An
enjoyable benefit to partnering with pastors in our ministry training schools
or hosting multiple pastors annually in our conferences and camps is being
invited to participate in ordinations and other special days for those on whom
I’ve been privileged to have a small influence. Two such occasions took place
on the third and fourth Sundays of March, as I had the honor of being on the
council of two ordinations in Port Harcourt [pictured] and Kubwa-Abuja. It is thrilling to
see pastor friends ordain their own preachers and to have any part in the
training and sending of these men.
Our efforts to expand the reach of
the Soul Winning and Leadership Conferences continued in March, when Missionary
Evangelist Don Wattenbarger of Bibles Beyond Boundaries joined me to conduct a
regional meeting hosted by Missionary David Maskey at Independent Baptist Church
of Port Harcourt. Once Bro. Don and I
returned to Abuja, he left the next day on a three-hour drive with several of
our students to visit the Liberty Baptist Church of Gidan-Waya, which Bro.
Wattenbarger’s home church helped to start. We then enjoyed having the guest evangelist
preach in both Truth and Grace & Glory churches on Sunday.
The two churches I am overseeing
continue to mature in unique ways. On Sunday evenings in April, I presented the
Series One lessons of the Foundations of My Faith discipleship material at
Truth Baptist Church. There was an average of over 90 adults and teenagers in
attendance for each session [pictured is the last one], and 56 completed all four lessons. We are
continuing the studies for another 16 weeks during our prayer meeting service
on Thursday nights. Sabrina has started a Ladies Bible Study on Saturdays for
Grace & Glory Baptist Church. She is planning through the lessons for this
group to grow into an outreach and discipleship group.
One of the great heartaches of
serving in a third world country is to witness the plight of widows, especially
those who were once the wife of a pastor. Considering the immense challenges
these women face once their husbands pass on, it is likewise extremely
encouraging to see a widow survive and excel on her own while also rearing
children. One such former pastor’s wife has succeeded in building a house for
her and her two children, and I would like to help her establish a business to
allow her to be more self-sufficient. $2000 would provide a borehole (mechanized
well) that could supply clean water for her family and also be used for selling
water to the entire village where she lives. Sabrina and I would greatly
appreciate any help towards this!
[Family picture on Easter Sunday above and congregational singing following auditorium expansion at Truth Baptist Church below]
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