Okon and Grace Obot Nigeria Nigeria Okon Obot, a Nigerian, attended Florida Beacon College in Largo, Florida. After graduation he was granted National Missionary Appointment and returned home in September 1989 to pioneer an Open Bible church. There are 59 churches with 7,957 members and 33 credentialed ministers as of January of 2021. INSTE began in 1998 and currently there are 11 students. The primary ministry thrust is evangelistic crusades. Many churches have been established as a result. The growth and dynamic nature of the Church, in spite of the negative economic and political stresses, is cause for praise. Okon Obot is the field director.