VFCM Monthly Updates

May 2013

2013-05-02T06:42:55Z

The first Translator Team maintenance flight flew to the village of Tanana on Friday, April 26. Three members re-established a key relationship in the village and performed required maintenance, but had to return home due to poor weather. There are now 16 translators remaining to be visited across our vast state.

As partners with us, I ask that you take a moment to pray for those who fly, maintain and evangelize while in the villages where our translators are located. May God be glorified as His people and His word go forth!

Psalm 119:33 “Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.”

Greg Pippin, VFCM Board Member

April 2013

2013-04-04T01:07:39Z

March has been a month of opportunity for VFCM Staff and Volunteers to be able to learn and to grow. Some attended John MacArthur’s Shepherd’s Conference, one attended the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, and our radio Translator Team received electronics training to be able to troubleshoot and repair equipment that is used in our ministry to specifically broadcast the gospel into remote, Alaskan villages. Thank you, dear partners, for sharing with us the importance of communicating the gospel message through this ministry. Spread His fame today.

Matthew 9:31 “But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.”

Greg Pippin, VFCM Board Member

March 2013

2013-03-01T03:30:50Z

We are so thankful for your prayers and financial support at this time of year. Presently, we are focused on building a solid team that can go forth into the villages where our radio translators are located. Once there, the team will build relationships, share the gospel, encourage believers, and perform needed radio maintenance and repairs to keep Christian Radio on the air 24/7. Please pray for the hearts of those who do not yet know Jesus as their Saviour and for the pilots and others who will partner with us.

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke2:14

Greg Pippin, VFCM Board Member

February 2013

2013-02-06T01:41:03Z

Thank you for your prayers and financial support. A dog musher atop a mountain, cell-phoned Dee Eldridge recently and requested a Mukluk Message. He wanted to communicate through KIAM radio that he was alive and well, but that he would be returning home very late at night with his dog team. His message reached our listeners, demonstrating the effectiveness of radio in Alaska. Radio is a powerful tool that our Lord uses in many ways. Thank you for partnering with us this year!

Lamentations 3:22-23, “It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”

Greg Pippin, VFCM Board Member

January 2013

2013-01-08T08:38:37Z

As I reflect on the year 2012 I am mindful of the tragic and sudden loss of lives in our own country and of the many souls eternally separated from the love of Christ. Yet, we know that many have also been saved through the efforts of faithful servants who are willing to proclaim His truth day and night.

We are so grateful for your participation with us, to broadcast the soul-saving message of Jesus Christ to those who have never read a bible, or attended a church where the gospel message is preached. What a privilege to encourage the faith of believers and to help equip them to give an answer for the hope that is within them (I Peter 3:15).

“In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.” Psalm 56:11

Greg Pippin, VFCM Board Member

December 2012

2012-12-08T01:58:46Z

      The village of Bethel in far western Alaska is home to our KYKD radio station. In early November, it was home for the Voice for Christ Ministries Board of Directors semi-annual meeting. During this wonderful visit, the directors had opportunities to meet and worship with Yup’ik (yu-pek) Native Alaskans. One very memorable moment for me occurred during a church service when a Native woman shared her appreciation for our radio ministry in Bethel. This was the first time that I had heard directly from an Alaskan Native of how much our ministry means to those living in remote villages and it touched me deeply.
      Please continue to pray and give to His work, especially as we focus on our Savior’s birth: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…” Isaiah 9:6
                                                                                                                          Greg Pippin,
                                                                                                                   VFCM Board Member

November 2012

2012-11-07T00:38:09Z

Recently, one of our KYKD volunteers in Bethel, Alaska, (who also is our webmaster) spent a couple of days in the Yup'ik coastal village of Quinhagak in the southwestern part of our state. Voice for Christ Ministries remotely broadcasts KIAM (Nenana) into Quinhagak through a radio repeater. As Derek casually asked around the village about the radio station, he received positive feedback and one particular comment worth noting. A new staff member at the local school commented how surprised he was to learn that the only station he could pick up was in fact a Christian station! He now wakes up every morning by his alarm under the encouragement of God's proclaimed Word, set to VFCM's repeater station there! Whether our listeners come from a local Alaska native resident, an outsider currently residing in one of the villages for work, or simply anyone happening to visit some of Alaska's remote locations, VFCM aims to be there where ever possible, consistently proclaiming the unapologetic Word of God in message and song through radio technology.
Thank you for your continued partnership in prayer and support as we collectively share in God's Gospel advancement across Alaska!

Greg Pippin, VFCM Board Member

October 2012

2012-10-12T23:04:02Z

Thank you so much for your faithful, consistent support of Voice for Christ Ministries. We have had a very productive summer. Several of our remote radio translator sites were visited and repaired to be able to continue broadcasting into the vast regions of Alaska. Our website, www.vfcm.org, was completely redesigned and also updated to take advantage of popular communication tools, like Facebook, Twitter, and Vimeo. Not only can people all over the world hear our radio broadcasts over the internet, they can also read the Gospel of Salvation in several different languages.

Our ministry is also reviewing an Alaska Native women’s bible study for future programming consideration.

As we face the challenges of winter, would you please pray for our missionaries and staff? With your support they perform an outstanding job for our Lord and Savior each and every day.

“And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message…” Col 4:3

                                                                                                                Greg Pippin,
                                                                                                           VFCM Board Member

September 2012

2012-09-04T19:25:04Z

The purpose and focus of Voice for Christ Ministries is to provide Christian radio for Native and rural Alaskans, and we thank you for your support of that mission.

For over a year we have also been streaming our flagship station, KIAM, over the internet. Not only has that provided an alternative way to be heard here in Alaska, but as a bonus, listeners from around the world can now receive our broadcasts.

We recently received a message from a man named Otache of Benue State in Nigeria, Africa. He wrote,

I really thank the voices for Christ for they to be there for our spiritual growth, and to make their audio messages free for us, to get from net. I need (such) material that will guide me to grow more spiritually. Thanks.”

What a joy it is to see that God is using our efforts here in Alaska to touch lives all across the globe! Thank you so much for your partnership in that work.

In His grip,

Palmer Bailey

VFCM Business Manager

August 2012

2012-08-07T23:44:23Z

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Your prayers and donations make a huge difference in people’s lives. Ken C. recently wrote to our vfcm.org website:

Having only two stations previously to listen in on (APRN and KBYR) here in Prudhoe, I was greatly amazed when on a whim I searched my truck’s radio and the Bluegrass Hour brought a huge smile on my face! It has been a couple years I think when we lost your signal and I was quite bummed about it. Now, you're on my dial, folks here on the slope are listening, and God's voice is being heard in an otherwise "dark" atmosphere. KIAM is bringing teaching, music, testimonies, and the Light of Christ in a part of the world where God's presence is much needed. Thank you so much and please stay on the slope!”

Greg Pippin

VFCM Board Member

July 2012

2012-07-27T09:02:10Z

A number of workers have thanked VFCM for a Christian radio broadcast to which they are able to listen in their trucks as they work on the North Slope. Nonbelievers and believers are hearing the gospel through our recently repaired transmitter in Deadhorse near Prudhoe Bay. From a low-power translator station such as the one at Deadhorse, one would expect reception only within about five miles of the antenna. In this case, the local conditions are allowing workers to hear the broadcast as far away as the Kuparuk River crossing, some twelve miles from the transmitter. We praise God for the enlarged coverage. Yukon River listeners thanked us for enabling them to communicate with one another and for our river reports on which they depend for water level forecasts.

They pointed out that “All of us fisher people in the area have no access to a computer and for those that do have a satellite phone, the service is spotty…”

These testimonies are just a sample of the results of your partnership with VFCM in providing Christian Radio to Alaska. Thank you. (2 Cor. 9:12-15).

John Fenton

Volunteer for VFCM