Bashan Ministries is a not-for-profit charitable organization based on Christian ideals. My wife and I are ordained ministers of the gospel and are now non-denominational. We do however have affiliations with other ministries around the world.
Our ministry motto is Preparing the way...

Our core objectives are:

• The making of disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ
• Helping God’s people to be prepared for Jesus’ return.
• Encouraging believers to develop and cultivate a deep personal intimacy of relationship with God at a practical working level. This avoids the debates and opinions of denominationally based theologies.

We spend much time in teaching and draw extensively from the original language of scripture. We present it “as is” leaving the challenge to all readers to conduct their own independent research and test everything. Acts 17:11; 1 John 4:1.

We avoid the “seeker friendly”props and programs, rituals and traditions often seen in in churches and advocate a return to the basics—to  the foundations of the original church. 

We make extensive use of the gifts of the Spirit.

We believe in the five ascension ministry gifts of the apostle, the prophet, the evangelist, the pastor and the teacher.

We encourage believers everywhere to move into their gift in the Body of Christ, regardless of denominational boundaries.

We are actively pursuing ways to help God’s people to become self-sufficient in all areas of life.

We are living in historic times. The passing of Queen Elizabeth on 8 September 2022 was a sad event that has affected most people around the world. For most of us, including myself, she was the only Queen we have ever known and it is very likely that we shall never see another like her. As a child, I lived when King George sat on the throne. A new monarch now sits on the throne, King Charles iii.

This may be one good reason to believe that we are living in unprecedented times.

Despite personal opinions about the monarchy, or the influence of the British Empire, we should consider what a monarchy represents. It is the closest representation we may  have of the ultimate and perfect monarchy—a theocracy, or a kingdom ruled by God.

The Queen’s passing was therefore an historic occasion. We have entered into a new era that may be likened to that of a changing of the guard. This is perfectly scriptural as we can see in places like 1 Corinthians 15:46 that there is a progressive order of things—first the natural then the spiritual. Paul was speaking there of the resurrection and the return of Jesus Christ.

We believe that there are certain principles involved when such changes happen.

They happened often in scripture when the baton was passed on from leaders like Moses to Joshua; Elijah to Elisha; David to Solomon and Jesus to his foundational disciples and from them to our present generation.

Jesus stated quite clearly that He was building His Church that is in accord with a precise Divine pattern that we are to follow.

When God commanded Moses to build the Tabernacle, he was instructed to build it according to that pattern.

We affirm that God does not change and that His word does not change. If so, then the pattern for His Church remains unaltered. 

The problem is that we have changed, hence the many differences in what is called “Christianity”.

Perhaps this “Changing of the guard” is an example of what He is doing and such things are the basis of our ministry. Jesus stated that He will return, so in our own little way, we hope that we are helping God’s people to be prepared for that wonderful event, hence our ministry motto of “Preparing the way”, as you shall see during your visit.

World events are rapidly changing. Covid, the war in Ukraine, political instability, the financial crisis, food and power shortages, the state of morality and other issues indicate we have entered a totally new era.

Israel is at war.

We are not suggesting that these are end times as per biblical prophecy, but there are however certain indicators to look for. Matthew chapter twenty-four is often mentioned, but often misunderstood. 

To determine accuracy, we should factor in who God is talking to and about; the timing; the location and the circumstances.

God speaks to three different classes of peoples—Jews; The Church and others. We err when we think He is referring to the Church, whist He is actually speaking about Israel or vice-versa. Jews have covenants that still exist and The Church has a different covenant.

We ask you to conduct your own research and in the process look at three core elements. Jesus spoke of all kinds of things like wars adding that they were not the actual signs. He was answering questions that the disciples asked Him, using words like ye, you, them or they etcetera. His first definitive sign was a warning about deception.

He then spoke of the fig tree and this is a symbol of the rebirth of the nation of Israel that happened in 1948.

The third major indicator was the gospel itself when He said that “The Gospel of the kingdom” (no any other message) would be preached in every nation. That word nation is ethnos that refers to ethnic groups of peoples and this is happening today.

Our approach is to share biblical truth and ask others to discern the times and seasons for themselves. 1 Chronicles 12:32 and Acts 17:11 are prime examples.

Our approach to ministry is often different to the accepted norm. This is because we avoid the theological or religious approach of many churches. Whilst sound doctrine is essential, we have found that most people around the world want answers that work. They want a “real God”—a God who is real and approachable who touches them in every area of life.

Approximately 85 percent of the world’s population have some form of religious belief and such belief is expressed in different ways. It may be in churches, assemblies, mosques, synagogues and other places, including private homes, each of which with its own belief structure, form of worship and “language” that only those in such groups understand.

I shall mention only two, namely Muslim and Christian, but there are many others.

Muslims are comprised mainly of Sunni Islam, Shia Islam and Quranist Islam.

Christians are more diverse having denominations like Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals and more. Each of these denominations  have their own “version” of Christianity.

Such differences can lead to misinformation, extremes, excesses, control and abuse. It can all be very be confusing.

When visiting the web sites of many religious organizations, we usually find that whilst the content is not necessarily incorrect as such, they do not provide much workable information, or solid and practical biblical teaching. Their own activities and programs, that whilst they may be excellent and good in their own right, often do not provide workable answers to someone who is seeking truth.

We do not pretend to know all the truth. I have been in ministry for 55 years and am still learning. What we can do is to point you in the right direction to facilitate your own research. We do our utmost to provide some answers and present truth and by that I mean biblical truth based on the original languages whenever possible—but what is truth? Jesus spoke of that in John 14:6-7, saying:

I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father, too. That word Know, in the original is Ginosko and it describes the deepest and most intimate form of relationship any two people can share and experience. Many people know “about” God— and express themselves in different forms of religious belief—but do not “know” God. There is a difference.

If there is life after death—a hereafter and places like heaven or hell, both of which are real, we need to know without doubt where we stand. We need to know this truth and put it to work. Our ministry and presentations are designed to hopefully assist you in this.

We do not plant or build churches—we build people.

We help to turn believers into disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We do this in accord with what is often called “the great commission”.

His assignment is—to preach the Kingdom of God, to teach, to heal and to cast out demons.

Our ministry is structured upon those scriptural principles. Nowhere in those verses does He mention building churches or creating denominations. Obviously we need places for corporate worship and fellowship etcetera, but the core of His command was to teach, to heal the sick and to proclaim the kingdom of God. Jesus’ command included teaching people. He was a teacher and because He has not changed, teaching has to be an important aspect of our ministry lives. Such teaching must be with the aim of making talmidim (disciples).

As ordained ministers and pastors, we have a pulpit ministry and we enjoy conferences and healing crusades etcetera,

but Our main focus now is on helping all believers everywhere, irrespective of denominational affiliations to:

• Know truth
• To be fully equipped for anything
• To become self-sufficient
• To develop and maintain a deep personal intimacy of relationship with God
• To be prepared for the imminent return of the Lord Jesus Christ

We provide teaching material based on the original language, covering a wide range of topics.

They are freely available via email and downloadable documents in PDF format for use at any time. Click the Subscribe button below.

Examples of regular presentations are seen in the images below. They are links to dedicated pages, but these are only a few examples of what we have available.

Our desire is to bless and encourage, to challenge you, to stimulate your faith and to encourage you to conduct your own prayerful research. Please test everything you hear, regardless of who is speaking. Acts 17:11 and 1 John 4:1-3 are good examples to follow.