Noel
Morris
Noel
worked for an electronics company for ten years,
specializing in medical and x-ray electronics in New
Zealand.
At
the age of 28 he became a Christian and soon after went to
Faith Bible College, graduating in 1972.
The
Morris family, from New Zealand, originally went to Japan
at the end of
1973 with Youth With A Mission, and served as missionaries
with World
Outreach.
Noel
operated Faith Tapes Library from 1974, which
became Faith Ministries, but over the years he also served
in various
capacities in about six Churches in Japan, the last being
the Good
Samaritan Church in Kawanishi.
In
1983 Noel began sponsoring the
Interdenominational OPEN MEETINGS in Osaka, which later
became the Full
Gospel Business Mens chapter meeting. He held
responsibilities in
FGBMFI until 1991.
Noel
also worked with local pastors in sponsoring crusades and
seminars all over Japan.
Since
September 1992 Noel has traveled over 45 times to Eastern
Russia and
Sakhalin Island, taking humanitarian aid, cars and
equipment, cars for
churches; Bibles, books, cassettes and videos in Russian;
leading
evangelism teams from Japan and other countries; and in
1994 helped to
start Faith In Action Bible School in Vladivostok.
After
returning to live in New Zealand in 1999, Noel started the
work of
Faith Tapes (now Faithnet Media) among the churches in New
Zealand. He
also is traveling to Japan and Russia for teaching and
preaching.
From
2003 to 2005 Noel was also part-time staff at Eastside
Apostolic Church where he co-ordinated the Media Ministry.
As
a videographer, he has several times provided video
interviews for
Shine TV's Nzone programme. Noel has videoed several major
conferences
each year as well as a variety of meetings with visiting
speakers, adding to the videos listed on this
website.
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Edith
Morris
Edith
became a Christian as a teenager at a Billy Graham
crusade.
She
also graduated from Faith Bible College in New Zealand in
1972, and went with her family to Japan in 1973.
Edith
and her husband Noel have a married daughter, son-in-law,
and two
grandsons who have recently immigrated from the USA to
live nearby in
Hamilton, New Zealand.
In
1979 Edith began the first of the
AGLOW Fellowships in Japan in Osaka City and served as
Outreach
Chairperson in Japan from 1985 to 1988.
Edith
also conducts
Color Coordination Seminars for women, and these seminars
have become
an interesting way of attracting people to churches to
hear the Gospel.
In
more recent years Edith has been developing her skills as
a counselor
in the Body of Christ and has been writing for Christian
and other
publications. She is also involved in the Disabilities
sector as a
presenter of Disability Awareness training, and in a
voluntary capacity
with the Post Polio Support Groups.
In
April 2006 she started
hosting a weekly 30-minute radio programme on Hamilton
Community Radio
Station to address disability issues.
Then
in 2008 she was
elected as President of the Post NZ, which was
a rewarding challenge that kept her well occupied until
2014.
Her
current interests are reading and writing, and an
absorbing role as a great-grandmother to little Otto.
Edith passed away in October 2021 after several years of
recurring breast cancer.
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