What are we going to do now?

What would you do if you were attending an outreach in an unknown area and then arriving to discover that no program schedule has been set-up. This certainly did not discourage one of our teams that are working in Pacaltsdorp that ended up in exactly this situation.

Team leaders Chris and Manuela immediately sat down with the local church elders and discussed with them what the greatest need was in their community. Soon it came out that the church was struggling a lot with nominalism, and so a program was arranged for the week that will help the church to refocus on God and get involved with their own community.

On Sunday morning God already started working in the church. Naphtali, a Nigerian pastor in the team, was conducting the preaching and challenged the church to make a strong commitment to Christ. 28 members came forward afterwards and amidst their weeping and confession before God the team was able to pray together with them to recommit their lives to Christ.

In the afternoon they met together with the elders and deacons in a special meeting and worked together through the book of 1 Timothy. Once again God worked in hearts as the church leadership rediscovered their role in the church and committed themselves quite seriously to His work and their own responsibilities.

We believe that God is working powerfully in this church and we would like to ask for your prayers as church members get serious with God again. The church is in a position to have a powerful impact on their community. Even though the team that is ministering to them consist out of normal people, God has certainly put them together for a special mission of reawakening the church.