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Light In The World Ministries Update November 2014

Posted on November 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

On the day of Pentecost men who were dead in sin and transgressions were brought into a living relationship with Christ Jesus. Jerusalem, the place of intense religious dogma and tradition, the place where Christ was crucified, was now the chosen place for God to bring forth men and women of spiritual life and understanding. What was seemingly a small number of disciples left after the crucifixion of Christ, exploded into three thousand being added to the Lord (Acts 2:41). The fruit was there because of the death and resurrection of Christ.

Someone recently asked me what is the greatest miracle I have seen in running these training programs for pastors and leaders? There have been times during the schools where people have been healed physically of sickness and disease, and that is wonderful. But, the greatest miracle I have witnessed, is people who have come to the school with dead tradition and religion and have been brought forth unto life eternal, into a living experiential life with Christ to be lived out day by day and hour by hour. This is a work that only Christ can do in a man’s heart and life and it is a miracle!

I came back three weeks ago from a trip to Togo and Benin Republic, where the school was being run. In both places it was a great encouragement to see the spiritual life of the leaders being changed and transformed.

In December we have full-time schools running in Cameroon and Ivory Coast.

Thank you for praying and supporting the work we do in Africa. We certainly know we are in this work together.

Pictures Below: Togo Class

Togo #2

Light In The World Ministries September 2014

Posted on September 12, 2014 | Leave a comment

1 Thessalonians 2:4

(4) But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

I am thankful for the Lord’s reminder through the Word of God, that it is His Gospel, His Church, His Word and in His infinite wisdom He has entrusted the care of such to men. So Paul states that his desire is to please God with that trust.

As the ministry moves forward in Africa, it is my desire that we would indeed please God with the work that He has entrusted to our care.

I just recently returned from Africa where schools were running in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo.

A school was planned for Nigeria, but it was canceled due to improper organization. We have now postponed that school until November.

It was our first time to run a school in Burkina Faso. We had 45 pastors in attendance from different organizations but mostly from the Assembly of God church. During the second week of the training we lost twenty of the pastors due to the discipline and teaching of the school. Some of the pastors did not agree with the teaching, which caused disruption and confusion to the class, so they were asked to leave. Thankfully, those who were hungry for truth and reality came through refined and ready to go back to their churches seeking to please God and be a blessing to God’s Church.

In Democratic Republic of Congo I met with the present class and former students of the School of Christ. There is great team of workers in DRC who throughout this year have sought to take the school into other cities in their country.

Other schools that have graduated during this past couple of months are in Congo Republic (Brazzaville) and Togo.

We are presently running schools in this month of September in Uganda and Tanzania.

I do request your prayers for the the brethren on the ground in these countries who help us in forwarding the work of the Lord across Africa. Please also remember me in prayer, that I would have wisdom in proceeding forth with the ministry across Africa.

Picture Below: Burkina Faso

Picture Below: Togo

Picture Below: Kenya

Picture Below: DR Congo

Picture Below: Congo (Brazzaville)

Light In The World Ministries June 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 | Leave a comment

Thank you for those who have prayed for my recent trip to Africa.

The first country I visited was Malawi, in the city of Lilongwe. In 2011 I had been contacted by a former student that went through the School of Christ. His intention in communicating with me was to see the school go forward in Malawi. At the beginning of 2012 I visited him and we started a part time school in his church, which has continued to run these past two years in the evenings and weekends.

Picture: Lilongwe, Malawi

This year I talked about the possibility of running a full-time school in Malawi. On June 9th we started the school, and we had 28 pastors gather from different areas in Malawi. We housed these students at the church. Great was the hunger for the Word of God and for the Spirit of The Lord to have His way amongst us!

Picture: Lilongwe, Malawi

The next part of my trip was to Kenya. I have been involved in running the school in Kenya since 2007. This trip was a revision class with the former students, so we reviewed the series of “The Conflict” and the series of “The School of Christ.” The Director for the SOC in Uganda also joined us and there was great focus and unity of heart as we reviewed the lessons. Toward the end of the revision class we discussed with the former students how the school could move forward in Kenya. We have already run one school in Kenya this year but as these students talked, they planned tentatively to run two other schools this year.

Geita, Tanzania

The final step of the trip was to Geita, Tanzania. The School of Christ has been run in many places in Tanzania. We first started in Mwanza, then the school spread to many parts of the country. At one point we were running schools every month of the year. There has always been a great hunger for the training from the Bishops and Pastors in Tanzania. I had talked with our director for Tanzania about running one full-time school this year. We decided to run the school in Geita, which is a new area for us. At the beginning of the school we faced a problem. We only had space for 26 pastors to attend the training and 80 pastors turned up, the first 26 were given a place and the others have to wait. There is a great and effectual door opened to us there, so we are looking at running the school again in the months of August / September.

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