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Our Local Evangelists
Paul Adams — Branch Director
Since
his salvation in 1988, Paul Adams has been deeply committed to the work
of evangelism. In 1996 he became associated with Open Air Campaigners
in the Baltimore-Washington area, and in 1998 he and his wife Carmiña
became full-time staff members. Paul is currently a staff evangelist and
director of the Baltimore branch.
Read the Adams' latest newsletter.
Tom Fox — Evangelist
In spite of growing up in a large denomination church, I did not understand the gospel message found in the Bible. I was active in youth group and choir and still lost in my own world of sin.
Turning away from church after high school, I slipped farther away from any pursuit of God. My oldest brother made several attempts to witness to me to no avail. He eventually invited me to church and I figured I would go once to stop his insistent prodding to tell me about spiritual things. It was there at Webster Bible Church that I heard and believed for the first time that Jesus Christ was God who became a man to come to earth to sacrificially die for my sins and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures proving that He is God. I believed the moment I heard the truth of the gospel. I knew that I had a relationship with God and that God had entered my life through the Holy Spirit.
I entered into immediate discipleship with the leadership at Webster Bible Church and desired to learn more how to serve God. Leaving Webster, NY, I earned a Bachelors’ degree in Christian Education at the Washington Bible College in Lanham, MD. It was there that I would go out with student teams into Washington DC, with Open Air Campaigners.
After college I found myself in the business world which was a different mission field than I had anticipated. After God worked in my life for 20 years in the business arena, He called me back to school to earn a Master’s degree in Christian Counseling & Discipleship. During this time, God put a driving desire in my heart to do and teach evangelism. I linked up with local groups such as Agora Evangelism and Praise N Thunder Outreach Ministries to expand and stretch my evangelism calling.
I registered for the evangelism training sponsored by OAC at Washington Bible College as a summer modular course while in seminary. It was there that I met Paul Adams and a host of others on the OAC staff. God continued to develop my friendship with Paul, and God continued to direct my path to OAC to fulfill His calling in my life to do and teach evangelism.
Barbara and I serve as Outreach Coordinators at Belcroft Bible Church where we focus on ways to do and teach evangelism in the community. Barbara is active in the Christian community serving as Vice President of Administration at the Washington Bible College.
Read the Fox' latest newsletter.
Zane Dempsie — Evangelist
I was four years old when I first prayed to receive Jesus Christ as my Savior. It was in our kitchen after a Bible study that my mother was having. I heard them talking about Jesus and salvation, and after everyone left I went out to the kitchen and asked my mother what they were talking about and how I could have that. Then about four years later as I was riding my bike down the lane, I distinctly remember praying again because I questioned whether I really knew or understood what I had done when I was four. I believe this is actually when I received Christ into my life. During my growing-up years, God was gracious to me even though I did not always live for Him.
In August of 1993, Laurie and I were married, and, in God’s timing, we were blessed to have three children (Zana in 1997, Ethan in 2000 and Zoran in 2008). Again, the Lord has been gracious, and even though we have not always lived for Him, He has remained faithful to us.
In 2003 I totally rededicated my life to the Lord and have not taken Him for granted since. It was at that time that I began to redefine who I was in Christ and what He wanted from my life. I began to grow and learn and had such a hunger for the Word of God. I attended Bible studies and became very active in my church. I then realized I needed to tell others about the awesome power of God. I started witnessing, and through a friend, Chad Foor, I heard about an organization called Open Air Campaigners that specializes in effective, open-air evangelism here in the States and around the world. After researching information about this mission board, taking their one-week open-air evangelism seminar at Washington Bible College and talking to their staff about the work, I filled out an application to become a full-time missionary. In November of 2008, Laurie and I attended the OAC Orientation/Candidate School in Philadelphia and were officially accepted onto staff by the Board of Directors.
I am now ministering alongside other OAC staff here in the Baltimore - Washington DC area. This allows me to be actively involved in daily open-air outreach as I continue to raise needed prayer and financial support.
Read the Dempsies' latest newsletter.
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