Who We Are

End Time Swallows is a family-based Christian ministry committed to sharing the gospel through music, Bible teaching, and practical outreach. Founded on a passion for evangelism, the ministry uses Christ-centered songs and preaching to reach hearts, uplift communities, and prepare people for the soon return of Jesus.

For over three decades, End Time Swallows has been actively involved in evangelistic crusades, Bible studies, health and community programs, and digital evangelism. Through music, ministry, and mission, we exist to proclaim God’s truth, serve with compassion, and call people to a life set apart for Christ.

ETS acknowledge the call to be unique, or "set apart" from the world.

God never called His people to blend in with the world. Scripture reminds us, “Be holy, for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). As followers of Christ, we are called to live differently, reflecting heaven’s values while walking on earth.

Jesus said we are the light of the world. Light doesn’t copy the darkness; it shines. God’s people are to be a “peculiar” people set apart in principles, character, and lifestyle.

Being set apart doesn’t mean withdrawing from the world, but living with purpose in it. Through daily surrender to Christ, our lives become a living testimony that points others to Him.

ETS Beginning and Formation

In 1993, a group of newly converted young boys from Hagen Park High School in the Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) got together with the conviction of the Holy spirit to do something for their Lord within the public school. After studying the prophecies of Joel 2: 28-32 in line with what happened at the Pentecost (Acts 2), the boys were really stirred that the Lord was calling them. They prayerfully claimed the promises of gifts in the Bible and asked the Lord to give them power to be part of His end-time messengers wherever they may be.

Seeing their first vineyard given by the Lord to be the high school they attended (Hagen Park High School), they started doing ministry there. The first thing the lead pioneer felt compelled to do was to introduce morning devotions and prayers into his class when doing Grade 9. Since this was an initiative from a student, the teacher support this in this public school. Soon others followed and did the same and the students started taking morning devotions in classes during patron periods. This further led to programs taken during the school assemblies. Short devotions with singing of praises were held in school assemblies. This was supported by the Head Principal, who also bought instruments to support all these spiritual activities. The principal was not a believer. This kind of activities got the entire 700 students in school talking about religion and combined worship programs were held from time to time. This started in 1993 and it continues to this day at this public school. Thus, the Lord started a work of influencing these young people early in this public school.

While this was happening, the boys felt it still wasn’t enough. Hence, they got together and formed a singing group, extending the vineyard to their homes, villages, settlements and surrounding places of interest. The Lord refined the boys and continued to refine their ministry. They visited local churches, new start-ups and branch churches to sing during Sabbath programmes such as Sabbath School, Divine Service and Adventist Youth programmes. By God’s grace, the group continued to grow in number and organisation over the next three years (1994-1996).

Even then, there was still a yearning to do more for the Lord. So, during Christmas breaks and term breaks, the group organised themselves, and after properly liaising with family connections, village leaders, community leaders, and church leaders, they began conducting meetings. The idea was to groom themselves in spiritual knowledge and the Bible as lay people so, they selected individuals internally within the group to preach. No external pastor or layperson was invited at first.

The first meeting was conducted in a start-up church called Kongop in 1993. It was a small branch-church attended by the family members of one of the group’s pioneers, John Peter. For the year, this place became the centre for the boys’ growth in ministry and spirituality. The desire to share the gospel kept burning within them, so they extended conducting meetings, sabbath programs, singing and preaching to other parts of Western Highlands Mission. When the lead pioneer finished Grade 10 at Hagen Park High School, he left for Passam National High School and extended the ministry there. When he went to University of PNG (UPNG) in Port Moresby, the ministry extended to Port Moresby. Those who were left behind, continued in the same spirit and extended the ministry to where they went. Soon, the need to form an organised ministry group within the church grew. 

In 1995, the group expanded to Wabag and in 1996, two groups were formed, one in Port Moresby and another in Lae with the similar style of ministry and operation. It was then, the group came up with a constitution and asked for recognition from the Western Highlands Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) mission to work as an independent support ministry for the church, financing their own ministry. The mission allowed the group to operate seeing the enthusiasm of the young people, though nothing formal was written to capture that recognition. Many pastors and leaders of the church started recognizing the work of the ministry. The first name the group adopted was Layakils, capturing the name of a bird in two ethnic languages, most of the members spoke. Later, in 1995, the name was changed to End Time Swallows.

The name End Time Swallow was adopted after a long time of prayer and fasting. The name first adopted was Hagen Park High School boys. In the middle of 1993, when the work extended out of the school boundaries, the name was changed to ‘Laiakils’, combining two words ‘Lai’ and ‘Kilkil’ from the Engan and Hagen tongue respectively. The two words are names of the species of bird that fly in groups and signal rain or harvest.

The boys were led to change the name to the bird swallow after they realised it captured their essential characteristics and ultimate goal of ministry – the final harvest by Jesus Christ. The characteristics the team looked for were: gregariousness, strength of flight, loyalty, dependence and migration. Even the Bible mentions the little bird in Jeremiah 8:7 and Psalms 84:3.

In 1994 towards the end of the year, the name was changed to End Time Swallows. Though, small in size, the bird can cross vast lands, mountains, gorges, jungles and even the limitless oceans just to signal to the farmers on the other side of the world that ‘harvest time is here’. The bird is also extremely gregarious, meaning that it is highly sociable and flies in groups. This ensures interdependence for survival and creates livelihood amongst themselves. It is a loyal bird and stays true to its partners and even stays close to humans. Based on the folklore proverb that ‘one swallow does not bring the summer’, the group realised how fitting it is to the philosophy of the group that ETS is just part of the movement. When all swallows arise all over the world, crying and shouting that summer has arrived, Jesus Christ will come.   

Note that Jesus Himself says in Matthew 13: 39 that the harvest is the end of age and Luke says that the summer is the very edge of time and signal the second coming (Luke 21: 30, 31).

Where Does ‘End Time’ Come From and What Does it Mean in the Definition of ETS?

The phrase ‘end time’ is taken from the interpretation of Joel 2: 28-32. It forms the other half of the definition and the purpose of the group.  Here is the prophecy of God anointing youths to rise up in the last days (noting vs. 30, 31) with the power of His great spirit to call people home.

It was the beginning of the fulfilment of Joel 2: 28-32, Peter and the apostles began the work in line with the former rain. However, we wait for the latter rain, which will complete the harvest for the Lord Jesus to come and harvest.

ETS name is incomplete

ETS Believe that God has its own way and time to finish His work but He is looking for willing young men and women all over the world.

ETS want to be part of God’s plan and longs to be involved in this final call and movement. It is the prayer of ETS that young people all over the world will answer this call, rise up wherever they are, and join the movement.

Since ‘one swallow does not bring a summer’, we pray that the whole earth will be shaken by the LORD and youths will come forth from all lands and together with ETS, they will fly and announce the summer so that THE LORD OF HARVEST WILL COME AND TAKE US TO A BETTER WORLD!

The group was formed by a mix of young people, some from Adventist Christian homes while some from non-believing homes. The common factors in most of the members were that they were poor, their homes saw a lot of domestic issues or violence and one or both parents were missing.

The core members were converted through the evangelistic work of the Seventh Day Adventist church. After studying the scriptures themselves, the principal thing that bonded them was the need to find true belonging, a place to find care, share their pain and tell stories about their dreams. These core values and convictions drove the group together:

  1. The Seventh Day Adventist church holds the essential and complete doctrines that are Biblically rooted and represent the true intentions of God for the salvation of mankind and the purpose of creation.
  2. God has His end-time message as revealed in Revelation 14:6–12 and Revelation 18:1–4 and is calling volunteers to be His workers in proclaiming this message.
  3. God is calling young men and women to preach His end time message. Young people will fulfill the prophecies in Joel 2: 28-32 and take the end time warnings to the whole world and then Jesus will come. Young people will have the gift of prophecy, dream dreams and see visions and rise in these last days. They will soar up like eagles and fly tirelessly without being weary because God is their strength.
  4. Satan knows that if young people pick up their destined responsibility in these last days and do the very work God longs them to do, the world will end, something he (Satan) does not want (Rev 12:10-12). Therefore, he has designed the world and continues to do so to capture the very ones that will end God’s work. He is working with great intricacy and capacity to place the limelight on young people so they can invest their prime years and energies in the fields of entertainment, sports, music, career, politics, and wealth.
  5. Most young people who start learning about Jesus Christ early on during primary or high schools leave their childhood faith as challenges of life break their foundations. Teenagers, adolescents and youths depart from faith during universities and early on in careers. These are the essential periods that God yearns to be involved with young people so he can use them in the work of His kingdom. The ministry believes in the words of wise man Solomon in Ecclesiastes 12, that all is vanity, and that if there is a reason for existence, it is for the purpose of living for God as early as possible and commit to the Lord in your prime youthful years.

It seemed apparent that most of the ones that found themselves in the ministry were of the following background:

  • homes that had a lot of domestic violence, the main cause being alcohol, drugs and money issues.
  • single parent families because of the death of one parent or divorce.
  • poor families that faced a lot of financial problems. A lot lived in slums.
  • Non-Christian, non-Adventist or weak-Adventist backgrounds.
  • Affected or addicted to drugs, sports, music or other harmful behavior which consumed much of their time. Thus, they were living with shame, guilt and selfishness, and were not productive.
  • Wanted to find meaning in life, a deep yearning to be purpose-driven.

These negative influences brought the boys together through conversion and aligned their purposes and objectives. These circumstances became their driving force and kindled a bond amongst them through the work of the Holy Spirit. They became a family as if they were all from a single parent and clan and started up a ministry to reach those with similar backgrounds. Since they were all young people and started the ministry, the ministry targeted that age group.

They saw the world as spiritual Babylon, with all its habits, degenerating influences and activities as stemming from Satan. They saw how money, alcohol, drugs, harmful cultural traditions and other things can tear down families in this modern era. With the study of the Scriptures and the convictions that grew from within, they started with the message to call youths out of Babylon in accordance with Revelation 14 and 18.

ETS Beginning

In 1993, a group of newly converted young boys from Hagen Park High School in the Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) got together with the conviction of the Holy spirit to do something for their Lord within the public school. After studying the prophecies of Joel 2: 28-32 in line with what happened at the Pentecost (Acts 2), the boys were really stirred that the Lord was calling them. They prayerfully claimed the promises of gifts in the Bible and asked the Lord to give them power to be part of His end-time messengers wherever they may be.

Seeing their first vineyard given by the Lord to be the high school they attended (Hagen Park High School), they started doing ministry there. The first thing the lead pioneer felt compelled to do was to introduce morning devotions and prayers into his class when doing Grade 9. Since this was an initiative from a student, the teacher support this in this public school. Soon other followed and did the same and the students started taking morning devotions in classes during patron periods. This further led to programs taken during the school assemblies. Short devotions with singing of praises were held in school assemblies. This was supported by the Head Principal, who also bought instruments to support all these spiritual activities. The principal was not a believer. This kind of activities got the entire 700 students in school talking about religion and combined worship programs were held from time to time. This started in 1993 and it continues to this day at this public school. Thus, the Lord started a work of influencing these young people early in this public school.

While this was happening, the boys felt it still wasn’t enough. Hence, they got together and formed a singing group, extending the vineyard to their homes, villages, settlements and surroundings places of interest. The Lord refined the boys and continued to refine their ministry. They visited local churches, new start-ups and branch churches to sing during Sabbath programmes such as Sabbath School, Divine Service and Adventist Youth programmes. By God’s grace, the group continued to grow in number and organisation over the next three years (1994-1996).

Even then, there was still a yearning to do more for the Lord. So, during Christmas breaks and term breaks, the group organised themselves, and after properly liaising with family connections, village leaders, community leaders, and church leaders, they began conducting meetings. The idea was to groom themselves in spiritual knowledge and the Bible as lay people so, they selected individuals internally within the group to preach. No external pastor or layperson was invited at first.

The first meeting was conducted in a start-up church called Kongop in 1993. It was a small branch-church attended by the family members of one of the group’s pioneers, John Peter. For the year, this place became the centre for the boys’ growth in ministry and spirituality. The desire to share the gospel kept burning within them, so they extended conducting meetings, sabbath programs, singing and preaching to other parts of Western Highlands Mission. When the lead pioneer finished Grade 10 at Hagen Park High School, he left for Passam National High School and extended the ministry there. When he went to University of PNG (UPNG) in Port Moresby, the ministry extended to Port Moresby. Those who were left behind, continued in the same spirit and extended the ministry to where they went. Soon, the need to form an organised ministry group within the church grew. 

In 1995, the group expanded to Wabag and in 1996, two groups were formed, one in Port Moresby and another in Lae with the similar style of ministry and operation. It was then, the group came up with a constitution and asked for recognition from the Western Highlands Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) mission to work as an independent support ministry for the church, financing their own ministry. The mission allowed the group to operate seeing the enthusiasm of the young people, though nothing formal was written to capture that recognition. Many pastors and leaders of the church started recognizing the work of the ministry. The first name the group adopted was Layakils, capturing the name of a bird in two ethnic languages, most of the members spoke. Later, in 1995, the name was changed to End Time Swallows.

Definition of the Name

The name Swallows was given to the group in 1995. The first name used by the group was Laia Kils (Laia from Laial, the bird in the Engan language that signals rain and Kilkil, the same bird in Western Highlands Language). However, since the boys were not all from the two provinces that formulated the name, the group’s name was changed to Swallows. After some research, the group decided to adopt the most common swallow, Barn Swallow (Hirundo Rustica). The main characteristics of the bird that fitted with the philosophy of the group were: gregariousness, signalling of harvest, long flights though small, singing, ever-active and liveability amongst humans. 

With these characteristics in mind, the boys also constructed their theme song around the verses of Isaiah 40:31, 38:14 and Jer 8:7. The idea is to portray a group that is strong when in teams (one cannot survive on its own), small so depends on the Lord for strength for flight energy and navigational skills, strong in singing, ever active and signallers of the great harvest of the Lord Jesus Christ. The boys added End Time to the name to bring the idea that they are the last generation of Swallows.

This is the generation that will see Jesus Christ, the Eagle of Zion break forth the clouds and the skies to end the present world. This is the last generation that will see Jesus come to take His saints home. Seeing that the world has been condemned and the signs have been fulfilled, the return of the Lord Jesus Christ must be sounded with ever-increasing strength. The message must be clear wherever swallows go that the world is going to be destroyed soon and that Jesus is coming to take us home. Our true home is not this world! Just like our Fathers in the past, who lived in tents as strangers and pilgrims, so should we.

Mission

End Time Swallows main call has been to work with the intelligence of Heaven in bringing the gospel to the ends of the Earth.

Objective

  • Reach young people everywhere with the message of Jesus Christ so they become better people living their lives rightfully having a positive influence to people around them.
  • Reach people in remote areas and share with them principals and ideas of right living and what to avoid from urban influences.
  • Influence young people with the group’s philosophies while growing the Seventh‐day Adventist movement and shaping the lives of young people with care and love.