M/E International, Inc.

M/E International
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HISTORY

CURRENTLY

M/E INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WHAT WE BELIEVE

HISTORY

             A 59-year-old ministry (started in 1948 by Mr. Howard Pettman in Syracuse, NY), now headquartered in Brea, California, USA,   Missionary Electronics (M/E) was a leader for 40-years in the development of special low-power public-address, reel-to-reel tape and cassette equipment for use in developing countries by missionaries and nationals.

Many of these "Gibson Girl" Emergency Transmitter's were converted between 1952 and 1955 to provide an Amplifier for external Speakers, with Microphone and Phonograph accessories.

        The Portable Teacher was used between 1960 and 1973. It was a Reel to Reel Tape Player, Phonograph, Public address system with external speaker and a Reel to Reel Tape Recorder when accessory unit provided.

The Audio Teacher was developed between 1973 and 1985. It was a Cassette player powered by Hand-crank OR a.c. OR d.c. external power.

This view of the Audio Teacher has a clear Plexiglas top showing the inside working mechanism.

With the availability of good commercial equipment, our emphasis has shifted to programmatic areas to assist the nationals to increase their outreach. The CDP activities were a direct result of our Father-God's leading while we were flying over India in 1986 asking, "Father, how can we reach these villagers?"

Since 1986, our focus has been on the Cassette Discipleship Program (CDP) for village outreach, especially India; where Village Evangelists(VEs) are actually villagers-reaching-villagers. It has been our privilege and joy to help enable them to "do it themselves" via GIFTS of India.

CURRENTLY

      CDP structured cassette programs are now available in twelve(12) of the major languages of India, being used in eight(8) states -- with plans and trained VEs available to start in the remaining states. M/E is helping GIFTS to implement the CDP in India -- equipping a Village Evangelist (VE) for $150.00 (a once only cost as the VE volunteers his time in true ministry). This provides Cassette Player, Cassettes, and bicycle as required. CDP in India has an ultimate need for a total of 80,000 VEs to reach all of India's villagers on a regular basis; each VE has the responsibility for ten villages, about 10,000 villagers.

CDP is a grass roots program -- very cost effective -- about 1/80th the cost if 'westerners' were to even to try to do it!   As a grass roots process, villagers reach out to villagers -- with the trained non-literate villager being Village Evangelists (VEs) who use structured dialog cassette messages for Outreach as well as further training for 'himself'.

      It is our desire to have all the countries of Africa started in CDP by the end of April 2004, with the intent to reach out to all the villagers in all the countries on before 2010 AD. Started is: at least having leadership and steering committee assigned. Ideally, we will have a single point contact in your 'camp' for general communication.

       Ideally we recommend deploying VEs in groups of 20 in an Outpost, each VE responsible for 10 or more villages (about 10,000 villagers). All CDP leaders, supervisors, and VEs are volunteers (or locally supported as pastors, etc.).

M/E INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James R. Ford, President

     Wayne D. Walton, Vice.Pres. Azariah Rajan, Vice.Pres-CDP

Lyle Majeska, Vice.Pres-Media

Directors:

Dr. James Butare

Gabriel Rufus

Steven J. Ford

Troy Majeska

Note: The board of directors and USA staff personnel are all "tent makers" -- no donations to M/E Intl are ever used for salaries or director fees of any kind. All donations go directly into the ministry activities related to enabling the work in India.

MEI Board of Directors (Partial) with Dr. Jebasingh

Jim Ford, Dr. Jebasingh, Lyle Majeska, Wayne Walton



     Jim Ford             Wayne Walton           Azariah Rajan



                    Gabriel Rufus           Lyle Majeska            Steve Ford



                         James Butare          Troy Majeska



WHAT WE BELIEVE:

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and great glory.

We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe that the church is comprised of all true believers and that the mission of the church, with Christ as its head, is to communicate the Gospel of Christ to all the world.