New school in Brazil!

I will share what God has done thus far with the school In Brazil ever since the partnership with BV has been established in January 2023:

A. February 2023: 

- The school board was created and is composed of 6 godly men. (Pic 1) 

- We met 2 or 3 times per month until the end of the year to discuss guidelines and operation. 

B. May 2023:

- The Bear Valley Bible Institute Brazil was officially and legally constituted. (Pic 2 - Constitution Day and People Involved) 

- The school now has a Brazil National Registry of Legal Entities number. 

- We started working on the calendar, recruiting instructors, and inviting potential students.

C. June 2023: 

- We officially announced the school at the Central congregation (Pic 3) and had nearly 20 applications just from Central. 

- We started advertising the school in the remaining congregations in Belo.

D. July - September 2023: 

- All the classes for the 23/24 calendar year lined up. 

- Opened a Bank account for the school.
- Created a platform in which students can register for classes each semester.

- Talked to the elders at Central and they gave us the best classroom in the church building. We remodelled and improved it (acoustic, screen, board, camera, etc). (Pic 4)

E. October - December 2023:

- Board members/ Instructors' Zoom meeting with Denny and keith. (Pic 5)

- Classes started in October (Pic 6 - First day of the very first BV Brazil class)

- Two courses offered (Pentateuch I and Biblical Church)

- 20 students 

- ⁠3 souls added to the Kingdom

- We prayed for all of the students after service in December, and handed them a declaration of course conclusion for the first semester. They all got A. (Pic 7)

F. January - March 2024:

- Two courses offered (Pentateuch II and Acts)

- 20 students 

- ⁠1 soul added to the Kingdom

Inaugural graduation in Lesotho

INTRODUCTION

The period of January-March marked a great period in the history of BVBI in Maseru and the church in Lesotho as the school had its first graduation. One of the students was ordained as an elder. Donnie Estep visited and 7 baptisms were recorded. These and more are reported hereunder.

1.0   ORDINATION

On the 7th of January 2024, Likhama Leuta, one of the students was ordained in the office of Eldership. Likhama is a serving member of the Lesotho Defense Forces and holds the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1. During the ordination, the army delegation came to witness the occasion and they were pleased to see their serviceman ordained. The school and the church were praised by the army delegation for the good work of producing such great preachers like Likhama Leuta. Maseru church of Christ has 4 Elders now.

2.0   GRADUATION

The graduation ceremony was a historic event in the churches of Christ in Lesotho, the first of BVBI in Maseru. This took place on the 10th of March 2024 at Maseru church of Christ premises. The main reason the graduation was held on a Sunday was to motivate church members to join the school and also to pass the message to other congregations that this is a serious school, not Bible study. This has attracted several people who promised to enroll in April. 9 men and a lady graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Biblical Studies. The names are as follows:

1.       Moalosi Solomon Monyane

2.       Likhama Peter Leuta

3.       Moshe Libe Ts’oene

4.       Neo Johannes Ramonyenyane

5.       Mekhoa Phiela

6.       Tsokolo Anthony Moliko

7.       Tankiso Raphaelo Rahlao

8.       Tankiso Edwin Mohono

9.       Motse Christe Kolobe

10.   Paballo Mateboho Ramokhele

The school would like to thank Brother Donnie Estep for donating the funds to buy the graduation gowns. The students looked great in those gowns. The gown remains the school property.

 2.1 VISITOR

The school was privileged to have a brother Donnie Estep as the guest speaker at the graduation ceremony. BVBI in Maseru appreciates the services he rendered and the sermon he preached at the Maseru church of Christ. Lesotho welcomes you all.

3.0   CURRICULUM

Three courses have been covered: In January Brother Robert taught the epistles of John, in February, Tawanda taught the New Life Behaviour, and in March Brother Tawanda also taught Old Testament 1. On average 15 students attended each of these three courses.

4.0   EVANGELISM

Students are engaged in evangelism. The school is planning to establish two more congregations in Maputsoe about 80-100km from Maseru and Sebalabala village about 75km from Maseru. The students and the instructors have gone to these two places several times for evangelism and the response is overwhelming. In Maputsoe there are about 6 Christians who are not meeting for worship. The school is mobilizing these Christians and other prospects so that they can start meeting on Sundays. If the funds allow, BVBI in Maseru would want to send four students, two to each of these congregations to help conduct services and as a way to practice what they are learning. The school is eager to have more campaigns and plant more congregations provided funds are available.

As a result of the evangelism the school is doing locally, 7 souls were added to the church through baptism.

5.0   BOREHOLE

The school requested a borehole and thank God, in March, Healing Hands International drilled a borehole at Maseru church of Christ premises where the school is operating. The school would like to thank Brother Keith for liaising with the HHI. The school and the church have access to clean and drinkable water.

CONCLUSION

The school is thankful to God and the sponsors for the great work of partnering with us to train preachers in Lesotho. Thank you all involved, the school's prayer is to engage in more evangelism and plant more congregations in Lesotho. Pray for Christians as Lesotho is currently experiencing drought. 

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God bless you

In His arms,

Tawanda Mwadiya

Students progressing in Cape Coast

BEAR VALLEY, CAPE COAST

REPORT FOR FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR

MARCH 2024

PREAMBLE

The Bear Valley Bible School in Cape Coast has successfully completed two calendar years. We are currently in our third year by the gracious mercies of God. The first set of students who were admitted have been ushered into what is hopefully their final years of studies if all things go according to plan. It has really been an exciting period of studies in the last two years, and it just keeps getting better. 

OVERVIEW

The Cape Coast Study Center is arguably one of the best bible school outlets in the region. It is expected to make serious inroads in the country by the time people start seeing and hearing our graduates preach and teach in the various congregations. Starting with just a little over ten students in the February of the year 2022, the school keeps on attracting students from across the region. Our numbers now stand at 38 with an average weekly attendance of 24 students. 

The improvement in our student’s enrollment is a testimony to the good works we are putting in here as we keep attracting interest and attention of the people of the central region. Brethren from all around the region keep calling to make inquiries about our programs and activities. And for tis we have our students to thank for, as they have proven to be very good ambassadors to the school and the Bear Valley name.  

SUPPLY OF RESOURCES

We received laptops and routers as portable library resource in the beginning of March. Directors were invited to attend a meeting at the Accra center where Bro Steve and his spouse took us through training on how to use the library. It was very educative and useful. (Picture 1)

As the director for my study center, I also took students through a day’s training on how it works and they were amazed about the idea behind it. They expressed their surprises about how it actually works without an internet facility which will make them work with it more easily and get to read more on a wide range of issues. (Picture 2, 3 and 4)

The school keeps receiving resource materials from our Coordinator, Bro Kojo and Bro Sam. The materials have been largely helpful in delivering good quality biblical education to ready Christian minds and hearts.  Once again, we would be much grateful to obtain more supplies of the Preacher’s Box in any future supply of materials to the school. They were very helpful when we embarked on our house to house in the last quarter of the last year. I believe if we are able to get them before the end of April, it will be much helpful as we will be embarking on a weeklong evangelism programme in one of the rural communities. 

COURSES 

As at the end of the March, the first quarter of the year 2024, we have successfully completed the following courses: THE LIFE OF CHRIST 2, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AND THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH 2

We hope to continue with: THE OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY, THE GODHEAD AND CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES in the next quarter.   

PREPARARTIONS FOR EVANGELISM 

The school is planning on a weeklong evangelism programme at Gomoa Mankoadzi, a rural community located close to Winneba. Tentatively, we are hoping to embark on this outreach from the 29 of April, to the 5th of May, 2024. As part of our preparations to embark on a week-long evangelism campaign, students were asked to make mock presentations so that we can fine tune our notes and strategies for outdoor broadcasts. Other preachers and speakers have invited to be part of this programme like the one we had last year in Cape Coast.   

PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT QUARTER

As a school we have strategized and agreed on some evangelistic missions in the next quarter. We have had some practical training for the students, and we will be kicking off in APRIL. We hope to collaborate with our host church to visit the prospects and converts we encountered last year on our evangelism programme.

We are also planning to visit the local congregations of students on specific dates to help revive and encourage the local and rural churches. A schedule for this programme is currently being prepared by the course reps and the students’ welfare team.  

REPORT PREPARED BY

DANIEL BIRIKORANG

DIRECTOR

Campaign in Lagos

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE NIGERIA AGEGE STUDY CENTRE

REPORT OF FIRST QUARTER, 2024

It is a thing of joy and worthy of giving praises to God that the activities in the first three months of the year, 2024 had been successful.

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

The classroom activities were conducted successfully according to the School's guideline and curriculum.

In the month of January, Bro. Noel Brain Otuwho taught Course 120; Pastoral Epistles.

In the month of February, Bro. Ani Augustine taught Course 122; Homiletics.

In the month of March, Bro Okoro Chinyere taught Personal Evangelism.

CAMPAIGN(EVANGELISM)

The school, in conjunction with the Church of Christ, 9, Igbinadun Street, Ojodu, Lagos, conducted Evangelism rally/house to house campaign. This took place on the 30th of March, 2024 at Ojodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.

BAPTISM

Follow-up work on the school's earlier outing at the Church of Christ Ifako/Ijaiye where I serve as preacher resulted in the baptism of a soul-Brother Clement on Sunday 7th January, 2024. To God be all the glory that since then, he has been regular in worship and other programmes of the church including evangelism.

LECTURESHIP

Some of our students and instructors participated in a three day Bible lectureship organized by the Church of Christ, Onilekere, Lagos, between Friday 29th - Sunday 31st March, 2024. To God be the glory, it was a successful programme.

APPRECIATION

We, at Agege School are highly appreciative of the efforts of the School's Management and Administration, especially Bro. Keith Kasarjian and Bro. Chad Wagner. They are always on hand to render advice, correction and other forms of help that help the programme to run smoothly. We also appreciate the efforts and sacrifices of the sponsors. We pray that God Almighty should continue to bless all of you, and may God continue to give the management more wisdom to continue to direct the school at the right path.

Emmanuel Chukwuka Odo

Progress in northern Togo

OPERATING  REPORT  BEAR VALLEY INSTITUTE  KARA – TOGO (First quarter 2024)

EXTENDED PROGRAM ; BVBI – KARA – TOGO

April 1st, 2024

INTRODUCTION

Greetings from Kara in northern Togo. As we walk together to accomplish the great Mission, we appreciate your willingness to continue to support this Bible School that helps in the formation of brothers who will be able to play a great role in the plan of salvation that the Great Mission requires.

We pray unceasingly that God will grant us peace, courage and good health, so that together we may continue to strive for the fulfillment of the Great Commission order contained in Mark 16 : 15 – 16. Your love in this work gives us the courage to always strive to enlarge Christ’s Kingdom.  

OPERATING  REPORT

1-      The number of students : 09

2-    The courses already taught the first quarter :

a-      Isaiah, great prophet by KAGNON  Luc

b-      The Minor Prophets by TALAKI  Nicodeme

c-       1 Corinthians by BEDJELSI  Fidele

3-    The courses that will be thought during the second quarter 2024 :

a-      Job and the Psalms  by TALAKI  Nicodeme

b-      Jeremiah and Lamentations  by KPELEVI  David

c-       2 Corinthians  by BEDJELSI  Fidele

4-      Instructors’ meeting :   Instructors continue to motivate students  and deploy the student’s behavior that negatively marked teachers in his absence despite the motivations.The students had to express their wish to learn computer science. This technology also helps the student in this research.

5-      Congregational Activities :

a-      Worship and edification : The challenges of laying the foundations for the church in northern Togo are enormous.  There are : The challenge of unity, the challenge with the plethora of denominations.

In the face of all these challenges, a teaching program is planned for all local churches and an awareness campaign in all northern regions to help evangelists work together to expand the Kingdom of our Lord. Our prayer is that in the future we will be totally united in answering Our Lord’s prayer before going to the cross in John 17 :17.

With the arrival of the new evangelists to help the work in the north , we organize these local existing churches to grow spiritually and digitally. A program has been set to feast to help these churches. Students participate in this program and are sent to these churches for adoration Sundays. And our first goal is that these churches become masts and also to implant other churches. So, we have set up effective leadership to enable each local church to worship without the presence of the evangelist. This will help us plan for future church plantings.

b-    Door- to- Door evangelism :

The door to door work during these 3 months led us to convert a total of 8 people, including 4 women in Soumdina- Pida, 2 men in Lama, a woman in Landa  and a man in Kara- University. A door-to-door evangelism program is rigorously followed to help each local church grow numerically. For the moment, this comprehensive evangelism work is a success story among the evangelists in Kara. We pray that God will continue to help u_s in this direction.

c-       Seminars : We thank God for the life of Karen Ashcraft who organized a two-day conference March 1-2, 2024 for 10 Congregations for women who care for children’s class. Each Congregation sent representatives. Karen wisely imparted her knowledge to these women, who left very happy with the gifts they received during the conference. The conference took place in a room at the Hotel Meka in Kara, where the cool temperatures made the participants very happy, as it was extremely hot in Kara in March.

My family is always blessed by Karen’s arrival in Kara. Before she left, we shared a meal together at the Hotel Meka. During this moment of sharing, she had to give a lot of advice to my daughters who make huge efforts at school and promised to do much more in their studies. It was a moment of great joy when we remembered her last visit to Kara a few years  ago. We remain grateful for her love in Christ. Our Mighty God continues to give her long life, strength and many benedictions.

d-      Missionary travel : We have with Steven, the very zealion Missionary for the salvation of souls in Africa and especially in West Africa carried out a missionary trip passing by Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Guinea. In Ivory Coast, we have traveled to the cities of Bandougou, Bouake, Yamssokro to encourage teams to come and work together, very beneficial to have good results in the conversion of lost souls for Christ. In Liberia was held a conference of Zealous Evangelists from Sierraleon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana,Togo and Liberia. Efforts have been made to put together ideas to channel and motivate the evangelistic team in each country. It is a very beneficial trip. This trip allowed us to know some countries, meet and know the other evangelists of other countries. This trip is solving some division issues in countries. We pray that these kinds of meetings will continue to take place in the future. It is a good start to maintain the unit in the body of Christ in Africa.We pray a lot for Missionary Steven, who inspires us all. May God give him much wisdom, patience and iron health and a long life for the realization of his vision in Christ. This missionary  journey  began on January 14, 2024 and we returned on February 4, 2024.

e-      Denominational Program : This program had started well from our return of the trip after some hesitation. This program began in 3 localities : Atchangbade with 11people ; Soumdina-Pida with 13people and IBBV kara with 6people.

f-       Radio Program :   We use this program as a means of evangelization for the surrounding communities. It’s also a way of getting in touch with certain listeners with whom we are in conversion discussions. Other evangelists help to preach the gospel on the radio.

In Christ,

Fidele

Graduation upcoming in Nigeria

Beloved in Christ Jesus,

Greetings from students and staff of BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan.

 Below is the summary of some of our activities for the month of March 2024.

OVERVIEW

1. Felele-Rab and Igbo-Oloyin Outreach

2. Weekend Evangelism 

3. Third Semester Class continue

FELELE-RAB AND IGBO-OLOYIN OUTREACH

The three days mass evangelism outreach of March 01-03 and March 08-10 at Felele-Rab and Igbo-Oloyin,Ibadan was blessed with three conversions and two restoration.

Seven of BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan students,three instructors and two WBSFUW plus other brethren from sisters congregation in U.I. (University of Ibadan)  and Apete participated in the spiritual exercise in Igbo-Oloyin,Ibadan.

WEEKEND EVANGELISM OUTREACH

The students and staff of the BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan actively participated in weekend evangelism in 9 different centers in Oyo,Osun,Ogun,Lagos and Kwara states in this month of March.

The Lord crowned our joint effort at Asejire-Osun state , Lagos and Butubutu village-Ibadan with seven converts. 

To God be the glory and honor.

THIRD SEMESTERS CLASSES CONTINUE

This semester continue as scheduled despite the tension in our country,Nigeria due to the high cost of living.

Our able instructors continue putting on their best in lecturing and instructing the students.

The instructors for this third semester are; Bro Isaac Olaniyan,Bro. Eniafe Olukayode, Bro. Makinde John, Bro Samuel Effiong, Bro Durojaiye Odeyemi, Bro. Israel Tajomavwo and myself, Bro Makinde Ebens while sister Oyenuga Esther and Bro Folorunsho Richard continue serving as our computer operators.

This semester classes commenced on February 19 and shall come to conclusion, Lord’s willing on April 12,2024.

We have twenty-three students in our Diploma year-1 program, while Advanced Diploma (Year-2) program have eight students.

ABOUT A STUDENT

Bro. Afolabi Emmanuel Olajide is one of our year-1 students admitted into the ministerial department of BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan in year 2022.

A native of Ipetumodu in Osun state,born on July 07 1997 at Moro,Osun state. He became a member of the Lord’s church in April 8th , 2017. His mission after training is to become one of the seasoned ministers of God in the Western states of Nigeria.

In conclusion. Thanks for your partnership, encouragement and support. May your days be long on the surface of the earth to eat the fruits of your labor. May the Lord continue to bless all our work together in Christ Jesus name, amen.

Sincerely yours in His Grace & Love as a servant...... Makinde Ebenezer Olufemi (The Chief Servant of BVBIN &SWSE-IBADAN and WBSFUW )

Two years of war in Ukraine

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

It's already the middle of March 2024 and the cruel and merciless war in Ukraine continues. Two years of the constant terror and bloodshed. People learned to function in stress. The social programs' funding gets less and less money. The people got poorer considerably. With these events in the background we appreciate so much the most valuable help from our American brethren who sacrificially give towards the needs of  refugees. This way we spread the Gospel and the people also receive a chance to be saved.

The Bible Institute faithfully continues its ministry. In February and March we had the following subjects - Minor Prophets, part 1, The Wisdom Literature (Instructor Dennis Sopelnik) and the Book of Job (Dmytro Galyuk). After each course the students have to take the written test and also the oral part of the testing. Our online studies definitely don't substitute the personal presence but it's the only safe option of keeping the studies going.

We keep working with the refugees in Leipzig as well. For us it's a wonderful opportunity to have fellowship with Ukrainians and share the Gospel with them. We don't have a lot of opportunities for the evangelism here so we try to use every chance we have.

I'd like to request your prayers for our bothers Dennis and Valentine who are in military now. Our student Dennis got married recently and he was allowed a short leave for the occasion. He was on the front line position with 0 distance to the enemy, it means he occasionally was 100-200 meters away  from the enemy trenches. A lot of fellow soldiers who had been drafted with him lost their lives. We keep him in our prayers at all times and it was God's good will to keep him alive.  And one of our Instructors Valentin is also in the military serving as  an officer in the headquarters. He aged considerably in the recent six months. His physical health deteriorated due to the constant stress and lack of sleep.  Both of them, as well as thousands of our defenders,  need your fervent prayers.

I'm very thankful to all of our preachers who try and help the needy. As an example I will tell about a very interesting event that happened in Bela Tserkva. Our brother in Christ and the local preacher Konstantin contacted one humanitarian fund. Those people came with their own pizza baking equipment and literally in the back yard of the church building cooked and gave away free of charge a lot of pizza. All the refugees who are in the city were told about the upcoming event and hundreds of people had a joyful feast. Of course, it was only a one time  event that doesn't resolve the humanitarian catastrophe but the people got a little hope for rejoicing. I wish you could see the eyes of the children who were given free pizza. They swallowed their slices in seconds!

The world has always been cruel, and only the love of God helps and keeps it in existence.

May God keep each of you.

Your brother,

Dennis Sopelnik

Prayers desperately needed for Haiti

Haiti Report

The International School of Theology (IST) in Haiti has faced many problems over the past four years due to gang activity. The area where the campus is located is where there has been considerable violence, including kidnappings, house raids, and killings. To make matters worse, the area that had to be traveled through to reach IST is home to some of the worst gangs. Therefore, we have not been able to use the campus since 2020. While classes have continued and many souls have been saved, the students and the teachers have been in danger almost daily.

The past two weeks have seen the violence increase drastically. The airport was attacked and had to close for several days. Two of the largest prisons were attacked, which resulted in more than 4,000 prisoners escaping and several left dead. Banks, churches, schools, hospitals, and businesses have been attacked, causing many to close. In the past three months, more than 3,500 people have been killed, kidnapped, or injured by gang activity. The roads are blocked with burning tires, and gunshots can be heard throughout the city of Port-au-Prince. The United States recently sent Marines to reinforce security at the US embassy. The embassy has evacuated all non-essential personnel. The prime minister resigned at the demands of the gangs and the request of some Caribbean leaders. The country is on the verge of total collapse. Please pray for Haiti.

How does this affect the school of preaching in Haiti? Our teachers, directors, and students have put their lives in danger each time they travel to and from class. Half of the class has often been unable to attend due to the blocked streets. Due to the increased violence, we have decided to suspend classes until further notice. We hope to resume them as soon as possible, but it may be August before we can start regular classes again. Our local directors will continue to check on students and help provide food and medical care when needed. The students and teachers regularly work with about twenty-five congregations and will continue their work as much as possible. 

Our goal remains to train preachers and teachers of God's word. While we may have to pause regular classes, the work will continue. We know who is in charge and will make way for His message to be proclaimed. There will come a time when the violence will stop, and we can travel again to Haiti. There are people in Haiti who are hungry for the message of salvation, and we plan to see that they have an opportunity to hear it. Please pray for the work, the students, the teachers, and our directors. 

Larry Waymire

Special guests in Malawi

Bear Valley Bible Institute 

Ekwendeni - Malawi 

Hello everyone!

The progress still continues as we are looking forward to the graduation of our students this year. It is their second and final year in class with us. Teachers and students are in a very serious cooperation at the moment, making sure that everyone gets his assignments finished before that joyous day of graduation.  Everyone with unfinished work, will not enjoy this day of receiving diplomas as he will not have it.

This month of March,  we were blessed to have our visitors from the USA.  One of the 2 brother Charles Gunter stayed with us for two weeks and the other one stayed for 3 days. The students were so happy to have brother Charles teach them the book of John.  The grades they got showed that they have learnt alot.  We are always thankful to have visitors come to help us teach.  This makes the work easier; and also it makes it said rightly " Blessed is the home that receives visitors "!

Evangelism 

We are in rain season and it is difficulty to take our students out for door to door preaching. However,  we have our graduates in many districts of out country Malawi and always send us good news.  This month we received news from brothers Mateyu and Takesure,  they have reported 13 baptisms and 4 souls restored. 

School Land extended 

We are also glad to share the joy we have that the chiefs have given us another portion of land (1 hactor). This is one way of appreciating the development we are doing in their village.  We are so happy that most of our plans will work out well. We need enough place to build teacher's houses and also a library.

God continues blessing your families as this work still need your involvement.  

Your's fellow workers in Christ,

Ephron and Clergynton

Many conversions in Sierra Leone

Bear Valley Bible Institute Sierra Leone

ACTIVITY OPERATION REPORT FOR MARCH, 2024

Full Time and the Extended Programs

INTRODUCTION

As we march through the month of March, we want to begin this report by honoring God for His providential care. As a family (staff and the students of KBVBI), we keep on recognizing  you, our dear brethren, supporters, partners and readers for your continual demonstration of the love that you have for God thus seeking to save the lost through training.

In March, we went on a short 2 weeks break (full time program only) and resumed classes again; souls were converted, evangelistic training seminars were conducted; and the graduates kept on working harder on the field.  Here is more information on the highlighted activities:

RESUMPTION OF CLASSES AND CONVERSIONS BY STUDENTS

At the end of February 2024, we informed you that our full-time students went on a break for two weeks. They were told to record all their activities with their respective congregations, so that upon resumption, they would turn in to the administration. They went on break indeed and resumed classes on March 15, 2024. Our students come from the various congregations and parts of Sierra Leone including, Kono, Tonkolili, Kenema, Kailahun, etc. Therefore during the break, they were greatly involved in evangelistic and congregational work. As a result, 10 souls were converted and some congregations were strengthened. Apart from the souls converted during the break, 3 others were converted by the staff in the month of March. This is especially important to the school administration because we do not want to train and graduate pulpit ministers who love to see themselves as administrators only and would be fighting for positions in local congregations. Rather, we want to train preachers and evangelists who see the growth of local congregations as the bedrock to intense evangelism. Our part-time students continued their classes and are also involved in evangelistic activities. We desire your prayers for all our students to continue to be committed to the course of Christ.

EVANGELISTIC SEMINARS AND CONVERSION OF SOULS BY THE EVANGELISTIC TEAMS

You are already aware of the active works of the evangelistic teams across the country. So training seminars were held in Freetown and Bo and before the end of the program for the stipulated period, 7 souls were converted and the evangelistic team members were strengthened again with more skills to continue promoting God’s evangelistic mission. Apart from the seminars at the above places, the Koindu team also cooperated with the brethren in Nongoa, Republic of Guinea and conducted an evangelistic campaign which led to the strengthening of the Nongoa Church of Christ and the conversions of 4 souls.

ALUMNI UPDATE

As we keep on informing you that our existence as a school is to train evangelists who would find interest in field work. With that background, you have been reading through our reports of the works of some of our graduates. For the past months that we didn’t share their update with you, they have been working tirelessly. Many of them are leading local congregations, are part of the evangelistic teams and are very recognized in the churches of Christ in Sierra Leone for their contributions. They have been able to convert 22 souls and restored 3 fallen congregations and 10 backslidden brethren. They are to be prayed for and also appreciated for their tireless efforts. 

CONCLUSION

As we marched through the end of March with fruitful activities, we anticipated that April would be more fruitful. Thank you for patiently reading through while noting all the details. May we get your response, suggestions and ideas on how we can improve as a school. We look forward to meeting in April 2024 again, if the Lord tarries to come!

New beginnings in Moundou, Chad

May God, our only Master, in whom we have breath and whom we worship, bless you in Jesus Christ His Son, the author of our Salvation!  Below, you will find a monthly report of the activities of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad. This report is sequenced with the coordinator's visit to Chad, evangelization activities, student registration, and visit to congregations in Chad by the coordinator David Ballard.

OUR THANKS:

 We open this monthly work report, of the Bible Institute of Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, with thanks to God. The congregations of the churches of Christ in Chad in general, the congregation of the church of Christ in Moundou, which meets at the campus of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou-Chad, and the students of the Bible institute in particular, have for several months, prayed for the program, of the visit of the coordinator of the Biblical training center of Bear Valley Bible Institue Moundou-Chad, to the country of Chad. This program became a reality on February 23, 2024 at 6 p.m.  From the bottom of our hearts, we sincerely say thank God first for listening to our prayers and then all the congregation for praying to God for the journey of our missionary brothers David Ballard, Todd Crayton, and Barry Baggott. May God bless each of them for their mission throughout the earth!  We also thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the missionary team that arrived in Chad. May God restore to them, the strength lost during this trip. During this time of the year, it is very hot in Chad. May God bless them a hundredfold, for the rest of their lives, for their involvement in His work!

 EVANGELISM:

From February 23 to March 12, 2024, the Lord used the presence of the missionary team led by coordinator David Ballard, to help win souls as He added them to his Church. A total of 17 souls, were baptized into Christ on this occasion. The saved souls are distributed as follows: 02 souls in the campus congregation in Moundou, 03 souls in the Koumra congregation, 02 souls in the Sarh congregation, 03 souls in the Dono-manga congregation (Ter), 06 souls in the congregation of Kélo, and finally 01 soul, in the congregation of Forkoumaye which occurred one day after the passage of the brothers, but that was result of their preaching.  Let us pray for all these souls and that God will bless the tools that He used for this work!  The Lord’s work is not only baptism, there are many other activities involved in teaching, nurturing, and sustaining.

 REGISTRATION:

During the stay in Chad, of the coordinator and the team, 17 students in biblical training at the Bible Institute of Bear Valley Moundou-Chad, were officially registered on March 2, 2024 by the Coordinator as students of the said Institution. We pray for the further training of these 17 men, who left their families, to study the Holy Scriptures, in order to serve the Lord well!  The mission of the missionary team did not stop at the registration of students and with the 17 cases of baptisms.

 TOUR IN THE CONGREGATIONS:

The three brothers on mission in Chad, in order to get to grip on the reality of the field of work, made a tour within the southern provinces of Chad. Time did not allow the missionaries to visit all of the scheduled congregations. Thus, 17 congregations were visited in total. These are the congregations: Djarabé 2, 15 Ans 1, Koumra, Sarh 1, Sarh 2, Bedjondouli 2, Kaba-Randy, Bendana, Dono-manga, Ter, Kélo, Bongor Vanguir, Pont Carol, Pala, Forkoumaye, N'djamena Abena, and N'djamena Boudalbagar. These congregations not only received visits from missionaries, they also received teaching. In Moundou, on campus for five days, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. local time, brother David Ballard gave lessons on “The Good News and Seven Ones.”  It was a very beneficial series, for the students especially.  While brother David taught those lessons in the afternoons, brother Barry Baggot taught a course in the instituted during the day, from Monday to Friday, entitled “The Doctrine of Denominations.” What a wonderful stay of in Chad it was for the brothers, and what a blessing it was for the Chadian brothers and sisters as well!

 STUDENT TRAINING:

Speaking of the functioning of the center's activities, everything is going well so far. Classes will continue until mid-May when students will have a longer that normal break to allow them to do be home taking care of their agricultural endeavors, especially the sowing of seeds.  We truly ask for your prayers for the students during their break.

 To close our report, we particularly extend our gratitude to BEAR VALLEY and to CREEKSIDE for all they do for the gospel in our country.  May God bless them for the advancement of His work in the world!  May God give us, on the side of Chad, the wisdom to accomplish his mission well!  May God bless us all abundantly for the preaching of the gospel throughout the world!

 In Christ,

Datoudji

Baptisms in Mombassa, Kenya

Dear brethren, 

Greetings to you all, brothers. it is our pleasure to write to you again, hoping that the Lord has been good to you all. We are all fine, and thank God for His goodness. It is the end of our first quarter this year, and the students are continuing with their lessons each Saturday. The lessons covered this quarter are: Denominational doctrines, Introduction to leadership as well as Joshua, Ruth and Judges.

This quarter we have had two Baptisms, through the effort of the students and the teachers. This is fruit of evangelism through the divine power of God. Efforts are being made to follow up with more prospects around Jomvu area. We pray that the Lord may open up the hearts of many people here to know Biblical Truth about salvation.

Next quarter will begin on 6th April,2024 and Paul will be taking the class. it is our hope that the students will continue equipped by the next lesson. we're glad that the lessons have had an impact on the students and hope that they will be good ministers of the gospel.

We thank God for bringing us this far, praying that He may preserve us for the sake of spreading the gospel. 

Moreover, one soul was has been restored to the church. We thank God for this beautiful soul that has returned to the Father!

We thank God continuously for all the brethren who have made efforts to enable the work here be a success. May God bless you abundantly. Please pray for the work here so that it might have impact on the people in this region..

God Bless you. 

Yours faithfully.

Francis Ojow and Paul Karisa

Director visits Tirupati, India

Reporting Letter for the month of March-2024

Date :04-04-2024

Respected beloved brother Keith Kasarjian our director and our coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners, greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter may help us to serve in finding you well. We thank you very much for your continual prayers and encouragement for the smooth function of Bible School . On behalf of BVBI-extension centre in Tirupati-India I would like to share a brief report for the month of March-2024.

Class Room work: We follow the syllabus prescribed by BVBI, on time to time we conduct examinations, daily tests ,  memory verses , note book evaluation, assignments work , weekend examinations etc... Our teachers are excellent in concentrating each student to mold them to be good Bible students. It is our main goal to cultivate each student to develop the Christian character and train them up to teach the word of God to fellow Indians ( 2 Timothy 2:2). We train them how to proclaim to outside people (outside of Christ)  and how to teach inside members( In christ).

Short courses :- There are few guest teachers who are not able to teach from Monday to Friday. But we use them for the short courses. We are happy to share about few short courses which we have covered by the guest teachers in the month of March.

Mr.Keith Kasarjian:  We are very happy to invite our International director to teach at BVBI-Tirpati-India. In the month of March 3 week Mr. Keith Kasarjian  was  able to visit the school, he taught wonderful subjects 1. The Importance preaching 2. The kind of preaching that God calls for,  3.The foundation of Preaching , 4.Ingridients for the great sermon (Inspiration, organization, Illustration and application). Our students, staff, guest preachers were able to learn good subject by our director. We are thankful to our director for all his hardship and efforts to travel and teach these wonderful lessons.

Malaysia Teacher :- We are very much delighted to share with you that one of the instructors  Mr.Richard Lee has visited from Malaysia  in the month of March. He taught very good subject about the Qualities of servant of the God ( Coworker, Fellow soldier, Messenger, brother, minister Philippians 2:25-30) and other subject on Baptism.  After course he has distributed carry bags to all the staff and students. We appreciate his love and kindness.

Australian Teacher : We had other teacher Mr. Mandalidis Peter from Sydney , Australia.  He taught  wonderful subject called Hermeneutics. He is 75 years old but God has strengthened him to travel and teach. We are thankful to this teacher.

Bible Seminar: -  We have identified  the need of leadership in  local churches in India. Therefore We have conducted bible seminar on leadership in the month of  March 19th,2024. We have invited local preachers and active members of local churches for the meeting.

Our director Mr.Keith Kasarjian has presented two  lectures in the seminar on The role of preacher in obtaining elders and The role of elders. The Malaysian teacher Mr .Richard Lee has preached on the role of evangelist and Preacher in the local churches  and Australian teacher Mr. Mandalidis Peter has taught about the importance of eldership in the local church. After the seminar several participants have raised different questions concerning the eldership, bro.Keith kasarjian has answered by quoting right scriptures and motivated all the preachers to appoint elders in the local churches.

Karnool district Visit: In the month of March first week  our students and myself have travelled about 1000 K.M(to&fro)  to Karnool district , we were invited by local church at Gudur. We preached  about the subject “New testament church”. The local church was encouraged by our humble visit and teaching. Our students have learned several good things by this trip.

Wedding event: In the month of March 8th we have attended wedding event at Jangalapalli-Village,  BVBI students have learned how to organize the marriage.

Home Bible studies :  In the evening we actively involve  in conducting the home bible studies. We receive good response out of this program.

Zoom Meeting: We conduct zoom meeting on every Thursday at 7am, at present we are studying the book of Acts, this class helps to several people to learn the truth.

Gospel meeting : on March 16th evening we have conducted gospel meeting at Aruru-village.  we appreciate Mr. Richard lee for his wonderful gospel sermon.

Baptism: In  the month of March two souls were baptized, we request you to pray for these newly baptized souls so that they may grow in the image of His son Jesus Christ.

We once again thank you for your prayers and encouragement. We treat BVBI is a great blessing of God, it is really a wonderful platform to train  young people for the great cause of gospel of Christ. We are ever grateful to our director Mr.Keith Kasarjian and coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds for their sacrifice , commitment and restless efforts to guide us and care for the Bible school at  Tirpati-India. We sincerely appreciate their help. We need your continual prayers and encouragement.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

Vijay, behalf of staff and students from BVBI-extension centre-Tirupati-India.

New instructor in Accra, Ghana

End of February 2024 Operating Report, BVBI Accra

Introduction

God has been good and merciful to us. We will always praise him for his love and the numerous favour he has always bestowed on the ministry. Our heart is filled with full of joy. Praise him forever and ever. Amen.

Classes

Our instructors are doing well with their lessons, endeavouring to teach with all cheerfulness and in good health. Our students are also participating in their studies and research works.

New Instructor

We are happy to introduce our newly appointed instructor brother Shadrach Oppong. He is married with 2 children. He has recently completed his master's with Bear Valley Bible Institute, also working as an Evangelist. We have observed from him that he is sound in the doctrine and has a passion for teaching. He is with a media group, chariot TV which educates the church and public in the way of the Lord. He has endorsed the doctrinal position of the school and taken up the teaching responsibility with the school.

Number of Instructors

Currently, we have ten (10) instructors of which two (2) are mentoring to take over from the aged. The instructors include: E. O. Larbi, Kojo Acquah Beenyi, Emmanuel Amoo-Gyimah, Samuel Sasu Ntim, George Osafo Anim, Emmanuel Gyasi-Quansah, Shadrach Oppong, Wisdom Yirenchi, Ebenezer Amoasi, and John Acquah.

Report of Survey for church planting

Sammy and some of the evangelized team went out to survey the area for the campaign. Below is the report:

Paanor (school site)

1.      Campaign schedule for two weeks or more beginning from 1 to 14 April 2024

2.      Rent for John Acquah, chamber, and hall self-contain – 400.00 per month

3.      Chief of the town has promised us a plot of land with registration in the town by the road side at fifty thousand Ghana cedis (50,000.00)

4.      We met a couple (Michael and Dora) who were members of the church. They have built an apartment which will help us to host some of the team members.

5.      We had an old lady and a gentleman who promised us three  rooms for our stay for two weeks for the campaign

6.      On Sunday, John and Eric will be visiting the two nearby churches to announce the campaign  and their support for the programme

7.      We also cited a river and a good place for baptism in the next town (ie. River Densu)

Akotuakrom

8.      Campaign schedule for 1 week starting from 18 to 24 March 2024

9.      Unfortunately our car broke down and left it at the village to get it fixed the next morning

10.  We found five (5) members who were members of the church

11.  A couple who were members of the church has promised us rooms to receive our team and all participants

12.  We found a stream at the next two towns for baptism

13.  The members are ready to cook for the participant

14.  Meeting place: we have been promised to use the town school’s classroom for our assembly until we get a piece of land.

Visit churches for new students

Brother Amoo-Gyimah and Sammy visited all the Suhum township churches and some of the brethren at Teacher Mante, Kyekyere, and Asuboi to campaign for faithful men who has the desire to do the Lord’s work.

Flyers and announcement have been sent to all students in the weekend schools for students who may wish to switch to full-time class. In all we had two (2) students and two (2) brethren from the local church to start with the class. In total, we have ten (10) students for the full-time class.

We thank God for his guidance throughout the month’s activities. We hope to do more in the next month.

Reported by Bro. E. O. Larbi

Monday evangelism produces fruit in Ghana

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2024

1.     CLASSROOM WORK

Classroom work continued for the month of February. Most of the courses for the term were completed by the end of February and other courses are near completion. Courses like leadership, Hermeneutics – 2 and Homiletics – 2 have been completed for the term. There has been significant improvement and development in the students’ knowledge in scripture and other areas of their lives.  

Part-time classes also continued steadily in the month as well. Some of the students are in the last term of their studies. Courses being taught include: world religions, epistles of John and Jude and denominational doctrines.

2.     PERSONAL EVANGELISM AND BAPTISM

The work of the Lord is also actively ongoing. There were various evangelistic efforts in the month of February. Our past and current students are still working to bring the message of the cross and the kingdom to many who have not heard it.

As reported last month, our current students now go out on Mondays for community evangelism. This month, they went to the town where Bro Joshua Aidoo preaches for the evangelistic work. The school has introduced this to help make the students more evangelistic, so that when they complete, they will have some skills to start and develop congregations.

 Thank you very much for your great commitment towards God’s work. God bless you.

Joshua.

Rivers State Nigeria reports many baptisms

1ST QUARTER, 2024 REPORT FROM BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA

Bear Valley Bible Institute in Rivers State Nigeria started very well in the year 2024.   In the month of January, 2024 we sent out our students to various congregations in Rivers State and beyond for practical field work which is known in our transcript as “campaign”. When we sent out information about the field work to the congregations in our area, very many congregations in Port Harcourt City and various communities in Rivers State requested that we should send students to them. The high demands for our students were very encouraging and that made us to know that Bear Valley Institute is highly accepted in our area.

The reports we got from the field work is amazing.  We gathered that our students baptized 29 persons, restored 11 backsliders, and taught Bible classes to men, women, youths and children. They preached sermons that edified many brethren. Indeed, the students’ campaign in the month of January, 2024 contributed much to the growth of the church in our area. We are happy that the money American brethren are sending quarterly to the school is bringing positive results.

LECTURES ARE ONGOING IN OUR TWO CENTERS

At the end of field work, we resumed lectures in our two centers and God willing, lectures will continue till the end of December 2024.

ANOTHER SET OF 19 STUDENTS WILL BE DUE FOR GRADUATION AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER OF 2024   

From our record, another set of 19 students will complete the 48 courses and will be due for graduation at the end of 2nd quarter, 2024. As soon as the transcripts are ready, we shall send them to Chad Wagner for verification and approval. If approved, it will be our second time to graduate students from our two centers which started in 2019.

GRADUATES OF BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTES RIVERS STATE NIGERIA ARE DOING GREAT WORKS IN THE GOSPEL FIELDS AS GOSPEL PREACHERS

We are glad to report that the efforts and money spent in the training of our past students are not in vain. Many of our graduates have been given appointments to work as preachers in many congregations in Port Harcourt and other communities in Rivers State, Nigeria. We are very happy because they are doing well in the congregations where they are working. It is worthy of note that 16 out of the 34 graduates of our school are already gospel preachers in various congregations while they were our students. After the graduation on July, 29th 2023, 10 among them have been given appointments as gospel preachers in various congregations in our area and beyond.

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE RIVERS STATE NIGERIA WILL HOST ONE DAY INTENSIVE LECTURESHIP IN OMOKU RIVERS STATE NIGERIA ON MARCH 30TH 2024

With the aim to create more awareness about our school and to get more    students to enroll in Omoku Center, we have invited many congregations in the area for a day intensive lectureship on 30th March, 2024. The theme of the proposed lectureship is: “Churches of Christ in the 21st century: Challenges and prospects” .We will give a detail report of the proposed lectureship in our next quarterly report.

 CONCLUSION

 We are grateful to God who has given us the strength to work for him and we are also grateful to our sponsors in the United States of America for their financial and moral supports. All the efforts are getting great results.

Reports from:

Anthony Ejike Oluria,

(Director BVBI Rivers State Nigeria, West Africa)

Evangelism plans in Liberia

Tokay Hill Community

                    Ganta City, Nimba County

February 2024 Operation Report

INTRODUCTION

The Students and Staff of the Liberia- Bear Valley Bible Institute bring you greetings and hope that all is well with you in the name of our Lord Almighty. We truly remain grateful to God and you for your partnership with us as we take on the task of preparing men for the Lord’s works here in Liberia and the world at large. Below are the activities for the Month of February 2024.

GOSPEL CAMPAIGN

As part of our practical work and most importantly bringing the lost souls to the saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Nimba County Evangelism Team (Winning Nimba For Christ) and Bear Valley Bible Institute-Liberia (Students and Instructors) took up a challenging gospel campaign to an area called Karnplay City in Nimba County Liberia, to establish the Church. By God's special grace, the Lord's church was established with 8 Persons obeying the gospel through baptism.

In an effort to coordinate the affairs of evangelism in the Country and across Africa, Brother Steven Ashcraft on January 22-24, 2024 brought together in Sanniquellie Nimba County, Liberia representatives of six West African Countries comprising of Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. During the meeting, issues of coordinating the evangelism works in those Countries mentioned above were highlighted, taking into consideration various challenges and sharing success and experiences that could help us achieve our goals.  

In this vain, evangelism teams in Liberia that have agreed to work with us are making some significant gains in their efforts to bring the lost souls to Christ.   

Konia and Salayea Evangelism Teams in Lofa County concluded their week long leadership training from February 19-25, 2024 with two days gospel campaign establishing three new congregations in Ziggida, Boi and Tivazue Towns respectively with 41persons being added to the Church through baptisms.

ACADEMIC WORKS

As we come to the close of year one quarter one, the school continued to run smoothly with every staff actively performing their responsibilities. The students are all doing well with their lessons while the support and instructional staff continued to come as scheduled playing their parts as well. We continued to seek your prayers as we strive to please our maker accordingly.

Our class room activities continued with the following:

1.    Group works

2.    Research works

3.    Students Individual Assignments and presentation

4.    Memory works

5.    Final examinations (Practical and theory).

6.     Cleaning of the campus etc.

Conclusion

We will always remain grateful for your love for God and your constant supports that have brought us this far, despite the various challenges we faced. To God be all the glory, praise and honor.

Fester G. Lee

Director- BVBI-L

Denominational preacher converted in Ondo State, Nigeria

Report Of Bear Valley Bible Institute Weekend School, Ondo State (January - March, 2024).

Dear brethren,

I ascribe all glory, honour and Majesty back to Our God in heaven above for His renewable blessings every day for His Children all over the world. We are forever grateful to the Bear Valley Bible Institute in Denver, Colorado for their support and love over the years! The Eldership with all the brethren at Bear Valley are in our hearts and prayers always for this great Spiritual sacrifice toward build lasting legacy for generations to come in Ondo State! I truly appreciate your love and vision.

Evangelism: First quarter of 2024 is very interesting and important to us here in Ondo State! We were able through the help of God to have baptized a pastor in a denominational Church who have decided to follow Jesus' word and His Church! All glory be to God Almighty, Amen. His name is Taiwo Adepetun. l have encouraged him to enroll with Bear Valley Bible Institute, Ondo center! He is now a student of the School. 

Today been 30th March, 2024, The School in Ondo City went out to preach the gospel again in Sabo Orimolade area in Ondo City with the hope of establishing the Lord's Church in that area! We had many prospects today! We are planning to go back again in order to organize three days Open Air preaching there! the people there were very receptive to the gospel of Christ!

In Akure center, We went to Ilu- abo again in Airport area in Akure! As l have reported last quarter, two of our new students are from that area! The Church there need more hands and we are ready to fill the gap! All the students and instructors were there to assist the Church in that area. We are grateful to be useful tools in the hands of God Almighty.

Classroom activities: In all the two centers classroom activities went as planned!

January 2024 - Brother Victor Fasonu taught the book of Revelation, while Brother Godwin Emmanuel taught Old Testament - 5 minor prophets in Akure center.

February, 2024 - Brother Rowland taught 1& 2 Thessalonians in Ondo center while Brother Oke taught Hebrews in Akure center.

March, 2024 - Brother Oke taught Hebrews in Ondo center, while Brother Rowland taught 1 & 2 Thessalonians in Akure center.

As a school, we are happy that our students are in their third year of study! Our God will see them through, Amen.

Brother Philip Iwere is a student of the school at Akure study center! He is 65 years old. He is married with Children in the Lord! He is very matured and courageous student of the Bible! He is happy learning the word of God. He very active in the Classroom and a loving personality among the students! The School is lucky to have him as a student. He is one of the faithful member of the Lord's Church at No, 13 Leo Street, Akure. After graduation, he is willing to preach the undiluted gospel of Christ. 

Financial Report: As a School, we have received support for our work in the School from January to March, 2024!  We want to thank Bear Valley Bible Institute, Denver for their support!

Miscellaneous: For now, we are grateful for the provision of our present needs! We are very happy! 

Beloved brethren, as a school in Ondo State! We are committed toward the growth and development of the school. Once again thank you for your love and support again and again! We know opportunity to make greater exploits doesn't come easy! We are determined in our resolution to remain a pacesetter.

Thank you and remain blessed, Amen. 

Fasonu Victor

Coordinator, 

Bear Valley Bible Institute, Ondo State. 

Baptisms in Ikorodu, Nigeria

Bear Valley Bible Institute- Nigeria (Ikorodu Study Centre)

 We are grateful to God for sustaining our lives. The students and staffs of BVBIN Ikorodu appreciate you all. We send greetings to BVBIN Management. God bless you all.

1. In Ikorodu centre, we have 20 students. All are regular and punctual in the class.

2. We have three instructors to handle the subjects. They are very effective and punctual in the class.

3. The Lectures we studied from January to March were:

a. Jan- Personal Evangelism. It was handle by bro Okoro Chinyere

b. Feb- Pastoral Epistles. It was handled by bro Noel Brain Otuwho

c. March- Homiletics. It was handled by bro Olufemi Adewuyi.

4. On the first Sunday of March, the students and the staffs of BVBIN IKORODU assisted Ori-Okuta in Open Air Lecture

5. One of our Student by the name Isaac Ukpon baptized a husband and the wife through personal evangelism. That brings to us five baptism within three months.

6. At the end of March, we went out for Evangelism both the instructors and students. We had 3 baptisms.

7. We plan for internal lectureship on 1st April, 2024.

Theme: know the will of God for your Life.

We are expecting 150 participants.

 We remain grateful to God for your support which enable us to know the scripture better. Which also gives us the boldness to speak with denominational Pastor.

Thank you for your support. God bless you in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

Mfon Etim Adeh 

(Ikorodu Study Centre)

Perseverance in Nigeria

SABO ONIBA/LAGOS ISLAND CENTERS REPORT  January to March 2024 

Introduction: As I grow older, each government leader that comes to lead in my beloved Country will give us hope of better times however, it is the case that the previous leadership seems better than the new one. My Country is really facing challenging times presently. Your prayer for Nigeria is highly coveted. In the midst of all these, the work of the kingdom is moving forward. We have good news as the first set of students from Lagos Island Center will be graduating with an Advanced Diploma this month after working hard for four years. Once again, we want to thank the instructors for being resilient all this time. The efforts of Stoney Point Church of Christ will not go unappreciated for supporting and praying for us all these years. The unrelenting work of Bro Makinde, Bro Chad, and Keith to these successes is highly appreciated.

In another vain, Am happy to be found useful in being one of the resource persons during the 2024 WBS Great Workshop in Ukpom Abak.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN SABO-ONIBA/LAGOS ISLAND: We thank God that we were able to have another 12 students in Lagos Island school, five of them were those who had taken some courses with the graduating students while 7 are new students who started this year January. We had to start the courses afresh this quarter.  Femi Adewuyi explained English/Research Methodology to the new students. While  Ibanga Udoh the host minister who is our New Instructor in this center took the students on Life of Christ 3 (Book of Luke) and Life Of Christ – 1 (Matthew) was led by Austine Ani.

In Sabo-Oniba, Homiletics 1  was taken by Austine Ani, Personal Evangelism by Okoro Chinyere and Pastoral Epistles was taken by Noel Brain Otuwho. Sabo Center is wasking stronger as the church in this area is already feeling the impact of the school in their church life.

CAMPAIGN PROGRAM: We had a lovely and captivating outing in our campaign last month. It was a visit to a small community called Iledu in Badagry area. We were in the company of Mile 2 Badagry General Evangelism program. The colorful T-Shirt of our students became a point of attraction to all. At the end of the event, 3 souls were brought into the kingdom of light.

New Congregational Preaching Work for One of Our Instructors:    Bro Austine Ani who will be graduating as a degree holder in Biblical Studies from BVBI Ibadan program has been part of us since Sabo Center started. He was working with a small congregation in Igando area of Lagos State. However as the Dantoge Refinery is about to kick off after many years of construction, our brethren working with different companies involved in the work worshipping in the area. This local congregation located at Eleko is where Ani is working now. We pray that he helps make that congregation a missionary church in that new Lagos.

Conclusion: We once again thank God for the journey so far. We also appreciate all who have been so supportive in one way or the other.

Thanks and God bless you all.

TIM IWE