Seed-Time Ministries, Inc.

WHO WE ARE.

Seed-Time Ministries began in 1970, when a local grocer sponsored some Bible study programs on a small radio station in Tillamook, Oregon. Soon, other stations became aware of the programs and requested permission to air them in their own areas. The outre ach was incorporated in 1973 and received its tax-exempt status from the IRS the same year.

Seed-Time's teacher, Pastor Ashley Day, began his career in a school of languages in London's West End. The Lord called him into the ministry when Billy Graham first visited London in 1954. Moving down to the rural areas of Cornwall, he preached in sma ll pastorless churches for the next few years, working in a china clay mine to earn a living.

After immigrating to the United States in 1959, the Days first served in the Milwaukee Rescue Mission and then with Village Missions, where they pastored several churches in Oregon.

In 1973, Pastor Day became Chaplain at Stonecroft, the headquarters of the mission in Kansas City, MO. The radio ministry was operated from that location and its first overseas broadcast began from HCJB in Quito, Ecuador.

In 1975, Pastor Day and his wife, Edna, were called back to England, to minister at the Brookdale Evangelical Church in Ilfracombe, Devon. During those years, Seed-Time was transferred to Bakersfield, California and voluntarily operated by John and L illian Penner, under whose leadership the ministry continued to grow. Bible studies were recorded in England and mailed to Bakersfield, where they were duplicated and distributed widely by the Penners.

In October 1980, Pastor and Mrs Day returned to the United States to pastor the Coeur d'Alene Bible Church, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Seed-Time Ministries was returned to the Days and became an official ministry of the church, supported by the congrega tion as a missions outreach. Pastor Day served as Senior Pastor until September, 2003, when, upon his retirement from the full-time ministry, he became Pastor Emeritus. He continues to direct Seed-Time Ministries. The Days have five children

Seed-Time Ministries is headed by a board of nine members, which meets quarterly to direct the work. Bradley Rowe edits and produces all of the radio programs, and his wife, Nicola (Day) Rowe, our secretary, organizes the work and keeps everyone on schedule. The Bible studies are edited versions of messages preached in the Coeur d'Alene Bible Church between 1980 and 2003. We have recently updated our equipment to a digital system, which ensures the best possible quality.

Orders for tapes, received by mail, telephone and through the internet, are processed as quickly as possible. Usually turn-around time is only a day or so but there is sometimes a delay when demand is heavy. On those occasions your patience is appreciated.

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