AWA Ministry Updates: New Ministries

Verlin met Saturday with a third group of civic or church leaders during 40 hours

in Abidjan. This one sees God using the strategy of Community Health Evangelism (CHE) to plant churches and see a specific community transformed from trash-pit of despair to a beacon of hope. If they continue, they will either become the second or third launch of an interdenominational coalition of church and civic leaders who desire to reach a single community and let those saved and discipled select their initial and subsequent houses of worship. The first of two trainings of trainers is scheduled for April 26-30.

Joint ventures to plant churches have not been a common outworking of God’s Spirit here for years. It reflects the depth of discipleship CHE potentiates and a response to Islam. These assembled from their recent attendance at the Million Village Challenge (see No Regrets or Trials and Triumphs). A few others were trainers who have not found ready and willing church partners after being trained in church or university settings between 2012 and 2015. Other cooperative efforts are taking form in the north. All came to be because historic Free Will Baptist governance provides for cooperative yet autonomous local churches. This, in turn, permits the creation of flexible, yet fervent and faithful affiliations of God’s people who bind together to accomplish a vision in given local areas. Then they freely turn their communal focus elsewhere without fearing judgment beyond that of their local assembly, or perhaps continue in the addition of common ties with other ventures. Others can and do use the idea. Very Jeffersonian (1 of 50 selected Core U.S. docs). Very FWB (see pp.37-38).

Similarly, other ventures spring up that need tending. The two other meetings of Friday were University led groups: one department and one student union. Thursday one FWB church and a group of other Northern Baptists began coordinating their calendars with us for a training.

Thank you for faithfully praying and giving to plant hope in Christ. Deb travels through Brussels next week to arrive April 10; Verlin will join the semi-annual reunion of CHE trainers before picking her up the next day.

Your partners in the gospel,

Verlin and Debbie Anderson

The Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to maintain support as we resume residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of the CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF (0% fee).