Bashan Ministries

About

We are followers of Jesus…

That statement sums up everything we believe and stand for.

Because of the many different religions in existence around the world, each having their own forms of worship and practice, it can be confusing.

Muslims for example express themselves in several ways, with Sunni Islam; Shia Islam and Quarinist Islam believers.

Christians also differ in many ways, with a wide range of denominations, each group expressing themselves differently.

Such differences can lead to misinformation, extremes, excesses and abuse.

For such reasons, we now prefer to call ourselves believers or followers of Jesus and His teachings.

It was not until Paul arived in Antioch in Acts chapter eleven when people were first called Christians. There were no “churches” as we understand it—the people were the church, usually adopting the name of that particular city or region or home in which people met.

For convenience sake and to meet credibility and legal requirements, we are ordained ministers of the gospel and are members of a ministry alliance of like minded ministers around the world who prefer to remain non-denominational.

Our actual core values are therefore quite simple, summed up as follows.

We are Christ centered. Jesus is our foundation and cornerstone. We build our faith on Him and do our best to follow His example in personal life and in ministry.
We are biblically based, believing that scriptures (in the original language) are divinely inspired.
We make extensive use of the original langauges and prefer them over modern versions.
We are Holy Spirit empowered, motivated, equipped and guided.
We enjoy a personal intimate relationship with God and encourage others to do likewise.
We seek ways to help all believers to find their position in the body of Christ and be fully equipped in all areas.

Robert has been walking with the Lord since 1968 and has a proven track record in various ministry capacities around the world ever since. Our ministry style has changed from being pastors of a church to enable us to minister in any capacity, in any denomination or group in the role the Lord has given us. Our aim is to help God’s people to be ready for the Lord’s promised return.

This was the role of John the baptist, who came to God’s people—not necessarily to anyone else. He prepared the way for the Lord’s first appearing. It is quite possible that others will have a similar function today to help facilitate His return. This is possibly our primary function.

Our ministry style today is a blend of the prophetic and teaching. To this end we now provide regular presentations on awide range of topics by free email subscription and downloadable PDF files.

Beliefs

We believe in one eternal God who is creator of all things, existing in three persons; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
We believe that His character and nature is totally pure and holy, loving and kind
We believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, came in the form of man; born of a virgin and lived amongst men revealing the will and nature of God by his acts and deeds. Jesus lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place and rose again after three days
We believe that Jesus ascended into Heaven and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father and as true God and true man, he is our Great High Priest and the only means of access to God
We believe in the imminent physical return of Jesus
We believe in Heaven and Hell, eternal life, the resurrection of the dead and the eternal destiny of all mankind
We believe in personal salvation to those who believe in Jesus his ministry, his broken body and shed blood
We believe the Bible in its entirety as the inspired Word of God and its code of conduct as our way of life. It is informative, educational, real-to-life and that it is the ultimate authority, revealing his character, nature and will in every respect
We believe in divine healing through faith in the name of Jesus and that healing is an inherent part of the redemptive work of Jesus
We believe that both sickness and poverty are a result of the curse and as we have been redeemed from that curse, we are able to live in divine health and prosperity in accordance with God’s will for our lives
We believe in a sanctified life through the word of God, in personal holiness and purity of heart and mind
We believe in the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in his work in the church
We believe in water baptism by immersion as an external sign of spiritual wholeness
We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, as distinct from spiritual regeneration through the new birth, with initial evidence of speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance and the operation of the Gifts of the Spirit.

Preferred scriptures used in this ministry are the King James Version of the bible.

On line Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version^®, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”

New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

Holman Christian Standard Bible® [HCSB®]

The Darby version, 1890 Edition

Others

Personal Information:

Your privacy is extremely important to us. Because you give us personal information, we believe you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding what we do with that information. This privacy statement discloses the information we gather, how we use it, and how you can correct or change it.
We use Your Internet Provider (IP) Address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart and to gather broad demographic information.

Cookies:
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Our website uses cookies to keep track of items you put into your shopping cart, to tell us whether you've visited our web site previously, to help determine whether you came to us from a particular Internet link or banner advertisement and to remember who you are (allowing us to auto fill-in forms with information that you have previously entered).

There is no personal information stored within the cookie itself and the data included in the cookie is useful only to our web site. We do not and cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information about you from your computer. Unless you have previously purchased from us or contacted us using one of our online forms, we cannot use cookies to retrieve any personal information about you

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What happens to information you give us:
Information about our customers is an important part of our operation, but we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share your information with no one else, withthe following possible exception.

We only release account and other personal information when we believe that it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms of Use/Conditions or protect the rights, property, or safety of our web site and our users.

If at any time you register with us, the registration form used asks you to provide us with information about yourself that will allow us to help you in several ways. It will help us process your requests accurately and quickly, protect your privacy and allow us to contact you regarding your requested information.
When you conduct business with us, we will verify and charge your credit card, ship the order you requested is applicable, contact you with customer service related questions and keep you informed as appropriate.

We will protect you when you are visiting our site:
Our web site might contain optional links to partners and third party Internet sites and services that may collect data from you or your computer. Please be aware that if you choose to leave our site via a link, we assume no responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites.

Sowing into our ministry:
Because of security risks and unwelcome scammers, we presently do not provide online banking facilities. Whilst this can be inconvenient, we have opted to follow this principle for a temporary measure. Our web sites are being redeveloped and on completion we shall reintroduce online facilities.
Until this happens, if you wish to sow into our ministry, please contact us for banking information. Bank notes and drafts are safe and secure and paymenets may be made to our postal address as listed on the web site.