It is a great opportunity to be part of this new innovation project of the Cote D’ivoire annual
conference. Every district has sent one or two church planters who are local
missionaries. The Cote D’Ivoire Annual
Conference is the first conference in Africa to set up a new school to train
local missionaries who will be sharing the God News of Jesus Christ throughout the
country and in the region to plant new UMC Churches. Each district will support their candidates in
this new adventure of faith.
15 local missionaries from different tribes, men
and women of faith are going out of their communities to partner with God; who
called them to plant churches.
Offering Jesus Christ to the world outside
the fellowship of the local church is a primary task of all Christians. John
Wesley, the founder of Methodism, said "The world is my parish."
Besides welcoming people into the fellowship of the church and helping them
become and grow as Christians, the local church must have an evangelism
ministry that reaches beyond the congregation!
Your
prayer and support
Our
brothers and sisters will need our prayers and supports. Consider to pray for more people to witness.
Jesus specifically asked you to pray to the Father and ask Him to send
workers into the field (Matt. 9:37-38). What is the field? It is
the world of sinners. Who are the workers? They are people like
you. Jesus wants people to find salvation and enjoy eternal fellowship
with Him. He wants you to preach the Gospel. He has given the
command "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations..."
(Matt.28: 19). Your witness for God may or may not be verbal. But
either way, you need to pray and ask God to give you strength, love, and
insight.
Evangelism
is:
·
sharing the good news of God’s love with people who have not heard
it before,
·
Preparing people to make or renew their commitment to Jesus
Christ,
·
Participating in God’s mission to transform the world.
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