The first Open-Air witness was in Drogheda just north of Dublin. Further Open-Airs and tract distributions were held in:

• Lisburn
• Belfast
• Omagh
• Newcastle
• Portadown
• Cookstown
• and back to Drogheda

The team were able to sing and testify live over Radio for approximately 20 minutes and opportunity was given in the Bible Pattern Church, Portadown, to take the “Open-Air” into the church. We were able to speak of this ministry of World Vision for Christ.

We thank God for almost 10,000 Gospel tracts distributed as well as New Testaments and children’s tracts. We thank God for safe travelling (we clocked up 2,270 miles in the minibus.) We thank God for all those we were able to talk with, pray for and minister to and for the privilege of taking people’s burdens to Him in prayer. We thank God for the nights of fellowship and ministry with the saints whilst in Ireland, and for all who have prayed and contributed in making our visit possible. And we thank Him for enabling us to print and purchase the literature that we brought with us.

We feel that this was an effective witness as was proven by the amount of people that came to speak with us.

The end is not yet!

On Saturday 2nd July at 2pm, we will celebrate the graduation of this year’s students from our Christian day-school, Paragon Christian Academy.

We are drawing near to the end of this academic year, and we take this opportunity to send our graduating older students to further education with our prayers and blessings.

There will also be an awards ceremony for the other student achievements throughout the year, including the graduation of younger students into their next academic stage classes.

Please join us at Paragon Chapel at 2pm to enjoy this great event!

Hi Everyone,

2010 happened so quickly, we hardly even had a chance to see all that happened until we put together the end of year slideshow. world Vision for Christ has been an active ministry since the day it was Founded in 1969. We have been running for 40 years, that’s a whole generation.

We hope you enjoy the quick movie below…

On Saturday 11th December, Paragon Christian Academy gave their Christmas Presentation at Paragon Chapel, Hackney. In spite of wintry conditions afoot, the church was packed with School Staff, church members and many parents and of course, the school children.
The children, from Pre-school up to Seniors, excelled themselves and the play “Papa Panov” was a huge success. Such occasions do much to foster good Parent/Teacher/Pupil relationships and the whole atmosphere was warm and welcoming.

The following Saturday, the 18th, was the date of our annual Church Christmas Dinner, for which there had been much planning and preparation, and the candlelit church hall was very festive indeed! that very morning we had a two hour snow storm, but in spite of those conditions, the tables were well filled with folk and the cooks has prepared a hot buffet meal which we all enjoyed. Once again it was an evening of good fellowship and a chance to meet folk in very relaxed surroundings.

Signing off for now,
Sister Ann

Paragon Christian Academy will be performing their annual Christmas Show on Saturday 11th December at 7.30pm

Join us again this year on Saturday 11th December at 7.30pm at Paragon Chapel for a full programme of the Christmas Message in song, drama and Scripture performed by the students.

Including 2 plays: ”Papa Panov” & “Light of the World”

If you are unable to attend the presentation, you can watch it LIVE via our website, The permanent link is wvfc.co.uk/tv. Be sure to log on and keep up-to-date with our services. To catch up on previous services, please take a look at our channel page on Livestream.com/wvfc (link will open in new window. Flash Player required)

You can also watch us on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad over Wi-Fi or 3G using this free application.

For more details about any of these services, please contact us and we will be happy to talk with you.

It’s already Christmas time! Our list of services for Paragon Chapel are detailed below.

Paragon Chapel, 233-241 Glyn Road, Hackney E5 0JP

Christmas Dinner hosted by Dr. Albert Chambers & the WVfC Fellowship from 7.30pm

18th December at 7.30pm

Christmas Morning Service 10am

Saturday 25th December • Worship, Praise & Ministry in God’s Word for Just an hour.

New Year’s Eve Service from 9pm

Friday 31st December 2010 • Praise & Worship, Communion & Ministry of God’s Word with Dr. Albert Chambers

If you are unable to attend any of our services, you can watch them LIVE via our website, The permanent link is wvfc.co.uk/tv. Be sure to log on and keep up-to-date with our services. To catch up on previous services, please take a look at our channel page on Livestream.com/wvfc (link will open in new window. Flash Player required)

You can also watch us on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad over Wi-Fi or 3G using this free application.

For more details about any of these services, please contact us and we will be happy to talk with you.

Now, you can watch our regular services LIVE every weekend!

Service times are:

Saturdays starting at 7.30pm

Sundays starting at 6.30pm

The permanent link is wvfc.co.uk/tv. Be sure to log on and keep up-to-date with our services.

To catch up on previous services, please take a look at our channel page on Livestream.com/wvfc (link will open in new window.Flash Player required)

You can also watch us on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad over Wi-Fi or 3G using this free application.

22nd of May 2010, 7.30pm

We will host a fund-raising Caribbean Night at our main assembly, Paragon Chapel

It will be a night of Food, Fellowship and Fun! The proceeds will go towards our day-school and building. Please contact us for tickets.

• Adults: £10
• Children (upto 14ys old): £5
• Family £30 (2 adults & upto 3 children)

If you are unable to attend, but would still like to donate to World Vision for Christ, please contact the office and we will be glad to hear from you.

Dr Albert Chambers moved to mainland Britain from Northern Ireland at the end of the 60’s. God called him to London. God took him a step at a time and as the months went on the vision started to evolve.

In the summer of 1969, with a small group of people, who also were taking their ‘first steps’ the first open-air of the new found World Vision for Christ, took place in Worthing, Sussex. From those summer months, until 31st December 1969 World Vision for Christ planned a strategy!

The Newham recorder, writing about our small group, in the 1970’s, said we were a ‘small group of revolutionaries ….’ and that is what we were, hidden away in a tiny flat in the East End of London. Low profile… big impact!

Here is a decade by decade account of what was started within that period and how things continue to date. Please bear in mind, that not many organisations were attempting to do what we started in those ‘early years’. You will note that we did not restrict ourselves to one particular outreach, we covered many areas.

1970-1980 The Planting Years

• 1st major tract distribution started in East London
• 1st Children’s ‘Special’ started in Essex Road School, E12
• Opens Airs continue in market places in UK
• Petticoat Lane Open-Air started
• Started to print our own materials and made the service available to other churches.
• Overseas Missions
• Ministry into Ireland with crusades and monthly trips back.
• Started the Film Ministry
• Started filming crusades & meetings on 8mm film.
• Recording all meetings, first on reel-to-reel then on cassette.
• Started tent ministry, first with hired tents, then purchased our own. Tents throughout London, Birmingham, Bristol.
• Meetings in Westminster Central Hall.
• Church Crusades.
• Start of the annual distribution of ‘Poppy Tract’
• Israel Tours started.
• Put the message ‘The Impossible thing …’ onto gramophone record.
• During this decade we met Rev Jim Patterson, who was to become a very close friend and minister in the Gospel.
• A young man, who had just made his decision for the Lord, made our acquaintance, that was Evangelist David McKivett!

1980-1990 The Developing Years

• Became a registered charity with constitution & aims of the charity
• Radio Ministry into the USA.
• Radio Ministry into East, West & Central Africa
• Purchased 53 seater coaches
• Weekly visits in our 53 seater coaches to Birmingham to strengthen the hands of those recently converted during the Birmingham Tent Crusades.
• Purchase of the Birmingham Church
• Bible Conferences started
• Updated 8mm filming to video filming
• Overseas missions & tent crusades continued.
• Petticoat Lane & Market Open Airs contined. Children’s Ministry continued.
• Bookstores opened in: Ridley, Brixton & Manor Park
• Weekly Church meetings, in London, continued for those recently converted in London tent crusades, using rented buildings.
• Trafalgar Square Open-Airs

1990-2000 The Consolidating Years

• Purchase of Paragon Chapel
• Paragon Christian Academy started
• Purchase of 243 Glyn Road for senior
• PCA students
• Purchase of Centre in Ireland
• Purchase of Radio Star
• Published ‘Foundations of Faith’

Continuing from previous decades:

• Children’s ministry
• Petticoat Lane Open Air
• Open-Airs in market places
• Tent Crusades
• Ministry into Ireland
• Radio Ministry into Africa & Ireland
• Overseas Missions
• Printing
• Tract Distribution
• Annual Poppy Tract distribution
• Bible Conferences
• Bible Stores
• Videos & Audio recordings
• Church Programme

2000-2010 Continuing & Expecting

• Purchase of Emanuel Hall, Stratford
• Updating of audio/video system
• Started Friday street outreach in Stratford shopping area.
• Paragon Chapel refurbished and re-wired.

Continuing from previous decades:

• Children’s Ministry
• Petticoat Lane Open Air
• Open-Airs in market places
• Tent Crusades
• Ministry into Ireland
• Radio Ministry into Africa & Ireland
• Overseas Missions
• Printing
• Tract Distribution
• Annual Poppy Tracts distribution
• Bible Conferences
• Bible Stores
• Video/Audio recordings
• Church Programmes
• Paragon Christian Academy
• Upkeep of Radio Star

What do we want for the coming years? …

Our immediate plans are to continue pursuing the vision God gave to His servant, and his ‘band of dedicated revolutionaries’, all those years ago.

For 2010 we want to develop a Social Care Programme for the older members in our Assembly.

We also need to nurture the youngsters who are attending church week by week, that they will have a ‘passion for Christ and His Kingdom work’. World Vision for Christ values your prayers, your presence and your financial support. Part of our constitution written with the help of a Godly solicitor all those years ago says:

To promote the Christian faith by any or all of the following means:

Conducting Christian crusades.
Publication & distribution or circulation of religious books, literature or pamphlets.
Establishment & maintenance of centres for young people in need of Christian guidance
Christian guidance by telephone
Production & distribution of Christian films
Conducting of childrens meetings, to bring together children from all walks of life, colour and creed and to teach the principles of the Christian faith.
Support of missionaries & evangelism
Purchase or lease or mortgaging of property

You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, ‘’That is God.’’

Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest and scholar.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist and philosopher.

Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord’s Prayer.

Napoleon I (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte. French general, First Consul

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism.

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded empires; but upon what do these creations of our genius depend? Upon force, Jesus alone founded His empire upon love; and to this very day millions would die for Him.

Napoleon I (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte. French general, First Consul

But what do you think?