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REV. DR. COLIN HURT

Family:                       

Dr. Hurt and his wife, Julia, have four children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Previous Ministry:     

Dr. Hurt has a total of over fifty years in ministry.

He and his wife, Julia, were involved in five years of missionary service in West Malaysia from 1978 to 1983 during which period Colin was involved in church planting in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. More recently the Hurts served a further eight years as missionaries in Malaysia from 1995-2003. Most of this time was spent in Bible College lecturing and conducting leadership seminars.

Ten years were spent teaching as a full time faculty member in the Assemblies of God Bible College in England (1983-1988, 1990-1994). He has also been involved in itinerant teaching ministry, visiting the following countries: Belgium, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Venezuela and China. In 1998 Colin and Julia helped to set up a Church Planting Institute in Cambodia which continues to the present time, producing graduates who have established over 300 churches in all the provinces of Cambodia. For five years the Hurts pastored a church in Aberaman, South Wales. On 8^th June, 2008 they resigned from the church to prepare to return full time to missions.

Present Ministry:       

In January 2009 Colin and Julia returned to missions where the first half of each year is

spent in Bible teaching throughout Asia. The second half of each year is spent in the USA

and Latin America.

The main objectives of their ministry are:

1.     To be in the right place, at the right time, with the right word.

2.     To prepare God’s people to extend the kingdom.

3.     To train leaders for the kingdom.

NEWSLETTER, JANUARY 2014

A LOOK BACK AT 2013

2013 was a very special year for us.

On 2nd July Julia celebrated her 65^th birthday. Friends in Malaysia made it a very special time for her.

4^th July was the 35^th anniversary of our arrival in Malaysia as missionaries with the Assemblies of God. It was a good time to remember the many miracles the Lord performed for us in those early days. There were miracles of provision for us and our four children who were only seven, eight, nine and eleven years of age at the time. There were the miracles of open doors into Kuala Terengganu where we pioneered Lifeline Assembly. There were miracles of salvation, healing and deliverance as many lives were touched by the Lord. In fact, as we look back over the whole of those 35 years we can see that it has been a series of miracles.

In December Colin celebrated his 70^th birthday. His surprise party at New Life Church in Dinnington really was a surprise. Considering the email, photographic and video tributes that were collected, collated and compiled by Julia and the children it was amazing that Colin hadn’t the slightest hint of what was going on. Perhaps it was his age!! We want to take this opportunity to once again thank all those family and friends who made this such a special event.

The year came to an end with ministry in Yorkshire and South Wales and our annual visit to Full Gospel Tabernacle in London for their Christmas celebration. The church is an outreach from FGT in Malaysia and they have congregations in London and Croydon. Colin also ministered in Ashford Christian Centre in Kent where the pastors are David and Joyce Lamb. Joyce is from Malaysia and she and David first visited us in our home in Kuantan, Malaysia in 1979. It was wonderful to renew fellowship with them and to see how God is blessing their ministry in Ashford.

December was also the time when Colin went for a biopsy on his prostate. Many thanks to all those who prayed. He was given the all clear.

AND NOW INTO 2014

Our first weekend back in Malaysia was spent in Penang where we attended the funeral of Dr Joy Seevaratnam. Dr Joy was greatly used by God in the early days of the charismatic renewal in Malaysia. He prayed for his patients and saw miracles. His home fellowship was a place where many encountered the power of the Holy Spirit for the first time. He later moved to Penang and quit medicine to serve the Lord full time. Colin had the privilege of baptizing him and many family members in 1979. After Colin preached in Global Harvest Assembly where Reuben, Dr Joy’s son, is now the senior pastor, we flew back to KL and Colin taught for a week in the Pastoral Interns Programme in Tung Ling Seminary.

This has been followed by Sunday ministry in three different churches.

On Saturday (8^th February) we are flying to Singapore where Colin will teach in the School of Ministry in Tung Ling Bible School as well as speaking in three local churches. The remainder of February will be taken up with Sunday ministry in several churches plus Saturday seminars.

We thank the Lord for the health and strength he gives us to continue with this busy ministry schedule and we really do believe:

YOUR PRAYERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Updated bio details.

REV DR COLIN HURT

FAMILY: Colin and his wife, Julia, have four children and five grandchildren.

 PREVIOUS MINISTRY: Colin has a total of more than 49 years in ministry. Colin and Julia were involved in five years of missionary service in West Malaysia from 1978 to 1983 during which period Colin was involved in church planting in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. More recently the Hurts served a further eight years as missionaries in Malaysia from 1995-2003. Most of this time was spent in Bible College lecturing and conducting leadership seminars. Nine years were spent teaching as a full time faculty member in the Assemblies of God Bible College in Mattersey Hall, England (1983-1988, 1990-1994). He has also been involved in itinerant teaching ministry, visiting the following countries: Belgium, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Venezuela and China. In 1998 Colin and Julia set up a Church Planting Institute in Cambodia which continues to the present time, producing graduates who have established over 300 churches in all the provinces of Cambodia. For five years the Hurts pastored a church in Aberaman, South Wales. On 8th June, 2008 they resigned from the church to prepare to return full time to missions.

 PRESENT MINISTRY: In January 2009 Colin and Julia returned to Malaysia where the first half of each year is spent in Bible teaching throughout Asia. The second half of each year is spent in the USA and Latin America.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THEIR MINISTRY ARE: 1. To be in the right place, at the right time, with the right word. 2. To prepare God’s people to extend the kingdom. 3. To train leaders for the kingdom.