To make disciples of all nations, 

especially to share 

the Gospel of Christ Jesus  

with Gypsies and travellers 

around the World.

Mainly by teaching, we build them up in the faith to ministry level, providing teaching materials (see 'Our Resources') and teach Christian Gypsies how to share their faith with their children, to prepare the next generation for the mission field.

Rodney Smith was a Gypsy who became a Christian over a century ago. He preached to his own people, yet with little response. When asked why this was so he replied that their time had not yet come. It seems that now it has! Many believe this to be a fulfilment of Luke 14v23, for who else lives in the hedges and lanes?

Although the Gospel has been preached among the Gypsies for years, perhaps even centuries, a revival suddenly started among them about fifty years ago in Europe, which spread to Britain in the 1980s. Since then many churches have been planted and about men are being trained as ministers. Estimates vary, but there may be in excess of 2000 believers in Britain, but the number is rising. These new converts are naturally eager to learn about the Bible and to communicate their faith to others, but there is a shortage of ministers to teach them. Most of the work is done voluntarily because Life & Light is only a small organisation and needs Church buildings at this stage, so salaried ministers are beyond their resources. Unfortunately this limits the time that can be devoted to teaching, so we applied for grants to support full time teachers, and after a few years felt confident enough to establish an independent charity, the Pilgrim Bible Society, though in practice we remain part of Light & Life.

Our future vision is to find support for any and every effort to spread the Gospel amongst Gypsies and travellers across the world: evangelism, church planting, pastoral and teaching, both here in the UK and in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and beyond. We also believe that in the future God will bless us with a Bible College here in the UK.

If you would like to comment on our work, including the content of this website, or would like to support us (in prayer or financially) but would like to know more, please contact us.

Contact Us:

Trustees: Rev. K Monument, Rev. Dr. G Balfour, Rev S Williams.

Admin: Rev. Gerry Beves, PO Box 125, Wakefield, WF1 5XR.

07967 630071

pilgrimbiblesociety@googlemail.com

Registered charity 1113834 (20th April 2006)

Company limited by guarantee 5753469 (23rd March 2006).?