Getting on the bus to go for the crusade
Clayton Peel
Zimbabwean Christian journalist
Kofi Wiafe
Ghanian pastor
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Bringing the lost to Jesus
Your
May missions offering is literally bringing the lost to Jesus in Ghana. A bus was purchased for the Healing Jesus Crusade
to ferry people from near and far to hear God's Word.
 
The
bus on its way to a Healing People
arriving at the crusade via Jesus Crusade
one of the bus you supported
Advancing missions in developing nations
In February 2008,
we took up a missions offering to provide scholarship for students of Oxford Centre for Missions Studies (OCMS).
Wonsuk Ma, executive director of OCMS writes:
"We want to
thank the church, Pastor Prince and the Missions Department for the very
generous scholarship gift to three students of OCMS. Here are
short descriptions of the three recipients of the Calvary
scholarship." Clayton Peel
As a
courageous Zimbabwean Christian journalist, he has struggled with the situation
at home. The long-awaited social transformation for Zimbabwe can come as Christians
engages in social issues, but also by empowering overseas Zimbabweans with
missional goals. He was Deputy Editor of The
Chronicles for two years in Zimbabwe.
He attends Oxford
Community Church
which is Pentecostal/Charismatic independent church. Clayton is completing his
PhD degree with us. Clayton
represents what OCMS has tried to establish: the public role of Christian
message. We have had a special emphasis on journalism as it shapes social
culture, and often churches left it in the hand of secular minds, even if
younger Christian generations are heavily affected by such secular social
culture. It is even more troubling that Christians in the journalism industry
do not take it as their Christian missionary call. Clayton is a conscientious
Christian/Pentecostal journalist who can impact his nation and beyond.
Kofi Wiafe
Kofi began
his study with OCMS in June 2008. He well introduces himself in the following
paragraphs:
“Born and bred in a Pentecostal Christian home, I
received the Holy Spirit baptism at age 8 and water baptism in 1982. I have
been involved in rural and urban evangelism since infancy. I trained as a Film
and TV producer at the National Film & TV Institute in Ghana, West Africa
graduating in 1992. I practiced as a media practitioner and had a successful
carrier till I was called into full-time ministry as a Pastor involved in Media
and Mission.
Since year 2001 I have employed TV, radio, drama, documentaries and the press
in Evangelism, church planting and discipleship. Though I live and work in
Ghana my ministry has taken me to difficult environments including Rwanda,
Congo, Congo DR, Burundi, Benin, Burkina faso, Liberia and La Cote D’Ivoire;
some in times of war.
I lecture young pastors and missionaries on gratis in
some bible schools in the area of Theology, Media and Mission where I have the opportunity of
sharing my knowledge, expertise and difficult experiences (including
incarceration because of the Gospel) in an academic environment.
I currently Pastor a congregation of 500 in the poor
suburb of Mataheko in Accra,
Ghana.”
Edward Neil
Benavidez
Neil,
after doing his theological studies, has served as a pastoral staff member for
Precious Cross Christian Church in Pasay,
Metro Manila, where 70% of members belong to urban poor. He says, “We are very
intentional in our discipleship program with our members and aggressive in our
evangelistic efforts to reach out the communities surrounding our church. In
the same way, we are also intentional in helping our members who are poor and
also the poor communities through livelihood programs, skill development and
educational assistance.” The tentative topic of his research is “Transformational Community Development
Models Practices by established (10yrs above) Government, Non-Government, and
Faith based Organizations in the Philippines: A Critical Evaluation.”
He will begin his study from Sept 24, 2008. As he has been working among urban
slum folks, this study will enhance his ministry.
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