International Outreach
The international outreach of Vital Signs Ministries has served several
purposes. One concerns the education and mobilization of American
Christians to develop more sensitivity, more sacrifice and more resolve in their
assistance to people in other parts of the world. We attempt to do this
through radio programs, conferences, speaking engagements, publications and
internet outreach, especially our Russian language website, VSM Resources, and
articles at this site are translated into different languages too.
Other important elements of our international ministry are intercessory
prayer and using our letter-writing meetings to bring global concerns before
those in positions of influence here and abroad.
Another part of our international outreach involves VSM Director Denny
Hartford personally encouraging Christians in their faith and helping
equip them to develop pro-life ministries relevant to their own cultures.
Vital Signs is pleased to support the growth of Christ-centered pro-life
activity wherever and however it can. Therefore, in most of these
situations, Denny speaks for free and pays his own travel expenses. Also,
when possible, he brings along a generous supply of pro-life literature, video
tapes, CD's, DVDs, "Precious Feet" pins, and other helpful material for the local
Christians to use in their ongoing work.
Sometimes Denny's ministry in other nations involves activities additional to
specific pro-life development. For instance, he has taught several Bible
courses (Hermeneutics, General Epistles, Teaching Methods, Preaching, Old
Testament) in Campus Crusade for Christ Bible colleges in Minsk, Belarus and
Moscow, Russia. He has also served in evangelism and Bible teaching in
Nigeria; relief work associated with Mother Teresa in Calcutta and Madras,
India; and a Wheels for the World team bringing wheelchairs and Christian
friendship to needy people in southern Poland.
Indeed, the history of Vital Signs' international outreach is a lively one.
Denny has traveled to the United Kingdom three times, doing a whole month of
speaking engagements across the country each time. He has been to Poland
(3x), Nigeria, Russia, Germany (twice), Canada, Switzerland, India, Burkina
Faso and ten times to Belarus. He has spoken in open air meetings,
pro-life conferences, churches, high schools and universities, hospitals, pubs,
coffee houses, doctors' offices, youth groups, L'Abri events, orphanages, prayer meetings,
concerts, numerous media interviews, and conversations among individuals and
groups too many to count. Special highlights have included sidewalk
counseling in Birmingham, England; helping develop IMAGE, now a highly-effective
evangelical pro-life group in England; and conducting special pro-life
conferences in Moscow and Minsk.
God has blessed Vital Signs' international work in many wonderful ways and
we're very much looking forward to the next opportunities God has in store for
us. Interested in inviting Denny over? Zip us an e-mail and start
the ball rolling!
