Organized evangelism produces results in Guinea

GUECKEDOU, GUINEA BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE ACTIVITY OPERATIONS REPORT FOR JUNE 2026

Greetings beloved in the Lord, our supporters and well wishers. We have come once again to give you an update of activities that transpired here at the Gueckedou Bear Valley Bible institute extension.

In the month of June, we conducted the following activities: Entrance exam and the intake of another batch of students; the beginning of classes; restoration and strengthening of fallen and weak congregations; follow up exercises and the planting of new churches. By the grace of God all the above activities went well.

Let us now go into the details of these under the following sub-headings:

Entrance Exam: In early June, we concluded with the previous batch (the fourth) and therefore conducted an entrance exam of 20 candidates of which after all scrutiny maintained 16.

Classroom: We have commenced classes with the 16 students selected from the entrance exam.

While most of the students are younger folks, there are also mature and older people who have expressed their desire to learn God's word. This is the group with which brother Antoine has begun the Pentateuch, the first 5 books of the Old testament and will continue into the month of July before we start another course.

Restorations: As reported in our previous report, through the Gueckedou school men have been trained for church planting and strengthening, and evangelistic teams have been set up. These together with follow up works have planted some 150 churches in and around Gueckedou. But keeping them all alive is a major challenge and so our revisits to see how they do compelled us to identify a handful of these needing restoration and strengthening.

This, we did and there were 14 of such churches. Since the work of soul saving/congregational planting is an ongoing activity, there will always be a need to keep focus on the flock, especially the younger. Hence, we have developed a system for periodic routine visit to keep any from falling. This is no small job especially with the bad roads that need guaranteed mobility.

Follow up work: Along with the need to restore fallen churches and strengthen the weak ones, there continue to be also the necessity to do follow up works especially so as new churches continue to be planted. During this exercise, one of our graduating students, Antoine Tolno also baptized some 14 souls in the village of Tongolo. The Tekoulo team members who had also gone to strengthen the church in Bandeinin baptized 2 persons.

Evangelist teams and the Radio program: Even though we were very engaged with the restoration and follow up exercises, there was still a pressing need to answer the Macedonia call. Our weekly radio broadcast as short as it is, 30 minutes, is of great impact in especially the surrounding community and it's now serving as "a forerunner of our gospel outreach. Our listeners continue to plead for a life broadcast so that their opinions and questions can be heard over the air. This is another way of asking for an increase of time - at least to an hour.

While the calls are pressing, we have learned from experience not to attend immediately because sometimes only a few in a particular village community are really ready and prepared to accept Christ. But because of the value of 1 soul for which angles rejoice we are constrained to consider the calls. In response to these calls, and our efforts of soul seeking surveys we planted the following 4 churches.

1. Fandou-fanbouleh of Koundou Lengobengou - 8 persons were baptized on 10/6/26

2. Kenema of Koundou Lengobengou - 9 were baptized on 14/6/26

3. Bedou-boodou - 8 baptized on 23/6/26

4. Boodou (which is near Bedou-boodou) - 5 baptized on 25/6/26.

Conclusion: The Gueckedou school has started a new batch with 16 students. If there is anyone that is interested or wants to recommend someone, we can give them some consideration. In that case, such persons are to contact us as soon as possible.

We have restored and strengthened some 14 churches which needed such attention. Our regular follow up work to help new and some older churches also resulted in 16 baptisms added to the previous conversions to existing churches.

The evangelistic team work succeeded to plant 4 additional churches - 30 baptisms.

All together and to the glory of God, the conversion of 46 souls was our total combined effort to make Heaven rejoice!

Personal profile:

Brother Alphonse Niouma Kamano was born in the village of Mongo-senei, in the sous-préfecture of Fangamandou, Gueckedou, Republic of Guinea in the year 1985.

He started his elementary school in the sous-prefecture town of Fangamandou and then to Gueckedou for his secondary which he completed in Conakry. 

He was then admitted to do his university in the second capital of Guinea, Kankan.

Both his parents were Catholics and so Alphonse began his search for God by following his parents in that denomination until he went to Conakry in 2010 to be influenced by his aunt with whom he lived to join the Dipper Life denomination.

For 13 years he was active and also served as the financial committee President of the Dipper Life denominationin that part of Conakry.

Then in October 2023 bro Francis Musa, led by one Joseph Kamano met and encouraged this Alphonse and a handfull of the prospect's friends and relatives for a group or general Bible discussion.

The effort was followed and supported by both François Tengiano and Francis Lavaley who make up the Conakry team so that on the 15th of October 2023 Niouma Alphonse Kamano was baptized into Christ.

Later, he enrolled at the Bear Valley Bible lnstitute extension in Gueckedou in 2024. During his school days at the Institute,  Alphonse was the school prefect in the second year. He had demonstrated humbleness and an excellent leadership ability and was one of the great evangelists serving with brethren in different evangelistic teams in Guinea gaining the experience which he is currently demonstrating to plant and nurture several congregations. God willing, Niouma Alphonse Kamano will be graduating with distinction next November this year along with 11 other colleagues.

His photo is attached.

Thanks and may God keep us alive and in good health till you hear from us again the end of July.

Francis S. Musa, Director