Nigeria for Christ

Benson's 4th quarter report

2010-12-23T08:43:00.002-06:00

4^TH (LAST) QUARTER GOSPEL PROGRESS REPORT/REVIEW OF MAJOR EVENTS IN THE GOSPEL FIELD IN YEAR 2010.

4^TH QUARTER FIELD REPORTS, OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2010.

On the 20^th – 23^rd, October, I was at three days gospel meeting by a local congregation in the state. It was a spiritual revival moment to the Christians who attended mostly the host congregation. There was intensive evangelism for the three days both publicly and house to house. However, no immediate baptism.

On the 16^th November, I hosted one day seminar for preachers only. It was an orientation seminar for weak and young preachers to beware of the evil wind of pentecostism blowing across local churches of Christ.

On the 17^th December, I was at the funeral of one of the earliest faithful, sound and powerful gospel preacher in Nigeria. His name is Rufus Akataobi. He was converted and became preacher in the 50s when the gospel newly came into Nigeria. In 1971.

REVIEW OF MAJOR GOSPEL EVENTS IN 2010

I attended five (5) Gospel meetings, with only one Baptism.

Two were baptized into my local congregation here in Amawbia.

I preached at the Gospel Seminars in March and September. The Seminars deliberated on some issues and some Pentecostal methods of worship finding its ugly feet into Church of Christ. The third Seminar was the one I hosted in November.

In June a new congregation started at the new place. Some old members and a congregation beared the cost of the establishment of the new congregation. the new church is faithfully growing both physical and spiritual.

MY GOSPEL PLAN NEXT YEAR 2011

Brethren may I informed you I have much interest to relocate to a new gospel field next year. My interest in this gospel work is to work in a virgin area and start a congregation or work with a small congregation and by God’s grace bring it up. I started with three brethren in Amawbia in 1977. Church of Christ Amawbia is today one of the congregations famous in Anambra State. Over thirty (30) congregations in Anambra State today, I was in the fore front of their establishment. God bears me witness.

I hope your support will be of immense help to me in the new field next year. About the mega phone it’s now bad. Sister Dorris bought it for me many years ago. Please may you help me to replace it. The cost has risen up to 500dollars. I hope individual brethren I earlier pleaded will assist me to replace this mega phone for my mobile evangelism.

Yours In His Services

Benson A. Onwuchuruba

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2010-12-23T08:42:00.002-06:00

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October Report for Ebere Ezurike

2010-12-14T21:29:00.002-06:00

OCTOBER REPORT

Relative peace has return to Aba area of Abia State Nigeria. The presence of Nigerian Soldiers is seen in most parts of the town. Thou from time to time the kidnapers do carryout their activities mostly in the rural areas.

We went for evangelism/lectureship at the village called Obegu. It was a very interested outing in a more relaxed atmosphere, brethren came in their numbers to preach and learn the word of God.

My teaching program for our congregation and the Umuobaghi congregation remain the same. Our congregation is enjoying good fellowship. The men, the women, the youth and the children are all being taken care of with the life changing word of God.

My wife and kids that ran to my village (Umueze 1, Ehime Mbano Imo State) during the time of crisis here last September returned with the good news of the progress being made on the church building. We remain grateful to you the American Christians who are helping us in this project.

The preachers on training (eleven of them) who went for practical field work have returned. God blessed their outing with then baptisms and eight restorations. I am glad to be part of this work.

The raining season is ending, and brethren have planed many activities to round up this year, I have so many assignments in lectureships, seminars, burials, and evangelism.

Continue to prayer for us so that full peace and order will return to our community and our State (Abia State).

I remain grateful to you for your support.

Ever yours in Him

Ebere Ezurike

2nd Quarter Work Report for Amos Udo

2010-07-16T08:50:00.000-05:00

Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord. I hope this report finds you all is steadfastness before the Lord.

This quarter is the most interesting time many of the Church activities are married by heavy rainfall. The roads are flooded and at times impassable.

At Eka Obong, the little hut made inside the unroofed Church building was blown off by windstorm on the 10th of July, 2010 when we were on a Gospel meeting.

There was a stampede and the meeting ended halfway. Bibles and other materials soaked completely by the rain. The brethrens were beaten seriously by the torrential rainfall that accompanied the windstorm. To God be the glory no life was lost.

Many of our outdoors activities are often disrupted by the rain. However, we still conduct house to house preaching at least once in a week. I still renew my earlier appeal to you for assistance as regards roofing the Church building.

The Church have tried but due high cost of roofing materials, they can not roof it by now. I was ashamed on that day and the leaders of the Church want me to appeal to you to assist them with whatever amount that you have to enable them roof the building as you promise them.

Yours in his service

Amos Udo

Benson O's Jan-Mar 2010 Report

2010-05-12T14:58:00.000-05:00

I Preached at three gospel meetings in the quarter. One of meeting in February was by bro. Herbert and others in Enugu State. It was at that meeting I received from bro. Herbert your 1^st half year support to me. One was baptized during the evangelism.

In March 11-13,some brethren from Abia, Anambra and Imo states, under “South” East preachers/leaders forum organized three days seminar.

I delivered lesson on “Church cooperation. I also answered questions based on my stand on dancing as I stated in my book “Rejoinder to the views on dancing” which I published in May 2009; which I sent copies to you brethren there through sister Dorris visit last year. Most of the preachers at the seminar were in support of my stand on dancing. One preacher said it amounts to hypocrisy for Christians to dance at social functions while we do not dance in the church. Another preacher remarked , that dancing dose not portray Christian holiness. This is the much that transpired in the quarter under review.

Thank you so much for the gospel support to me..

May continue to lead us to success in our labor in his kingdom.

Yours

Evar in his service

Benson A Onwuchuruba

April Fundraising

2010-04-19T11:46:00.000-05:00

Hello all!

I traveled down to Bradford, AR to visit with the Crossroads church of Christ - some very beloved people to me. They have been supporting the work in Nigeria for a few years and were wanting a new update. I was happy to oblige.

After preaching at Gainesville Sunday AM, we left for Bradford. When we arrived at the church building, I got out of the van to a loud 'whiss' sound. One of my tires was completely bad and going flat! Eugene McCall and I changed the tire and found the other back tire was bad as well. It made for a VERY slow trip home!!

The congregation was wonderful and it was good to see them. They had recently given their entire contribution the previous week to the work. They surely are fantastic folks.

I told them that I will not be going to Nigeria this year. This is due to security issues in my travel. I do plan on returning next year when the airport at Enugu is reopened.

The opportunity to go to Tanzania and/or Ghana has opened up and I am prayerfully considering those trips.

Continue to pray for the work!

Chad

2009 Nigeria for Christ Trip

2009-09-13T23:42:00.000-05:00

Our trip to Nigeria was successul. We had several Bible studies, baptisms, and restorations! Our team spoke on an almost daily basis either in public or house to house!

The first graduation ceremony at CSMT was a success and I am glad to have been a part of it.

More information will be available soon.

Chad

Nigeria for Christ in 2009!

2009-02-14T12:27:00.000-06:00

Our trip to Nigeria will be from May 14 - June 2. We will depart from Memphis, TN on May 14 and arrive in Nigeria late may 15 and will spend the night in Lagos. The next morning, we will take a domestic flight to Enugu and then drive to Abakaliki, which is about an hour drive. Our preacher school is in Abakaliki where we will stay for the 16th and 17th.

We will worship with the church at the school on the 17th (or worship with the church at Garkiki or Ihe).

On the 18th, we will move south to visit with local preachers like Benson, Patrick, Amos, and others. We will be doing World Bible School seminars, Gospel Meetings, one-on-one Bible studies, and visiting with the local congregations. We will also be taking a good look at the local preachers to get to know them and their families and their work.

We will return to Abakaliki on the 28th to visit with the school, go to Enugu, Ihe, Garkiki, and other places in that area. On May 30, we will be present for the first graduating class of our preacher school in Nigeria (really excited about that!)

We will worship with the church at the school one last time and then move on June 1 to Enugu, fly to Lagos, and then return to US on June 2.

Welcome to Nigeria for Christ!

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Hello all! Welcome to our Nigeria for Christ blog. This blog will help to keep everyone informed as to what is going on in our mission efforts in Nigeria, West Africa. If you ever have any questions, please let us know!

Also, we are going to Nigeria in May 14-June 2

Thanks,
Chad