
Testament. Therefore, I dedicated
my Old Testament Survey Book to
Dr Fritz Haus.
Gospel Defence League
Mrs Dorothy Scarborough, who,
with her husband Dr Charles
Scarborough, served under the
London Missionary Society
in the Gilbert Islands of the
Pacific ocean, founded Gospel
Defence League and has been a
steadfast friend, Board member
Francis Grim Erlo Stegen With Bill Bathman at the Battlefront in Sudan
and supporter of our mission
over the last 39 years. Her wise
counsel and insights have been
invaluable for our mission.
KwaSizabantu Mission
Rev Erlo Stegen has been a
tremendous inspiration and
example of dedication and
devotion. Uncle Erlo and his
family and co-workers have
been our very best friends.
Friends in need. We praise God
for His abundant grace which
has been poured out through
the multitude of ministries
that continue to flow from
this extraordinary mission in
KwaZulu. The two editions of my
book, Putting Feet to Your Faith,
are dedicated to Erlo Stegen.
James Kennedy
Dr James Kennedy was a faithful
friend and Board member
of Frontline Fellowship. His
Evangelism Explosion has been
a key part of our mission for
the last 40 years. Dr Kennedy
Dr James Kennedy
regularly had me as a guest on
his radio and TV programmes,
welcomed me as a guest speaker
to Coral Ridge Presbyterian
Church, even in his pulpit. He
donated thousands of books to
our mission. Dr Kennedy also
wrote recommendations for
several of my books including:
Faith Under Fire in Sudan,
Biblical Principles for Africa,
Character Assassins – Dealing
with Ecclesiastical Tyrants and
Terrorists and The Greatest
Century of Reformation.
R C Sproul
The teachings of RC Sproul,
one of the greatest Christian
Theologians and Apologists
of the 20th century, have
greatly enriched our ministry.
Dr R C Sproul responded to
my challenge to produce a
Reformation Study Bible in
time for the Reformation 500 in
2017. He even donated 2000
copies of this Reformation
Study Bible for us to distribute
to college libraries, pastors
and missionaries throughout
Africa. I dedicated the second
edition of Greatest Century of
Reformation to RC Sproul.
David Noebel
Dr David Noebel of Summit
Ministries and the Christian
Anti-Communism Crusade
first encouraged me to come
to the United States after my
release from prison in Zambia
in 1987. Dr Noebel made
me a regular guest speaker at
Summit Ministries for 25 years.
His Understanding The Times
and The Battle for Truth books
became textbooks for our Biblical
Worldview Summits throughout
Africa.
Brent Noebel
The third edition of Faith Under
Fire in Sudan was dedicated to
Brent Noebel who, although
blind for the last 21 years of his
life, had such great vision that
he raised most of the funds that
enabled Frontline Fellowship to
deliver hundreds of thousands
of Bibles and New Testaments,
Christian school textbooks,
audio Bibles and Christian films
to Sudan.
Bill Bathman
By God's grace, I had the privilege
of travelling throughout Europe,
East and West with Rev Bill
Bathman, learning from one of
the most gifted Evangelists it has
ever been my privilege to serve
under. In Germany, Switzerland,
Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czech
and Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Croatia,
Easter Sunday Service in Romania—1989
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