Wednesday 08-08-2018 (Mission Emphasis)






As we continued our Mission Emphasis Month, Bible Study today was led by God's Servant, Dn. Dr. Olupona. 
2018 HOME MISSION EMPHASIS
(Mission & Evangelism Committee)


-          There is the need to work together in unity under God

-          God revealed this to us in the creation story (Gen. 1: 28) and in the story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11: 1 – 8)

-          The ministry of Jesus is based on loving relationship
-          The early Christians followed in His footsteps in spite of the challenges of persecution
-          We must do likewise

WHEN GOD LOOKS AT NIGERIA TODAY, WHAT DOES HE SEE?
  1. A beautiful Country with more than 180 million people
  2. A Country that is blessed with human and material resources
  3. About 500 ethnolinguistic groups:

·         North West           103
·         North East             108
·         South West           2
·         South-South/South East   139
·         North Central/Middle belt            147

4.      Revival of African Traditional Religion (ATR)
5.      Threat of Islam
6.      Complacency/Norminalism/ Prosperity Message
7.      The Challenge of our contemporary youth.

OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES
-          Disunity among Christians
-          The threat of Islam

COMMON CHALLENGE OF ISLAM FOR THE CHURCH
-          Islam is the greatest threat to world peace.
-          Islam is the greatest threat to Christianity.
-          Sharia & Islamic domination in 12 out of 19 Northern States.
-          Threat of Islamic domination in the South West.
-          Threat of Islam in South-South and South East.
-          Islam is the most rapidly expanding religion on the surface of the earth because of Biological Multiplication. Men are encouraged to marry up to four wives and women have been indoctrinated to deliver all the children inside their womb to avoid being prevented from entering Al-janah by the children such women have denied access into the earth by refusing to give birth to such children.

THE ADVANTAGE OF OUR POPULATION OF 180M
·         For every 5 people in West Africa of 17 Countries, 3 are Nigerians
·         For every 5 people in Africa of 56 Countries, 1 is a Nigerian.
·         For 100 people in the world of 7.13 billion, 2 are Nigerians.
·         If the Church of God in Nigeria can get it right; God can use Nigeria to evangelize the world.


LOCATIONS OF HOME MISSION MINISTRY

2018 FIELDS ON FOCUS


BASSA MISSION FIELD NIGER STATE

The Missionary, Rev. & Mrs Elewode

Location: Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State
People Groups: Gwaris Bassas

EXTENT OF WORK DONE
1.                  Church Planting: 27 Churches. 3 organized. 12 Pastors
2.                  School: 5 Schools (3 are functional) In Arena there are 172 pupils

CHALLENGES
1.                  Cultural beliefs: The Bassa people group are known for an annual cultural festival called “Regge”
2.                  Islam: Poses a formidable threat to Christianinity
3.                  Polygamy: Widely acceptable. Early marriage and divorce are rampant.
4.                  Illiteracy: Majority do not have any formal education


TESTIMONIES
-          The Lord is using these Schools as key to open our communities to the message of salvation
-          The Schools are serving as avenues for disciple making among the pupils. Many Muslims and traditionalists are enrolling their children. A Muslim man brought her daughter to the Missionary and said: “Missionary, this is my child, whatever you can do that will make her understand book, please do”.

NEEDS
·                     Regular intercession.
·                     Adoption of Mission Churches.
·                     4 motorcycles @ N250,000:00 each
·                     6 bundles of Zinc to roof a Pastorium at Berri
·                     Bore hole in Ungwan Kawo at the cost of N450, 000:00.
·                     A 4-wheel drive vehicle for Missionary at about N2.5m.
·                     Completion of a 4 classroom block with an office and store at the cost of N2m.


DUKAWA MISSION FIELD KEBBI STATE

The Missionary, Rev. & Mrs Yusuf Demeh

Location: The field has 3 Zones: Kontagora, Zuru and Rijau within 10 Local Government Areas
People Groups: Dukawa, Kamberi C’lela
Brief on the Dukawas: They worship trees and stone and the name of their god is Migero. Their festival called Harguwa normally comes every 2 years.
Brief on the C’lelas: The name of the gods they worship are Magiro, Babagermace, Tarubaba and Kubperere. They have two types of festivals known as Ohola and Ad’biti.
Brief on the Kamberis: They worship a god called Migero. Their festival known as Harguwa comes up every year. They also have another celebration that comes up once in five years called Awiso. This festival involves sacrifice of human being to their gods.
Brief on the Kamberis: Unconfirmed information made us to know that up to 15 human sacrifices can be made to appease their god in a year.

EXTENT OF THE WORK

-          Discipleship: through this ministry, 3 Dukawas have been raised as leaders and trained Pastors
-          Leadership: 8 trained Dukawa Pastors, 5 Kamberis trained in our School of Missions, and 14 Others In Training
-          Church Planting: 8 Churches planted among the kamberis


ONGOING PROJECTS
-          Building and roofing of Taimakon Allah Baptist Church Pastorium.
-          The Church building of Nasarawa Baptist Church, Takafiya
-          Sabon Rai Baptist Church, Galadima was built two times with cement block to the roofing level but the building collapsed.


CHALLENGES ON THE FIELD
·                     Islamic influences
·                     Traditional influences
·                     Spiritual attacks
·                     Witchcraft and cultism
·                     Inadequate Mission equipment
·                     One of our members was slaughtered this year on the field by yet to be identified people
·                     Mobility (car) for the Missionary
·                     4 motorcycles for Mission Pastors
·                     Fencing the Mission land which will cost ₦300,000 (Three hundred thousand naira)
·                     Doors, windows and plastering of Taimakon Allah BC Pastorium and Plastering of Sabon  Rai B C, Galadima
·                     Ministry equipment such as Projector, Amplifier, Speakers, Microphone and Generator.

KOGI MISSION FIELD KOGI STATE
Brief on the Field: Kogi State is found on the eastern flank of the confluence of rivers Niger and Benue; bordered on the North by Benue and Nasarawa States; on the West by River Niger, on the East by Enugu State and on the South by Anambra State. 30 Churches in all, with only 2 Churches viable to be self-supporting. There about 11 Pastors on the field
CHALLENGES ON THE FIELD
-          Poverty
-          Lack of Resources for Church Growth
-          Stronghold of Witchcraft
-          Stronghold of Islam and ATR
-          Frequent Communal clashes


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