The Dream for a Radio Station in Nabire is to finish a small studio in this room attached to the Memorial Church in Nabire.
A dream has been hatching for a long time in the heart of the church members across Papua, Indonesia. They long to have many small FM radio stations that will eventually grow into great web of Radio stations spanning from North to South and East to West.
Nabire’s studio with windows looking into the church sanctuary. Latter they hope to add bigger and more professional rooms to their current studio.
In my recent trip to Nabire, for example, they have a nice piece of property ready for a radio station. They need about $5,000 to be fully operational, If the money could be in place they people would be listening to the sounds of Papuan Kings Heralds as they sing – “Lift up the Trumpet and loud let it ring – Jesus is coming again.”
The Furniture builder who came from his shop to show me his community radio station in Kaimana.
At the time of this writing I’m in Kaimana – the gorgeous bay town on the south coast of Papua’s Bird’s head peninsula. Earlier in the day I asked our leaders if they knew if there was a radio station in town. At first they could only think of the local Muslim station and the Government station. Latter in the afternoon they happened to mention my question to a local Adventist furniture maker and he said, “Yes, I’m building a radio station right now – Fresh 93.2 FM” It will be a small community radio station. I asked him if we provided some programing if he would air it. He was thrilled to do so!
The church member’s Radio tower atop the roof of his studio.
Our biggest challenge right now is to get programs pre-recorded so that when the time comes we have lots of hours of programs already ready to go. Right now we’re planning a small recording studio for radio programs. We want programs about: health, doctrine, Dramatized Bible stories for children, Youth targeted talk shows, music targeted to the native ear, Sermon series, Family life and much more.
Let’s help make the dream of our Papuan brothers and sisters come to life. Will you send up your prayers that God will make this dream come to reality. Let’s let the trumpet sound – Jesus is coming again and this Gospel must be proclaimed in every possible way. Radio is one of those ways. Radio Advent Papua should give Adventists across Papua a starting point to the many conversations they should be having with their pre-Christian friends.
I like to challenge my readers to become monthly, or quarterly or yearly donors to Radio Advent Papua. Contact me and I’ll tell my USA readers how they can send donations. pastordarronboyd@gmail.com
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