Update: June 2024
Bill recently had the opportunity to teach for three days all the Bible classes that juniors at Charlotte Christian School were taking.
Back from Ethiopia 2024
Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee( 75 years) of the birth of the Gedeo church where we served for years in Yiragacheffe, Ethiopia
Bill is off to Ethiopia
In Yirgachffe, where we served for years, there will be the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the birth of the church in that area among the Gedeo people. Tens of thousands expected to gather February 17-18.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!
During this season of focusing on family and special relationships, we want you to know how much your friendship and involvement in our lives have meant to us.
DECEMBER 2023
Great News to share with you about Grace!
September 2023
Expansion, family, celebration & new beginnings. To God BE ALL glory!
ETHIOPIA REPORT MARCH 2023
Enjoy these latest photos of the Harding legacy. Our family has grown to four children and 12 grandchildren. We are truly blessed.
Harding Bible School Anniversary
Enjoy these latest photos of the Harding legacy. Our family has grown to four children and 12 grandchildren. We are truly blessed.
Dealing With the Unexpected
Looking back over the year 2022, we are reminded of God’s wonderful protection through all the changes.
ETHIOPIA /NOVEMBER 2022
At this thanksgiving time, we wanted to share with you some of the heroes that moved us and have blazed a trail for us. We thank God for their great influence and inspiration in our lives.
ETHIOPIA /AUGUST 2022
ETHIOPIA – PART 2 : FEBRUARY 2022
ETHIOPIA : FEBRUARY 2022 REPORT
ETHIOPIA : FEBRUARY 2022
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BILL AND GRACE
Thanks For Praying
URGENT PRAYER NEEDED FOR ETHIOPIA!!!
REACHING THE LEAST REACHED
The Lion in a Disrupted World
PRESSING ON
Christmas 2020
THANKSGIVING 2020
In Difficult Times, Things to Rejoice and Give Praise to God For:
What Matters Most?
CONTEXT: COVID-19
South Africa 2020
Coronavirus Impacts Ministry
In Triumph and Tragedy…
The Youth of Ethiopia
Ethiopia and Beyond
Harding Bible School Graduation
SOUTH SUDAN – APRIL 2019
ETHIOPIA 2019
Launching Into 2019
Back from Ethiopia!
ETHIOPIA AND BEYOND
HURRICANE FLORENCE VS THE CAROLINAS
THE HARDING GATHERING
Milestones
Serving a Week in Dallas
Around the World in 5 Weeks
2018 Adventure
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
EXALTATION IN ETHIOPIA
Dignity in Mission
Remember This Picture?
32 Graduate from The Harding Bible School
A STORY OF RECLAMATION
MY DAD: A MAN OF PRAYER
Yirgacheffe Mission Conference 2017
Off to Ethiopia: A time to celebrate and worship.
OFF TO ETHIOPIA!
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BILL & GRACE
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016!
December 2016
WATER ! WATER! WATER! The cry of Ethiopia.
JUNE GUSTAFSON – DESTINATION HEAVEN
HEADING SOUTH
Opportunities afforded to us this spring in the USA.
WHAT IS OUR MISSION?
Opportunities afforded to us this spring in the USA.
…to the ends of the earth.
Opportunities afforded to us this spring in the USA.
The Ministry of Bill & Grace Harding
Residing in Waxhaw, NC, Bill and Grace have a deep love for the Lord Jesus Christ and have had the joy of serving Him with SIM for over four decades. They are committed to the local church and equipping the church for Great Commission impact. They are family people with a great love for life and laughter. Having raised four kids and now with 12 grand-kids, life is full and fun!
Bill is currently SIM USA Director of Public Affairs serving as a a special representative for SIM in North America. God is using Bill’s gifts and rich experience in Ethiopia as a conference speaker to challenge and reaffirm the priority of world missions.
His ministry focuses on mobilizing students, laymen, and churches to be part of God’s heartbeat for the nations.
The ministry began in Ethiopia in 1983. Because Ethiopia was a Soviet satellite under a communist dictatorship, Bill entered the country as a water engineer. Through drilling wells and capping springs in drought stricken Ethiopia, Bill was not only able to give clean physical water, but introduce many to the “Spring of Life” the Lord Jesus Christ. For nine years Bill and Grace served the Gedeo people of southern Ethiopia through a ministry of evangelism, discipleship, and church planting.
Later, as Outreach Administrator for SIM-Ethiopia in the capital city of Addis Ababa, his main goal was to serve the Lord in facilitating the development and expansion of SIM’s overall outreach in cooperation with the Kale Heywet Churches , KHC. (The SIM related churches now number over ten thousand and over ten million congregants.)
Bill’s responsibilities included developing strategy and mobilizing resources to reach the unreached people groups of Ethiopia. Bill was involved in an extensive conference ministry, speaking in Amharic. He continues his conference ministry in Ethiopia.
While raising four kids in Africa, Grace served in a rewarding ministry of outreach to the Ethiopian community through Bible studies and her gifts of hospitality. Her love for the Lord and for people has not diminished but continues to grow as she speaks to women groups across North America, leads Bible studies and is passionate about inspiring healthy living around the world.