Howland, Paul (Hornby)

After the Lord Jesus Christ saved my wife Faith and I from sin, He brought us together at Bible college. We were married in 1972 and had our first child in 1973. We lived in Paris for a short time from 1973 to 1974. We had our second child in 1976.  By 1981 we were commended to full time work in France by two assemblies in Rhode Island.  After language school we served in the assembly in Aix-les-Bains.  We moved to the center of France in 1983 and began an assembly work in Moulins sur Allier.  After 17 years of evangelism and disciple work, Deacons and Elders were appointed in the year 2000 for the "Assemblée Chrétienne de Moulins".   We then moved to Vichy.  The "Assemblée Chrétienne de Vichy" is a New Testament type Christian Brethren Assembly located in the heart of France.  It was pioneered many years ago by the parents of Priscilla (Hoy) Kalioudjoglou.  Trifon and Priscilla served there for over 35 years as did many others.  Many were saved and had gone on to serve the Lord, but by the year 2000 there were only 4 in attendance and one was not a believer.  We answered the call to "come over and help"(Acts 16v9).  The assembly grew as the Lord added to His church.  By 2009 we were able to appoint deacons and, in 2011, a "Titus Team" to finish the work and appoint elders when the time came.  We went to the USA for continued cancer treatment for Faith where she passed into the presence of the Lord on July 12, 2012.  I am now serving in France as an itinerant evangelist and teacher.  I spend a few months in the USA and Canada travelling and encouraging assemblies in overseas missions and teaching about leading others to Christ. The need for good Bible study tools in France is tremendous.  So, with the French copyright in hand, I have gathered a small team of international editors to put Wm MacDonald's Believers' Bible Commentary in an e-Sword module for computers, tablets, iPhone and Android phones.  Other good Bible study books are coming in French !