GoodWORD Partnership

A special time of connecting on Thursday at the GoodWORD office. Paul, who works with Blair in Russia but now lives in Charlotte NC, was in town and Roy and Kurt, who were recently in Guinea, joined Blair and Paul to meet, share, and plan. Paul first met Blair in Moscow in 1991 and Roy traveled with him in the late nineties but had not seen him since then. All part of the Partnership for the Kingdom. (L to R) Blair, Paul, Kurt, Roy

Guinea Ministry Update: Conference Wraps Up

The 3-day evangelism training conference in Conakry, Guinea organized by GoodWORD Partnership under the banner of Mission Africa ended on Thursday afternoon on a high note. The conference was attended by 225 participants from 28 denominations.

Upon registering each participant received a 52-page manual developed by GoodWORD which outlined every session and provided questions for discussion around tables and plenty of space for taking notes. Additionally, for ease of reference key Bible passages were also printed in the manual. Feedback from the participants was part of every session and many commented on how useful this format was compared to the traditional conference format.

During the three days the youngest member of our team, Evangelist Jean d’Amour Mpore who is the leader of Open Air Campaigners in Rwanda, shared useful and practical ideas for explaining the gospel to others. By popular demand he was asked to meet with over thirty Sunday School teachers in a special extra session on Friday to share how to effectively minister to children and youth, a key aspect of his ministry in Rwanda for a number of years.

We were blessed by the experience, teaching and leadership of African Enterprise Ghana Team Leader, Bernard Owusu Sachie on how churches can more effectively demonstrate and proclaim the love of Jesus in their communities and how churches can cooperate in Christian unity to proclaim the Gospel in their towns, cities, and regions. Seeds for a possible future city-wide evangelistic outreach were planted.

Team member Jean-Claude Chaffra from Côte d’Ivoire, an associate with African Enterprise, wore several hats as a skilled team interpreter between English and French, occasional worship leader, and session leader on the characteristics of a church that’s worth joining.

(See our previous post about our three team members from Congo (Brazzaville).

At the conclusion of the conference each participant received an attractive certificate recognizing their participation. One of the church leaders closed the conference with a prayer of commissioning as participants returned home.

Team members remain in Conakry for the weekend to participate in additional ministry (watch for the next update) before returning to their home countries early next week. Please pray for safe and smooth travel.