The Weblog of Bob and Nancy Hitching

All of us as Christians in one way or another are motivated by various passions, visions and dreams. These usually express themselves in the form of an enterprise or ministry expression. I have been blessed with a life that has been given almost unlimited opportunity of expression as God has allowed me to see so much of the world and be involved with so many different projects. Incredibly, I am still agitated by the things that I have left unfinished, albeit the list is long, rather than focusing on the wonderful blessing of being able to participate in such a rich diversity of ministry outlets.

Now as I enter the last stage of my life here on earth I am forced to think through how best to be a steward of the gifts that God has given me rather than the ones I wish he had.

It is not only an issue of gifting but also of passion. What really do I have a passion for? The answer comes so quickly to my mind. I desire so much to make the Gospel available to people who I call the U-class. In short, the U-class are the under-educated, the under-valued and the under-cultured. Really and to be honest these are my people.

I want to write simple books for simple people, the only book they may ever read yet filled with the excitement of walking through life with the Son of God. I want to preach simple messages to the least resourced of humnaity about the nobility of our adoption by our heavenly father through the Gospel and to share the richness of human growth to the under-cultured.  - Bob Hitching

 Our vision though is very specific and it involves reaching an unreached people group called the Bayash. The Bayash are a Roma group who live in Central Europe. We have a vision, a prayer and a goal for these people and that is to put the Bible in their mother toungue. We recongnise that throughout history whenever the scriptures were worked into the mainstream of a culture that culture was transformed. That is what we are seeking to see happen with the Bayash.

My own background is in philosophy and so whilst we spend time with people in the mud it is the greater meta questions that really haunt me and motivate me. How did a people get into this condition? How can we see this condition reversed? I always come back to the objective truth of the Bible as being the foundation for answering these questions. We are here to bring the scriptures into the mother toungue of the Bayash. - Nancy Hitching

 We are sent out from Faith Bible Church in Sterling Virginia and Centreville Baptist Church in Centreville Virginia.

We are members of Heartland International Ministries.

As well as our work with the Roma we have some other interests. Nancy is an artist and musician and you can see some of her drawings here . I have a variety of interests that relate to understanding and reaching segments of society that are left behind. There are some resources here on this page that relate to that quest. We hope you will find a variety of pages here that may be of interest to you. Audio Books, podcasts, updates on my writing projects as well as excerpts from my personal blog.

To watch the video series Introducing Christianity by Bob Hitching visit  Jesus Here and Now

For the Roma Bible Union please go RomaBible.com