October 2021
" Go
therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name
of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"
Matt 28:19
Ghana
1. The Establishment of the Church in Jasikan
Jasikan is a major town situated in Oti Region, North-East of Ghana. Since 2019, the saints have been distributing ministry magazines and Holy Word for Morning Revival in College of Education and some senior high schools.
After the book distribution in a Senior High School and the College of Education in March 2019, we realized that the seeking ones were very hungry for the truth. Through fellowship among the brothers, they began to labor through monthly visitation. One of the brothers migrated to Jasikan for shepherding the contacts and for the establishment of the Lord's testimony. As of July 2021, 16 saints and 6 children gathered together in Jasikan, 5 homes were opened for home meetings.
On Aug 26th, we met brother L who borrowed a book Truth lessons from us three months ago. He deeply enjoyed reading the book and invited us to his house. We had fellowship with him and his friends. He also participated in our conference for two consecutive weekends (8/28-29 and 9/4-5). We shared from the book The Scriptural Way to Meet and to Serve for the Building Up of the Body of Christ chapter One and Two, everyone in the meeting enjoyed Christ and could impart life to others. Brother L was present from the beginning to the end of the conference, who was the first one to share. He said he cannot just sit there and listen, but had to speak for the Lord by exercising his spirit.
(Picture 1-2: saints meeting on the Lord’s Day every week; home meeting.)
After a long-held burden and the prayers of the saints, we held two weekend conferences on Oct. 9th -10th and Oct. 16th - 17th respectively, focused on the divine life and the God-man living. On 17th October 2021, we had the first Lord's Table meeting as the church in Jasikan, with 38 saints. Praise the Lord for His present move in Ghana! Two brothers will move to Jasikan at the end of October to strengthen the saints for the church life and for the increase.
(Picture 1-2: saints meeting on the Lord’s Day every week; home meeting.)
2. The Establishment of the Lampstand in Cape Coast
Two families from Taiwan moved to Cape Coast, Ghana on August 1st 2021 for the Lord's move in West Africa.
The serving ones visit the saints and seekers in Cape Coast daily to shepherd and supply Christ to them. Recently, a brother was revived through such shepherding and was willing to turn from denomination to the church life. We also encouraged the local saints to function and to preach the gospel. On Aug 21st, a brother invited his friend to the meeting and she was baptized after our sharing.
Seekers’ conference is held every Saturday. Recently we had the feeling to help the seekers to exercise their spirit more. On Aug 21st, a conference was held on the matter of “Calling upon the Lord's name”. We also went to the beach to exercise calling on His name aloud from the depths of our hearts. On September 26th. Three brothers from Accra coordinated to share with the saints on the ground of the church. A total of 27 saints participated (including three saints from Accra and three saints from Takoradi).
(Picture 5-7: the one invited was baptized on Aug.21st 2021; saints and seekers releasing their spirit at the beach; Group photo of the saints after the meeting on26th September)
On Oct. 23th and 24th, we had a two-day conference on what is life, the experience of life, the grafted life, and living the kingdom life for the church Life. The brothers coordinated to touch the matter of life and living for the church life in Cape Coast. A total of 52 people came on the first day, and 73 people attended the first bread-breaking meeting on the Lord's day. Hallelujah the church in Cape Coast was established on Oct. 24th 2021. We all testify that we are one in the Body of Christ.
(Picture 8-9: Conference on Oct.23rd and the Lord’s Table Meeting on Oct.24th 2021)
3. Propagation in Takoradi
Takoradi is the largest city in Western Ghana, about 82 km to Cape Coast. There are 10 saints meeting regularly, and the serving ones in Cape Coast also labor together for the establishment of the lampstand and for the increase.
We are very keen for the gospel in this city. A lot of ministry books have been placed in a brother's work place so that seekers can get them for free and leave their contact information. We have nearly 50 names on the list since started on Sep. 5th. Through brother Daniel, we contacted a few seekers and had fellowship with them. They were very enlightened by the ministry books and were willing to read more. Also, we recently had a home meeting with a seeker, who treasures the Word of God and purchased the recovery version of the New Testament from us. He invited us to go to a school to share the truth with the students. We shared with them concerning man as created vessels are to contain God. In the process of our human living such as studying and working, if there is no Christ, it is vanity of vanities. We encouraged them to enjoy the Word of God by reading the Bible. May the seed of life sown into them continue to grow.
(Picture 10: Sharing the truth with the students in a local school)
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