Wednesday, July 04, 2007

News from the Front

Liston Sibokkolo stopped by during the lectureship to tell us about his student teaching and his work with Mukaziwa and Sandy Hill congregations. Sandy Hill lost almost all its original members in the last few months. It is a farm congregation and the workers got transferred or lost their jobs. Liston started going on Saturday afternoons to hold Bible studies and has now gotten a small group of new members attending on Sundays. He came by to get some help to organize a weekend meeting. It was a joy to see his enthusiasm and his concern for the people of Sandy Hill. He is exactly the kind of worker we try to train at George Benson Christian College.

Yesterday Thomas Siafwiyo brought back reports from the students who are working with the Northreach effort. He said that the student teachers he had talked to are doing a great work with their congregations. Thomas also reported that one of the headmasters gave him glowing compliments about the student teachers, saying that he would be asking for them to come back as full-time teachers when they graduated.

News like this gives us encouragement that GBCC is accomplishing the goal of training self-supporting church planters and leaders. To God be the glory.

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