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| Background Info |
Duane W. Udd has been writing "Message Poetry" off and on for nearly five decades. His poems are
sometimes prophetic and often polemical. He has been preaching for the past fifty-two years and
identifies strongly with the prophet Ezekiel, who was a Watchman in Israel. For more than two decades,
Duane was based in Mutare, Zimbabwe, where he is the Chairman of One Way Ministries. He and his wife,
Carol (who was born in Melbourne, Australia where two of their four exceptional children were also born),
have shared in a pastoral, Christian educational and counseling ministry as well as overseeing a wide-
ranging outreach of evangelism, relief and development, through Mission to Mozambique, which is part of
One Way Ministries. Duane graduated with honors from Seattle Pacific University in the State of
Washington, U.S.A, after which he completed three years of advanced studies at Princeton Theological
Seminary in New Jersey, U.S.A. (including an internship year as a Social Worker in South Central Los
Angeles, just after the riots in the mid-sixties). Communications and Counseling have been focal points in
his life-preparation and vocation. In Australia he created an innovative paradigm called: Life-Flow
Counseling. Duane has spoken internationally at conferences and on various television networks,
including TBN and Daystar. Currently, on Tuesdays, he is broadcasting, Different Points Of View, through
www.swradioafrica.com, transmitting out of London, England. He accepts invitations to preach in many
denominations and speaks at meetings of service organizations and a variety of other groups. He is a
prolific poet and, apart from being a columnist for some years, has been a frequent contributor to
magazines and newspapers. Duane has published one book of poems entitled, A Tale of Woe or
Zimbabwe, O Zimbabwe which deals primarily with the tragic circumstances in Zimbabwe under the Mugabe
regime. Another book, Chapters in Verse: A poetic rendition of selected Bible Stories, will hopefully be
published as soon as funds permit. From time to time, Duane has been sought out as a Creativity
Consultant in the area of Public Relations and Advertising. Along with others, Duane and Carol were
instrumental in the creation of the first Family Aids Counseling Trust in the nation of Zimbabwe. He has
served as Chairman of the Mutare Ministers‚ Fraternal, Mutare for Jesus, and on the National Executive
Committee of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe. He is a member of the Full Gospel Fellowship of
Churches and Ministers International. Currently, Carol and Duane are involved in fellowship and ministry at
The Valley Church in Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.A. Duane's life verse is: Phil. 3:10 - That I may
know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings. His favorite quote is:
"God loves you too much to leave you the way you are!" His perspective is: "We are all works in
progress!" His prayer is: Psalm 138:8 "The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O
LORD, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
sometimes prophetic and often polemical. He has been preaching for the past fifty-two years and
identifies strongly with the prophet Ezekiel, who was a Watchman in Israel. For more than two decades,
Duane was based in Mutare, Zimbabwe, where he is the Chairman of One Way Ministries. He and his wife,
Carol (who was born in Melbourne, Australia where two of their four exceptional children were also born),
have shared in a pastoral, Christian educational and counseling ministry as well as overseeing a wide-
ranging outreach of evangelism, relief and development, through Mission to Mozambique, which is part of
One Way Ministries. Duane graduated with honors from Seattle Pacific University in the State of
Washington, U.S.A, after which he completed three years of advanced studies at Princeton Theological
Seminary in New Jersey, U.S.A. (including an internship year as a Social Worker in South Central Los
Angeles, just after the riots in the mid-sixties). Communications and Counseling have been focal points in
his life-preparation and vocation. In Australia he created an innovative paradigm called: Life-Flow
Counseling. Duane has spoken internationally at conferences and on various television networks,
including TBN and Daystar. Currently, on Tuesdays, he is broadcasting, Different Points Of View, through
www.swradioafrica.com, transmitting out of London, England. He accepts invitations to preach in many
denominations and speaks at meetings of service organizations and a variety of other groups. He is a
prolific poet and, apart from being a columnist for some years, has been a frequent contributor to
magazines and newspapers. Duane has published one book of poems entitled, A Tale of Woe or
Zimbabwe, O Zimbabwe which deals primarily with the tragic circumstances in Zimbabwe under the Mugabe
regime. Another book, Chapters in Verse: A poetic rendition of selected Bible Stories, will hopefully be
published as soon as funds permit. From time to time, Duane has been sought out as a Creativity
Consultant in the area of Public Relations and Advertising. Along with others, Duane and Carol were
instrumental in the creation of the first Family Aids Counseling Trust in the nation of Zimbabwe. He has
served as Chairman of the Mutare Ministers‚ Fraternal, Mutare for Jesus, and on the National Executive
Committee of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe. He is a member of the Full Gospel Fellowship of
Churches and Ministers International. Currently, Carol and Duane are involved in fellowship and ministry at
The Valley Church in Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.A. Duane's life verse is: Phil. 3:10 - That I may
know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings. His favorite quote is:
"God loves you too much to leave you the way you are!" His perspective is: "We are all works in
progress!" His prayer is: Psalm 138:8 "The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O
LORD, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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