By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (ANS) -- John G. Fabrin, the long-serving CEO of the Rhema Broadcasting Group (RGM) based in Auckland, New Zealand, has announced that he is leaving the country’s largest media group.
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In a letter to RGM supporters, Fabrin explained, “For over 17 years now, I have had the great privilege of being one of the fulltime crew members here at RBG and for almost 12 of those years, as Chief Executive Officer of this unique mission. Similar to the captain of a ship, the role has involved receiving orders from the ship’s owners or admiralty, planning voyages, overseeing the day to day operations, leading the crew, being responsible for ensuring good stewardship and then reporting back to the governing body. This however is soon to change. Let me explain.
“Some time ago I woke in the early hours of the morning with the strong impression that I should seek God and pray. It was 4am… the ‘overnight watch’, not one that I see very often :). As I waited on the Lord, with my Bible ready, it was soon apparent that God was giving me a picture of something He was going to lead me to in the future.
“I felt joy as I noted on paper what I felt the Lord was revealing to me. I have been following the Lord for decades now so I have learnt when a moment like this is from God. However I believe that we should always examine any vision in light of what the Bible says. Having done this over the months since then, it has become increasingly apparent that I am to get a different posting.
“I am so very grateful that God prepared me over a considerable period of time so I could in faith give plenty of notice to the Board that my season at RBG is nearing an end. Personally this has been a huge step as I have been so engaged in the mission for many years and from the very beginning knew an absolute call of God to it.
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“RBG is a unique and amazing work. God uses it to literally ‘change lives for good’ all over this land.
Considering all of the above I was not about to come to a decision lightly or hastily. However, just as I knew the call of God to Rhema all those years ago, I do have an assurance and peace that enables me to ‘step out’ in faith.”
Fabrin added, “As a consequence of this, we would be extremely grateful if you would pray for the Board as it seeks a new CEO - through the process of interviewing and ultimately appointing the right person - to lead the RBG mission. It is vital that the Board knows with absolute certainty who the right person is and that the individual also knows they have God’s call to step into the CEO position in faith. I will remain with RBG until the new CEO is on board.
“Thank you for your support for the RBG mission. On behalf of all those whose lives are changed for good because of the message communicated through the RBG mission, ‘Thank you’.”
Fabrin also described the inner workings of the organization by saying, “You would be amazed at what it takes to keep the Rhema Broadcasting Group operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year! The technical infrastructure alone is quite massive. When you consider that we operate four radio networks and a television channel (broadcast via 89 transmitters), multiple online services, and publish two daily devotionals, you start to get the picture of a complex and large mission. We have 70 staff plus many volunteers, and of course thousands of wonderful supporters like you, who all give of the resources they steward to keep the ministry functioning.
“I often think of RBG as being like a large ship on a voyage. The seas can be calm with good visibility ahead, or the opposite, the ship pushing forward in poor light and raw faith against a strong headwind and near treacherous rocks. The licence renewal of our AM/FM licences this last 18 months was a bit like the latter for all of us on board, yet God faithfully helped us navigate our way through, thanks to you and our wonderful crew here at RBG.
“In my role as CEO, like a ship’s captain, I have been greatly encouraged and blessed to have witnessed God’s wonderful hand leading and guiding us through many different seasons and weather.”
For more information on Rhema Broadcasting Group, please go to: www.rbg.co.nz
| Dan Wooding, 70, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 48 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. He now hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on KWVE in Southern California which is also carried throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK and also in Belize and South Africa. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 200 countries and also provides a regular commentary for Worship Life Radio on KWVE. You can follow Dan Wooding on Facebook under his name there or at ASSIST News Service. He is the author of some 44 books. Two of the latest include his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, press this link. Wooding, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, has also recently released his first novel “Red Dagger” which is available this link. |  |
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