Articles for tag: Bill McClure

August 27, 2008

By Brad Dupray Bill McClure received his initiation to the world of broadcasting as a student at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. His subsequent experience in secular broadcasting led to a role with the Revival Fires Ministry in Joplin and ultimately to his appointment as executive director of Gospel Broadcasting Mission (GBM) in 1978. Today, GBM reaches millions worldwide through short-wave radio transmissions and via The Christians” Hour radio broadcast, which can be heard on radio stations in the United States and worldwide via the Internet. For more information about Gospel Broadcasting Mission and Bill”s daily radio program, Uplift,

May 11, 2008

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Planting

CHURCHES WITHOUT STEEPLES: The Woman at the Well May Be at Starbucks

By Bill McClure My brother was once a professional Pacific Ocean fisherman. I vividly remember the times we were out in his boat looking for increasingly hard-to-find salmon. It was so windy one time I could barely stand straight and had to hold on to avoid falling overboard. Another time, in spite of over-the-counter remedies, I got really seasick. I also recall the time we went far from shore””even losing sight of land””and the fog became so dense we navigated using only the radar gear on board. It dawned on me later: we had taken some major risks. Why would

May 11, 2008

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Planting

CHURCHES WITHOUT STEEPLES: Near the Gates of Hell

By Bill McClure Today, in the United States and around the world, “church” is where you find it: storefronts, hotels, theaters, bars, nightclubs, coffee shops””almost anywhere in addition to the more traditional church buildings. One of the most unusual locations is in a former Cambodian brothel””a structure used in the much-publicized child exploitation, commercial sex area of Phnom Penh. With God”s blessings, that storefront is being used to bring the light of Jesus Christ into the very darkest parts of the Cambodian capital. Now a new church meets there. No Choice Svay Pak is a down-at-the-heels area at the edge