Bibles Needed in Malawi

I just received this update from Pastor Yakobe. Please join me in praying for this need to be met. You may read more about this ministry here.
As I continue going around teaching church leaders in various churches, I have seen that many church leaders especially in rural areas have no Bibles and some have with missing pages. Due to their low income (just a dollar or less than dollar per day) it is difficult for them to buy the said Bibles. In some congregations only two or three people have Bibles. To buy a Bible in our local language here in Malawi it is $8 USD. Please pray . . . for these church leaders to get Bibles.
After receiving the training, the church leaders are ready to teach their congregations and also go out and spread the Gospel. Be part of this discipleship and evangelism team by [praying for provision] of the needed Bibles. . . . May God bless you as you pray and think about how you can help to spread the Gospel in Malawi.

Pastor Leonard P. Yakobe

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Some of the church leaders (Pastors, elders, deacons and deaconesses) from various congregations after a refresher course

Praise Report from Malawi!

Praise the Lord! I received this good news from Yakobe this morning!

My wife is responding positively. It was a major surgery and we praise the Lord for His healing. . . . My wife was discharged from the hospital on last Saturday. We will go back for the check-up tomorrow. Thank you very much for your prayers.

Several days ago I posted the message below about the ministry in Malawi led by Leonard Peter Yakobe. More recently I have learned from Yakobe that his wife, Falesi, is in the hospital with severe blood deficiency and has had blood transfusions. The doctors have identified the cause: she has two fibroid (tumors) inside her uterus. They have recommended removal of the uterus. Please join me in praying for this dear brother and sister in Christ.
October 25, 2018
I recently connected with Leonard Peter Yakobe on LinkedIn and he explained his ministry deals not only with false teaching from various churches, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Muslims . . . but also with the lack of Bible commentaries in their local language (Chichewa) to help the people more accurately understand the Bible.
Please join me in praying for this dedicated pastor and his family and ministry. He has been pastor of Evangelical Baptist Church for more than 24 years and also has been the project manager of Emmanuel International Malawi, a leadership training program, for more than 20 years.
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Pastor Yakobe shared this:
Considering that in Malawi we have various false teachings from various churches, Jehova’s witnesses and moslems my role in the last 20 years has been going around and conduct refresher courses with church leaders, teaching them on how they can protect the church from false teachings. [In this photo] are church leaders both men and women after the leadership training (refresher courses).
 
Since most of the church leaders in Malawi do not speak English it pains me to see that they do not benefit from Bible commentaries which are in our libraries across the country since they are all written in English. Upon seeing this, I have established the Project 66 in which I have started writing Bible commentaries in our local language Chichewa starting from the New Testament. Initially, I wanted to translate already existing commentaries but changed my minds and start writing my commentaries with an African context. . . .
 
Please pray for the needed finances which can be used to go around and provide the needed training to church leaders. 
The following was taken from an email Pastor Yakobe sent out to some friends regarding his translation project:
I write to let you know that after praying for sometime and with input from various friends, I have now started writing my own Bible commentaries in Chichewa with an African context. The process and the budget have not changed. . . .
 
I have started with the Gospel of Matthew and will continue up to the Book of Revelation. Before the Gospel of Matthew and after general introduction, there is a word-list of important names and meanings of important words in the Bible.
 
I recognize that content needs to be reviewed as well as grammatical accuracy, so I would need someone to look at content and someone to proofread grammar. I have a team of individuals that will be a part of the process of reviewing my writings. There is a person who is trained in Greek and another who is trained in Hebrew. There are several people with academic theological degrees who would also be part of the team, people with deep understanding of God’s Word. As well, I have included a Chichewa grammar expert. These people together will be reviewing what is written. This team is a part of the on-going process through out.
 
. . . I always appreciate your prayers, please continue to pray for God’s wisdom and guidance.

Please pray for our sister in Malawi

Several days ago I posted the message below about the ministry in Malawi led by Leonard Peter Yakobe. More recently I have learned from Yakobe that his wife, Falesi, is in the hospital with severe blood deficiency and has had blood transfusions. The doctors have identified the cause: she has two fibroid (tumors) inside her uterus. They have recommended removal of the uterus. Please join me in praying for this dear brother and sister in Christ.
October 25, 2018
I recently connected with Leonard Peter Yakobe on LinkedIn and he explained his ministry deals not only with false teaching from various churches, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Muslims . . . but also with the lack of Bible commentaries in their local language (Chichewa) to help the people more accurately understand the Bible.
Please join me in praying for this dedicated pastor and his family and ministry. He has been pastor of Evangelical Baptist Church for more than 24 years and also has been the project manager of Emmanuel International Malawi, a leadership training program, for more than 20 years.
Malawi-Yakobe
Pastor Yakobe shared this:
Considering that in Malawi we have various false teachings from various churches, Jehova’s witnesses and moslems my role in the last 20 years has been going around and conduct refresher courses with church leaders, teaching them on how they can protect the church from false teachings. [In this photo] are church leaders both men and women after the leadership training (refresher courses).
 
Since most of the church leaders in Malawi do not speak English it pains me to see that they do not benefit from Bible commentaries which are in our libraries across the country since they are all written in English. Upon seeing this, I have established the Project 66 in which I have started writing Bible commentaries in our local language Chichewa starting from the New Testament. Initially, I wanted to translate already existing commentaries but changed my minds and start writing my commentaries with an African context. . . .
 
Please pray for the needed finances which can be used to go around and provide the needed training to church leaders. 
The following was taken from an email Pastor Yakobe sent out to some friends regarding his translation project:
I write to let you know that after praying for sometime and with input from various friends, I have now started writing my own Bible commentaries in Chichewa with an African context. The process and the budget have not changed. . . .
 
I have started with the Gospel of Matthew and will continue up to the Book of Revelation. Before the Gospel of Matthew and after general introduction, there is a word-list of important names and meanings of important words in the Bible.
 
I recognize that content needs to be reviewed as well as grammatical accuracy, so I would need someone to look at content and someone to proofread grammar. I have a team of individuals that will be a part of the process of reviewing my writings. There is a person who is trained in Greek and another who is trained in Hebrew. There are several people with academic theological degrees who would also be part of the team, people with deep understanding of God’s Word. As well, I have included a Chichewa grammar expert. These people together will be reviewing what is written. This team is a part of the on-going process through out.
 
. . . I always appreciate your prayers, please continue to pray for God’s wisdom and guidance.

Urgent Prayer Need in Western Kenya

orphans.6I received an urgent prayer request this morning from Pastor Davis Juma in Western Kenya. You may read the original post about his ministry here.  There have been a number of other posts since then. Please pray right now for this urgent need: “Pray . . . that tomorrow I get some rice for the orphans. The stock we had will be completely consumed by evening today.”

Pastor Juma also mentioned this need: “Continue praying for orphan Samantha as she is going on with her grade 12 examination which will run into early December.”

 

Please pray for New Hope Fellowship Church in Kenya

Please join me in praying for Apostle Lucas Obanda, his family, and the New Hope

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Lucas Obanda and his wife Jane

Fellowship Church in Kenya. I hope you will take a few minutes to visit their website to learn more about this wonderful ministry.

Apostle Obanda shared this:

Thank you so much for being a in prayer about the seeds of my ministry work. My ministry is known as New Hope Fellowship church and we are situated in Mumias-Western parts of Kenya in East Africa. . . .

I am currently asking for prayers and support from the brother and Sisters who can stand with us to help support our vision as well as help reach our destiny. We are real struggling a lot to get the ministry running. We have volunteered  doing this work even without proper support. As pastor I have sold almost all my house hold to pay bills and rents as well as to reach the lost souls  in different villages.

Kindly pray with us that God will provide support for the FOLLOWING:

1.Permanent church building.

2. Sound system to help preach in big crowd in crusades.

3.support of orphans and their monthly supplies.

4. support for the school that learns in our church building.

My ministry website is as follows  http://newhopefellowshipchurch.weebly.com/

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Church Building

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Crusade

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Orphans that are supported look like this

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All need clothes, shoes, a home to stay.

Please pray for this ministry in Monrovia, Liberia

William-tengbej-1I was contacted recently by Pastor William Tengbeh, who ministers in Monrovia, Liberia. Please join me in praying for this pastor, his family, and his ministry. Here is his testimony, along with a ministry description and prayer requests.
I was born unto the union of Mr. Saah Tengbeh and Wangoe Tengbeh on August 15, 1963. I am a Liberian, married and blessed with two girls.
I got saved in 1988 while reading one of Rev. Kenneth Copeland’s books, titled “The Integrity of God’s Word.” After nine ( 9 ) years of this experience, the Lord asked me to be trained for His Service. I therefore enrolled at the Liberia Christian College in 1997 and graduated with a BA Degree in 2003.
After my graduation, I served the Abundant Harvest Church in Monrovia as a Pastor from 2004 to 2016. In April, 2017, I started the Congregation of God Community Church in Monrovia. The purpose of this Church is to reach some Gospel-Destitute Communities in Liberia as the Lord directs and provides. I am also running a Bible School
that prepares Church Workers.
Sister Karen, please help us in prayer  for Church Growth and Financial breakthrough.
Please find attached, my photos. I will send you group photos when I return to Monrovia next week. As requested, I will continue to give you Updates about our Church.
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Please pray for this ministry in Malawi

I recently connected with Leonard Peter Yakobe on LinkedIn and he explained his ministry deals not only with false teaching from various churches, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Muslims . . . but also with the lack of Bible commentaries in their local language (Chichewa) to help the people more accurately understand the Bible.
Please join me in praying for this dedicated pastor and his family and ministry. He has been pastor of Evangelical Baptist Church for more than 24 years and also has been the project manager of Emmanuel International Malawi, a leadership training program, for more than 20 years.
Malawi-Yakobe
Pastor Yakobe shared this:
Considering that in Malawi we have various false teachings from various churches, Jehova’s witnesses and moslems my role in the last 20 years has been going around and conduct refresher courses with church leaders, teaching them on how they can protect the church from false teachings. [In this photo] are church leaders both men and women after the leadership training (refresher courses).
 
Since most of the church leaders in Malawi do not speak English it pains me to see that they do not benefit from Bible commentaries which are in our libraries across the country since they are all written in English. Upon seeing this, I have established the Project 66 in which I have started writing Bible commentaries in our local language Chichewa starting from the New Testament. Initially, I wanted to translate already existing commentaries but changed my minds and start writing my commentaries with an African context. . . .
 
Please pray for the needed finances which can be used to go around and provide the needed training to church leaders. 
The following was taken from an email Pastor Yakobe sent out to some friends regarding his translation project:
I write to let you know that after praying for sometime and with input from various friends, I have now started writing my own Bible commentaries in Chichewa with an African context. The process and the budget have not changed. . . .
 
I have started with the Gospel of Matthew and will continue up to the Book of Revelation. Before the Gospel of Matthew and after general introduction, there is a word-list of important names and meanings of important words in the Bible.
 
I recognize that content needs to be reviewed as well as grammatical accuracy, so I would need someone to look at content and someone to proofread grammar. I have a team of individuals that will be a part of the process of reviewing my writings. There is a person who is trained in Greek and another who is trained in Hebrew. There are several people with academic theological degrees who would also be part of the team, people with deep understanding of God’s Word. As well, I have included a Chichewa grammar expert. These people together will be reviewing what is written. This team is a part of the on-going process through out.
 
. . . I always appreciate your prayers, please continue to pray for God’s wisdom and guidance.