The Importance of Training Local Leaders
Nasahn, JESUS Film Church Planting Strategy (JFCPS) National Coordinator for Liberia, recently shared the story of a village called Boehtin in Liberia. Frizz Mantor of Boehtin is currently preparing to attend a JFCPS leadership training, but he wasn’t always a Christian and it wasn’t until he attended a showing of the JESUS film that he […]
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Seeds of Prayer
Since the start of 2021, the JESUS Film Church Planting Strategy (JFCPS) hit the ground running. Five teams in Sierra Leone and three in Liberia continue partnering with local church denominations to plant indigenous, disciple-making churches in villages throughout their respective countries. Leadership trainings are also continuing where dozens of leaders are being trained to […]
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Continuing to Reach the Unreached
Because of travel constraints in Sierra Leone, we had to wait several weeks until our in-country director was able to collect the last church plant reports available before the country was placed on lockdown and public gatherings were banned. The results were extremely encouraging, despite the changes that have taken place related to the COVID […]
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Waiting for Fruit
Reverend John Kamara has lived in Musaia – a large town in northern Sierra Leone, 10 miles from the Guinea border – all of his life. He has served there as a pastor since 1964, and has been around long enough not to be discouraged when he doesn’t see immediate fruit on the vine! Prior […]
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Slow But Steady
In Sierra Leone, when a person speaking the Krio dialect wants to indicate that they are moving forward at a slow but steady pace, they express it by saying, “Small small.” For the past year, this is how the pace of forward movement has seemed as we have been seeking the Lord for His means […]
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Lives Changed in Liberia
When Ebola was rampant in Liberia, in 2014 and 2015, 4,810 people died from the virus. At the time, many people turned to the local witch doctor so that their family and loved ones could be protected from the deadly virus. Offerings of money, clothes and alcohol were given; most of these people died lost. […]
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Kuranko (May 2013)
“We, the pastors of this district, are well aware of what you are doing to expand the Kingdom of God here,” Pastor Dako A. Turay told the JESUS Film Church Planting Strategy (JFCPS) team. “We have worked together before and the work is actually flourishing. I praise God for that. We have nothing to give to you in return […]
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Kono Church Plant Flourishes
Two years ago, Bendu Community Church led by Pastor Lebbie in Koidu Town, Sierra Leone adopted the JESUS Film Church Planting Strategy (JFCPS) with the goal of planting new churches in the surrounding Kono villages. “We simply don’t have materials to train our members. Thank you for coming here to assist our church with training […]
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Liberia Update
ToorkopaNew believers in the village of Toorkopa had no hope of ever saving enough money to buy the zinc sheets used for the roof. By faith, they cleared the land that they were given to build a church. Then they began to make bricks for the walls with no hope of ever getting roofing material. […]
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Transforming Lives and Villages in Sierra Leone
Every two months, George, our in-country Sierra Leone Church Plant coordinator, visits all four JFCPS teams throughout the country to collect reports, deliver supplies and encourage them in their church planting efforts. Recently, George reported 12 churches planted in the months of January and February alone! Below are some of the testimonies and feedback from […]
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