The Beautiful Feet Lecture

Why Missions?

Rev Dr Howard Sands






OVERVIEW 
Since the mandate of the church given by Jesus to the disciples just prior to the ascension until the present day, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ has sought to make disciples

of all nations.  How, where and by what methods has been the source of controversy, argument and even dissension for over 2 millennia. Yet one thing remains constant in all that, the call of Christ to take the gospel to those who have not yet embraced it and make disciples. 

The Beautiful Feet Lecture is designed for Bible and Theological colleges, training schools and learning institutions of various types to both unravel the intent of the great commission and provide inspiration, motivation and practical application of ways in which students of the Word may apply it to their life and ministry both currently and in the future as their ministries develop. 

BACKGROUND 
Founder and international director of Beautiful Feet Task Force (BFTF), Rev. Dr. Howard Sands is renowned for his passionate enthusiasm for and involvement in the great commission, his practical life examples and humorous approach to teaching and training which helps his listeners to comprehend and assimilate the teaching into their life.

Howard completed his initial training at Life Ministry Bible College, Melbourne in 1976 with a passion to serve God and was quickly absorbed into the ministry at his local church in Mildura, Vic. Australia. He commenced the ministry of BFTF in 1980 and began training young men and women in evangelism and personal victory. Over the years since then through various business endeavours and ministry roles he has gained:-
LUATC II Honours from Life Underwriters Association Australia, 
Bachelor Business, majors in Management & Marketing from Charles Sturt University, 
Advanced Diploma in Ministry from Hope College, Gold Coast.
Cert IV Training and Assessment from National Training Masters.
Doctor of Divinity (Hon) from Good News International University for 35 years of missions work in evangelism & leadership training for pastors, leaders and church planters.  
He has been pioneer pastor of two churches in Australia and through evangelism been instrumental in the planting of about 20 overseas, been a part of the commencing and running of 4 Bible training institutes in Australia in addition to the work of BFTF. 

The work of BFTF over the years has encompassed every continent, Howard has won thousands to Christ through crusades, outreaches and personal evangelism, trained thousands in leadership development, church planting & personal victory, his passion remains the strengthening of the local church as the most significant & useful long term method of fulfilling the great commission & establishing the Kingdom of God on earth according to Jesus last command.

THE LECTURE
Designed for Biblical training institutes, this lecture is for all students, not just those pursuing a course in evangelism or ministry. It puts an eternal perspective into all further study in any course, enabling the student to keep a ministry perspective in all pursuits. Various lengths are available based on your course program, student body size and curricula requirements.  Options include:-

1. 'Why Missions', a 2 hour overview, 
2. 'Why Missions' overview, plus 'The Unreached' interactive, total 4 hour
3. plus optional additional seminars. (see further details in Additional Seminars).

Why Missions - World Overview - 2 hours

The call, the history of world missions in a nutshell, world population growth and the challenge of unreached people groups. Students will be challenged to see whatever their calling and ministry is, as a function of The Great Commission and attribute kingdom eternal value to their ministry whether pastoral, accounting, cleaning or business. Includes video excerpts from various BFTF missions in India and Africa. 

Why missions - World Overview + The Unreached Interactive, 4hour
Includes the above, plus a detailed look at unreached people groups of the world and the opportunities presented by modern travel and technology. A focal point of this lecture is an interactive discussion around ways to engage the church in the challenge of reaching the lost with the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  What constitutes a reached community? 

Winning the lost in the following sectors; 
1/ the non believers in the reached communities. 
2/ the non believers in sectors of the world where the church exists but some communities have not engaged with it. 
3/ the non believers in areas where there is no church. 

The objective being to both inspire students to some engagement in some non believer segment (including developing personal goals towards actualising the great commission) plus brainstorm ideas for church mission engagement in an unbeliever sector.

LOCATION 
Bible, Theological and Ministry Colleges and training institutes within Australia at your location. 

COST
Howard is willing to travel to your location and does not set a fee for this ministry, rather you should consider that the ministry of BFTF is a faith one and regularly undertakes missions in developing nations which cannot pay much or even anything towards the ministry of BFTF and that ministry is funded by the sponsors, donors and well wishes that appreciate the work being done. Churches and colleges wishing to engage Howard should consider the costs associated with the amount of time involved (including travel time) and costs of travel and accommodation etc and make an appropriate donation to the ministry of BFTF to assist in covering the costs of your event and whatever else may be above that will be used for international outreach and teaching missions in the fields where BFTF is engaged. Howard is not employed by BFTF and receives no salary, stipend or fees from BFTF. Rather he maintains his own personal income requirement from consulting.


TIMING
It is preferred to arrange the Beautiful Feet Lecture on a Friday, Saturday or Monday alongside weekend ministry in your area. 

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS
You may be interested to tap into other areas of Howard's expertise while in your college and have him to present to your students or your church one of his additional seminars. 


Seminars available:-
*Understanding the Whole Man, (spirit, soul and body)
*Christ in the Tabernacle, (applications for the Christian life)
*Your Kingdom Come, (a fresh look at both praying, being & living the Lord's Prayer)
*Understanding Motivational Gifts, (understand personality motivation drivers of you, your team & others, guiding your team in their calling to help you & others in ministry fulfilment)
*Personal Evangelism, (the Why and How of soul winning in personal evangelism). 
*Being a Son, (what being a son of God really is and involves, pedagogues, adoption, sonship, and more)
*Transforming Truths, (new creation realities, believers priesthood & authority, righteousness, appropriating victorious living)
*Things that are freely given to us of God, (understanding the things that were completed in us at Calvary and learning how to live in them).
The Person God Uses, (understanding of how God chooses and uses people for his purposes, making ourselves fit for the Masters use).

Each seminar requires approx 6 hours of teaching time and is best absorbed over 2 or 3 days in 2 hours lessons (each with a short intermission). Each student receives a BFTF workbook with key notes, scriptures and illustrations and space to write their own notes. 


OTHER OPTIONS 

Mission trips
Change your life and that of your church in just a few weeks. BFTF is usually opening a mission trip each year to mature Christian participants, these may include visits to the Indian sub continent, Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands. These vary from mass crusades, local church outreaches and local

services, combined church healing services, ministers training and conferences. Participants get to be involved based on their actual skills. A great opportunity for senior ministers or youth leaders to bring a few key people along for a first hand look at the mission field, be practically involved and transformed by the process. Trips are usually between 2 & 4 weeks duration. 

Stay connected by following BFTF on Facebook and subscribing to the email prayer partners newsletter. 

Recent Team Trips 
West Africa, 4 nations -  April/May 2017
India, Malaysia            - July 2017
Malawi, Zambia, South Africa - Nov 2018
Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia - July 2019
South Africa, Tanzania        - Nov 2019 

Post Publication additions 
Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda           - May 2023

Ethiopia, Kenya                                      - May 2024 
South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe         -April 2025 
Dominican Republic, Columbia, USA    -Aug  2025

Register here for news of coming team trips.




Local church ministry
Howard's ministry is ideal for local churches, his ministry is word rich, deep, challenging and inspirational, sometimes humorous, illustrated with practical examples and stories and engaging members to new levels of commitment to the Kingdom. He is always focussed on lifting people to a higher level in their fellowship with God. 

Local combined church outreach programs 
Howard has a very deep passion to see churches working together to reveal the unity of the body of Christ to the world (John 17) and achieve more. To this end he has participated in and initiated ministers gatherings, prayer meetings and joint participation events in many nations including Australia. He ministers with an understanding and anointing of the Holy Spirit; gifts of the Spirit, healings and miracles are often evidenced.   

How BFTF Programs and Outreaches are Funded 
This is a faith ministry, BFTF is funded entirely from the goodwill of those who appreciate the work being undertaken. All gifts, donations, seminar fees, sales, gratuities etc from;   The Beautiful Feet Lecture, 
Church ministry or seminars, 
Materials, 
Individual and church donations 
is given to BFTF towards its programs; Howard donates his time to BFTF and receives a reimbursement of expenses only, the rest is used to finance BFTF programs.  

Current programs

*Africa Network BFTF - an online social media networking for ministers concerned with the great commission in Africa.  Groups for unity are being developed in 22 nations, over 4500 members (May 2024). 

Join here http://bftfafricanetwork.ning.com 




*Annual African ministers training conferences for Africa Network BFTF members+.

*Mass crusades, outreaches and local church ministry presenting the gospel in Asia and Africa and other developing world locations as the Lord leads. 

Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria   April / May 2017, 
India, Malaysia                        July 2017, 
Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia     July 2019,
South Africa, Tanzania            Nov 2019. 

*Church planting/ training workshops/ seminars in developing countries
*Providing water wells in developing nations associated with church planting
*Monthly victory/healing service St Marys, NSW 2760 first Friday each month
*Discipling men in Australia
*Outreaches in Australia.
*Local church ministry and revivals, (Australia & western nations).

Donations 
can be made by direct bank deposit to 
Beautiful Feet Task Force      
Commonwealth Bank of Australia   
BSB 062-614. Account # 0094 0442
or by PayPal



Recent international BFTF events
2005 India (ministers training & crusades)
2007 Uganda (youth conference)
2008 Singapore (rehab centre ministry)
2008 Tanzania, (church ministry) Kenya (outreach crusade) & Uganda (youth conference)
2012 Tanzania, (crusade, water well opening) Kenya, Uganda (Ps conferences all 3 nations)
2013 United Arab Emirates, (church ministry)
2013 Kenya (water well opening, church leadership training, crusade)
2014 Kenya (keynote @ believers convention)
2014 India stage 1 (village ministry), stage 2 (city churches), stage 3 (pastors training), stage 4 (leadership & church planters training). 
2015 UK (churches and healing services)
2015 Ghana (keynote @ Apostolic Leadership Summit) 
2015 Cameroon (keynote @Dr Bernard Etta's 40th Anniversary Global Convocation)
2015 South Africa, keynote @Cape Town, (Kingdom Advancement Leadership Summit) 
2015 South Africa, keynote @ Durban (Leading Without Limits)
2016 Kenya, churches in Nairobi slums, crusade, keynote @ Busia, (Champions of Destiny), launch Africa Network Bible College
2016 Uganda, 4 pastors training seminars.

Added since blog originally posted 
2017 West Africa, Ghana, Apostolic Leadership Summit,
Togo, Feast of Good News
Benin, Apostolic Leadership Summit
Nigeria, Empowered ministers International Conference
India, South India Assemblies of God National Conference
India, Maranatha Full Gospel Assoc. Annual pastors conference
Malaysia, Global Harvest Assembly

2018 Central & Southern Africa. 
National Pastors Unity Conference, Blantyre, Malawi,
7 day crusade, Lusaka, Zambia
Greater Glory Ministers unity conference, Lusaka, Zambia,
Believers Tent Conference, Wellington, Capetown, S. Africa 

2019  Africa

Tanzania, 

Ministers Conference, Dar es Salaam
Outreach Crusade, Central Tanzania, 
Crusade, Kigoma, Western Tanzania,
Leadership Training, Kigoma, Western Tanzania
Burundi, 
Ministers Training, South Western Burundi
Zambia, 
Ministers Conference and mass ordination service, Heroes Stadium, Lusaka. 
South Africa

Revival meeting, pastors meeting, church leadership, NGO leadership, Mokopane. 
Tanzania, 
Global Faith Coalition, World Congress, Dar es Salaam.

2020 Online

Where to Now? 1-6 July - Dec 
Hosted zoom meetings with prominent leaders from every continent. 

2023 Africa
Ghana 
ministers conference- Kumasi, crusades x4 Kumasi, Kpando region, church ministry- Kumasi, Kpando, Accra.

Ethiopia

leadership training, healing meeting, Addis Ababa

Kenya

World Congress- Nairobi, ministers training-Musembe, church services- Nairobi. 

Uganda

Crusade-Busia, ministers training x4 - Busia, Tororo, Jinja, Kampala Bible college lecture- Kampala, church services.

2024 Africa 
Ethiopia 

outreach crusade, Arba Minch
Kenya 
Nairobi - church services

Kajiado - Presbyterian Ministers leadership conference 
Kakamega - Outreach crusade and leadership seminar & school visit

Busia - church services, & funeral 
Igara - outreach crusade

2025 Africa

South Africa

Johannesburg church service, International Church, 

Cape Town, 3 day revival, leadership training

Johannesburg, 3 day revival, leadership training 
Johannesburg, 2 day prayer conference

Eswatini
Mbabane, leadership training 

Zimbabwe
Bulawayo, denominational Easter Conference

Nations BFTF has ministered in.

Asia
India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, UAE, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia,

Oceana 

Fiji, Australia, NZ,
Europe
Romania, UK, 
Africa 
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa,  Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Malawi,  Burundi,  Zambia,  Ethiopia, 
Americas 
USA,

Further information
YouTube.    
Facebook,   
BFTF Blog, 
LinkedIn,
Africa Network BFTF,  
Lausanne Action Hub,

Patreon,

Sound Cloud,   
Ministry testimonials 

Are You An Accidental Minister?

WHAT !!!! 

You say what is an accidental minister? well it just happened, God impacted your life and you started to share that impact with others. You started to minister the word of God as it was revealed to you, people listened, you asked people to give their lives to Christ - they did, your heart was filled with love for Christ and passion for His kingdom on earth and so you began, it wasn't something you prepared for, expected or planned, it wasn't something you went to school or college for and yet here you are - some time later - in the ministry - maybe pastor of a church or an evangelist - a gospel singer or some kind of leader in the church, because of the passion and the receptivity to the Spirit of God in you. 

Did you ever wonder how some ministers had so much understanding of the scriptures, did you ever wonder why some had such clarity of understanding of the things of God; did you ever wonder why you felt you had so little scripture knowledge? Training, study, development, mentoring; these things make a difference. It has been our heart and passion after being in Africa a few times to see a way that we might help passionate people like you build up their knowledge of sound doctrine to help prevent errors occurring in the church and prepare the next generation of trained and skilled leaders for the church. This college has been years in the making and yet it is not new, it is just new to BFTF in Africa. The Vision Bible College material has been developed over the last 40+ years, has been used in over 145 countries, has around 150,000 current students and around one and a half million have enrolled in its courses so far, however students at the new Africa Network Bible College | Kenya will receive special concessions arranged through BFTF to make it even more accessible to Kenyans.

JOE Ministries , Headquarters of  national college for
Africa Network Bible College | Kenya.

In August 2016 during the BFTF visit to Kenya we announced the launch of Africa Network Bible College | Kenya in cooperation with JOE Ministries (under the leadership of Bishop George Odhiambo) who have the personnel, skills, facilities and passion to train leaders for the ministry and so Africa Network Bible College | Kenya was born. Video report.

Now we are pleased to advise that a complete program has been arranged for training programs in 2017 and have attached the application form for you to attend in short blocks (and still maintain your Kenyan ministry or church). 

Rev Dr Howard Sands, International Director,
Beautiful Feet Task Force, speaks at the launch.

We  have made very special arrangements regarding the fees for Kenyans wishing to attend and receive an Australian internationally recognised or accredited award with the very best theological and practical ministry training.  Please consider your training (or those others under your care) and upgrade your formal qualifications (at a tiny fraction of the  Australian cost). If you are interested in getting full details or participating you should download the attached application form and submit to the national Kenya college headquarters.

This is a new day for Kenya.

Quality internationally recognised formal theological and ministry training education at an affordable price for Kenyans, facilitated by skilled Kenyan leaders in Kenya at an international standard.  Download the application now and submit for 2017 classes.    

Any questions you have regarding content in the application form and your individual circumstances can be discussed with the principal Ps Ken Ayiro Okuyo. 

Download application form here. 

I am looking forward to seeing you the next time I visit.

Rich Blessings

Howard 

Rev Dr Howard Sands is the International Director of Beautiful Feet Task Force, is available as a speaker for churches, outreaches, business & missions.

For more details or to book Howard for your college, church or event see how to frame an invitation here.


If you would like to assist BFTF in its mission to equipping Africa Network Bible College with chairs, tables, beds, linen, cupboards, filing cabinets etc etc so they can equip ministers with the word of God to empower their own generation you can donate to BFTF here. 

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East Africa gets BFTF Teaching, Training and Evangelism

We just want to say a REALLY BIG THANK YOU to everyone who supported us, prayed for us, hosted us, fed us, arranged meetings, conferences and outreaches, transported us, loved on our churches and families in our absence during our recent mission to Kenya and Uganda. 

 

Ministering in small churches in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. 

      

Large leadership training seminar in Mbale, Uganda. 

 

Leading crusade outreaches to win souls in Busia, Kenya.

Ministering at the Champions of Destiny believers conference.

Launching Beautiful Feet Task Force first African Bible College, 

Africa Network Bible College | Kenya 

Ministering at Kibaale Town ( a rural village in Uganda) to about 70 pastors and leaders. About 50 baptised in the Holy Spirit.

Ministering at Pastors Seminar in Kampala, Uganda. 

       

Ministering to pastors and one of the churches in the newly formed CRC Churches International, Uganda.    

Between Ps Wayne Lyons and Dr Howard Sands we ministered at:- 

7 weekend services over 3 Sundays in Nairobi & Busia, Kenya; and Kampala, Uganda. 

• Preached at an outreach crusade, (approx 150 decisions for Christ over 5 nights, 3 preachers) 
• Gave keynote addresses and workshops at Champions of Destiny Conference, (900+ delegates) 
• Launched Africa Network Bible College | Kenya in Busia, Kenya.  
• Held 4 pastors and leaders training in Mbale (600+), Kibaale Town (70+) and Kampala x2 (50 & 11) Uganda. 

We met a whole lot of awesome saints of God with passion for the Kingdom, won souls for Jesus, saw healings, deliverance and baptism with the Holy Spirit. Renewed friendships, made new ones and were thoroughly excited to see that God is moving in East Africa. 

More details and photos on https://www.facebook.com/BeautifulFeetTaskForce/ 

Next BFTF public mission trip from Australia to West Africa in April 2017; 

Sign up now to receive information when available. http://eepurl.com/3OcLf

Monthly Combined Christian Churches Victory Meetings at St Marys, NSW, Australia. 

Mailing list for notifications here. http://eepurl.com/H6EBz

If you are ministering to Africa you may like to join Africa Network BFTF for connections, resources, unity and sharing, over 2800 leaders from over 46 African countries now utilise this BFTF service. 

http://bftfafricanetwork.ning.com/

Rev Dr Howard Sands is the International Director of Beautiful Feet Task Force, is available as a speaker for churches, outreaches, business & missions.

For more details or to book Howard for your college, church or event see how to frame an invitation here.


If you would like to assist BFTF in its mission to equipping African and Asian ministers with the word of God to empower their own generation you can donate to BFTF here.

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Unbelieving Believers

I read a challenging piece recently by Dr Bernard Etta when speaking of the 7000 prophets who had not bowed the knee to Baal (1 Kings 19.18); he said. "I have no respect for such prophets who lived in a nation taken over by Idolatry and evil but chose to remain silent. Not bowing to Baal is good, but not enough to transform a society or nation. True prophets confront the idolatry in the land and speak again sin in both high and low places with a vision of taking back the nation for God. You don't need 7000 prophets to change a nation, just one true prophet is enough."

A little similar to today's church I believe, 'and the love of many will wax cold.' 

They say they are believers but when it comes to issues of sin and righteousness and judgement they are cold and silent. 

It has been said "all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing," (often attributed to Edmund Burke but disputed) how true it is.  Burke also said, "Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference."  

If 7000 prophets who had not bowed the knee to Baal had spoken up, how different might the situation have been. If millions of 'so called' Christians learn to live with evil in the world and around them in their community instead of denouncing it and setting aright the ills of society, what will be the outcome of the Jezebels?

 

Today we have professing believers filling church pews with no moral fortitude, Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe" Mark 16.17 our churches seem to be full of those with only the "DO NOT DISTURB" sign around their necks, dare we say that many of our churches are filled with unbelieving believers? 

To believe in Christ is to follow Him and be His disciple; "I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." John 14.12

Are we doing the works? 

Are the signs following? 

Are we expecting the signs to follow? 

or have we just become humanitarian tolerants? 

The words of Christ command obedience, if obedience to His way is not there, are we in fact His disciple at all? 

Society will always have its malevolent, those intent on their own perverted gain at the expense of good morals and judgement, its wicked, evil and sinister plotters to bring down anything that is upright, moral, good or godly for it is an affront to them, for they desire to remove any semblance of righteousness or God from their lives, for then (in their minds only) their is no account to give to God.

It is encumbent upon us to heed the warning given by God to Ezekiel, “Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.” Ezekiel 18.26/27

Society in many nations (not restricted to western nations) is crumbling for lack of absolute values, where everything is questioned and many outcomes are questionable, it behoves those that have the truth that delivers (and has delivered for thousands of years for those that follow it,)  peace, stability, prosperity and godliness to share it with those of the community hellbent on destroying righteousness in society and themselves along with it to a torturous hell for those who reject God.  

Don't let your religion crumble around you for lack of attention to it.

Dr Howard Sands is the International Director of Beautiful Feet Task Force, is available as a speaker for churches, outreaches, business & missions.

For more details or to book Howard for your college, church or event see how to frame an invitation here.

If you would like to assist BFTF in its mission to equipping African and Asian ministers with the word of God to empower their own generation you can donate to BFTF here.

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The Return of Christ in 2021

That headline got your attention didn't it? 

Will Christ return in the year 2021? 

I don't know, but this makes us ask 2 very important questions to the church. 

1/ Will you be found in faith and ready if He does? 

2/ Will the church do what is required between now and then to bring that about? 

Continue reading to discover what is necessary and how possible it is for Christ to return in 2021.

"They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God." 

~Jesus Luke 13.29

Right from the times of the patriarchs is was apparent that God desired to bring all mankind of every race, tribe and nation into relationship with himself, this mandate of sharing the good news was ultimately passed on to the Hebrew people who held onto the truth of their revelation of God and mostly did not bring the gentiles into relationship with God and therefore the mandate of bringing the nations into the Kingdom of God was given to the church birthed through the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the sending of the Holy Spirit.
As we look around the world today we see that although the gospel has gone forth to some degree into most (but not all) nations, the majority of the church is still sitting in their pews, content to be pious or happy clappy but staying there. "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." ~Jesus Matt 24.14
Christ will delay his return and the judgement and the establishment of the kingdom of God on earth until the church has completed its assignment - and then will the end come.


The exciting thing about the day in which we live is that with today's travel and technology capabilities,the size of the church and finances of God's people, it is possible to translate the scriptures into every language on earth, deliver the good news to every ethnic group and establish the kingdom of God in them within the next five years. If only we would get of our comfortable backsides in our comfortable churches where we play religion and have services for our own pleasure and enjoyment and get out there delivering the good news of the gospel to those who have not heard, and persuading those who have avoided the message to listen and compelling those that have rejected it to come in; then the kingdom would be preached to the whole world, and Christs prophecy would be fulfilled, the end would come, judgement day and Christs return and His Kingdom would be established on earth and this prayer answered "thy Kingdom come."

The indictment on the church is that at least since the 1980's we have had everything in place to do this within 5 years. Although there are some that are passionately working for this end, we must conclude that the church generally has failed in its mission in this generation to preach the gospel of the kingdom in the whole world as a testimony to all nations. It falls on a new generation to take up the mandate, build on the strength of the past without taking on the complacencies of the forefathers who allowed apathy, comfort, smugness and sense of security to lull them into inaction.

Will the leaders keep on tickling the ears of their congregations with more personal development or get fired up with the Holy Spirit, prepare Gods people for acts of service and send them forth empowered to complete a mission and fulfil a mandate "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation." Mark 16.15 

Dr Howard Sands is the International Director of Beautiful Feet Task Force, is available as a speaker for churches, outreaches, business & missions.

For more details or to book Howard for your college, church or event see how to frame an invitation here.

If you would like to assist BFTF in its mission to equipping African and Asian ministers with the word of God to empower their own generation you can donate to BFTF here.

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