Professor/Prison Ministry

Jeannine Brabon, the daughter of OMS missionaries Harold and Margaret Brabon, grew up in Colombia, South America. Following 16 years of ministry in Spain, she returned to Colombia in 1989 and has pioneered an exciting prison ministry in Medellìn.

Though few dared to visit Bellavista, Medellìn’s maximum-security prison noted for daily murders, Jeannine and a team of Colombian evangelists carried the Gospel inside. As a result, many lives have been transformed and the murders have dissipated. In 1992 Jeannine began the Bellavista Prison Bible Institute. Through this discipleship program, over 400 prisoners have graduated and now minister to other inmates all across the nation in the penitentiaries where they are.

In addition to her prison ministry, Jeannine is a professor of Biblical Hebrew at the OMS seminary in Medellìn. She translated William LaSor’s two-volume Hebrew grammar and lessons into Spanish. She is also involved in evangelism, discipleship, and training national church leadership. She currently serves in leadership with Prison Fellowship Colombia in the regional office of Antioquia.

Prior to her work in Colombia, Jeannine was a member of the first OMS team to Spain, helping start two churches in Madrid. She taught several Bible courses for laymen and pastors.

During her college years Jeannine spent a summer in Spain visiting three to six villages per day, endeavoring to leave a portion of the Bible in each home. Following graduation from Asbury College in 1971, she worked with university students in Colombia for 18 months. In 1981 she received a Master of Arts in Religion degree in Biblical Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary. While serving in Madrid, Jeannine completed further courses in Biblical Hebrew at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 2001, Jeannine received an honorary Doctor of Christian Ministries degree from Asbury College. What is most important for Jeannine is that Jesus Christ be lifted up and glorified in her life.

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