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Wednesday, March 29
church planter in benin
Am always a little wary when I receive unsolicited emails from Africa, but would like to post this one from a couple who have seemingly planted 19 churches in Benin. (Names witheld, just incase)
Dear Director, this history is personal it is what I passed through with my wife Before to start church planting work. God bless you as this is useful for you. Rev A F
A short history from Pastor A
Pastor A was born in November 22,1965 in Benin in vodou culture All his family are animist and they worship idoles.
He was educated in Benin then in Ivory Coast and in Dakar in Senegal and stopped studing in secular school in second year in university, and just after, he started teaching mathematic and sciences in a high school ( secondary school ) at Dakar in Senegal.
F A became christian after healing found in Christ .
Just after his conversion in 1986, his father rejected him away from his children, and that forced him to leave Benin his country for venture into an unknown country. Ivory Coast first and Dakar in Senegal.
God used those difficult years to mature A in his walk with Christ and to implant in him a compelling desire to reach his people for Christ.
Through extremely difficult circonstences and many obstacles, F was allowed to obtain a scholaship or grant to start a biblical education.
While attending Bible school, A met his wife B D who is from ----.
After F and B were married in 1995, they traveled to Benin with their children R and G in 2000 according to call they've received from God .
B was captivated by the people of Benin and their needs. She now share and support F’s burden to evangelize and disciple the Africa people. She also has a heart of compassion for the orphaned and the abandoned children.
Since A and his wife started the missionary work in their own country from 2000, God allowed them to be successful and them powerfully to disciple more unbelievers and plant nineteen churches. The Lord Jesus delivered and continue to deliver people from darkness and sickness by their hands.
Rev A and his wife have their heart broken to not be able till today to reach more remote villages.
Something is happening across Britain today: a new kind of church is beginning to appear; increasing numbers of
christians (recent research suggests between 40 & 100,000) are starting to gather in homes, colleges and work places.
Living out a 24-7 faith, they are missionally focused with a 'go to them' dynamic instead of a 'come to us' invitation.
These communities are small, fluid, organic, reproducible and most of all simple; so simple that any believer would respond
by saying "I could do that!"
The aim of this site is to connect, report and resource these new groups.
If you'd like to know more check out the vision page.
