CRC of Sierra Leone Mission Update

The following is from Rev. John Phiri's November Mission Update:

Thank God for His mercies that endure forever. The churches generally are struggling towards the right direction.

The Kabala church, which is a pilot congregation, is making headway in getting organized administratively. We recently had our first elders council meeting, which was well attended. We now have an executive committee working in addition to the council of elders. We have paid for the land where we want to start building a church.

Shekoya has also started preparing the land for a church building and gathering local building materials. We hope that this time around Shekoya will finish their project.

In Mamburia, a village on the way to Kasafuni, we had six convents from Islam and hunters secret society. There was a man believed to be the oldest in the chiefdom, and he became a Christian. Before then he had belonged to a secret society of the hunters. When he died, the hunters insisted that they wanted to bury him as per their tradition. The church refused to enter into a confrontation and allowed the hunters to
perform their rituals. During the memorial service, the hunters apologized to the church and asked us to conduct the memorial service. We gladly did so, and six people indicated that they are now Christians.

The two men we have sent to the Theological Hall have started witnessing, and have the intention of starting a congregation in Freetown. House fellowships have started and we pray that the Lord will bring many to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

I hope to raise Kabala church to a level where the other congregations will learn from it and that Kabala members will help to groom the village churches. I always pray that the churches will stand the testing times in which we are living.

Reverend John Phiri