We are in the process of setting up a new self-supporting school in Derby. There are a number of church members who are crying out for their children to have a Christian education.

Plans are being laid in place to set up the school for September 2001.  We are in the process of selling our property, to re-locate to Derby, where I am also looking for a new job to pay for the property.  Emma will be one of the three teachers (Click here to hear Emma's testimony) and I will act as the School Manager and teach evangelism part time.

The ministry Advent Truth will eventually merge into the school and function as the missionary and training arm.

The school will take pupils aged 5-15yrs and will prepare them for useful missionary work, by training them in practical labour and academic subjects, with the option of external examinations.

Career guidance will be provided, the primary function being to prepare the youth for active service in the church.

We need your prayers and support in this bold venture, especially as a lot has to happen for a September start. To keep the school as debt free as possible it may have to be housed in our property.

We have sighted one property and made an offer, which has been refused. This property is ideal, in that there are two parts to it, with over 1/3 of an acre of agricultural land and a suitable courtyard for a play area. One part is ideal for our living accommodation and ministry housing, the other which is in desperate need of renovation, would make an ideal school building, with room for a health lifestyle centre for up to 2-3 guests, allowing plenty of facility for a kitchen and a hydro room.

The total asking price for the property is £280,000 for the two plots (two barn conversions). The second plot needing renovation would require £50,000 to rebuild.

Reasons for this site being suitable:

1. Very close to all the parents who wish to send their children there (10 children in total).

2. Allows accommodation for us and the ministry, and a separate hall for the school, with room accommodation for two guests and a hydro and massage treatment room.

We can raise about £140,000 with a mortgage, but not the £50,000 for renovation or the extra funds required to purchase the property for the vendor to accept the offer. We need your help. A charity is being set up and all donations will be tax deductible. We need ideally £280,000 to enable us to be debt free plus the £50,000.

We are told that an army of youth will finish this work and this is the purpose of the school, to train evangelists for church work.

“ The Lord would use the church school as an aid to educating and preparing children for  this time before us. Then let the church take hold of the schoolwork in earnest and make it what the Lord desires it to be. God has appointed the church as a watchman to have a jealous care over the children. But the church does not realise the situation. She is sleeping on guard. In this time of peril fathers and mothers must arouse and work as for life, or many of the youth will be forever lost” Child guidance Ch. 53.