May 31, 2003
Vol. 10 Issue 11
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EDITORIAL
Psalm 41:1 “Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.”
In 1989 a group of Church of God Ministers met in Arcadia, Ohio with the purpose of forming an organization that would structure our mission endeavors in a manner that would be more effective, more efficient and accountable. From that beginning emerged (WMF) World Missionary Fellowship, USA.
WMF continues to grow and at present consists of 41 delegates representing eighteen congregations or organizations. Annual membership dues of $20.00 per delegate go for general expenses and subscription to the Info+. No one person or congregation controls WMF. The delegates make all the decisions according to the established by-laws.
To those of you that are not members of WMF, let me encourage you to become members. If you would like a copy of the by-laws, please contact me.
We have no paid staff; all of our work is done on a volunteer basis. All money sent to WMF goes to the missions. The accounts are audited on an annual basis and are available for inspection by contacting the treasurer.
Let us work together for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. Editor
WORLD MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP (WMF)
The annual meeting of WMF will be held at 2 PM July 17 at the Licking County, Newark, Ohio camp meeting. All who are born again, support missions and have an interest in helping us to serve missions, foreign and domestic, plan to attend.
Continue to send offerings identified for specific missions to the Treasurer:
World Missionary Fellowship
C/O Bro. Steve Yoder
P. O. Box 418
Sugarcreek, OH 44681
I am available to visit congregations or groups to present needs and discuss WMF, Nigeria or the Philippines. Bro. Stanley J. Rexroth, Chairman.
NIGERIA
REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL:
Abam/Abala, Pastor Christian Ogbuka: Attendance 66 – 77, With God on our side we were blessed so much in health and spiritual well being. Weeklong children evangelism was carried out. The children were asked about their observation during the missionary visit. They made special remark of Bro. Rube Gayheart’s system of jumping while preaching. Special teachings were taught like Noah’s family and the Ark, David & Goliath, Tower of Babel and the sacrifice of Isaac.
Help us pray for the success of our forthcoming camp meeting holding from November 27 to 30. Financial help is needed for the camp meeting coupled with the need for the on going building project.
Umuahia, Pastor Cyriacus Nwachukwu: Attendance 78 to 101; The youth held their house caring meetings together which comprise all the branches of our house caring meetings at the end God was exalted. All happened outside the church normal activities and during this movement of the youth One Sister, Juliana, won.
Internal revival held by women of the church of God three days; speakers were Sister Uzoma Ebula & Sister Chinasa Nwachukwu.
Editor’s Note: We now have $755.00 toward the $2,300.00 needed to purchase the land for Umuahia pray that the remaining $1,545.00 will be supplied soon.
Omoba Isiala Ngwa, Pastor Ronald Iheanacho: Attendance = 2 to 11; We have our house-to-house evangelism and around my location. I use to have bus evangelism and we are planning for an open-air crusade.
Ikot Edibon, Pastor Okon Jim Ibok: Attendance 15-22; one soul saved; Fasting and prayer were held on the 14th and young peoples meeting was conducted on the 24th. We conducted revival from 17th to 19th. House-to-house evangelism was also carried out.
Ikot Inyang Eti, Pastor Udobong Okon Essien: Attendance 61 – 65; We had weekly Bible classes, house-to-house evangelism and one week revival in which many souls were saved and also received divine healing, praise God. May God bless you. Pray for us.
Ehere, Aba, Pastor James Igbokwe: Attendance 18 – 25.
Calabar, Pastor Bassey Ekpe/Johnnie Austin: Attendance 42-51. Three souls saved. House-to-house evangelism has been our major task work throughout the past period. We have observed our monthly tarry night the 28th.A great number of visitors from other churches numbering about 30 persons attended tarry night. God’s hand was revealed during the period.
We have successfully organized 3 days revival from the 18th to the 20th as part of our Easter program. People gave their lives to Jesus.
Our weekly activities brought a lot of people closer to God. We have not yet moved to establish our new branch at 21 Fuller Street because we are owing to complete the payment of the rent. However, we are doing a lot of canvassing and evangelism towards the opening of this branch.
Dear Brethren,
This is to inform you that my house in the village has been gutted by fire and property worth at thousands of Naira destroyed.
I hereby appeal through you for humanitarian assistance from spirited individuals and group to help me rise up again, please.
The house gutted by fire is my personal house in my own village. It's my junior brother who lived and took care of the building. It's concrete building.
Things lost included: 2 Televisonsets, 2 Big radio, 1Casstte recorder, 1 table and 1 standing fan, 1 electric Iron, 1 umbrella, raincoats ,1 big cupboard with breakable dishes, and tumblers, forks and knifes, bookshelf and a sorted books, center tables, cushions chairs and foams, floor carpets, family bed, mattress and pillows, clothes and shoes a sorted, door and window blinds, boxes and bags, chairs N20,000:00 belonging to my brother from osusu contribution, and a lot of other things especially my personal belongings. The cause of the fire is from the incessant on and off electricity supply.
God bless you all.
Faithfully,
Johnnie Austin.
Eket Urban, Pastor E. David: Attendance 8 – 13; One soul was saved. An inter-denominational lecture in Christian leadership was held for 4 days. The drop in attendance is caused by heavy down pour as some live distance away from the church. Moreso most children are on holidays as the congregation is made up of more children than adults.
PHILIPPINES
April 28, 2003
Dear Bro. Rexroth & Info Saints,
Warm greetings to you all in God’s precious Name. This day we’re able to finish our 2 district camp meetings in the Philippines with victorious results. Thanks for your intercessory prayers & unending support. Because it’s summer vacation, many made it to attend the gatherings. Aside from the churches of God delegations, there were man-made religion pastors who also attended & because blest, expressed their great desire to affiliate if we will accept.
In the two camp meetings God really worked. Often the altar was crowned with many touched souls voicing one’s needs & finding help from the Lord. As fruit there was a total of 58 new converts who underwent water baptism & thus completely added to God’s church. Enclosed are pictures taken during the camp meetings simply to show you saints your investment for the mission fields is not in vain.
This Wednesday (30th) the one week Pastors’ Seminar in Bannawag will also culminate. It was joined by 10 workers in-charged by 2 trainers, Bro. Jess Fajardo & Bro. John Nisperos.
Presently we’re staying with our daughter, Noemi and son-in-law in Manila parsonage waiting for our 2 Pastors (sons), Wesley & Samuel to bring the Extreme Isuzu we’ll use for our next schedule – Luzon district visitations & conduct of one-day meeting in each church who requested. By God’s go signal; we’ll pursue the plan starting last week of May. To accompany us in this travel & evangelization are our children who will drive & same time support me in some preaching’s, lectures,, etc. Please insert this schedule & that God give me the health to ably cope with the hectic activity. God willing, we will send you the pictures again related to the seminar and our district wide visits. Also we’ll send soon the church journal on the camp meetings as soon as it is finished. God bless.
Lord willing we will transfer the Pastor’s Training School from Bannawag to Manila. Please help us pray for this plan.
Your Servant in Philippine Labor,
Bro. D. B. Luzan Jr.
Luzon District Baptism
Mindanao District Baptism
INDIA
May 19, 2003
Dear precious saints,
Greetings in the gracious name of Jesus, king of kings.
In the time of rejoicing of Thotapally Church dedication, I praise God for I am privileged to say few words about the church; this is one of our ten churches.
Few years’ back we all went to a place named Thotapally, a rural village to preach the gospel. It has been envisioned that there was a dire need to reach the doorsteps of the multitude of the people, who have not been fed properly by the word of God and especially in the rural areas where the people living in huts, with their poverty and illiteracy have been ignorant of the need of salvation. When we made a missionary journey through this village, my soul was moved on seeing the condition of the people having no knowledge of the great salvation.
Through this missionary trip an old woman was saved who was first believer of this church, was regularly attending by walk about three kilometers for Sunday service. She opened her house for the cottage meeting that’s where we started this ministry. As we conducted the meeting every Tuesday one more family accepted Jesus and added to this fellowship.
Year by year the Lord blessed the ministry as we conducted street preaching, cottage meetings and open gospel meetings. After three years, 16 families were saved and baptized. As the congregation increased along with the Sunday school children, became difficult to walk long distance for Sunday service. So we started Sunday services in the same village in a small hut. After few years the hut was fully damaged by the cyclone one night. So for temporarily we conducted in a small shelter. After few month passed the owner of the shed requested us to vacate. In this desperate time we prayed to God, He answered our prayers through His dedicated missionaries father and mother Jennings Byron and Gail Wood. Surprisingly one day we received a very good email from them about the church project. With their loving kindness and tender mercies, the loving father & mother Wood entered in to this project and gave the largest offering that ever received for the church mission. We are thankful to God to enable us to build a new and beautiful church building by their help.
Now nearly 40 to 45 saints gathering for Sunday service, many others also willing to gather in the new church, so the saint’s number will be increased. By the by we are also thankful to father & mother Wood for the new church building in K. M. Nagar which was already dedicated.
Thankful hearts: Our most honorable father & mother Wood in this time of rejoicing of the church dedication we praise God and humbly we submit our hearty thanks on you generous gesture towards the noble task of the church project. Truly we are grateful and thankful. Your supporting help enabled us to so great things for the greatest task. We also thankful to Bro. Rexroth and all elders of WMF. Especially we are thankful to the Community Church of God, Pastor Edward N. Beck, Bro. Joel D. Noble and all the saints.
Our vision: To provide 7 church buildings for poor Christians in different rural villages where people living in huts with their poverty and illiteracy. To help some more pastors, 25 widow women and 20 old people. We need to start an orphanage to lead the children into the way of Jesus.
Finally, it is my prayer to God almighty that the father & mother Wood and WMF and Community church of God will continue to be a source of blessings to many Christians and a beacon of hope and light to those that are perishing without the glorious gospel of Lord Jesus Christ.
With prayers,
K. B. Emmanuel
Founder and Chairman
Fellowship of the church of God
LIBERIA
May 27, 2003 Request for Prayer
Dear Chairman Stanley,
Prayerful Greetings to you and all of the Executive members of the World Missionary Fellowship in the USA. Thank you very much for the WMF Info+ that continues to come in to us. Please continue your prayers for the Church of God in Liberia.
We are going through a civil war, which is very, very terrible for us in Liberia. The fighting forces have covered nearly the whole country. Many of our pastors, wives, children and some of the saints are here with us at the Church of God compound in Monrovia. Oh, how terrible it is to see hundreds of thousand in displacement. No food, shoes, clothes and water and so do many of our pastors and wives.
The needs for relief are great and unbearable down here.
Pastor Tony, Bro. Gayheart and the trustee’s board of the Church of God of Licking County were able to send us special love offerings for food. Again, please pray with us, we and all the churches stand in need of prayers.
We are glad to be a part of the Church of God, WMF and that please remember us during this time of our civil crises.
God Bless,
Dr. Josiah K. Pah, Sr.
General Overseer
YOUTH CORNER
It is that time again to see what is happening on the corner. You know I can hardly believe that it is May already. Many of you ready to graduate, waiting for summer and for school to be out. You know this time of year there are a lot of changes taking place. A lot of moving from one place in life to another. Most of us are ready and gladly take that step, even though at times it is a little scary.
I mean just think of how silly it would be for a senior who is sitting in the graduation ceremony and when his name is called he says –“no thanks I’ll stay in high school.” That seems silly but you know that is what we do to God sometimes. God is calling us to grow and change and He wants us to graduate to the next level of spirituality and we say no thanks.
Let’s think about that as we get ready to experience some great things this summer with youth camps and retreats and such, when God is calling you to step up what will your answer be?
Power Passage : 1 Corinthians 13:9-13
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PRAYER REQUEST
Pastor Wiley Cash and the Shelby County Church of God, Memphis, Tennessee is in much need of prayer. Their building program is well under way.
PASTOR NEEDED
The West Side Church of God in Lebanon, Missouri is in need of a pastor. Interested persons may contact Bro. Mike Griffin 417-532-4784
ATTENTION LADIES
There has been some interest expressed in having a women’s retreat at the Altapass campground. This retreat would include two worship services each day with guest speakers. The afternoons would be open for recreation of various types.
The middle of September has been suggested as a good time for the retreat. It is estimated a fee of $50.00 each should cover three meals a day as well as other expenses.
If you or a friend would be interested in attending such a retreat, please indicate so with a letter or phone call. Also give the best date for you to attend (a Wednesday through Saturday morning). This is only in the planning stages, so we must know by the first of July if there is any interest. You may contact: Sis. Violet Yaw, 63095 CR 13, Goshen, IN 46526; Phone: 574-875-6408
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