For over 30 years Dr. Bray has used the YWAM Prayer and Planning Diary as a way to stay on track with his personal piety and as a prayer guide for the whole team. "Next to the Bible, this is the most life-changing devotional book I have ever used," says Dr. Bray. "It takes you right into the heart of Jesus for the lost world-it is like walking with God. Plus it helps you plan your daily apostolic action."
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CVILLE, Virginia - Dr. Bill Bray, who trains and motivates international mission leaders in growth and development skills, has blocked dates for quarterly "planning retreats" in 2008. To register, contact the Development Director of your mission or Dr. Bill Bray directly.
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CVILLE, Virginia - Dr. Bill and Ivy Bray, who recently returned to Virginia after nearly three years serving global missions from a base in Georgia, are urgently in need of household goods and office equipment.
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For the first time since 1991, Dr. Bill Bray is now available to provide his consulting ministry to the entire, global Christian community on a low-cost basis. Effective May 16, Dr. Bray and his wife Ivy began working on an assignment basis as needed. [read more]
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BIBLE FOR NEW OSM PRAYER ROOM: Dr. Bob Finley and Bill Bray dedicated a new Bible during an Open House for the new national headquarters office of OSM in June. "The written word of God is our rule and guide for doing foreign missions," said Bill during the celebration, "and so it is appropriate that we honor God's revelation to us during this grand re-opening of the office here in Charlottesville." The Overseas Students Mission was founded by Dr. Finley in 1953 and has been instrumental for 50 years in the development of the indigenous missions movement. (Photo by Jon Bray)
DALLAS – Friends, supporters and veterans of past overseas missions led by Bill and Ivy Bray of CIS Missions will gather October 4 for a celebration banquet here. The gala event will be held at the beautiful Marriot Dallas Fort Worth North hotel starting at 6:30 PM. The evening will be filled with testimonies, music and fellowship as friends gather around the Great Commission of Christ. Bill Bray has led short term missions to 65 countries. Some, like China, as many as 16 times! Texans have made many of these missions possible, helping to recue abandoned children, the destitute, the persecuted and the lost. [read more] By Dr. Bill Bray
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The Brays and CIS have received the largest single financial challenge grant in the history of their ministry, just as Dr. Bray has accepted a new call to reach overseas students in the USA. The $50,000 challenge grant will do a lot to help launch their expanded outreach to indigenous missions as current supporters respond and match it. [read more] By Dr. Bill Bray
WHAT are the prospects and big trends ahead in the world of Christian charities, missions and outreaches during the year ahead? Whether you are a prayer partner, an active supporter of missions or a mission-minded leader, we all need to prepare for the storms ahead. Mission committees need to both invest more and “more carefully” in response to the coming judgments and circumstances. [read more]
BRITISH CONGRESSMAN WELCOMES MUSLIM WORLD LEADERS TO UK: Some of two dozen of indigenous missionaries the Brays consulted in Europe pose with a Member of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Charles Hendry (center) at All Saints Church, Crowborough. To the right of Hendry is Nancy and Ron George of World in Need. WIN is a ministry partner with the Bray Family. (WIN Photo)
COLUMBUS, GA (February 4, 2007) - In the first two weeks of the Philippine Mercy Mission, the team distributed emergency aid to 67 village pastors and funding grants to make temporary repairs to 16 churches. Dr. Bill Bray revealed the progress during a one night stopover here on his way to Chicago. [read more]
Dr. Bray with survivors of Hurricane Durian in Bicol where 3000 people were killed and 500,000 left homeless last November. "By God's grace," says Dr. Bray, "we must help them rebuild their churches and broken lives." (CIS Photo by Ivy Bray)
COLUMBUS, GA - Georgia-based missionaries Dr. Bill and Ivy Bray have led mission teams for 41 years to distant mission fields in Africa, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, Thailand, Russia, and Ukraine. [read more]
CIS, INC. MISSION STATEMENT
Christian Information Service, Inc. is a tax-exempt, 501(c) 3 Non Profit Organization dedicated to shining forth the light of Christ in word and deed. CIS, Inc. has been helping church and mission agencies grow through “best practice” communications and development services since 1966. While Dr. Bill and Ivy Sanchez Bray continue as senior staff missionaries, many other full-time Christian workers are involved in this network of ministry thanks to the support of faithful Christians like you. All contributions to this ministry are tax-exempt. Click here to donate now online. CIS, INC is non-sectarian and serves the whole Body of Christ through indigenous outreaches such as: (1) Missions, (2) News and Information, (3) Ministries and Projects, (4) Church Development Services, (5) Tours and Seminars, and (6) Media Fellowships.
| BRAY'S PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT: The Bray Family Missionaries are serving the Lord as an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. NOTE: All opinions expressed in this column are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the many different local churches and missions we serve.
 ALMOST daily, potential friends and supporters of OSM ask me to define my vision for the future of this mission. Why is it unique? What are our plans and prayers for the future? What is our focus and goals moving toward 2020? Why is it so very worthy of urgently needed support? More specifically, why is it so critical to revitalize and expand OSM now – to assist emerging student missionary leaders? My answer is steeped in six decades of missionary history. When Dr. Bob Finley founded OSM in 1953, the twin concepts of supporting indigenous missions and reaching overseas students for Christ seemed radical and untried. There was no track record of native missionary success such as we have today. Missions were still colonial in mindset and controlled mostly by the newly affluent white, Anglo Saxons. We Americans were still basking in our WWII victories, confident our methods and ways were always best. [read more]
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