"Be the Connection!"
 The power of God’s Spirit is evident in many secularized and closed countries, drawing and finding His lost sheep. Ministry partners and individuals are stepping up evangelism efforts. In Côte d’Ivoire, 18 churches with 366 volunteers handed out 174,643 tracts and Scripture booklets. They had 380 positive responses in a predominately Muslim area.
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 "In a village that had no church in the Congo, volunteer evangelists brought the entire village together around the Gospel. Distributing Soles for Jesus shoes and witnessing with World Missionary Press booklets transformed the entire village. Just as recorded in Acts 9:35 'all who dwelt in Lydda and Sharon saw him (the healed man) and turned to the Lord.' Jesus said, 'There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents'. What a celebration must have taken place in heaven when 138 people received the Lord as Savior."
-Brice D., Congo-Brazzaville  Last year WMP provided 57 million booklets in 103 languages to 28 countries in Africa. “We have been richly blessed with the receipt and distribution of hundreds of thousands of evangelism and discipleship documents made available for the body of Christ and the salvation of souls. The people of Côte d’Ivoire are happy to receive these booklets, which are a treasure. The booklets are a door of revelation manifesting the love, goodness, and faithfulness of God. With WMP, we go everywhere in each home, towards each person (tribe and people) to bring the good news of the gospel of Jesus.” –Lolo L.  Brother Gerome K., a 19-year-old Muslim, testified that he received salvation through reading a Scripture portion saying that "Christ is God.". He joined a local church after receiving Jesus' Love.  Current in-house orders for 27 different African nations total 46.9 million booklets. Ministry partners are reaching out to unengaged people groups and isolated regions—places where the love of God and His salvation have never been known. After receiving a container with 1.3 million Scripture booklets and Bible studies, Samuel B. in Ethiopia wrote, “WMP’s contribution is enabling us to accomplish the Every Home for Christ Oikos campaign, as well as helping us make progress towards reaching thousands of homes.” The Way to God brought Claudette U. of Rwanda to a saving knowledge of Christ. “Before accepting Jesus Christ into my heart, I was in debauchery, delinquency and taking drugs…. I decided to have Jesus Christ as a faithful friend and allowed Him to guide my life.”  In a recent interview, WMP’s national coordinator in South Sudan eloquently expressed the opportunity and need for a new supply of Scripture booklets. He reports that in the past two years, doors have been opened for evangelism outreach without restriction and churches have seized the opportunity to press forward with the gospel. South Sudan is home to 64 tribes, 27 of which have not been reached with the gospel. He states that “Without you, we wouldn’t know what we could do.” The larger areas of Darfur, Khartoum, and the Nuba Mountains are open to the gospel, accentuating the need for more material.
Booklets are urgently needed in two of the major languages of South Sudan, Dinka and Nuer. The WMP language team is working with the team there to get booklets ready as soon as possible. These will enhance the reach of the literature and support the churches in evangelism and discipleship. A 40-foot container with 1.7 million booklets is in line to provide tools for those going through the open doors God has provided.  "I just returned from a trip to Tanzania where we are doing pastoral training courses. Your gospel booklets really helped with our evangelism while we were there. They were also a great guide for the local leaders to use while sharing their faith. Many came to know Christ while we were there sharing the gospel. Thank you so much for your booklets."
-Jesse W.  A WMP ministry partner in Africa is focused on reaching unengaged, unreached people groups in at least 13 countries. They trek into villages still steeped in animism, ancestor worship, fetishes, and witchcraft, and share the gospel, first to a few and then to more as curiosity and spiritual hunger draw people to the message. Those who accept the message and receive Jesus as Savior are discipled and encouraged to reach others. Here is a critical need for the Word of God—to build a firm foundation in each new believer so that they can in turn give a clear, strong message.
In one area there are church plants to the 7th generation. A church planted by the original team planted another which planted another—to the 7th church plant. The vision of this ministry is that through the principles of multiplication, they will see 100,000 new churches established in the coming five years! Much of the area being reached by this group and other WMP partners in Africa is French-speaking. To help meet the overwhelming cry for Scriptures to disciple and train new believers and encourage pastors, World Missionary Press provides limited quantities of New Testaments in French. Requests are overwhelming. Thousands each for Guinea, Cameroon, Togo, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina-Faso, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, and Rwanda. Touching messages, like this one from Cameroon, come to us in some form from each country: “There is also a very high demand for New Testaments in our country, and we are a little bit worried that the number of New Testaments we received [from WMP] will fail to overcome the perceived need.”  The growing African population will undoubtedly lead to a growing worldwide influence for African churches. Even now, “sending” churches effectively take the gospel into Europe, US, Asia, and Latin America. Such a growing influence must have a strong foundation in the Word of Truth. Many African pastors and missions continue to look to WMP for the pure Word of God found in the topical Scripture booklets as well as the Bible Study on John. A partnership with Feed the Hungry in Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Burundi has put The Way to God booklet and the Bible Study on John into the hands of thousands. Pastors are encouraged. Lives are changed.
From Lesotho came this testimony: “I grew up in a Christian family but without a relationship with Christ. I was visited in my house by a team carrying Scripture booklets. They shared Jesus Christ’s message with us. Then they gave us those clear and simple small booklets. That’s where I gave my life to Jesus. Now I am born again after understanding the love of Jesus.” Faithful distributors are sharing Scripture booklets in refugee camps in Kenya, Muslim-dominated northern Nigeria, and troubled nations such as Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Mali. Orders to be completed account for almost 52 million Scripture booklet equivalency.  In South Africa, Pastor M and his team of volunteers handed out The Way to God booklets along with food parcels. They reported that the community was highly appreciative not only for the relief parcels but also for the Scripture booklets as they were printed in the vernacular languages, making them easy to understand and share. Volunteers were able to continue to spread the gospel despite the limitations of a lockdown. “Many pastors have been requesting The Way to God booklets as they have seen how people value them. Many people have turned to Christ amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and need guidance. This booklet makes the work of the evangelist very easy.” |
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