## Kingdom Harvest Church Belfast Ltd Directors Report for the Year 2023-2024 The Church as a whole is HUGELY instrumental in upholding and promoting a moral compass for society and is a defender of right behaviour, which includes honouring parents, teachers, policing and civic authority. We at Kingdom Harvest have honoured and prayed for government and the decision-makers in N Ireland and the United Kingdom on a regular basis. We are a Light as we reflect Christ’s Light to those around us. By our influence as the Church and teaching Biblically sound standards of morality, spiritual principles for life and overcoming challenges, as well as how to have rich and meaningful relationships with our Creator God and others, we are combatting things like family breakdown, the shocking rise in alcohol and/ or drug abuse, sexual crime, disrespect for parents, teachers and anyone else in authority. Honestly, “Public good” comes EASY for the Church! For our Public Good of Promoting Religion we have held regular services on Sundays. These include lively worship with a full band and talented singers and instrumentalists. The Bible teaching is rich and diverse and helps everyone to know how loved, valued and accepted they are in Christ Jesus through His atoning sacrifice and the cross. We pray for one another during each service and show support for each other continually. We explore the unsearchable riches of God’s Word defining the boundless benefits of knowing Christ as our Saviour and being a member of the Family of God. We seek to make sure everyone is listened to, every need addressed, every soul is enriched and empowered to face the challenges of each new day God sends! We always emphasise the priceless precious Bible promises which are God’s assurance to us that He will never leave nor forsake us. He has an abundant supply of grace to help and strengthen us in time of need as we walk this life with Him in Christ Jesus our Lord. During the week we have numerous Home Life Groups. This provides a more intimate setting to receive teaching from God’s Word, a time of discussion, personal prayer and it helps to foster genuine relationships with others. It’s also an excellent venue for those who are new to the faith to acclimatise, build new relationships and ask questions. We are implementing a new 3 month commitment strategy for those opening their homes this year to increase the number of Life Groups. Each will have specific and relevant Bible teaching on subjects such as: Christ the Healer, Marriage and Family, Finance and others. We have special events for children for Easter, a Back to School Party, a Glow Party (at the time of Halloween) and special Christmas events (Christmas Dinner, Carol Services etc). We have a weekly “Kids’ Blast!” service on Sundays with a dedicated curriculum and activities to help children understand the wonder of God and the wonder of who they are, being created by God. They’re taught that they have gifts and talents and a destiny that God will help them fulfil. They learn timeless truths about of God’s love, forgiveness, fruit bearing (character development), right relationships and leadership principles. They also have FUN! Our Children’s Coordinator, Tash Hamilton, is continuing her very successful work in many local primary schools where she often works alongside Scripture Union. This includes taking some Assemblies and after school clubs. We’re excited about this growing work! We have services and teaching that is accessible on our website, Facebook and Youtube. We now also offer access to the Global Church Divinity School for Church members and those attending our GCN conferences. (We had 1 this year, with international speakers live via ZOOM and present with us). The GC Divinity School has over 250 courses online developed by great Christian leaders across the world. It’s fabulous! For our Educationally focussed Public Benefit, I site the above mentioned Global Church Divinity School. We are continuing to publicise this across N Ireland and internationally. Obviously it’s accessible from any place on earth with an internet connection and we have the Global Membership which allows us to sow the GCDS to 50 different locations anywhere on earth. We have offered it to leaders in Pakistan and Uganda. Karen and I have also travelled to Moldova to hold 2 conferences for pastors and Church Leaders with the Global Church Network after finishing our 4 conferences in Cairo, Egypt over 2 years doing the same training in evangelism, discipleship, leadership development and Church planting. We also continue to publicise the option for parents to Homeschool their children through the ACE (Accelerated Christian Education ) curriculum. We had the European Director speak at our 1st GCN conference at the beginning of the year. We endeavour to place a love for learning in all the children who come to Kingdom Harvest. Proverbs 24 says “Through wisdom a house is built, through understanding it is established and by knowledge all the chambers thereof are filled with precious and pleasant things!” For relief of poverty we teach the principles of Biblical Finance every Sunday service. We offer continual counselling services to help individuals and families overcome personal, relational and financial challenges. We support job hunting and work placement through the many relationships we have in the community. No one needs to stay unemployed at Kingdom Harvest. We trust God to open doors, create opportunities, grant favour and to transform lives. We see it happening! Our Missions support is growing and wide-ranging. We partner with other organisations like the Global Church Network to help bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Through their global network of relationships we’re been able to attend and minister at Leadership Summits and Synergise Conferences in Brussels, Belgium, Cairo, Egypt and now Moldova. We are now also partnering with King’s Cathedral, Maui, Hawaii to Church plant across N Ireland. We planted our first “King’s West” Church extension in West Belfast this year and are looking now to start a 2nd extension in this New Year. Our goal is 3 extension by the end of 2025. This is a taste of what we do. There is no greater joy than serving Christ and the community, helping them connect to endless hope, boundless love and the unsearchable resources available to all who will choose to follow Christ. Regards, Pst Brian Ashworth Director/ Pastor Kingdom Harvest Church Belfast Ltd 10 Beechfield Avenue Bangor, Co Down BT19 7ZY