After 26 Years of Local Radio Experience I Am Going Global!
In Junior High School my father helped me string a half-wave dipole antenna (very long piece of wire) across the back yard so I could listen to short-wave radio. One station I enjoyed listening to was HCJB - The Voice of the Andes - out of Quito, Ecuador. Having missionaries from HCJB attend my church made listening even more exciting. At that time I did not consider myself smart enough to be an engineer that builds transmitters, or learning a foreign language. I was better at destroying expensive equipment. Yet I was very interested in Christian broadcasting.
It was about that time I felt God's calling into the ministry. I did not desire to move to a jungle (that's what I thought missionaries did), so I ruled out serving God as a broadcast missionary. God did lead me to a career in local Christian radio where I have spent most of my time since 1986. Over the years HCJB has changed, and so have I.
Here it is 2012 and HCJB Global has accepted me as a Missionary Appointee. That means I am preparing to be a full-time missionary serving from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Indiana. I will be involved in radio planting with partner ministries around the world. I hope to be involved with training missionaries in radio production and find ways to use new media as an evangelism tool. I will also help communicate HCJB Global's story to local churches and make people aware of the volunteer and short-term missions opportunities with HCJB Global.
As a self-supported missionary I need to spend the next several months raising support for my first term of service. Since this is a lengthy process will continue to serve at WFRN through 2013. I am looking for ministry partners that want to be involved with spreading evangelical Christian radio and media around the world. I would love to meet with you or speak at your church as you prayerfully consider supporting my missionary work with HCJB Global. Please contact me at jim@jim-carter.com if you would like to learn more about how God is working with HCJB Global and how you can partner with this ministry. Please keep me in your prayers during this time.
I will also have the expenses of mailings, supplies, and travel. If you would like to help with these initial expenses, please send your tax-deductible contribution to:
HCJB Global
PO Box 39800
Colorado Springs, CO 80949-9800
Canadian Dollars, please mail to:
HCJB Global Canada
3-44 Saltsman Drive
Cambridge, ON N3H 4R7
In the memo portion of your check please include:"Jim Carter 110565"