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African Harvest Cry Update
First let me say thanks to the many churches and individuals that are already sending in their offerings toward the African Harvest Cry. I do not think there could be a better investment in this church, nor in the world of Christian Ministry at this time. Our mission statistics are flowing in for the Assembly reports and the Africa data came in this week. As I looked at the report I realized another great shift has taken place. Over the last few years we have stated often that the COGOP plants one new church a day and we see over 500 receive Christ each day. From these reports coming in it is apparent we have planted two churches each day and see over 1000 receive Christ daily this past year. To God be all the Glory!
General Presbyter Sherman Allen recently sent this testimony that gives a flavor of the Africa Harvest and describes why we are vigorously raising this special Africa Harvest Cry Offering.
Evangelist Koissi Antoine is one of those missionary overseers with a real passion for the lost and the harvest. I will never forget about ten years ago how I received a great pressing in my spirit for someone to go to Senegal and the Gambia. I shared with Antoine's overseer Andrae Ezoua my vision and how I thought this applied to him being the overseer for the region. Koissi Antoine was sitting at the table listening to me share this vision to Ezoua.
Little did I realized that this vision was not for Ezoua, but for Antoine. After about two years, Koissi Antoine came back to me and told me that he was now ready to go as a missionary to these two Muslim nations. After much prayer and encouragement, we sent him not knowing what the outcome would be. Since that time Koissi Antoine has traveled to these nations and ministered often.
One month ago Koissi Antoine went back to Senegal intending to continue from there to The Gambia and Tunisia. He was detained in Senegal for three weeks. The spiritual need was so great to teach and preach the word of God that he could not leave. After three weeks, he was able to organize a new church with twenty-one members who responded to the message of Jesus Christ. Included among these new members is a fifty-one year old Muslim man, who had never in his life had any contact with Christianity. This man came to one of the meetings and by a miracle received a revelation of Jesus Christ walking in the midst of a burning light.
The man cried out to everyone to look at what he was seeing but no one could see what he was seeing. So profound was the effect of what he saw on his life that he fell down on his knees confessing his sins and committed his life to Jesus. He was one of the twenty-one to join the church.
Already as a result of the preaching and teaching in Senega, another group of fourteen persons have invited Antoine to come and conduct the same preaching and teaching with them. He promised them to return immediately after the Assembly.
Africa’s harvest is so diverse that it includes Mulsim outreach, as well as tribal people, as we heard last week that our ministry in Kenya touches 14 different tribes. In many African nations our pastors and evangelists are proclaiming Christ to Muslim people. Please consider your contribution to the African Harvest Cry during these weeks before the International Assembly. We hope to place a $200,000 check in the hands of Bishop Sherman Allen to strengthen our outreach and ministry in this overwhelming land of harvest.
As always, Harvest Partner churches can send this offering as a Harvest Partner Level Two offering. Individual donors and churches that are not Harvest Partners can send this offering as a Helping Hands offering. Both avenues should be clearly designated as “African Harvest Cry” offerings. Let’s help our African Leaders reap abundantly while the harvest is ripe.
First let me say thanks to the many churches and individuals that are already sending in their offerings toward the African Harvest Cry. I do not think there could be a better investment in this church, nor in the world of Christian Ministry at this time. Our mission statistics are flowing in for the Assembly reports and the Africa data came in this week. As I looked at the report I realized another great shift has taken place. Over the last few years we have stated often that the COGOP plants one new church a day and we see over 500 receive Christ each day. From these reports coming in it is apparent we have planted two churches each day and see over 1000 receive Christ daily this past year. To God be all the Glory!General Presbyter Sherman Allen recently sent this testimony that gives a flavor of the Africa Harvest and describes why we are vigorously raising this special Africa Harvest Cry Offering.
Evangelist Koissi Antoine is one of those missionary overseers with a real passion for the lost and the harvest. I will never forget about ten years ago how I received a great pressing in my spirit for someone to go to Senegal and the Gambia. I shared with Antoine's overseer Andrae Ezoua my vision and how I thought this applied to him being the overseer for the region. Koissi Antoine was sitting at the table listening to me share this vision to Ezoua.
Little did I realized that this vision was not for Ezoua, but for Antoine. After about two years, Koissi Antoine came back to me and told me that he was now ready to go as a missionary to these two Muslim nations. After much prayer and encouragement, we sent him not knowing what the outcome would be. Since that time Koissi Antoine has traveled to these nations and ministered often.One month ago Koissi Antoine went back to Senegal intending to continue from there to The Gambia and Tunisia. He was detained in Senegal for three weeks. The spiritual need was so great to teach and preach the word of God that he could not leave. After three weeks, he was able to organize a new church with twenty-one members who responded to the message of Jesus Christ. Included among these new members is a fifty-one year old Muslim man, who had never in his life had any contact with Christianity. This man came to one of the meetings and by a miracle received a revelation of Jesus Christ walking in the midst of a burning light.
The man cried out to everyone to look at what he was seeing but no one could see what he was seeing. So profound was the effect of what he saw on his life that he fell down on his knees confessing his sins and committed his life to Jesus. He was one of the twenty-one to join the church.
Already as a result of the preaching and teaching in Senega, another group of fourteen persons have invited Antoine to come and conduct the same preaching and teaching with them. He promised them to return immediately after the Assembly.
Africa’s harvest is so diverse that it includes Mulsim outreach, as well as tribal people, as we heard last week that our ministry in Kenya touches 14 different tribes. In many African nations our pastors and evangelists are proclaiming Christ to Muslim people. Please consider your contribution to the African Harvest Cry during these weeks before the International Assembly. We hope to place a $200,000 check in the hands of Bishop Sherman Allen to strengthen our outreach and ministry in this overwhelming land of harvest.As always, Harvest Partner churches can send this offering as a Harvest Partner Level Two offering. Individual donors and churches that are not Harvest Partners can send this offering as a Helping Hands offering. Both avenues should be clearly designated as “African Harvest Cry” offerings. Let’s help our African Leaders reap abundantly while the harvest is ripe.