Beloved in Christ Jesus.
Grace, peace and mercy be multiplied unto you all from God our Father and from Christ Jesus, our Lord and Redeemer.
Below is the summary of our June activities in the Lord Jesus Christ.
OVERVIEW
1-.Weekend Outreach
2. Fourth Semester Classes Concluded
3. Church of Christ, Ijero-Ekiti restored
4. World Bible School follow up team
WEEKEND OUTREACH
The students and staff of BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan continued in the evangelization of both rural and urban area of Western States of Nigeria throughout the weekends in the month of June and the Lord added five souls to His body and two erring brethren restored to the Lord’s glory.
FOURTH SEMESTER CLASSES CONCLUDED
The last semester for 2022/2023 session began on May 08 and ended on June 30, 2023. Bro Isaac Olaniyan handled LOC-4 (Book of John), Pastoral Epistles and Research-2; Bro. Kayode Eniafe handled Homiletics-2(Practical), Church History and the Book of Revelation; Bro. John Makinde handled Islamic Religion and Elementary Greek; Bro Samuel Effiong handled Christian Ethics and Bible Geography; Bro. Israel Tajomavwo handled Fundamentals of Faith-1, Church Growth 1&2 while I, Bro. Makinde Ebens handled Foundation of Mission, Homiletics-3(Advanced) and Church Leadership & Administration. Next academic class will begin on August 14,2023 Lord's willing.
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN IJERO-EKITI RESTORED
With the financial assistant from a close associates of our Grand Patron(Bro. Doug Wheeler) named Rod & Robin Thornton, we( BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan staff and some students) and some WBSFUW( Bro. Olusegun Amos, Bro. Lawanson Akinola) were able to restored the Lord’s church in Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State which was planted in 1993 by the effort one of SWSE- foundation members (Bro. Adebowale Olayisade) but disbanded ten years ago due to the sickness and financial incapability of Bro. Adewunmi Funso, the preacher.
We worked in the evangelization of the town of over 10,000 populace from June 15 through 18 with three evangelists from Ekiti and one from Osun State in house-to-house evangelism during the morning time and Open-air-Bible Lectureship in the evening time.
To God be the glory, our efforts was blessed with two restoration (Bro & Sis. Adewunmi Funsho) and conversion of two young ladies(Oluwatosin and Oluwadarasimi).
The school provided food and waters plus transportation fare to all the participants while Bro. Adeyiwolu Isaac (one of our graduates and a present Degree students) accommodated all the participants(Nine from BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan).
WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL FOLLOW-UP TEAM
Our WBSFUW were able to distribute over 2,000 WBS Introduction lessons in the months of May & June to get more students to enroll for the free Bible Correspondence Courses in Oyo, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti States.
To God be the glory, over 500 was returned to the WBS Office in Lagos in May and over 200 in this month of June plus other WBS lessons from the students.
ACCOMPLISHMENT
With the intervention of Bro. Keith Kasarjian and the financial support from Bro. Joseph Smith of Healing Hands International, we were able to redig our first borehole that stop functioning in the early days of May 2023. In fact,”…God caused all things to work together for good to those who love Him…” Rom.8:28.
The problem with the first borehole on May, now give birth to the second borehole in the school community. Rod & Robin Thornton of Westside Congregation in Oklahoma who happens to be a close associate of our Grand Patron (Bro. Doug Wheeler) assisted us in getting a second borehole for the School in Butubutu Village, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria which will be opened for use in two or three weeks time.
ABOUT A STUDENT
Bro. Asang Abel Rimamnda was born in the year 1998 by Mr & Mrs Asang Samuel at Badji village located in the North west region of Cameroon. He was converted into the Lord’s church in the year 2016 at a refugee camp in USSA Local Government Area of Taraba State by Bro. Japhet. Got an admission into BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan in the year 2020. He is presently one of our year- 2 students. His purpose of coming here is to be a sound gospel minister both in Nigeria and Cameroon.
UPCOMING EVENTS
1. Our students will embark on a six weeks practicum, that is, teaching practice on July 01 through August 13, 2023.
2. Our WBSFUW will make visit to Igarra in Edo State,Idofin and Omu-Aran in Kwara State between July 6 and 14,2023 Lord’s willing to encourage the brethren and Churches of Christ in this two States of Nigeria.
3. Some of the BVBIN & SWSE instructors will participate in this year Great Workshop, a program for WBSFUW and evangelists in the Southern states of Nigeria and Abuja (FCT) between July 26 and 29, 2023 at Port - Harcourt, Rivers State
CONCLUSION:
We deeply appreciate you all for your moral and financial supports toward the growth of the Lord’s Church in Africa, Nigeria in particular.
May the Lord keep on blessing all our work together in Christ Jesus, Amen.
Sincerely His & Yours,
Bro. Makinde Ebens (The Chief Servant of BVBIN & SWSE-IBADAN and WBSFUW)