Category Archives: Church Plant

Easter Service

April 2, 2013 Kibe Mwangi

Written by Pastor Kibe

We had a great day last Sunday celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We were blessed to have guys in the church being of great help in putting everything in place. Some of our church members from the community joined the praise team and glory to God we had a wonderful time worshipping together as a body. We had guys still help us to prepare the meeting place since we were holding our service under a mango tree rather than in hall. I was just blessed to see the service that this believers gave to the Lord and to the body. It is evident that the Holy Spirit is working in their lives and drawing them closer. Their participation was worth noting for I believe they are walking in obedience to the scriptures as far as serving each other in the body is concerned and making use of the gifts that the Lord has given us.

“Now to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good”
– 1 Corinthians 12: 7

We have being urging them to get involved as we go through the book of Acts and it is beautiful to see them take some responsibilities in the church and in help with the Sunday school. We continue to pray that they will keep the fire burning in their hearts and lives through the help of the Holy spirit and that their walk shall be evident of the risen Lord.

We also had a wonderful service being reminded that just as Jesus resurrected in a new body, so also we who hope in Him will also have our bodies raised to be like Him. Thus we have to keep watching and keep our hope alive until that day that He comes for us as He promised.

“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.” – John 14:2-3

Ultimately we had our breakfast together and enjoyed a great fellowship with each other as we had our snacks. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.

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Let the Children Come to Me

March 24, 2013 Kibe Mwangi

Written by Pastor Kibe

“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” – Luke 18:16

As each Sunday the church gathers, part of our congregation is made up of kids. They join us at the beginning of our service at 10 am. Before they can be released to their classes we have songs that are relevant to them. It is happy to see them sing in both English and Dinka. We have one teacher very committed to the Sunday school and I had a chance to help her for two Sundays. I realized that the kids are very attentive and creative and can remember past lessons, which was a great blessing to me. We have been having one class but are implementing a second class such that we can be having two classes every Sunday. We believe and hope that this will help in reaching many kids and increase effectiveness. It is always happy to see the kids have fun outside after their classes. They do various forms of games.

We believe that in reaching the children, we are reaching not only this generation but a generation to come. These kids are still fresh and their minds are quick to learn. The bible tells in Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”.

I also travelled to Malony last week with the medical team where after ministering the word to the adult patients, I called the children aside and it is kind we had another wonderful service. I shared the word from Genesis about creation and fall of man. We then prayed together and had a couple of songs. The kids were very excited and kept telling me that I should do the same next time I visit.

Pastor Kibe with Kids at Maloney Outreach

I also visited the head teacher to the local primary school, which has a population of 97 pupils. I shared with him our idea of showing the Jesus film to the pupils in school and requested Him for permission to do so. He was okay with it and promised us that when they begin the feeding programme sometime later in April we are welcome to go and minister to the pupils as well as show the Jesus film. This we feel is a breakthrough worth praising God for.

These are part of the effort we are making to make the gospel get to the children, and have them won for Christ. Statistics show that about 85% of Christians give their lives to Christ when they are still children.

Prayer Points

Pray that we shall have breakthroughs in many other schools to air the Jesus film and share the gospel regularly.
Pray for our Sunday school that we shall have enough teachers and helpers.
Pray that these kids shall make their personal choices to follow Christ.

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Update from Pastor Kibe

March 1, 2013 Tyler Paulson

Demonstration

Even in the most desperate situation, we try to share the gospel. This is exactly true at the In Deed and Truth Ministries clinic. Of course the patients come here with an aim of getting treatment. We seize the opportunity and share the gospel. Such happened yesterday Pastor Judah (who happens to be my translator most of the time) and I did a demonstration of how sin has a grip on us as human beings – we were using the verse in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” We called one of the guys, used a string to tie his hands and feet and passed the string around his neck. I asked him to untie himself and he couldn’t. I called one of the health workers(Joseph) to untie him as i explained that such is what Jesus did for us when he died at the cross. We also quoted from Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is everlasting life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” We assured them that if the call upon the Name of the Lord they shall be saved even as the scripture tells us so. The patients were glad that we shared with them the gospel, and prayed with them. Besides sharing the gospel orally, we also ensure that the patients get a gospel tract written in Dinka. We know it is a challenge for some of them to read such material since they do not know how to. But we hope and pray that they will read this material or get someone to read for them and that the Lord will speak to them.

One of the challenge though is how to reach the men since most of those who come at the clinic are women and children. Pray that the Lord will lead us on how to reach to the men, especially the former SPLA fighters who spend most of their time drinking.

Patients

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Church in Pictures and Pastor Kibe

February 17, 2013 Tyler Paulson 1 Comment

One of our greatest burdens has been for the church we planted in Tonj town. When Sabet is not there we don’t really have an assistant pastor to help us. Because we teach in English with translators we attract an international crowd. Last year we were finally able to move the church off of our compound and into the community which has caused it to grow. Recently our team began praying for a missions minded person with a pastor’s heart to come alongside Sabet in pastoral care of our team and national staff. As we sought the Lord and His will for Tonj we realized the church was also lacking cover when Sabet is not around, even though our team always jump in to help, it can be challenging for them. As we shared the need with fellow missionaries while in Kenya, we were not expecting such a fast response. A missionary friend and pastor of Calvary Chapel Nairobi said he thought a young man in his church fitted exactly what we were looking for. So Kibe has joined our team and today was his first experience in a South Sudanese church. He has ministered in rural and troubled places in Kenya but had never flown or traveled outside of Kenya. The elders prayed for him as we welcomed him into the church and community.

Kibe