Church of the Nazarene
Africa Regional Newsletter
03 May 2010 pdf - complete newsletter
Mr Kantan Komlan, District NYI Leader & Pastor Mathias Salifu, JESUS Film coordinator
Youth Week on Ghana North District
Pastor Mathias Salifu, Yapala Church of the Nazarene & NYI Leader Kingdom Zone
Youth week was held from 01 – 07 March 2010 on the Ghana North district. The 450 youth present were inspired and challenged during the week...
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GOL Soccer Camp in Ghana
The Nazarene Youth International (NYI) team of the Ghana North District in West Africa organized a week long GOL soccer camp. Before the camp began…
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Ghana North District NYI Prayer Camp
--NCN News 09 April 2010
Approximately 540 young people from the three districts in Ghana raised funds and travelled many kilometres to be part of the NYI prayer camp held…
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God Uses YIM Teams in Kenya
Mrs Sarah Reed, Africa East Field Children’s Ministries Coordinator
A Youth in Mission Team taught the children at Nairobi First Church of the Nazarene fun songs and played games with them, and told stories from the Bible...
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The Joy of God’s Salvation & Easter Celebration in Brazzaville, DRC
Rev Antine On’okoko, District Superintendent
The Church of the Nazarene in Congo Brazzaville organized two weeks of revival, seminars, baptism, and crusade as a way of witnessing the love of the resurrected…
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The Changes JESUS Makes
--JFHP Prayers & Praise 28 April 2010
"They were despised by the people," said the team member in Zambia. "The family was known because they brewed beer and evil things happened in their home. People looked down on them as a family with no future. When they saw the JESUS Film, the family members responded. They all came forward for repentance. The others from the village could not believe what they saw."
Prayer Requests - Please pray for:
The IBOE (International Board of Education) Missional Review Team conducting reviews at ITN (Institut Théologique Nazaréen) in Accra, Ghana, Kigali, Rwanda, and in Madagascar on the French Equatorial Field and at NTCCA (Nazarene Theological College of Central Africa) in Lilongwe, Malawi, during the next weeks. Missional Reviews are completed every five years for IBOE approved educational providers.
JESUS Film Teams beginning new work in the countries of Niger and the Congo.
Writers involved in compiling the text, The History of the Church of the Nazarene in Africat.
Dr Filimao Chambo, as he leads the Africa Region, his wife Rev Samantha, and their children Tsakani and Emanuel.
Dr David Graves, General Superintendent in jurisdiction for Africa, and his wife Sharon.
Field Strategy Coordinators and Regional Service Coordinators as they seek God’s direction and implement strategies to make Christlike disciples across Africa.
Norma Miller as she recovers from angioplasty surgery. She, along with her husband, Hilbert, are retired missionaries who served for 35 years in Swaziland, Malawi, and South Africa.
Rev Bugeshi Desire, assistant district superintendent of the North Kivu District and pastor of the Keshero Church of the Nazarene in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, for God’s healing touch on his body. Pray also for his family and the Keshero Church at this time.
Connie Mackenzie, as she continues to recover from an infection in her leg. Connie is a retired missionary to South Africa and is presently the Africa South Field treasurer.
Lesley Hooper as she heals from a broken leg, surgical procedures, and an infection. Please continue to pray for Lesley’s complete recovery. Lesley is the Travel Agent for the Africa Regional Office.
Sibusani Orah Dlamini, as she recovers from injuries received in a car accident in South Africa in which her husband, Rev Ephaem Dlamini, was killed. Pray also for her two children, Malamlela and Bhekiwe.
Rev Danilo and Marie Carvalho as they continue to stay in Johannesburg, South Africa, in order to extend their South Africa visas and obtain a work permit for Angola to continue their missionary service there. Please pray that God will grant them favour with the South African embassy to receive an extension of their visas and with Angolan embassy to receive their work permit. The Carvalho’s are intern missionaries from Cape Verde serving in the Lusophone Field country of Angola.
April and Spencer Baggot who remain in Johannesburg, South Africa, to await the birth of their third child. Please pray that April will be able to carry the baby close to term for a healthy baby. Pray also for Spencer and the children, Luke and Abigail, during this time. The Baggots are intern missionaries serving in the French Equatorial Field country of Rwanda.
Other prayer requests for Africa Region:
1. Pray for the church to remain faithful and effective in making Christlike disciples across the continent of Africa.
2. Pray for the persecuted church.
3. Pray for the ministerial workforce to be effective ministers of the Word of God.
4. Pray for the development and implementation of an intentional evangelism and discipleship strategy for children and youth on the region.
5. Pray for the ministerial education institutions as they intensify the multiplication of educational programmes to train pastors and leaders for the fast-growing church in Africa.
6. Pray for the development and implementation of a strategy to develop missional churches with each local church becoming mission-focused.
7. Pray for all JESUS Film Ministry teams.
8. Pray for missionaries serving in Africa.
9. Pray for a mighty holiness revival across the Africa Region.
From the Word
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purposes. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn amount many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? ...No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Romans 8:28-31, 37).
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