Testimony Teach All Nations
Mathew 28:20: "Teach them to
observe all that I have commanded you."
The historic foundation of giving the
name 'Teach All Nations' to our second site is the command of our Lord
Jesus
Christ to go into all the world and preach the Gospel and teaching them
all that He commanded and taught the apostles. Below I give my
testimony about
my historic experiences how this command was impresed on my heart.
It was the
year 1963, the year after I graduated from the Bible College of Wales
in
Swansea, when I had returned from a Mission of several months In
Yorkshire,
England, that I attended again the Assemblies of God Tabernacle in
Brynmawr, South
Wales, the little town, high in the mountains, where Tessa lived. I had
attended that small church regularly when I stayed in Brynmawr. One
Wednesday, I
attended the midweek prayer service, where I often gave a word. After
the
service a godly elder, mr. Cliff Bythell approached me and said; “Teun,
I am
sure that the Lord spoke to me that you will become a teacher.” My
first
thought was: “I do not desire such a ministry, I just feel called to
be
preacher-evangelist.” Shortly after however and just before we went to
Holland,
at that time Tessa and I were engaged, I felt God speaking to me and
impressing
on my heart that He called me indeed to be a teacher. Some years
passed. We
married on 7 September 1963, and did a travelling ministry in Britain
and on the
continent. It was in 1966 that I felt again impressed on my heart that
the Lord
called me to be a teacher of the nations. I had even a head printed on
my
official stationary for personal letters: “Teach All Nations.” Shortly
after when
we lived in Holland, in Rijswijk near The Hague, we got into contact
with
Roscoe
L Leach, the first director of the Central Pentecostal Bible College,
which was
going to start in September of 1967. He asked me to become a teacher in
the
Bible College. My reaction was: “Our plans are to go to Thailand and
work there
as a missionary couple, joining there another missionary. His reaction
was:
“Well, If you will pray about it, you will perhaps see that by joining
us as a
teacher in the School your vision to be a teacher of the nations could
be
fulfilled through the young people that you will teach the Word of
God.”
Together we devoted time in prayer and felt the Lord leading us to
accept the
offer to work in the Bible College. We have worked there for 27 years
as a
teacher and some time I served also as the co-director. We helped to
train about four
hundred
young people for the ministry and missions. When we left the college in
1994 the
school gave me my first computer. Our youngest Daughter, Deborah, had
to do
some college training in South Wales, advised me to e-mail and use the
internet. Then, one day, I began to realize the potential of electronic
communications and ministry and the enormous potential to reach people
all over
the world with the English language. I started my website in 1997
with
Biblical teachings. Now, in 2011, we have two websites in Dutch and
English,
‘Inspiration & Insight,’ and ‘Teach all Nations.’ It is truly very
gratifying to receive continually reactions from all over the Globe,
especially
when people
tell us that they are blessed by what they read. We do give praise to
the Lord
for His guidance and hope to be able to continue this ministry till our
last
days.
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To
the glory of the Lord, our precious Saviour,
Teun J .de
Ruiter, 21 June 2011
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T. J. de Ruiter
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'Inspiration & Insight,' since 1997 / last
update
13 September 2011 /
Pastor & Teacher T. J. de Ruiter / The Netherlands