WHAT IS CAL BOMBAY MINISTRIES?

We were born out of death in some ways. At the end of Cal Bombay’s 25 year association with 100 Huntley Street, Cal Bombay could not, and would not look at the rest of his life as that near-death experience called retirement.

South Sudan had almost died. Since 1956, over 5,000,000 people have perished through war, manipulated famine and sheer overt genocide. 2,400,000 of those died in the conflict from 1989. Since January 2005 there has been a fragile peace between the Islamist north and the predominantly Christian south of Sudan. Darfur has lost over 300,000 lives since then. A referendum for the south to secede from northern rule will be held in early 2011.

Cal’s work in Sudan began under the auspices of Crossroads Christian Communications in 1996 while Cal Bombay was Vice President of Missions. Retirement has never been an option with Cal, and with Crossroads acquiescence, Cal inherited the already begun work in Sudan. He now works almost exclusively for the good of the Sudanese people in the south. Farms, health and community development are the emphasis.

We do more than talk about it. We do it!

We are an Organization registered as a corporation in Canada under the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and designated as a Charitable Organization effective January 4th, 2004. Our Business number is 87582 8808 RR0001. Tax receipts are issued for all donations.

Cal Bombay Ministries is a Faith-Based operation. We think and plan big, simply because that’s the way God does things.

The Board of Directors of CBM:
Chairman – Mr. Fred Vanstone – former Deputy Director of the Bank of British Columbia and former Chief Financial Officer of Jimmy Pattison’s Companies in Canada. Presently CEO of Cordone Industries, Philidelphia, PA.
Mr. Jack Price – President and CEO of  ‘The Price Group’ of Hamilton, ON.
Mr. Steve J. Marsdin – President and CEO of ‘JSM Services’ an electrical production Company.
Rev. Cal R. Bombay – CEO of Cal Bombay Ministries.

Who is Cal Bombay?

A graduate of Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (1959) in theology, and Moody Bible Institute studying journalism, Cal Bombay first pastored a church in Wellington ON with his wife Mary for almost four years. This was followed by six months in Kenya, studying and then teaching Kiswahili. For one year Cal and his wife Mary spent church planting, teaching and evangelism in Uganda, Africa. Twenty-three churches were established in that period. They then founded and managed Evangel Publishing House in Kenya for seventeen years. It was born out of the already functioning Evangel Press.

On his return to Canada Cal spent 25 years with Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. (CCCI) the daily Canada-wide Christian television program functioning in various capacities as Direction of Multilingual program production, Administrator of World Harvest Evangelism and Television (Wheat Fund), Chaplain to the ministry, Director of the Geoffrey R. Conway School of Broadcasting, Director of the Emergency Response and Development Fund, Senior Vice President, daily commentator and sometimes Host on 100 Huntley Street – the flagship program of CCCI. In that period he ministered in various ways in more than seventy countries of the world. He was Vice President of Missions for CCCI until his ‘retirement’ at the end of 2003.

Cal has authored more that seventeen books, both large and small, and written numerous articles for a variety of magazines. Two more books are pending publication: Reflections, and his memoirs, A Life Worth Living.

Cal has two honorary doctorates: D. Lit. and D. D.

Cal has been married to his wife Mary for more than 51 years and has two children John with two grandchildren, and Elaine who is Communications Director for Africa with Wycliffe Bible Translators.