About Flame International
The Vision
Flame
International was founded in 2003 by Lt Col Jan Ransom and six other trustees,
most with military backgrounds, who had a passion and a united vision to
reach out with God’s love both to the armed forces and also to those affected
by war, poverty and injustice. A prophetic word at that time indicated
that the ministry would spread like flames, going out throughout
the world, communicating the light of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
From small beginnings Flame International has grown. We worked initially with women in the jungles of Borneo, before God started directing us towards Africa. The Lord Jesus Christ gave Jan Ransom, the founder, a vision in which she saw a map of Africa, vivid green in colour, which after many minutes turned orange and then eventually to red! He also gave us the interpretation - that the way is open for us to work in Africa at this time, although it may not be that way forever.
The following scripture was given along with the interpretation:
“Do you not say, `Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest” John 4: 35
The Development of the Work
A Flame International team ministered at a military war-widows conference
in Sierra Leone in 2003. Several men also attended the conference and,
inspired by the teaching, invited us to return in 2004 to minister to government
officials and army chaplains. In the following months we travelled
to both Burundi and Kenya, where we were invited to minister to a group
of women, some of whom were widows of military men.
We were then invited to Sudan by the Anglican Church and have now ministered to pastors and leaders in several places in Southern Sudan, holding conferences for Anglican clergy and teaching them about healing, forgiveness and reconciliation. We have also had incredible opportunities to preach to thousands of men from the military, to minister to those in the churches and even to those in the prisons!
In 2006, an opportunity for Flame International opened up to train pastors
and leaders in Northern Uganda, where the people have been terrorised by
the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). In March 2007 we returned to train further leaders, this time in Gulu and Kitgum. In September 2007 we will run a 10 day school in Kitgum. We are now registered as an NGO (Non Governmental Office) in Uganda. We have also been into Rwanda, where
we believe that doors will open in the future.
“What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.” Revelation 3:7-8
What we do!
Our passion is to see people healed and set free from the pain and traumas
that have held them in bondage, often for many years. We teach them about
the love of God and pray with them, so that they may be healed and restored.
We run conferences, seminars and workshops, teaching them about forgiveness and healing, providing an opportunity for the delegates to have prayer ministry for themselves, and teaching them how to pray for others. We work with Christians in mostly war-torn countries who share our vision.
Flame International seeks to communicate the hope, forgiveness and reconciliation that only Jesus Christ offers, in order to see lives changed and dignity restored.
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1: 6-7