AWA Ministry Updates: A Gospel ABCD 4 Cattle

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In 19th century America, western lands needed development for the advancement of democracy and abundant life. ‘Cattle wars’ involving grazing rights, wild cattle drives, and fence cutting stemmed from social pressures that oft’ erupted into violent confrontation. The past weekend of Easter, some of the same pressures erupted in Bouna, Cote d’Ivoire. While the campus of the Free Will Baptist church and Bible Institute was remote to the violence, the leaders there have been near a solution to it mentally for some years now. Christ has been active.

Verlin met three individuals of separate organizations using Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) this week; one charged FWB leadership to do something in Bouna to address the underpinnings of the violence. ABCD is a foundation-shaping tool used in the introduction Community Health Evangelism (CHE). It is the kind of committed citizenship organization that is a hallmark of belief in Baptist Congregational governance which transformed the U.S.: God affirms his will clearest through his united people’s ‘amen’, not the strident few, or powerful one, from among us. This has been no small part of ‘the shot heard round the world’ echoing the Gospel and calling all men to good will and peace.

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The image linked video exposes how ABCD is now being used in the U.S. I did not know at first if the organization was Christian or not, but knew from the video it lives currently the ideals that our Baptist and Christian heritage offer the world. Believers using Neighborhood Transformation in the U.S. have ABCD in their tool set to influence and win their neighbors to the discovery again that Christ and His body IS ‘the answer’ to every serious question concerning the human condition, including the violence at Bouna.

Prayer Points:

The meeting of CHE trainers was displaced to this coming Saturday of April 16. Pray the sense of collaborative growth among believers in diverse meetings gets transmitted. Pray that two will be convicted of the Holy Spirit to pursue development of a moringa farming network. Besides nutrition, a corollary goal of establishing cattle trails or beef shipping exists to limit future land conflicts and violence. Forces of international mining interests, national development, and others change thousands of years of African land management and impact soil fertility too (see ECHO development notes 131, p.6).
Debbie arrives Sunday evening. Wire transfer problems related to banking regulations to counter terrorism and revolt conspired to slowed purchase of a new vehicle and Verlin’s phone ceased charging overnight Friday. Pray that Deb sails through customs and that the arrangements for our airport pick-up go smoothly.

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).