“The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity but its sending capacity”.
Mike Stachura (Operation Mobilisation)
Compassion Ministry is built around evangelist and missioner Colin Reed.
However, little did Colin realise that a year after reading the powerful book by Isabel Chapman, “Arise and Reap” which told the story of a young businesswoman who, following her own dramatic conversion, followed God’s call to the primitive, headhunting mountain tribes of the Philippines where she saw countless miracles of salvation, healing and deliverance, that he too would be travelling to the same part of the world as a member of Don Double’s Good News Crusade team.
The 1993 visit to the Philippines saw many thousand souls saved and mighty healings take place. Following the campaign and visit, Colin wrote, “I know I will never be the same again”.
How prophetic that turned out to be. Unknown to him, God was burning the people and the nation of the Philippines on his heart.
Although he has undertaken two trips to India, it is the Philippines that calls him back, time and time again. The mission in 2016 promises to be a mighty event – many prophetic words have been spoken and there is a confident expectation that many thousands of souls will be saved and miracles will take place and God will be very present through signs and wonders.
For many years Colin has given the opportunity to young people in particular to join him on a short term mission. However, the teams he puts together soon find out that their visit is no holiday – they are thrown into the deep end very quickly, helping at all levels – from befriending children, assisting in sea baptisms, praying for the sick and doing whatever to bring the love of God into people’s lives.
For those who have accompanied Colin, their lives too have been transformed. Jesus commanded us to go to the ends of the earth. Not one person has returned indifferent to the needs of the lost and the poor and some have returned with Colin for a second time. However, short term intensive mission is not for the faint hearted. But for those who have responded to God’s call on their lives, albeit for a short period of time, none of them will ever be the same again…because they have seen God in action in a mighty way and that will stay with them for the rest of their days!
Please contact Colin if you’d like to know more or have him speak at your church.