| |
| Background to
Harvest: |
| 1952 |
-
Larry Niemeyer commits his life to African missions at the
age of nine at
Camp Joy, Franklin, Nebraska |
| 1959 |
-
Judy Munger commits her life to missions at the age of fourteen
at summer camp
near Bakersfield, California |
| 1961-1965 |
-
Larry and Judy study at Pacific Bible Seminary/Hope University
(BA -
Christian Education
and Mission) and California State University,
Long Beach |
| 1965 |
-
They marry and Larry is ordained at Beaverton Christian
Church, Beaverton,
Oregon |
| 1967-1969 |
-
Niemeyers serve as missionaries to Rhodesia (now called
Zimbabwe) with Central
Africa Mission |
| 1969-1971 |
-
They continue studies at Pacific Christian College, Cal
State (BA - Anthropology)
and Fuller Theological
Seminary |
| 1972-1979 |
- Serve as missionaries
to Zambia with Zambia Christian Mission |
| 1980-1982 |
-
Larry serves as Minister of Christian Education and Missions
at Beaverton Christian Church Beaverton, Oregon while studying
at Portland State University (MA - Anthropology) |
Harvest Heralds, Inc. |
| 1980 |
- Registered in
the State of Oregon |
| 1981 |
- Decision to send
Niemeyers to Kenya |
| 1982 |
-
Niemeyers to Nairobi, Kenya with Daystar Communications
which becomes Daystar
University (Anthropology, Theology, Editor and
Research) |
1991 |
- Larry receives
a D.Miss from Biola University, La Mirada, California |
| 1997 -
2003 |
-
Consultants in Language and Culture Learning to Mission:
Moving Mountains of Burnsville, Minnesota |
| 2004
- Present
|
-
Full time in discipleship mobilization and training
|
| Great Commission/Great
Commandment Ministries |
| Year |
Number
of Disciples |
Number
of Teams |
Special
Events |
| 1984 |
2 |
1 |
Started
in Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1985 |
4 |
1 |
Developed
first notebook |
| 1986 |
8 |
1 |
Assistance
by other missionaries |
| 1987 |
27 |
1 |
Centered
at Daystar University, Nairobi |
| 1988 |
41 |
1 |
Changed
format to Discipleship Kit |
| 1989 |
51 |
3 |
Experienced slow
growth in Kenya |
| 1990 |
74 |
8 |
Final
edit and publication of ten books |
| 1991 |
90 |
10 |
Leadership
crisis, emergent African partners |
| 1992 |
142 |
11 |
Decision
to simplify and decentralize |
| 1993 |
232 |
13 |
Wrote
The Discipling Network: Continuing and Quiet Obedience
|
| 1994 |
361 |
27 |
New
focus on networks (discipleship-based groups averaging about
15 mena dn w omen) |
| 1995 |
582 |
30 |
French
translation |
| 1996 |
928 |
45 |
Wrote
Discipling: A Kingdom Priority - 13 defining
principles from Matthew |
| 1997 |
1,273 |
119 |
Spreads
to Uganda
Swahili Translation
|
| 1998 |
2,000 |
180 |
Efforts
to start Harvest Discipling Ministry (Kenya), an organizational
approach |
| 1999 |
3,000 |
198 |
Translations:
DhoLuo, Amharic, Maa |
| 2000 |
4,003 |
217 |
Training
for India and Zambia
|
| 2001 |
5,203
|
298
|
Training
for Ghana
|
| 2002 |
6,480 |
360 |
The
Harvest Institute begins.
Develop
specialized curriculum
|
| 2003 |
9,080 |
467 |
The
Harvest Practicum replaces HDM(K). Harvest Books established
for publishing expanded writing and publishing (4 books). |
| 2004 |
12,759 |
784 |
Second
graduation of Harvest Institute - new coaches |
| 2005 |
16,347 |
891 |
Third
graduation - new mentors
Established
Harvest Compassion |
| 2006 |
21,746 |
1,182 |
Dr.
Nebert Mtange started Harvest Impact Ministries and became
new principal for Harvest Institute. |
| 2007 |
24,272 |
1,307 |
Daniel
Okello heads up Harvest Compassion for Harvest Impact Ministries. |
| 2008 |
|
|
Niemeyers
turn East African work over the nationals. |
