History Of The Ministry

The ministry of Understand The Times
was founded by Roger Oakland in 1990.

Roger’s goal is to work with like-minded
ministries, to reach as many people as
possible as effectively as possible with
the gospel of Jesus Christ. His calling is
to proclaim that the scriptures are the
key to understanding the past, the present
and the future. His gifting is to make
difficult subjects understandable. His desire
s to strengthen the faith of believers and
challenge those who do not believe to
consider the Bible as God’s infallible Word.

Roger became a Christian in 1978. His
conversion from evolution to creation to
Christ is documented in a book titled
“Let There Be Light” available on
this web site.

The first phase of Roger’s ministry was
with Glen and Larry Mc Lean, based in
Eston, Saskatchewan from 1980 to 1988.
In September of 1988 Roger and his
family moved from Canada to southern
California where he was on staff with
Chuck Smith at Calvary Chapel of
Costa Mesa for three years.

Following the formation of Understand
The Times (non-profit organization in
both Canada and the USA) doors opened
for Roger to travel internationally and share
the gospel world-wide. He has ministered
in over 40 different countries and has been
to Russia and other republics of the former
Soviet Union 37 times since 1990.

His books, videos and DVD’s have been
translated into many different languages.