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Konke kwaqala ngo-1971 ngesikhathi uDerek Prince evula ngokusemthethweni ihhovisi egumbini elalisesigodini sekhaya lakhe eFort Lauderdale, eFlorida. Ekuqaleni lalaziwa njengeDerek Prince Publications, kwaba izithelo zenkonzo kaDerek eBhayibhelini eyayiqhakaza eyayihlwanyelwe ngo-1944 lapho iNkosi yathi kuye:
Ubuyelelwe ukuba uthisha weMibhalo, eqinisweni nasekukholweni nasothandweni olukuKristu Jesu - kubaningi.
La mazwi anika uDerek amandla okuhlinzeka abalambile ngokomoya, emgqugquzela ukuthi abhale futhi azishicilele izincwadi ezahlukene okubalwa kuzo i-"Self-Study Bible Course" (1969), "Liberating Truth" (1966), "Repent and Believe" (1966) kanye nezinye. Ubufakazi bempumelelo yalezi zihloko kanye nokuthembeka kukaNkulunkulu, iDerek Prince Publications yakhula ngokufunwa okwandayo.
Ngonyaka ka-1972, ukukhiqizwa kwase kudlule amandla kaDerek njengomsebenzi oyedwa futhi uDavid Selby (umkhwenyana wakhe) wamenywa ukuze asize. Ndawonye, bahlela indlela yenkonzo eyayikhula, bahlanganyela nomsakazo futhi bashicilela izincwadi ezintsha.
Amahhovisi aphesheya avulwa eNew Zealand, eNingizimu Afrika, e-Australia, eCanada, e-United Kingdom kanye naseNetherlands phakathi nawo-1980, futhi amaphupho okufundisa izizwe abafundi aqiniswa. Ekupheleni kwalelo shumi leminyaka, uDerek wayesekuqedile ukuhlola umhlaba okwesithathu okuhlobene nezifundo zeBhayibheli, futhi uhlelo lwakhe lomsakazo lwaluqhamuka kabanzi emazwekazini ayisithupha nangolimi oluyishumi.
Ngo-1990, iDerek Prince Publications yaguqulwa ngokusemthethweni yaba iDerek Prince Ministries. Ukusabalalisa izinto zokufundisa iBhayibheli zamahhala kwanda, zafinyelela emazweni angu-140, futhi izincwadi zikaDerek manje sezitholakala ngaphezulu kwezilimi ezingama-50.
Namuhla, iDerek Prince Ministries inamahhovisi emazweni angaphezu kwama-45 emhlabeni jikelele futhi iyaqhubeka ukuzibophezela ngenhliziyo yonke ekufundiseni iBhayibheli ezizweni zonke, amasiko kanye nezilimi. Ukukhula kanye nempumelelo yale nhlangano kuqinisekisa izwi lokuprofetha uDerek alithola ngo-1941, lapho iNkosi yathi:
Kuzoba njengomfula omncane. Umfula uzoba yisifufufula. Isifufufula sizoba yisifufufula esikhulu. Isifufufula esikhulu sizoba ulwandle. Ulwandle luzoba ulwandle olukhulu, futhi kuzoba ngawe; Kodwa ukuthi kanjani, akufanele wazi, awukwazi ukwazi, awusoze wazi.
Ukuthembeka kukaNkulunkulu kuleli Zwi okulethele iDerek Prince Ministries lapho likhona namuhla futhi lizoqhubeka nokuletha inkonzo kulo "lwandle olukhulu".
Ihlonyiswe ngesizinda esikhulu semibhalo ebhalwe phansi, umsindo kanye nezithombe zikaDerek Prince, le nhlangano iyaqhubeka nokushicilela izincwadi ezintsha. Kuze kube manje, izincwadi ezingaphezu kwekhulu sezishicilelwe futhi ziguqulelwe ezilimini ezingaphezu kwekhulu.
