Students in Ibadan, Nigeria conduct regular Bible studies

Dear fellow servants of the Most High God.

Greetings to you all from the students and staff of BVBIN & SWSE – Ibadan and fellow WBSFUW in Western States of Nigeria.

Below is the report of some of our activities for this month of September 2022.

WEEKENDS EVANGELISM/OUTREACH

Our year-1 students continued in the evangelization of eight different centers throughout the weekends in the months of August and September 2022 in Oyo and Osun states while the year -2 students who are in their 3rd year of training continued in the practical part of their training by assisting some young congregations within the Western States of Nigeria.

One of our year -1 students named Bro. Adeyemo Olusegun recorded two conversions at Ilaro Congregation, Ogun State where he served in August and September while Bro. Kayode Eniafe and his group got two conversions on September 25, 2022 at Felele-rab,Ibadan and we in Butubutu group converted a soul on September 29. To God be the glory.

FIRST SEMESTER CLASSES CONCLUDED

This first semester classes for 2022/23 session ended as scheduled on Oct. 30, 2022. Bro. Isaac Olaniyan handled LOC 1 (Matthew), OT & NT survey and 1st, 2nd & 3rd John; Bro. Kayode Eniafe handled scheme of Redemption, OTH (Joshua – Esther) and OT wisdom 1 (Job&Eccl.); Bro. Makinde John handled Research & Writing 1 and NT church 1; Bro. Andrew Adeolu handled The Pentateuch, Denominational Doctrines and Godhead; Bro. Oladokun Samuel handled Acapella songs, while I, Bro. Makinde Ebens handled Evangelism 1 (Personal Evangelism), Prison Epistles(Ephesians – Philemon), Systematic Theology and Church Problems.

All our year -1 students will embark on a month vocational training from Oct. 1 through 28, 2022. Second semester classes will commence Lord’s willing on Oct.31 through Dec. 16, 2022.

VOICE OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL VOL. 114

Over 5000 copies of VOTI Vol. 114 were freely distributed in the first week of September 2022 to churches of Christ and friends of the Lord’s Church across the country of Nigeria. About 60% of the recipients have confirmed the receipt of their packages. One of the recipients, Bro. M.B Archbong reports the conversion of four souls by the use of VOTI booklets.

The remaining VOTI volume 114 will be used during our forthcoming gospel meetings in Oyo, Osun , Ogun and Ekiti states on October Lord’s willing.

REPORT FROM WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL FOLLOW UP WORKERS

1.Bro. Olorode Samuel of Ajagba congregation report the conversion of a middle age brother in his area of work as the result of his follow-up in Ajagba community on Sept 16, 2022.

2.Bro. Akilapa Stephen report the extension of his WBSFUW to villages and towns, outside Ondo town where over 100 WBS introduction lessons was shared and collected back within the month of September 2022.

3. Bro. Godwin Johnson of Ode- Aye congregation in Ondo State report the conversions of three young girls in the month of September as the result of his regular follow up in Ode- Aye and Okitipupa towns.

4.Bro. Benson Balogun of Asejire congregation, Ondo State report the conversion of two souls at Ofosu as the result of his joint effort with Bro. Peter Ortserga on Sept. 19, 2022.

Our WBSFUW team in Ibadan also visited three high Schools in Apomu and Ikoyi towns in Osun State to share 63 WBS Correspondence Courses to students of West Olive church of Christ,AZ % Bro. Bob Milstead on September 20 and 23,2022.

CONCLUSION:

We deeply appreciate your kind gestures and support toward the growth of the Lord’s Kingdom in Africa and the world in general. May the Lord continue to bless our work together in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

I remain yours in His grace as a servant.

Makinde Ebens

Luanshya, Zambia school prepares for graduation and much more

Luanshya, Zambia School Report for September 2022

Introduction

We send greetings to you brothers and sisters! We give honor and glory to God our heavenly father who through His grace and the love fully expressed in Christ has granted us the opportunity to work for Him in His kingdom.

We are very glad to learn that Bear Valley Bible Institute International has continued to grow as more new preacher-training schools are established throughout the world. And as BVBI Zambia, we are humbly privileged to be part of this growing family.   

It is unbelievable that 2022 is almost gone. We are just three months away before we say goodbye to 2022. 

After suspending classes for almost the entire third quarter last year due to Covid-19, the students worked harder to cover the lost time in just four months. And we are very pleased to inform you that we are indeed on course to fulfill all that the school stands for. 

School Activities

The following are some activities that the school was involved in for the month of September 2022.

1. Personal evangelism- students have intensified their one-on-one preaching strategy. Because of this approach, there is a steady increase in the number of people attending church services at the churches of Christ in Luanshya district. We have five congregations in the entire district that is, in Mikomfwa, at Central Town, Roan Township, and Church of Christ in Chibwe. 

2. School evangelism program, which includes home Bible studies. There is also an increase in the number of Bible studies during the week. This is so because we are almost done with the second-year learning program at school and in readying for our graduation program. Bible studies were held mainly on Fridays but now we have included Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.  This program is going on very well.

3. In our effort to strengthen women in the church as they are seen as the pillars in the ministry of our Master Jesus Christ, we had a conference in Luanshya rural area which started on 28th September 2022 and ends on 2nd October in Luanshya district.  Six out of the ten districts of the Copperbelt were represented at this conference. Some of our students served in food catering and others beefed up security. Some were cooking as to allow women to concentrate more on the learning program.

4. Baptisms recorded: we had thirteen (13) people added to the Lord’s church and we expect more in the month of October.

5. Restoration recorded: We have recorded eighty-seven (87) restorations back to the sheepfold. We have attached pictures to this report we have taken with different congregations we have visited and worked with. September has been a healthy month spiritually. 

6. Other progress news: Two of our students have been offered work in government Daniel Kapata and mike Kanyangala. They are good students and we believe they will do well preaching while working. While at our school Mike was offered to take a five days training in dump truck training at Northern Technical College in Ndola due to a good relationship with BVBI-Zambia.  Daniel Kapata is a secondary trained teacher and now he will be preaching while working. We give God praises and we wish the two brothers well.

Men’s national conference (2022) 

The Men’s national conference was held for the first time in three years in Solwezi, Northwestern Province. The lessons are still resonating in the minds of the people who attended the conference. This was indeed an uplifting moment as our own Dean of students, Cephas Mwamba put the icing on the cake. He concluded with an excellent recap of all the lessons. 

Central Province has been chosen as a venue for the next year’s conference. And calls are still reaching us, many of our brothers appreciating their first experience with the BVBI-Zambia interactions and work.  

Graduation (2022)

The school will be seeing its third graduation later in October 2022. Another significant stage of the growth of this Institute will be achieved on 22nd October 2022. God willing, 11 men will be graduating and the school has already sent invitations to local churches. We are meeting all leaders of the church here on the Copperbelt on the 8th of October in the Mufurila district to make sure that they participate on this graduation day. One of the churches of Christ in the Chingola district is ready to come and take at least two of the preachers upon their graduation to work with them for the next two years.

New Intake (2022-2024)

The school will be welcoming new students who have already committed themselves to studying and preparing themselves to preach the Gospel. We are very excited to begin this new class with these men.  We expect men from seven provinces of Zambia to begin the class this year. Zambia has ten provinces. We had other applications from our neighboring countries like Tanzania in Mbeya, D.R.C Congo, and Angola, but because of the immigration restrictions and high fees in study visa applications we cannot take them for now and we keep on praying that in the near future we will be able to do so. 

Conclusion

We are always grateful to all our partners in this noble work of training faithful men. Special appreciation goes to Woodland Oaks Church of Christ for financially supporting this work. 

Brotherly,

Cephas and Fred

Doing good in northern Togo

OPERATING REPORT BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE KARA – TOGO
(THIRD QUARTER 2022)

EXTENTED PROGRAM ; BVBI – KARA – TOGO

INTRODUCTION
Greetings from the Churches of Christ around Kara – Togo and from my family.
We thank God for the work you are doing on his name to enlarge his Kingdom here in the north of Togo. And we continue to align with the declaration of Hebrew 6 : 10 that « For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister ».

OPERATING REPORT
1- Actual number of students : 10
2- The Courses already taught during the second quarter : Geneses – Matthew – John
3- The Courses that will be taught during the third quarter :
a- Exodus – Levitique by KAGNON Luc
b- Church implanting by KPODENOU Rodrigue
c- The Church of the Bible by BEDJELSI Fidele

4- Instructors’ meeting : Instructors meet regularly and continue to think about putting on strategies to be adopted to better work with students to achieve the goals of the Great Commission. Among other strategies : First, it is necessary to help the existing churches through the evangelization campaigns, the Seminars, so that these churches are strongly spiritually and digitally to challenge false existing doctrines in our localities. Secondly consider the progressive implementation of new assemblies in the localities we will have to target . Instructors have renewed their commitment to continue to motivate students.

5- Congregational Activities :
a- Worship and edification
We continue to send students on Churches for biblical studies and worship and this program helps us a lot in the direction of these Churches. This program continue to help us to establish a follow- up program for churches to continue our vision to build strong and mature Congregations in the future and these mature congregations will have the ability to implant other congregations. We continue to organize each Congregation for door to door evangelization in their own locality to help each congregation to grow in number. With this organization , we have 04 women in Lama baptized ; 01 woman in Sanda–te baptized. We actually focus on doctrinal teaching to help Congregations to challenge false doctrines in our areas.

I was very happy to meet recently our Zealous Missionary Steven in Ghana(Tamale) up September 12 to 15,2022 to continue to discuss about the Bible Bear Valley School and the work : how to move the best to the Church in the north. I also assisted with great satisfaction with his teachings during his classes in Tamale.

b- Seminars :
We have organized three(03) seminars : 1 seminar for the Preachers in July 5th to 7, 2022 on the Topic : The Preacher and his work ; 01 for the Church Leaders in August on the Topic : Christian leadership taught by the actual Director of the West African bible school training in Benin , Mr ADJAYI Inoussa and 01 onother seminar concerning Men and Women in September 7th to 9,2022 on the Topic : The Christian home. We invited some specialists who have spoken to us about marital violence and how to be financially self-reliant. Participants left very happy and we hope that in the coming months they are going to put into practice different teachings in the different local churches.

c- Denominational program : We started this program in two(2) places as the experimental phase : one in Kara town with variable assistance(5 – 7) and one in Kouka with also variable assistance(8 – 11)
d- Evangelistic team : We also started this strategy in two(2) localities : one in Kouka(06 preachers) and one also in Kara Town(06 preachers). This strategy will help me to better coordinate the work and will also better be effective in door to door evangelization. With this strategy we have one Congregation established in Lassa village (about 10 miles from Kara Town) with two(2) women baptized.

6- Up coming programs :
We propose to start this denominational program in Landa village with the hope of establishing a new congregation in this locality. This program brings many advantages . It is another good strategy to help the church to grow .

According to our program, we have planned to have a campaign in Dapaong, Korbongou and Kara. Please, bring all this into your prayers.

7- Radio program :
We have started our radio program on the new Kozah Fm public radio since July 2022. Our desire is to have many persons through this Radio to discuss and study bible with them personally because this Radio is going far. Please we need your prayers for this program.

In Christ,

Fidele

More than 40 students in Warri, Nigeria

REPORT OF THE BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE – WARRI CENTERS

JULY – SEPTEMBER 2021.

INTRODUCTION

It is another opportunity for us to bring greetings to you and to the entire Bear Valley family. It gladdens our heart that we have a big family working together for the greater course of Christ and His kingdom. The work is growing, however, not without other challenges but on the whole we are grateful for the loving support we get from our support group.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

DSC CENTER

The DSC Center of the school in Warri is doing just fine. Academic activities are on top gear. In this quarter, various teachers attended their classes. In July, Solomon Usim taught the course “Christian Ethics.” The lesson emphasized the need for good character especially for those leading the church. Moreover, in August, Meredith Owvromoh, started with Jude, 1 and 2 Peter. It was a great experience for them dealing with a Bible text, especially the text 1 Peter 3:18-20. The need for exegesis arose and the euphoria that trilled their inability to unravel the text was not in small measure. “How could Christ preach in hell?” Also, in September, Solomon Usim, took the course on “Leadership Extension” and it was an eye opening experience for the preachers most especially. In relation to attendance, 21 out of the 27 current students wrote exams in July. Others could not write the exams because of irregular attendance and some other unforeseen circumstances. In August 23 students attended while 22 wrote the exams. This is so because some students may have reasons not to take a particular course. For instance, two brothers buried their father and uncle that month of August, and as such, could not participate in the classes.

PTI CENTER

Studies at the PTI center are going on well. In July, Godwin Ojocheogwu taught the book of Acts. 13 out of the 21 students wrote the exams. In August, Solomon Usim taught the course “Scheme of Redemption” tracing the trajectory of the redemption plan of God, “The Eternal Purpose” which found fulfilment in Christ and the church. A total of 14 students sat for the exams. In September, Abiola Ojoade was at PTI and taught the class on Jude, 1 and 2 Peter. Out of the 21 current students, 14 were able to write the final exams.

Finally, I was thrilled with the approval of the new Center at Benin City. I met with bro Keith during his visit to Benin City Center on the 11th of August. It was a wonderful reunion. On the 3rd of October, the Benin Center had her maiden matriculation ceremony where I spoke on the topic, “The Need for Preachers’ Training and Retraining.” The students came out in their numbers and were very happy for the center in Benin City. In fact, from the look of things more centers are needed in Benin City.

CAMPAIGN PROGRAM

On the 23rd of July 2022, the two centers were gathered again at the church of Christ Ovwor Olomu in Ughelli South LGA of Delta state for a one-day evangelism outreach. There was a thorough house to house evangelism that led to the baptism of one Mrs. Meg Bethel. We are happy to state that more congregations are applying for campaigns. The congregations around have accepted the Bear Valley students as good evangelism tools. This means that the near comatose evangelism situation in the area has been revived. Congregations are waiting in turn to invite the students to help them.

CONCLUSION 

We are very grateful to Bear Valley Bible Institute Denver Colorado, US, for the support given to the Bear Bible Institute Extension Centers. The local preachers’ interest has been rekindled and many teachers in the churches are taking advantage of the opportunity.

Wotutu, Cameroon school director mourns the loss of his father

Dearest in Christ,

Greetings from Cameroon. We do hope this report finds you well. God is good! We are good and facing the bitter reality of life as we have lost a loved one in the family and in the congregation.

The students are still busy in the mission field covering different areas with preaching and teaching the gospel of Christ free of charge to many on their way.

Last week here was characterized with ups and downs as I was shuffling between my office in the Bible college, some classrooms in Brightland Christian Comprehensive College, and the hospital where my father was battling with a stroke and a serious blood infection. Thanks for all the prayers you rendered to God on behalf of my father. God has finally made the decision to call my father to stay with Him.

Last week, on Sunday, I had the opportunity to preach a sermon entitled, “LAUGHTER IMPROVES OUR HEALTH” from Proverbs 17:22. We decided on our sermon series on health, as many in our congregation are going through some difficult health challenges. The Bible is helping us greatly.

Please keep the Esowe family in your prayers in this time of mourning. God has called my father to glory. He has gone back to his Master. Many thanks to God for using me to lead my father to Christ after I graduated from the Bible College in Nigeria. I am happy that my father died as a serious Christian. He died at the age of 80 years, leaving behind my mother, 7 biological children, 18 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild, along with a host of many in the Wotutu community and elsewhere to mourn him.

Tchemi Giresse is one of the nurses who was helping my father. Because of my father’s sickness, I could not go for mission work with my students but we have souls everywhere. The gospel is always very sweet to share with people who have an open heart. Brother Tchemi Giresse has a servant heart. He obeyed the gospel and I was the one who was able to baptize him. When we left the water he said, “I AM HAPPY TO KNOW THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, I WAS TOTALLY LOST BEFORE THIS TIME.” Please keep him in your prayers as he will be a great worker in the church here.

PLANS

My father's funeral will take place on the 8th of October here in Wotutu. Please continue to pray for us.

Our thoughts and plans are beginning to lean towards the graduation ceremony that will mark the end of the Zeta batch and admit the new batch which will commence in January of 2023.

APPRECIATIONS

Thank you! Thank you very much for all of your prayers and support that have been rendered toward this work. God is watching! Please faint not, because in due season your reward will come. Please share our reports with others.

God bless you as you make a great day.

Elangwe and family.

By His grace director BVBIC-Wotutu

Uganda school travels for a campaign

Brethren,

Grace, peace, and mercy that originates from our Father through Whom guidance, protection and direction come. With great joy I take this opportunity to thank Him who is above all. It has been awhile but all with God, our lives continue to be in the safe assurance.

We have been having a great and enjoyable environment at Bear Valley Uganda having seen His mercy on us. The students are okay and in good health together with our non-teaching staff, though our administrator has lost a very close family member on the side of her husband. She has gone to be with them.

Partially the school has closed for the third term, but our official closing will be on Friday this week. We are having one more week of evangelism outside the school and this is part of their practice as men are soon graduating. We will be far off in central Uganda, and today is the day we are to begin our travels.

The men are growing in the love of God and the word. This gives us much hope that they are going to be the light in a world that is full of darkness.

We have not had much challenges as other quarters especially students getting sick. Just few cases have been noticed, however it is not as serious.

The evangelism around the school has been going on as our routine. Men move house to house and are having a great impact in the religious community around us. From the time we have been in this place , we have not had any misconduct report coming from outside to the school. This is a great report about our students having conducted themselves in a way worthy of what they preach.

Concerning the next intake which we have hopes to begin come February 2023, we have so far registered 16 students. We are likely to receive many other applications. Let's pray for them and the congregations where they all come from.

Until all have heard,

Raymond

Rivers, Nigeria school training disciple makers

Third quarter 2022, progress report from Bear Valley Bible Institute State Nigeria

We are glad to report that BVBI Rivers State, Nigeria is doing very well at our two centers. Our teachers and students are outstanding. The study of the two courses per month is going on without interruption. A total of six courses had been completed successfully for this quarter. As we enter the last quarter of the year 2022, we hope to achieve our target of completing 24 courses in our two centers for this year.

FOUR-FOLD DISCIPLESHIP AND CHURCH MULTIPLICATION TRAINING

A few months ago, we hosted a training program on the four-fold discipleship training for our students in Port Harcourt center. We hereby report that the training is helping our students in effective evangelism and soul winning. Our students are participating actively in evangelism programs and we are getting good results.  We are planning for the training of our students in the Ahoada center along with members of all the congregations in the area. 

The four-fold discipleship and church multiplication training program for our students in Ahoada center and the congregations in the area will be coming up from October 26th to 29th, 2022. We have invited the director of the Western Nigerian Christian College, and great Nigerian preachers, along with an elder of a congregation in Abuja Nigeria to be the trainers in the proposed upcoming training program. 

GRADUATION OF THE FIRST SET OF OUR STUDENTS AND ADMISSIONS OF NEW STUDENTS IN 2023

With great pleasure, we wish to inform the international Director that we have some students who are expected to complete the mandatory 48 courses and will need to graduate before or in the second quarter of 2023. The graduation of the students will create a space for the admission of a new set of students.  We are looking forward to the success of the upcoming events.

Report from Anthony E. Oluria (Director BVBI Rives State Nigeria

Enugu, Nigeria students are appreciated by the local congregations

BVBI ENUGU STUDY CENTRE - NIGERIA

June to September 2022 Report

We have 10 students, 10 students who are studying full-time and three local instructors who teach the classes.

The students are involved in evangelism organized by the congregation(s) within Enugu Metropolis and their efforts are highly noticed.

Also, the School has been able to cover 26 courses from the starting date to September 2022.

Appreciation/Conclusion

We are grateful to the wonderful coordinators of BVBI outside and within. The financial/material supplies, prayers, and visits of our dear brothers, Keith Kasarjian, and Chad Wagner are a great tool and strength in doing this work. Words are not enough to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you. May God bless and keep you all, and may His mercies and steadfastness never depart from us all in Jesus’ name - Amen.

Thanks and remain blessed

Bro. Patrick Makwe P.

For BVBI Enugu Study Centre.

Visakaha Valley India school prepares for their campaign

Dear brethren in Christ, 

Greetings to you in the precious name of the Lord Jesus Christ our savior. I hope this email finds you well.

By the grace of God, I am doing well as I am currently visiting some congregations in southwest Tennessee. I have checked with my family and heard they are all doing good. They had some severe rainfall during the last two weeks. It damaged a lot of vegetable plants, but I am very glad to hear that everyone is doing well. I praise God for keeping all the students, staff, and faculty at Visakhapatnam safe. Thank you all so much for your prayers. I wanted to update everyone on our preaching school in Visakhapatnam.

Quarter End Exams: During this week, our students are scheduled to take their quarter-end tests. According to what I heard today, they are all performing very well in their exams.  After these exams, they will break for a week. We are thankful to our faculty members for their dedicated efforts in doing their very best in providing efficient Biblical education. It is not only the experience they have that is making this possible but their commitment and dedication. We continue to strive for producing some excellent Bible students in this world.

Campaign Week:  We are excited about our upcoming Campaign Week; it certainly gives a wonderful opportunity for our preaching students to get hands-on experience in the outreach ministry. We are preparing ourselves to help with the local congregation in the village Medapadu and also a nearby village. We are thankful to brother Jerry Bates who helps us in printing Gospel Tracts. These tracts in Telugu are titled 1. About the Bible 2. Salvation in Christ  3. The True Church 4. NT Worship 5. New & Old Covenant 6. What must I do to be saved 7. The things you should be mindful of and others. Of course, we not only distribute but also share with several preachers, that is why we try to print as many as possible every year. 

Mission Travels:  Last month, our preaching students & faculty along with some preachers from Visakhapatnam traveled to attend the Statewide preacher’s fellowship Meeting. From the school, we have provided the transportation for this trip and also the related expenses. It was exciting to see that our faculty were given an opportunity to lead the morning devotion. Attached are some pictures showing our students leading the singing.  Preachers fellowship meeting is a program we conduct once every month in different regions to help the preachers who are products of Visakha Valley Bible College. The attached pictures also show the meeting held in one of the suburbs of Visakhapatnam. Brother Vijay Kumar has been preaching here for over 6 yrs. 

Gratitude: We are very much thankful to God for His mercy, which is beyond my expression. Congregations like Lake Houston & Strickland Church of Christ are behind this wonderful program of training our men to carry out Gospel to our community. We are mindful of Jerry & Paula for their regular encouragement.

God bless you all, 

In Christ,

John Dean M

Ondo State, Nigeria school grateful for the opportunity to train preachers

Report Of Bear Valley Bible Institute, Weekend Schools, Ondo State Between July to September 2022.

We return all the glory, honor, and Majesty to our heavenly Father for His sustenance over us as a school. We equally thank our sponsors, The Bear Valley Bible School, Denver, Colorado, USA for their unwavering support since the commencement of the Schools in Ondo State, a year ago. Thank you! Your reward is great in heaven above. As a school, our heart is filled with songs of praise to God, and thankfulness in our hearts to our sponsors for us to be part of this great vision of preparing men all over the world for the work of preaching the undiluted gospel of Christ. The School had its first annual Bible seminar on the theme "Diligent Workers" on 17 September 2022. Two topics were taught on that day. First, Why is there a lack of Scriptural leadership in the churches of Christ in Ondo State? Second, what is the Biblical solution to the Scriptural leadership of the Church? Brother Olufemi Makinde and Brother Fasonu Victor were speakers for the program. The aim is to address Scriptural leadership issues in Ondo State. We have set the ball rolling as a school in the state! Our impact has been felt already! There were eighty-five in attendance from different congregations of the Lord in the state and beyond! Glory be to God in the highest, Amen.

Evangelism Report: As a School in Ondo center, we went out to preach the gospel in the Igba area of Ondo City in July. We were 13 in attendance including three instructors from the Ondo center. We had one baptism! Glory be to God! We are working to establish the church of Christ in the Igba area within the next year with mass evangelism involving the gospel Chariot. We need your prayers for effectiveness and success. Akure center is not left out of evangelism fervor as the school there also went out just as we did in Ondo center. There were 10 in attendance that went out to preach the gospel of Christ in that area. Prospects were directed to the church of Christ at Leo Street for more teaching and encouragement.

Classroom activities: Glory be to God, as a school, we are in the second year of rigorous study and learning. During the months covered in this report, July to September 2022, we had three classes for the two centers: First, in the Ondo center, brother Victor Fasonu taught "Hermeneutic -1" in July, while brother Damilola Oke taught 1 Corinthians at the Akure center that same month. In August, Brother Godwin Emmanuel taught "How we got the Bible" in Ondo center, while, brother Rowland Matthew taught "Scheme of Redemption" in Akure Center. In September, Brother Rowland Matthew came to Ondo center to teach "Scheme of Redemption" while brother Godwin Emmanuel went to Akure center to teach "How we got the Bible". Wonderful and interesting classes.

Brother Micaiah Miyendegha is one of the students at the Ondo center. He is a lively student in the classroom. He works with the local environmental department of Idanra of Ondo State! He loves what he is doing at the moment which is studying the word of God. He is a good example in the classroom and outside the School. He is a member of the church where l preach. He wants to be deeply rooted in the doctrine of Christ and the nearest future, l believe, he will take up the preaching work of the church.

Financial Report: l want to thank Bear Valley Bible Institute, Denver for their usual support in the smooth running of the Schools. We have received support for July to September 2022! Thank you, all!

Miscellaneous: we are grateful for the supplies for our immediate needs of the schools in Ondo State.

We are committed to the work God has given to us via Bear Valley Bible Institute, Ondo State. Our heart is filled with joy for helping us with the academic environment and the support. With God's help, we will continue to move to higher grounds in Christ with sound and Bible-based knowledge of the Scriptures.

Fasonu Victor

Coordinator

Bear Valley Bible Institute, Ondo State.

Accra, Ghana school holds lectureship

Accra Report

Report on activities and programs for the month of August

During this month, classes were ongoing. Ten students were present during the studies, except one who was absent due to family challenges. This student will be reseating all the courses for this quarter as required by the schools’ regulations. All instructors did well in the teaching activities until the completion of the research assignment.

Lectureship in Koforidua

Both weekend schools, the regular class, the ministers, and past students from the surrounding churches attended the three (3) day lectureship. The theme for the lectureship was Seeing the Big Picture. The program was more practical on evangelism. Eighty-eight were present for the lectureship. We are grateful to God for the success of the program, seeing the Big Picture and looking at the message from beginning to end. The brothers who facilitated the program did an outstanding job. It was Biblical and good and we commended the work done by them.

BACHELOR’S CLASS

We had Bachelor’s class taught by Steven Ashcraft who took them through the introduction to Elementary Greek. This was to pre-equip the students, to be knowledgeable with the alphabet, ascent, breathing marks, syllabification, and parts of speech before the next class on Greek 1. About fifteen students were present for the course.

CAMPAIGN PROGRAMME AT NIC

As part of our program this quarter, we gathered at Ablekuma NIC congregation to partake in a one week house–to–house and public preaching campaign. The community was very interactive during the gospel presentation. They attended in good numbers and contributed to the many questions asked after the presentation. We had no baptism yet, but we promised to pay a visit to study more.

THE WVBS VIDEO

This video has been handy to the school. Through this material, the Nsawam Adoagyiri congregation uses it for their Teen Bible Teachers in their classes. The brethren really enjoy using it in their studies. This is because the instructors teach in clarity and understanding.  The teen class has learned How to Read the Bible and now to study How we got the Bible. They have been very grateful for these lessons and really appreciate the effort and the cost of the material. 

DIRECTOR’S VISIT TO STUDENT’S CONGREGATION

The Director, Bro. E.O. Larbi visited a student (Bro. Yaw Boadu) and was assigned to teach the congregation Marriage, Divorce, and Remarrying for the month of August. The church was full to its capacity during the second, third, and fourth weeks. Three visitors who were invited to the church were baptized during the period.

Student’s Profile

We also introduce our student John Acquah. A young man of Twenty-seven years old, and a student at the University of Education. He is single. He has been in the faith for a couple of years. He preaches for the Batanyah congregation and was admitted to the Bear Valley School this year, 2022. He has been very good in academics and fluent in evangelism and teaching activities. He is also helpful, humble, and willing to serve when he is called on a mission. He has been one of the students who we send to help the rural churches in the central region. 

The school is very grateful for such brethren. We always request that you remember our students in prayer so that they may be well enlightened as all instructors strive to teach the doctrine of Christ.

We also appreciate the willful giving for the support and your prayers. God richly bless you.

Report by E. O. Larbi

Ukraine school continues even through war

Dear brothers and sisters, 

I am sending you a report about the events in the church in Ukraine during the month of August and the beginning of September of 2022. 

The Ukrainian events. 

We are still in the middle of active warfare. Unfortunately, the constant air raid alerts and missile strikes landing on Ukrainian territory don't let us lead a normal life. So many of us don't remember what it's like to peacefully sleep through the night. I think it will take years for us to recover from the psychological trauma. The most dangerous events took place in the East and the South of the country. Daily artillery attacks, aviation bombings, and rocket launcher systems strikes hit Ukrainian cities and villages. During the last few weeks, the Ukrainian military forces were able to reclaim the territory of the Kharkiv region to face the atrocities of the Russian occupation aftermath, especially in the city of Izium, where they discovered mass graves with the bodies of civilians and children. In 2006-2007 we had intentions of founding a new congregation in this city. We beg for prayers for Ukraine. 

Bear Valley Bible Institute in Chernivtsy.  

The school year started on August 29th. The Institute had to change locations 4 times during the recent 15 years. It's inconceivable but with the Lord's help, we continue to do the impossible. Of course, you understand that the work of the Institute involves not only students but also the Instructors, their families, books, furniture, etc. Some smart people compare a change of location to a fire, and I'm afraid I agree. 

Currently, we have 6 students. They are all young and full of desire to serve the Lord. The first two courses were Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and The Intertestament Period (taught by Dennis Sopelnik). Now they have an introduction to the Greek language (Instructor Valentin Tsyopa). The classes continue as scheduled.

The Church in Bela Tserkva and Ukraine in general. 

As I have written before, we keep helping out the refugees. In the church building, we have people from different places in Ukraine that are occupied by Russians or the ones with active warfare strikes. We give them 2 weeks to get all the paperwork done to get some financial aid from the Government and find a place to rent and a job. Occasionally we are able to have some food packages for refugees. This is a way of reaching out with the good news of Christ. We have good response, some people started attending the services. Obviously, it costs money and thankfully, our American brethren support this ministry periodically.  

We are extremely grateful to all brothers and sisters as well as the congregations who help us during this time of trials. May God strengthen each of you. By God's good grace, we keep working and ministering to people who lost hope. Our God is great!  

Your brother, Bear Valley Bible Institute Dennis Sopelnik. 

West Coast school in Ghana completes second term

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2022

1.     CLASSROOM WORK

The second term of the second year has ended for the full-time students. It was a very successful term because all the courses were fully taught. August was used mainly for revision, end-of-term examinations, and a short course on 2nd Corinthians. The full-time students are on recess from 1st September to 26th September. 

Academic work for part-time students is still ongoing. At the moment, the courses under study include prison epistles and the book of Romans. 

2.     PERSONAL EVANGELISM AND BAPTISM

Evangelism continues to be very important to the school and we inculcate it into our students. This month was no exception as the word of God was shared by our students both past and current to the lost. About five (5) souls were baptized in the month of August. 

A new system of evangelism was adopted by one of our past students for dawn preaching. He invites some of his colleagues to join him. As they sit in the van and move around the community at dawn, they preach the gospel.

3.     FOOD DONATION

In the month of August, the immediate past students who graduated on February 26, 2022, donated food items worth one thousand, four hundred Ghana cedis (GHC 1, 400.00) to the school. This really helped the school so much due to the fact that the high inflation in our country has drastically affected everything in the market. These were presented by their representatives, Brother Emmanuel Justice Ofori (who was in a part-time class), and Brother Benjamin Nkrumah (who also was in the full-time class).

4.     SEMINAR FOR PREACHERS AND CHURCH LEADERS 

This year’s seminar was very successful. It was attended by about 158 preachers and church leaders. The lessons taught were also very timely and dealt with some current happens in the church. The theme was “choose for yourself this day”— Joshua 24:15.

Topics discussed under the theme were:

1.     Choose for yourself this day whom you will serve.

2.     The Bible, God’s authority versus the creeds of men. 

3.     The church versus Denominationalism.

4.     Spiritual versus Fleshly/carnal.

5.     Church growth: God’s way vs. man’s innovations.

Thank you.

Joshua.

Serving the community in India

Reporting Letter for the month of August-2022

August2nd,2022

Respected International director of Biblical studies Mr. Keith Kasarjian, our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners of BVBI-Tirupati-India, we pray that this letter may serve us to find you well. We thank you so much for your continual prayers and all your efforts for the smooth function of BVBI extension centre at Tirupati-India. We are happy to share the report for the month of August-2022.

BVBI-Class room work:- In the month of August we have completed these books-Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, ,1 st Chronicle , 3rd John and few special topics from N.T which our students have requested .

Seminar for the blind people:- We have conducted  a seminar for the visually challenged people and encouraged them spiritually .  There were 40 blind people who were able to attend for the meeting. After the meeting they have given good feed back regarding the benefit they have enjoyed by the seminar.

Audio Bibles distribution for the visually challenged people:- we have distributed 28 audio bibles for the visually challenged people who are studying degree at in our city.

Leper Colonies Children Ministry:- There are two leper colonies in our city,  every day in the evening we collect the children and teach them good stories, songs, give them some memory work and feed them before they leave the centre. These After school children care centers are much useful for the children at leper colonies.

Thanks giving meeting:- one of the person from Leper colony has conducted thanks giving meeting in the month of August 11th Thursday . Myself and one of our staff members could able to attend and encourage them. There were 200 people could able to attend for the meeting.

Guest teacher for October-2022:- We are thankful to our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds for recommending to send Mr. Steve Snider for teaching the book of John gospel and epistle James in the first week of October-2022.

Funeral service :- one of the local preacher Mr. Joel Wad died on August 28th, due to heart problem, we could able to attend for the funeral service on August 29th Monday.

Personality development class at Girls school:- We have conducted personality development class for KGBV-Girls school (10th class students) on August 2nd and taught them values of the women in the society.

Prayer request:- In India in the month of October all the colleges and schools will be closed for ten days due to festivals, it is our plan to conduct two days youth seminar for the benefit of college students who are studying in the secular colleges. We request your prayers for the youth seminar.

Thanking you.

Yours brother and sister in Christ.

Vijay & Swarupa, from BVBI-Extension Centre-Tirupati-India

Technology training in Cameroon

Dearest in Christ,

Greetings from this part of the globe. We do hope this report meets you in good health. We are doing our best here in health and with the work entrusted in our hands. God is still on the throne! Even though we are being faced with many challenges, we have come to understand that life is not free from challenges. We know that Christians need to use the challenges in their path to be stepping stones, not stumbling blocks.

Last weeks in the Bear Valley Bible Institute here in Wotutu, and in other parts of the work here, things are progressing well. August is always a busy month in Cameroon, because it is the last month for children who have been on vacation to start making preparations to get back to school. It is also time for the youth in the churches of Christ to attend a retreat which is very spiritual. It is to help them empower them before they go back to their different classrooms.

Before exams for this quarter, the Bible students had a special day to learn how to use a computer and how they can do research online. They also learned how to prepare a PowerPoint. We are training 21st century preachers so we are trying our best to prepare them to fit into the society in which they find themselves.

We are left with 4 months until the graduation ceremony of the Zeta batch. Some have really grown to a good stage while others are still climbing to get to a higher level. It is normal! As we say here in Africa, “ALL FINGERS ARE NOT THE SAME,” but it is clear that all fingers have some sort of function in the body. Keep praying for the preaching students as many congregations are longing to see them graduate and start full time work in the vineyard of God in different locations.

We continue to send gospel tracts to different parts of Cameroon. Preachers who cannot afford to come to Wotutu, to come and select mission printing tracts that can aid their evangelistic work in their areas, can simply call me and I will ship them to their village using those big buses you see behind me. We are always happy to be able to serve others.

Weekend evangelism is a great tool in the work here because through weekend evangelism, which is expensive now, souls are being won. Any soul won into the kingdom is greater in comparison than any amount of money spent to bring that precious soul into Christ! Our weekend evangelism is doing a lot of nurturing, revival, and focusing as many congregations are receiving fresh exhortation from these young, but vibrant preachers in the Bear Valley Bible Institute. Most of our graduates are extremely willing and very happy to welcome our students to help in the work. Students went to assist in the village of Bolo Moboka, where our graduate minister Waka is serving the Lord.

This year’s Summer Youth Retreat was historic. As the crisis has calmed down just a little in the two English speaking regions in Cameroon, more parents are willing to allow their children to travel across the country to attend various programs. This year’s edition of the retreat had close to 400 youth in attendance. I was there, and spoke on the topic, “VIGILANCE.” This topic will go a long way to help our youth learn to take their time and concentrate in any endeavor in life.

APPRECIATIONS

Thank you! Thank you very much for all the blessings of God’s grace that you are helping to make us be able to enjoy. Your prayers and your support are really helping this work. Please keep it up! God is watching and will reward you in due season.

God bless you as you make a great day!

Elangwe and family

By His grace director BVBIC-Wotutu

Restorations in Sierra Leone

ACTIVITY OPERATION REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2022

Full Time and the Extended Programs 

INTRODUCTION                    

Just like July, in fact more than July, the month of August was so successful for us. Indeed there is no joy in this whole world other than that of saving souls, and it is this joy that the month of August left with us.  In the month of August, many activities took place here at the KBVBI; these activities include: evangelistic campaign and conversion of souls, ending of first semester for the extended students, and the continuation of academic activities. As we give more details, may you patiently keep on reading!

EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN, CONVERSION OF SOULS AND RESTORATION OF BRETHREN

It is always rewarding to confront unbelievers with the Gospel of our Saviour Jesus Christ. For the month of August, our campaign efforts were directed to Koidu city, the headquarters of Kono city. Koidu is 80 miles away from Kenema, and it is one of the main cities of the eastern province of Sierra Leone. The Church of Christ was taken to Kono District by Brother Tamba Kabba, a native of Koidu who got converted in The Gambia during the 1991-2001 war that erupted in the territory of Sierra Leone. Upon his return from The Gambia in 2002, he established a congregation at Koidu, Ndoimena Street. Brother Tamba’s effort has led to the establishment of two more congregations- Kuoyor and Sukudu. However, many brethren in those congregations had backslided and required restoration. Moreover, the Koidu territory is populated by Muslims. It was against this background that our students (we have five students in a full time program from Kono) expressed their desire for an evangelistic campaign to be taken to Kono.  Koidu, a diamond rich city, attracts a lot of interest from people and there are many inhabiting that city that are lost. Therefore, our decision to go to Kono was not by any mistake.

The campaign was embarked on at Koidu from August 2 to 8. During our one week preaching at Kono, we came in contact with a denomination that bears the name “Church of Christ”, and the leadership of that denomination invited us to study with them. We spent hours and some two days studying with them. During our interactions with them, as we got to the point of baptism, they informed us that they had come in contact with 21st Century Global Mission through brother Jacob Sesay who came to Koidu there last year and baptized almost all of them (for they are over 150) and gave them baptismal certificates with the WBS inscription on them. They continued that since then, they have not seen Brother Jacob and his team, and they also continued with their denominational practices in worship (use of instruments, clapping of hands, occasional taking of Lord’s Supper- once in a month, sometimes they do not take at all, etc). 

Upon hearing this, we continued to teach them, and the following Sunday, they never used instruments, but were still clapping and doing some other wrong things. However, teaching is a process, therefore, we pray that as we are still in touch with them, the Lord may open up their hearts so that they can embrace the true teachings of the New Testament Church. However, since it is a rainy season now in Sierra Leone, the rain affected most of our outings, so that during the one week campaign, 6 souls were converted and 14 brethren were restored back to the congregations in Koidu. We have included Koidu in our external missions so that we could continue to teach that denominational church and encourage the brethren there to be more committed to the work of the Lord.

END OF FIRST SEMESTER EXTENDED PROGRAM AND A TWO WEEKS BREAK

You will recall that in our January report, we informed you about the commencement of our extended program with 16 students, 11 males and 5 females (preachers’ wives and wives to-be). Therefore, on August 13, their first semester year one came to an end. In that semester, they handled 8 courses including English and Computer. They were expected to resume on September 3, 2022 for the continuation of their studies. We are grateful for all our students, especially in relation to their commitment to their studies and the work of the Lord.

THE DEATH OF JAMES FAYIA

 Brother James Fayia, who was one of our students in the extended period, died on August 16, after a brief battle with Tuberculosis. He was one of our committed brothers and students, and his death has brought us so much sorrow. Brother James was the assistant preacher and the evangelism coordinator at IDA Church of Christ in Kenema here, where one of our staff, Brother Gabriel Abu preaches. He was 40 years old. He recently got married before his demise, and the young sister is here with us. Please may we be remembering her in our prayers.

PRAYER REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

A.   Evangelistic Campaign (September 24-30)

B.   Leadership Seminar (September 16)

C.   Youths and Leadership Seminar (October 7,8) 

CONCLUSION

It is indeed exciting and fulfilling to be found useful in God’s vineyard. And to you brethren, the lives you are changing in Sierra Leone here through your prayers, financial support, guidance and direction, are all duly acknowledged, and may the Lord bless you richly.

Continued progress in Gweru, Zimbabwe

AUGUST 2022 NARRATIVE REPORT

INTRODUCTION

At the end of each month we look back and reflect upon the progress BVBIZ is making in the training of evangelists to be competent ministers of the Gospel. Indeed, we see progress in many areas. Practicum continued in several areas, classes were done, projects continued, infrastructure development continued among other notable developments. Though we cannot report on everything that transpired, the following is a summary;

1.0 AUGUST BLOCK

The Part time class was in Gweru in August for their block besides the other classes. The major focus for this block was music and African Traditional Religion. 14 attended the block.

2.0 A GREAT VISIT

BVBIZ was blessed to be visited by Jerry Bates on the 23rd of August. He was accompanied by Philemon Raja and his son in law, Kingsley.  The team visited the congregation at Lot 64 where Jerry preached. From there, the team visited the school. This is one of the congregations which began as a result of the schools effort. Students cycle there covering a distance of 32km to and fro. Booklets from World Evangelism has been widely used at this small congregation and many other centers where students go to serve.

3.0 PROJECTS

3.1 LAYERS PROJECT

In the past few months, BVBIZ was on a drive to mobilize funds towards a layers project. The target was 300 birds. As of the ending of July $900 had been raised. The school subsequently booked for 150 point of lay birds. The birds are expected in the school around the middle of September. Irvine’s, the supplier, will provide the dates for collection. Our great appreciation goes to all who contributed. Those who still wanted to make their contributions as well are still welcome since the target had not been reached.

3.2 HORTICULTURE

Our horticulture project continued to take shape in the month. Cucumber and carrots were planted in August. Cabbages, lettuce and tomato are looking good. Pruning and trellising of tomatoes will be done the first week of September. The tomatoes are now at flowering stage. Students are getting a worthy experience in the process.

4.0 LIBRARY UPDATES

Early this year, BVBIZ received a consignment of library books from Mission Printing through the efforts of our regional director, Donnie Estep. One of the school’s graduates, Simangaliso Jamela  (2021)well versed in library science has begun a process of ordering and cataloguing of the books. This is a long process but BVBIZ will eventually get there. His work has been hampered due to poor network currently obtaining on site.

5.0 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

5.1 CLASSROOM BLOCK: FUNDRAISING UPDATES

One of the missing pieces at BVBIZ is a classroom block. The school will be holding a fundraising event on the 1st of October 2022 at Blakistone Primary school in Harare. Entrance tickets are already on sale and are in different ranges; $10, $20, $30, $50, $100 and $150. Each ticket will provide a person with access to the venue including a good meal on the day. In total, $35000 is needed to complete the structure. Whatever is raised will be put to use whilst further efforts will be made to raise more funds towards the completion of the structure even if takes years. .

5.2 TEACHERS HOUSE

5.2.1 Window Panes

BVBIZ wishes to thank brother Kudakwashe Simemeza and his family for donating over half of the window panes needed by the structure.  These have already been fixed.

5.2.2 Septic tank

Construction of the septic tank to the teacher’s house began on the 25th of August. The work will be completed by mid-September. Once this is complete, the main outstanding issue will be the solar system.  When the teachers move into the house, over $150 (going towards fuel) will be saved monthly  

6.0 EVANGELISM

Practicum continued in the month. Both full time and part time students continued with their practical in different areas. There were two restorations and 11 baptisms in the month.

Luanshya graduates doing much good

AUGUST 2022 REPORT

INTRODUCTION

We begin by sending to you warm greetings in the name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ! We take this opportunity to give honor and glory to God our heavenly Father who through His grace and the love fully articulated in Christ has granted us the rare opportunity to work in His Vineyard.

Once again this report has been written in an effort to provide some insight into the accomplishments that BVBI-Zambia has continued to experience.  It is always a great pleasure to write and reflect on the happenings here at BVBI-Zambia during the month of August, 2022.

We had another exciting month of August busiest months in our school calendar here at BVBI-Zambia. We have been moving around on Copperbelt for practicum of our students, meeting youths and older men for the gospel during this month. It is also a period that we start concluding our school calendar of the year. It becomes busier especially when we are organizing a graduation

More elders

Once again on the Copperbelt in Ndola district, BVBI-Zambia was tasked to help to teach on selecting elders and also in ordaining those elders. We had to do this work for the past three months at Church of Christ in Lubuto and finally on 14th August we had an ordination. Once again all our students were part of these sessions. The church at Lubuto also invited other sister churches on the Copperbelt at least two leaders from one congregation were in attendance.

Brother Allan Mundia in his early 50s is added to the eldership in Ndola at Lubuto and it was a colorful ceremony. Other serving elders came with their families and were made to stand too in support of the new elder. We continue to thank God and pray that such activities continues to happen for the betterment of His kingdom

Leadership workshop

We had a very successful meeting at BVBI-Zambia for leaders in Luanshya district. These quarterly meetings which are meant to strengthen a working relationship in the Church as a district. It was a one day meeting and was very successful, in the picture below showing leaders having a light moment of meal fellowship at the end of meeting.

MEN’S CONFERENCE-2022(Solwezi-Northwestern Province)

We had a very successful evangelistic trip to Solwezi, Northwestern Province of Zambia. Men from all over Zambia came together again during this year’s conference hosted by the brethren from Northwestern Province.  The conference started on 25th August 2022 and ended on 28th August, 2022. We travelled with other members of different congregations of Luanshya district of the Copper belt province. The total number of 23 represented all the 5 congregations from the Luanshya district. We took all our 11 students and they all participated immensely in the activities of the conference. They help to beef-up the personnel in catering and security. Brother Cephas Mwamba who is the dean of students at BVBI-Zambia was one the speakers of the conference. He was the last speaker to present his lesson. He spoke on the theme: The strategy for victory” and did an excellent job! The Bear Valley family is well represented.

We had a representation of fifty-eight (58) congregation national wide including four brothers coming from Mozambique except northern and western province. We were two hundred and seven (207) in total attendance both young and old men representing the above congregations. We also had some students from our sister institute in Lusaka in attendance.

ALUMNI

All the alumni of the school are very active and influential in their respective congregations. Interesting news and updates have continued reaching us about the work these men are doing.  We would like share some of these updates.

1.     Andrew Mwila graduated in 2017 and he relocated from Mansa, Luapula Province to Lusaka, Lusaka Province. In our previous communiqué, we reported that Andrew almost quit preaching and attending church services. He cited financial hardships and unemployment as some of the reasons he wanted to go that route. But we are thankful to God that these things did detour him from the noble work he has been called to do. He has now found something to do and he is very active in the church business. He conducts Bible studies in his home and he is regular preacher at his congregation.

2.     Borniface Sianjina graduated in 2017. Upon graduating he opted to continue working as a brick layer while preaching in Luanshya. He has done much of this work in Kitwe town and while there, he regularly preached in a community of the police.  He presented topics on the church, baptism and many others. This attracted lot of questions and Bible studies were set up as a result. Many people came to know the true church because of these efforts conducted by him. This month the Church has bought him a brand new bicycle to appreciate him and encourage him as he preaches.

3.     Austin Musonda graduated in 2021. Austin is currently on attachment for the course he is doing in forestry in Ndola district. He has been a faithful soldier of Christ; he is doing a recommendable work. He is a member of Chibwe church of Christ in Baluba, Luanshya district. He is one of the regular preachers there and he conducts regular Bibles studies at the church building.

  GRADUATION

We are looking forward in anticipation of having a graduation ceremony on 22nd October, 2022. This will be our third graduation ceremony since the beginning of this school here in Zambia. At the end of their studies at BVBI-Z, God willing eleven men will be graduating. They are very excited to graduate and go back and work with their respective congregations. We are very confident that these students have been diligent in their work and conduct during the tenure of their studies at BVBI-Z. Please continue praying for these men that they remain faithful even after they graduate from this school.         

CONCLUSION

We are grateful to all our partners!  Our hearts are always thankful to Woodland Oaks Church of Christ for financial support and all the encouragement they give to us in this noble work. We pray that God will bless the works that you are all involved in.

Brotherly,

Cephas and Fred

Evangelism in Togo

August 2022 Report

I thank God that he preserved us from any serious ailment, despite some minor ailments that some students went through in this month of August. Student AMOSSOU Kokou suffered from toothache, one of which was pulled out and the treatment is still going on in the hospital. This is the last term of this promotion.

There are many things to do such as two evangelization campaigns in KONDA and ATOME (180 km), for a new church which has started with 9 baptized already. A three (3) day conference in TEMEDJA for new churches and students of Saturday courses. For this conference the members are to be on October 28,29 and 30, 2022.

Courses:

Last quarter's courses:

1. 1,2 Timothy and Titus: Akovi Hope

2. Ezekiel: Cephas

3. Comparative religion: Rodrigue

4. Job and Psalms : ATTAH

5. Biblical History and Geography : AKALO

6. Exodus: AKLI

7. Marriage and Family: Cephas

The course will end in December 2022.

Evangelism:

In spite of the rains that continue to fall sometimes all day long, the souls are thirsty for the word of God (the gospel). The evangelization in BEME this month resulted in two baptisms.

Visits to churches:

Each student takes the courage to visit a church every Sunday. Students close to Kpalime start by asking to work with some churches in the locality. 

Saturday classes:

Currently there are 6 Saturday schools with 70 students: Temedja, Kpalime, Kpele-Beme, and Blita, AMOUZOUKOPE and LOME.

Enrollment of new students (class of 2023-2025):

Two candidates from the churches of Christ the Republic of Congo, wish to attend the training at IBBV in Togo. Already, the evangelist to send the names. On both sides of Saturday schools with students who want to continue with BVBI, names continue to arrive at Direction. The deadline for registration is November 2022.

Reaching the lost in Mombasa

Dear brethren,

Greetings! We hope this quarterly report finds you fine in the Lord. We are also fine in Mombasa, doing well in the Lord. Receive much greetings from the Bear Valley, Mombasa. The Students are doing well in the Lord as they continue with their studies on Saturdays. We are glad that the students are sacrificing their time to come each Saturday.

Francis concluded his lessons on the Book of Revelation successfully, and Paul is currently taking the class through the Book of Acts. it is our hope that the students will enjoy this class as well.

We've encouraged the students to take part in personal evangelism whenever they get time since we only meet during weekends. some students are trying to reach out to the community with the gospel and we're praying for them to get breakthrough as they meet opposition from Muslims and denominations. we believe that God is going to reach others through the commitment of these students.

So far we have taught fourteen lessons and Paul is currently taking the 15th class. our desire and hope is to continually and thoroughly equipping the saints with Gospel of truth. Being in an area where most Churches are liberal, we trust God that he would use the school to bring forth change - everlasting change that would equip God's people with the right Gospel and in the right Church.

We do encourage the students to create time for personal evangelism, though we're acknowledging their tight work schedule (in terms of reporting and departure). some students who have done good work in personal evangelism: Ismael Ajaja has reached two prospects who are Beryl Akinyi and Mary Ndoto. Moreover, Beatrice Atieno has also reached a Muslim prospect called Monday, whom we'll contact to have a secret discipleship.

Much prayer is needed from all brethren to keep God's work here a success, both for the school and Jomvu Church of Christ where the school is currently located. We trust God that all will be well with the students and teachers. May you remember the work here in prayers always!

God bless you all. Shalom.

Yours in Christ,

Francis and Paul