About

David and Julie McCrum are third generation missionaries (on David’s side) presently serving the Lord in Witbank, South Africa. They are involved in church planting, and are seeking God’s direction in the final phase of the Faith Baptist Church plant.

Below is a brief account of what the Lord has been doing in their lives.

David -  “My earliest remembrance of the gospel was hearing its explanation from my brother, Duane. I was a young boy in South Africa and learned that, ‘because of our sin we should all go to hell; if we believe on Jesus, He will save us and take us to heaven.’ I believe it was at that time, with a child’s faith, that I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as my Saviour.”

Julie -  “I was raised in a faithful Christian home, with parents who were constantly exposing me to the Truth of God’s Word.  When I was four years old, I began asking questions about baptism and salvation.  My parents explained the Gospel clearly, but without pressuring me.  I knew that Jesus loved me and that I needed Him in my life.  I almost decided to wait ‘until I was a big girl,’ but the Lord was speaking to my heart, and I prayed that night to receive Christ as my Saviour.”

Call to the Ministry -  God began dealing with David’s heart about ministry as a young teenager when he saw a slide-presentation about Congo, Africa. Five years later, during his senior year of high school, the Lord used the lives of four godly men as well as a sports-related accident to soften his heart toward the ministry. God began to put within him a strong desire to serve the Lord, and on February 2, 1995, God clearly impressed upon his heart a calling to the ministry of the gospel. Another five years passed, and during the weeks following a Missions Conference, God dealt with David concerning missions. He used a passage in the second chapter of Philippians where Paul says concerning Timothy, “Ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.” As Timothy served with Paul, David believed that God was directing him to return to South Africa as a church-planting missionary, working with his father, Roger McCrum.

Marriage and Family -  Julie was in her first year of teaching at a Christian school when she and David met. He was half way through deputation, and although he waited a year to ask her out, they fell in love and got married pretty fast after that.  Julie had been willing to serve wherever God might want her since she was a teenager, but had not felt a specific call to mission work before their marriage.  However, she took God’s bringing David into her life as His call to her to work in South Africa along with her husband.  They were married in October 2003, and continued to travel on deputation together until September 2004, when they packed up and moved to Witbank, South Africa.

John Randall McCrum joined their happy family November 16, 2005.

Jacob Nathanael McCrum came along February 17, 2009.

Katherine is due in November, 2011.

a very bad cat, whom we rescued from a puddle while at the church

lots of energy. lots of love. we hope he keeps the bad guys away.

The McCrums also have a dog (Frank) and a cat (Delilah).