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HOME Mission Emphasis 2020 Inner English GLOBAL MISSIONS BOARD Nigerian Baptist Convention AD 2020 HOME MISSION EMPHASIS (WEEK OF PRAYER) Theme: Partnering Through Discipline of Going Text: Romans 10:13-15 Suggested Dates March - May 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... iii Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Sunday Worship ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Sermon Outline ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 Monday: Partnering Through Discipline of Going to Bassa and Kamuku ... ... ... ... ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 Tuesday: Partnering Through Discipline of Going to Akwa Ibom and Benue . ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Wednesday: Partnering Through Discipline of Going to School of Missions (Minna and Oke Bola) ... ... .... ... 42 Challenges and Needs from Various Fields... ... ... ... .... 54 Fields, Missionaries and Phone Numbers ... ... ... ... .. 64 Commitment to God ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... 65 Pictures from the Mission Fields ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... .. 66 FOREWORD lory be to God for your partnership with the Lord of Missions over the years. We thank God for your prayers, Glove, support, encouragement, visitation, pieces of advice, understanding and all the ways God has enabled you to be part of what He is doing on the mission Frontiers. May God reward your love and sacrifices for Him. Amen. The theme for the year 2020 Home Mission emphasis is: Partnering Through the Discipline of Going. The message of God’s love needs bearers who will go and proclaim the message. In addition, the bearers and field workers need people of God who will travel far and near to visit them on the mission frontier. This will encourage them and let them realize that they are not alone. In addition, God has a way of opening our eyes to see the needs on the fields, to know how to intelligibly advice /encourage our missionaries on the field and to know what He really wants us to do, if we see the situation on ground ourselves. It is our prayer that God will make use of this Mission week of emphasis to raise more labourers, more goers and more supporters (prayer, moral, material and financial support) for His work Our deep appreciation to our father the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention who God has also made the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev Dr Supo Ayokunle, all our Convention leaders, the Board Chairman and all the Board members, Pastors, Deacons/ Deaconesses, Churches, Conferences, Association and Bodies for their unparalleled and iii unalloyed support to ensure that Christ is known in all nations. We are equally thankful to all our serving Missionaries, Mission Pastors, Evangelists and all the GMB staff members for their dedication and commitment to the duty God has entrusted in our hands. May you never lose nor miss your rewards in Jesus name. Amen. Thanks to the Coordinator, Frontier Missions of Home- Rev Noah Adedokun, his assisting officer- Mrs. Christie Makinde, the Coordinator of Training, Media and Research-Rev Segun Makinde, the Unit Head of Training- Rev Mrs. Temilola Adewumi, the GMB Media Officer- Rev Allen Olatunde, Mrs. Titi Akintola and all the interpreters for the extra efforts they put into the production of this mission emphasis booklets. May God reward your love and sacrifices for Him. Every Church, family and individual is encouraged to get at least a copy of this booklet and we appeal to our Pastors and leaders to help our collective mission effort by ensuring that all our Baptist Churches observe this mission program and also ensure that the mission offering is sent to the GMB office. Thank you very much for all the ways God is using you to bless His ministry and His stewards. May God continue to depend on you all. Amen. Your co-steward in God’s vineyard: Adewumi, John Oluwafemi Director, Global Missions Board iv INTRODUCTION PARTNERING THROUGH DISCIPLINE OF GOING INTRODUCTION he time is here again for us as Nigerian Baptist Convention family to assemble at the feet of our commanding Master Twho commanded us to go and make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19). As a disciplined and obedient Church, we must go to the world (fields) and preach the gospel of Christ to the lost souls. This year the Lord God is calling us to go to the mission fields for great harvest of souls into the kingdom of God. As a disciplined church, one might ask; why must we go to the fields to reach the lost souls for Christ? Apart from Jesus Christ’s command to go and make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16), the pathetic conditions of the unreached challenge us to go into the field because the god of this world has enslaved them,they are led away by the deceit of Satan, traditions and false religions. The unreached are like a widow broken with grief sitting so lonely in her mourning. Though created in the image of God, they are now slaves to the enemy of truth and righteousness because they do not know the true God. They cry aloud for anyone who cares but they do not have a helper. The lost are waiting to experience freedom, liberty, salvation, and deliverance from the power of darkness (Satan) through their faith in Christ. The unreached do not have rest because there is no peace or rest for the wicked (Isa. 32:17; 48:22). They are afflicted with hard labour, they are poor, and they are without food, without good 5 health and are filled with distress. They are great people with great intelligence but do not know the way to the Church in order to worship the great God. They can’t feast on the abundance of God’s riches that is made available to those who believe, they cannot become fellow citizens of heaven without someone showing them the way and leading them to light and life in Christ Jesus. Therefore, brethren, the call is to go and reach the lost souls and set them free from the bondage of sin through Christ power. Please, join the team of witnessing Churches by going to the mission field (Romans 10:13-15). This booklet will afford you the opportunity of knowing what is going on in some of our Home Mission fields. These fields are: Bassa, Benue, Akwa Ibom and Kamuku. You will be informed on the extent of the work done, some major needs and challenges facing the work as well as some testimonies and prayer concerns for each field. In addition, you will be updated on the progress of work in our Dry Season School of Missions in Minna, Niger State and School of Missions in Okebola. We believe if we can come together to pray for each of the fields, the Lord of harvest will grant us bountiful harvest of souls. Trusting God that through this year’s emphasis, mission prayer altars will be raised in every Baptist Church and families for a continuous and consistent prayer for missions. In the words of A. B. Simpson: "Prayer is the mighty engine that moves the missionary work." Therefore, we are all challenged to be kneeling saints before the God of missions, so that the whole world will be reached with the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our expectation is to see every member buy a copy of this booklet, read and encourage the Church to observe the Mission Emphasis Week. 6 Appreciation We want to express our profound gratitude to all our mission supporters both at home and abroad. We do appreciate all the Churches, Associations and Conferences that have been supporting the Missionaries, Pastors, indigenes on the fields and the Global Missions Board at large. We appreciate God for your lives. Our deep appreciation goes to the President of the Convention, Rev. Dr. Supo Ayokunle, for his support in leading the Convention in Breaking New Frontiers. The Director, Rev. Dr Femi Adewumi for his leadership, advice and prayers. Our thanks also goes to Mrs. Christiana Makinde for her efforts in compiling and analyzing some missionaries’ reports that are reflected in this report. Special thanks to the media and editing team who worked tirelessly in editing and making valuable contributions in the manuscript of this report: Rev. Allen Olatunde, Rev. Mrs. Temi Adewumi and Mrs. Titi Akintola. Rev. Olusegun Makinde, the Coordinator of the Training, Research and Media Ministry. You are all highly appreciated for general coordination of the entire production of this booklet. Also, we appreciate our Yoruba and Hausa translators. May the Lord of Missions visit us anew to rise with the sole goal of getting the nations to the knowledge of our saving Lord. Thanks and remain blessed! Adedokun, Noah Adetayo Coordinator: Frontier Ministry Home 7 Please feel free to send your offering and donations to: Zenith Bank PLC Account Name – Global Missions Board Account Number: 1010490546 Sort Code: 057190015 NOTE: For easy acknowledgement of any money paid into any of these accounts, call the Account office of Global Missions Board using any of these numbers – 08027694894, 08159990262, and 08159990263. Write any of the below codes to signify the type of payment(s) made at the front of the depositor's name. e.g. Janet David [HMO] to mean, Janet David is sending Home Missions Offering. HMO = Home Missions Offering IMO = International Missions Offering MD =Mission Donation PR = Pledge Redemption DF = Designated Fund Monthly N10 donation For the monthly N10 per every Baptist member including children, please send it to this account, Polaris Bank Plc ( former Skye Bank Plc) Account No: 1770678900 Account Name: Global Missions Board Note: Ø for an individual is 10 x 12 = N120/annum Ø for a family of 4 (A father, mother and 2 children) is 10 x 4 x 12 = N480/annum Ø for a family of 5 (A father, mother and 3 children) is 10 x 5x 12 = N600/annum etc.
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