Dear Robert,
I am so glad to seize this opportunity and talk to you again. how are you doing now? are you still pushing to South Africa? If so then,God will bring you safely. For me am so well, Am doing the work of God and is openly showing me his great hand being with me on his work.I would be like to let you know every thing to the ministry of God I am serving in, but for problem of limited resources,I just using the little minutes on the net which can’t allow me to talk more.

Yesterday 20th july 2010 at 05:30pm, I was preaching the gosple in the church called VICTORY MISSION CHURCH at KABUGA , but the moments was so wonderful! many people have got deliverance while I was preaching on THE POWER OF PRAYERS.
when I was coming buck to Kigali ( becaose i was preaching in citysurberbs) I Also preached in the bus and man saved and confess,the 2nd great thing is that the person told me that he had been an OPIUM smoker for more than his ten yaers,but he disided to turn to Jesus!

God bless you. Bro Amos

07-19-10 Bro Eliezer inquires about Romans 11

Hello sir, (Shalom aleikum) from the last lesson.
I just watched an interview on daystar with someone called Bob Mendelsohn and he has an awesome testimony. It is wonderful how the power of the gospel is able to change lives and bring salvation. I think u should check out his website .
I want to note that he talked about Rom 11 as an evident sign of the end times I would like to know about your thoughts on that.
We are growing in the Lord and now we are going to do our first outreach as a Youth ministry this weekend, I will send u a report after it is done. Meanwhile pray for more labourers and more souls to be won. Looking forward to hearing from
U sir. God richly bless you.
Bro Eliezer

07-19-10 Bro Daniel from Abidjan Cote’Voire FBF asks for mission in September,

dear rev robert ephrata
i am writing from abidjan and concerning i received from you. i just want to enquire on september propragram.if you are still coming let know.so that i can prepare myself not to travel and make awarenees.before your coming.
pasteur daniel.

07-18-10 Bro Prasanna from East India FBF writes in,

DEAREST BELOVED PASTOR .ROBERT AND NEAREST BELOVED FAMILY,

Greetings to you in the holy name of our lord Jesus. How are you Dear PASTOR.ROBERT EPHRATA and Near Beloved Spiritual family? How is your health? We have been praying for you, your health and your family. Thank you very much for your holy prayer and love on us. We love you and we miss you.

Here God is keeping us busy in His ministry and expanding kingdom of God where it is not reached. New places we stated new churches, night prayer meetings, whole night fasting prayer meetings and new areas we are reaching. Thank you very much for your Holy prayer for us. These all things are done because of God’s Grace and your Holy prayer and support only

Today we had wonderful service in our church and we spend much time in prayer and worship. We prayed for you, your health and family. please church need your support to the poor widows , orphens children our leper brothers and sisters . All poor widows, orphan children, lepers brothers, churches, believers and family convey their prayers, love and big hugs to you, your family and church.

YOU ARE IN OUR HEARTS AND DAILY PRAYERS.

Your brother in Jesus.

Pastor.Prasanna and Family

07-15-10 Bro Michael from Geita FBF receives FBF Team

To my dear father Robert

Praise the lord

Dear father thank you very much for your loving email, I thank god to get you, because you’re very kind to us. God bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!

To day I just want to inform you that PASTOR JAMES and his father BISHOP AMBROSE from Kisumo Kenya were here for four days preaching the word of God .now they have already back to KENYA.GROLY TO GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Father when will you come to GEITA, it could be good to know the month so that we can start to make an arrangement and the timetable.

Father I m very happy to hear that you have started new F.B.F AT Cape Town

GOD BLESS YOU!!!You have good vision on expanding the kingdom of god. BE BLESSED!!!!

BE BLESSED FATHER, GREET ALL THE SERVANTS OVER THERE.

Yours truly,

Pastor Michael E

07-14-10 Bro James FBF Attaché writes in for the mission Team he is leading… please keep them in prayer!

Dear Brother ROBERT,
Please thank you so much for you all the informations i have received from you. Lots of emails sorry haven’t checked since my jouney started right back in nakuru and nairobi when yu rung me. So has been busy and exciting news my father caught fire and joins me for Tanzania and Zanzibar till tis weeked when i will proceed to malawi and Zambia for the declaration of the kingdom and meeting some church leaders there. Please will let you know more of the further trip and the iternary thank you.
Brother James.

07-10-10 Bro Amos writes in

Dear Bro Robert,
am so glad to greet you in the name of our lord Jesus, it’ve been long time without talking together. How are you dopng there? I hope that the work of God going well as long as we still having Gog besides us, fear not. Let me take this oppoetunity to let you know that you’ve become great Blessing and preavilage to me and to my country in general.
Forsure I ‘ve been among of the devoted christians since I got saved,but I started to make people to God more seriousily after meet with you. You seems as if you became a SPIRITUAL CATALYST for the evangelism. Now I started to make evangelism on the streets and I use to buy BUS tickets so that I can preache the Gosple to the passangers and God had really changed his people whereby after preaching the passanger continue to tell me that “GOD BLESS YOU” and others get saved immediately.I thank God for that and Am waiting more than that one .Continue pray for me so that God could empowering me moe as grace it is. Thank you so much my beloved Father and Bro In Christ.
I am still loving you.   Bro Amos

GOMA (NORTH KIVU) MISSION REPORT

The ship departed at 7:30 AM and within six and half hours we were in Goma town. The pastor’s vehicle was having a breakdown, so I used public transport means to get to the church venue. I was hosted in the pastor’s house and I got integrated very quickly. The pastor’s wife and children were loving and very kind to me. The shared the below message with the saints in Thursday overnight meeting and Sunday meeting and we were all blessed.

Message theme: “GREAT THINGS OF THE OTHER SIDE”

Luke 8: 19-21: “Jesus is preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God and His relatives (mother and siblings) come to see Him. Jesus knew that His mission was more than just to familiarizing with His relatives, something which is naturally ordinary but He focused upon the extraordinary; - that is to reach out people beyond His family sphere and make them part of the big family of God.

As our Lord Jesus, we must realize the ordinary in our comfort zone and aim for the extraordinary. God intention for us is to see us excel from glory to glory through the power of the Holy Spirit – 2 Cor. 3:18. He wants us to increase in all things: knowledge of the truth, anointing, wisdom, favor with God and man, good works, prosperity, etc. If you do the same things now and then, obviously you will have the same result. However, when you do a new thing you will certainly obtain a different result and this is applies in all sectors of life.

Luke 8:22 and Mark 4:35: “Jesus makes up His mind to go to the other side of the lake”

He envisioned to exploring the other side. Identifying the ordinaries in your sphere will give you VISION for the extraordinary and the means of transport to the extraordinary is FAITH. It is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.

Mark 4: 36-38, “Jesus and His disciples entered the boat and sailed off but in the course of their journey a great windstorm arose and the waves beat into the boat so that it was already filling”. In your journey to the extraordinary at every level you will face waves, pressure which will oppose you but you must be assured of 2 important things:

1. Jesus is in your boat: your faith must be only in Jesus Christ our Lord. You must keep your focus upon Him rather than on the waves.

2. You must increase the pressure inside of you so that it becomes equal or greater than the pressure from outside. The inward man should be constantly and daily renewed; 2 Cor. 4:16.

At every level in every sector of life there is pressure. E.g. when you are jobless you undergo joblessness pressure but when you get employed you obviously start facing the pressure in your work environment. You must increase the pressure within to face the pressure outside.

Mark 4:39: “The apostles called upon Jesus and woke up and rebuked the wind and commanded the sea to be calm”.

As you continue CALLING UPON GOD, He will “wake up” even though He does not slumber or sleep. He will come for your help and perform miracles. He will make your journey to the extraordinary smooth. Submit yourself unto God, resist the devil and he will flee from you – James 4:7.

Mark 5:1-19: “Jesus comes to the other side of the lake, meets the demon possessed man, cast out demons out of him and he got totally delivered”.

In verse 19, the delivered man desired to follow Jesus but He refused him and told him to go home and tell people what GREAT THINGS God has done for him.

When the extraordinary is done, it is marvelous, worthy to tell all people and it glorifies God.

Bro Gabby

06-29-10 Bro Peter needs prayer - Bungoma

Prays the Lord Robert,
Sorry i have not been writing to you since we met last.Please i would like to request for prayers,I m a bit frustrated with life here in Bungoma,i was working as a Matatu driver and now i lost my job and my family was relaying to me even my wife was in Collage and now she is at home because of fees, please pray for me so that may GOD of mercy open the ways for my wife and get back to school again.
Peter and the family.

Dear Brother,

Hello. We are doing well in the Lord as we see Him continually lighting
the FBF last February Revival fire!

For the church building, we are grateful for your assistance. We spent
670$ for just putting up the structural frame; we need to roof and
plank walls. Members contributed 470 $ of the 670 $ and last Sunday
they contributed 35 iron sheets of the 90 needed. We still need your
prayers, and any other contribution available. One iron sheet is 10$.
We need 220 planks for the whole building. One planks costs 5$.

As for the monthly evangelism campaign, in May it was held in Bujovu
Quarter, 90 people gave their lives to Christ. We held door to door
outreach 2 by 2 teams, just as Jesus did. This was climaxed with a
three days Open Air crusade.
People have enjoyed this Christian life experience. It is now our
church members’ hobby… and passion!

We are praying for your trip plan to South Africa, from South Africa to DRC.

May God bless you.

Bro Didi

06-14-10 Bro Isaac encourages, appreciates the feeding and teaching of the FBF Pastoral Letter

hi dad ROBERT
WE THANK for great work you are doing in africa continant and all over the world we are praying for FBF MISSION especial me through your teaching my dad you make me now to grow in spirit! we love you so much. may the lord be with dad the good that lord give you spread his word many nations may the lord sustain ,protect, and keep you

yours isaac and eunice khaemba

06-13-10 West Africa Regional - Bro David/ school preaching/ Introduces FBF to missionary from Europe!

WE WENT ON MISSION WE INTRODUCE THE MISSIONARY FROM EUROPE TO WHAT FBF IS DOING AND HE WAS HAPPY TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH US.

I5 PUPILS GIVE THEIR LIFE TO CHRIST ON 9TH ,JUNE LAST WEDNESDAY.
.I WILL FORWARD THE PICTURES TO YOU NOW FROM HIS CAMERA NOW.
*I COULD NOT SEE THE PICTURES ON THE PL PROPERLY BECAUSE MY LAP TOP SCREEN HAS PROBLEM.
BUT THE MISSIONARY HAS GIVEN ME $100 TO REPAIR IT.HE LEFT ON FRIDAY EUROPE.

Thank you so much and am glad being able to hear from you and all that our great Lord is doing in love.It humbles me a lot every moment i hear of God’s faithfulness and am encouraged that He is with us and always concerned. Kindly brethrens be assured of my prayers. We are doing good sowing especially with house to house family meetings and interceeding for the nation and for a peaceful refurendum. my happiness i that God is working it in His own way. Do keep us in prayers all through and as from 12th August2010,i will be free and i can join any of the missions.Thank you very much and may the almighty increase and bless you. shalom. Bondo-Usenge

06-09 Cyclone Leila hits East India - Report of devastation from FBF India

Our beloved and blessed missionary,

Greetings in Jesus Name! Natural disaster once again brought tragedy in to the lives of the people. I am trying to send this message since 3 days but no luck because we do not have electricity. And from 2 days, I was stucked in the relief camps helping the people to save them from this disaster. The Government has given a name to the cyclone, that is “Leila”, the name is good but the cyclone action is very bad. Nearly 6,000 houses were bloom off in the water, nearly 30,000 people were sent to safe areas and to the relief camps. No food to eat, no clean water to drink. All the agricultural lands became mud, nothing to save. Few days back there were no water to drink, but today this rainy water is not safe to drink. This cyclone left tears to the farmers. I do not know what to express but I request your valuable prayers to save these lives of the poor people and build faith in their lives. Attaching are pictures below. Please pray for us and for our services among the poor people. God bless you!

Here are pictures of continues episode of the Laila cyclone. Our teams are working along with food packets and water packets for the suffering people in different villages. While going on the motor cycle, our camera fell in the cyclone mud water. Shortly we will send you pictures of our team activities. Please continue to pray for us and for our services among the poor and suffering people. We do pray for you. God bless you!

Yours in His service, Pst Prasanna FBF India

06-08 Pastor Isaac is needing a milk cow for their orphanage…

Thank you very much dad Robert for your message, with prayers God will open ways, My aim of getting a milk cow was aimed at helping the needy children in the church to get milk because buying milk every morning and in evening is difficult to me because my source of income is not good to sustain these children and the widows that depend on me. So getting an Exotic Cow that has some good milk production will be a boost to my church. Such a cow produces alot of milk and this will help this children of God. So I will be praying for you and the power that God has commissioned you to do, he will continue directing you through the Holy Spirit top support where you are able. dad Gods blessings be on your missionary Work. teachings all over the world. we love so much let us wait on July we are praying for so much thank for your promise to us let us be patience .

Yours Pastor Isaac Khaemba

06-07 Bro Wachana of E Uganda FBF asks prayer after 3 hurt in car wreck returning from mission!

Its true that you called me and my phone got lost we had when we had gone to Gulu for Evangelism. We got an accident on a motorcycle and I even lost my tooth and Brother Nicklas Simba or Lion got injuries in the chest and he is still admmited in the Hospital.
Brother concerningpersistentof the Gospel of Jesus, We have accepted to spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in season and out of season, we do pray for you as our FBF founder God to provide before you because it is not easy work.Very soon iam going to buy another phone as while as we preach the word of God    IN CHRIST    BRO WACHANA

06-01-10 Bro Wachana E Uganda co-ordinator gives an update… from Timor.
Special thanks go to Brother Robert Ephrata who has endeavored to labour for FBF sons of thurder particularly vision to move to Uganda and other six nations, and successfully he completed his mission’s target. May God richly bless you.

FBF Uganda were focusig on East Timor, my humble appeal to all FBF sons of thurder/saints and other leaders is that let us join our hads together so that each of us takes part in either sending, praying or giving to missions or both.

God has given us new ground in Baduro village (East Timor), protected our FBF sons of thurder teams and assured us in Matthew 28:20b that He will be with us always o the very end of the edge. And also in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10. The Bible says “that when we are united, it is better than a person standing alone, for if one falls down, his friends can help him/her up”

Brother Robert Ehrata as you had requested for the postal code Uganda has no postal code but if you want to know more about it you can use www.ugapost.co.ug we have only address which is 71 Busia Uganda. i had a friend but he gave me this one 256*50405 that it could also work but first try on it and see. About the bull hon you told me to write to Brother James through his email requesting the bull horn i wrote but he has not yet responded, since you were in Uganda in our FBF church Muwayo church members increased from 80 and they are about 140 so we want some equipments and that second bull horn. And we request that if God wishes we welcome you to Uganda again the saints are eager to meet you. Please if there is any means, try to remind Brother James Samo may be he forgot but we are badly off with the equipments. We shifted from the house we were renting and we are praying from the grass thatched hut because of the increased number of the saints.

May God bless you i remain yours Wachana Bonventry FBF co-dinator Uganda

05-30-10 Bro Wilson asks for prayer for the Juba Conference in Sudan

Dear brother Ephrata.
I thank God for this opportunity because I have received an invitation from brothers in Sudan I have to inform you as my spiritual brother we shall be having a seminar and out reaching of proclaiming the gospel in Juba city in Sudan I need your prayer and support if possible the seminar starts on 29th of june 4th of july. be blessed.

yours in Christ bro Wilson.

05-18-10 Rwanda FBF write in concerning fruit… and desire for another mission there.

Dear Robert

Praise the Lord we still love you Robert How are the old pa and ma` tell we love to see them. So with church we are fine . when you come back to Rwanda we need to put the office concerning your ministry so that people may understand it. we have street children now in the church. those are your fruits. so fear not the one who called has to meet all burdens. Just trust him for everything.

in his own time God will meet your needs,

but no shoes  (:>

with Love from Agnes

05-06-10 Bro Harrision/ FBF NorthWestern Kenya appreciates his new bike!

Dear brother Robert ,
How are you ? here we are fine in the name of our Lord Jesus christ for the last two weeks I was sick concerning malaria but now am okay in the Lord .Thank you for the message you send to me ,thank you for the work that the Lord is working with you all over the world .
The money which you send to brother Ben for the buying of the bicycle I have received ksh 7000 and I appreciate am going to use for the glory of God for the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus christ ,it is time for the world to receive the gospel because it is the last days ,it is the Lord who has planted in you this vision keep on praying for us beause in our country now we are experiencing hard time for making a new constitution and we have much tention and we believe the Lord is going to save the situation mostly concerning Islamic law it is causing the problem ,the four group were preaching in various market place are still commited am working together with them .
Thank you very much ,may God bless you
yours Bishop Harison

05-05-10 Bro Didi / Central Africa FBF Regional writes in on converts, and church building blown down by wind!

Dear Brother,

Glory be to Jesus!

We are still pushing on with Jesus as we see Him using us to spread the Kingdom Gospel.
Last month, from 26th April to 2nd May, we had a fruitful week in the Kingdom. 52 people made their way into the Kingdom, as we went out for preaching. Glory be to Jesus!

We have halfly cemented the church structure. You can remember how rocky it was. Next time you will find much change. It is because my computer is having a little problem I would have sent to you pictures.

Meanwhile, we are experiencing so much trials that we need really assistance.

After my wife’s sickness, it was the church structure in Bujovu that we had recently put up, just after you leaving Congo, which was destroyed by the violent wind as I told you. We really need to set it up again, especially, since it is a newly planted church with new converts from the roman catholic church. The Ennemy can profit to discourage them. So, we need assistance from FBF brothers; both spiritual and financial. We need 2,000.00 USD to see it re-set up.

Pray with us us.

Bro Didi
FBF Coordinator, Central Africa

05-03-10 FBF Pastor gets gouged by bull! Shares preaching schedule… and needs…

Dear Brother Robert,
Thank you brother for your SMS which I received on 19th April 2010 at 7:42 am East African time.I am sorry to delay to call you back because one I was down nursing from wound I sustained when my cow gorged me down,second was that I had no number of your phone.I just got it from Brother Ben on 27th April 2010.i had no money to call but after going to Nakuru on 28-30 April 2010 where I had two open air meeting where six men came to Jesus,today I found a precious time to write you.
Although I am fine bu5 the Doctor has advised me to rest for six weeks.Please pray for me as I am planning to go to Nairobi and Limuru for another outreach.
God bless.
Amukowa

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Subject: Re: JUNE/JULY EVENTS

DEar Bro.Robert,
Praise the Lord.I has been a long period since I wrote you last.Otherwise the Lord has been faithful in our ministry and also in FBF outreaches.The following is how I travelled and reached these areas.
JUNE 8 Lushea market in Mumias
22 Busikaira market Mumias
27 Shimanyiro Kakamega
JULY 14 Napitet Turkana(Lodwar)
16 Nawoitorong’ ”
20 Karamkemer ”

In the long events,I prayed for the Lord to get me the bus fare from my residence in Bungoma.It has been so tough as you see this time Kenya is facing a devastated financial reiod.I usually raise my funds i through love offering and well wishers to manage these travelings.It is my prayer that the Lord is opening the heart of many friends who have declared to support this course.I still have a problem of using the mouth to shout Jesus to people.
Requests.
1.Pray for my goal to reac people in Marakwet,Rumuruti,North Eastern province where Islam is at evpanse.
2.Bull horn
3.Pocket Bible
3.FBF banners
4.Digital camera that will help to get photos to show what is occuring on the ground.
God bless you and long life FBF.
Bishop O A

04-28-10 Young woman in Cape Town Fellowship dies! Please pray for her family.
Greetings Brother Robert!
There is a change in our plans in regards to this coming weekend. Bro Ivan and I planned to go to a town called Clanwilliam this coming weekend to preach at a festival there. However, this past Saturday, after I returned from the Mall where I talked to you on Skype, I received a call from bro Ivan telling me that a young woman, who was part of our fellowship, died at 7 pm, Saturday-evening. She was born with heart- and kidney-problems. A few months ago she got right with God (just in time!) and started to attend our meetings regularly. She was taken up into hospital a few weeks ago and even had a heart-operation recently. Her situation grew worse after the operation and the doctors told her parents that there is nothing they can do to save her. The machines were switched off on Saturday-afternoon at 5pm and she then died 2 hours later. Bro Ivan and I will most probably attend her funeral this coming weekend. We are not sure yet when exactly the funeral will take place … whether it will be on Saturday or on Sunday. We will know the exact time of the funeral this coming Friday. The parents of the lady asked bro Ivan to bring a message at the funeral.

Please keep the Fellowship in your prayers… Thank you.

Bro Renier / FBF Centre Cape Town

04-22-10 Bro Moses, a good disciple now for 4 years in W Kenya

Praise the Lord
Its a great blessing to hear from you, Thank you for prayer and encouraging me to continue being a witness for Christ! I would wish you to know that i did not fail to come to meet you because i did not want to when we meet one day i will be able to explain myself.
I request for your prayers from this May i will be going out for my internship my prayer is that God will us me and my team for his glory. Lets keep praying for one another! SHALOM.
Moses.

Dear Bro Robert,

Good to hear this FBF policy. That’s how the Kingdom Affairs are run, just like Jesus. Amen.

It sad on our side to let you know that yesterday our Bujovu Church structure that was recently put up, just after your visit, was completely destroyed by a strong violent wind. This church structure was serving for church services, bible studies meetings and the Widows and Orphans Care Center. Pacificwith another sister were injured. So, we are calling for assistance from brethren to put it up again, and have the brothers treated.

Didi

04-20-10 Testimony and Zeal of Bro Felix from Kampala & Central Africa ministries FBF

Dear brother in Christ, Robert.

I count joy to have you among the serious Saints who are determined to suffer for the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am very much aware that the evangelical work on African Continent is difficult in most of the parts due to different problems facing our Nations.

Therefore ,when I hear someone ready with a Vision for our people, I feel and witness the Love of Christ fully involved and I bless the name of the Lord.

I believe that together we can do something in East and Central Africa especially with my past life whereby I lived in Rwanda for 1 year, Burundi 3 years Democratic Republic of Congo 14 years. I was able to learn Kinyarwand, Kirundi, Swahili and French ,languages I can easily speak and interpret.

I have been with Vision do do some work in these Countries, but since our Ministry is still young I thought it better to wait and consolidate on this before moving. It could also need resources to do the same.

Let us continue praying and trusting both God and ourselves that we shall serve Him with all our energy and resources.

Share with me Exodus 14:14.

My wife send greetings and our Church will be glad to see you share with them at our place at His right timing.

You brother in Christ,
Felix

TESTIMONY:
I was born 1956 ,20th July from western Uganda and I am a Ugandan. Did primary to high school in Uganda . In 1981 became political refuge in Rwanda,Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. When in Congo changed from Roman Catholics to United Methodist Church ( 1989)and became a Missionary under General Board of Global Ministries NY, as Hospital manager.

From 1992 I served as Hospital Chaplin.
1993 dealt with refuges from Brundi and Rwanda , working for UMCOR, ( United Methodist Committee on Relief) and UNHCR in charge of Missionary volunteers, medicines and food supplies to refugecamps.

In 1996, left Congo because of war to overthrow Mobotu and returned to Uganda with only my wife and 3 young children but no property.
1999 establish a Methodist Church in Kampala Uganda and being the first in the City.
In 2000- 200 with my wife joined Bible college at Glad Tidings Bible College Kampala and awarded with Diploma in Theology.

In 2003 The lord told me to resign from this United Methodist Church which had many administrative problems and started a Pentecostal Church called GLORY TO GLORY GOSPEL MINISTRIES-KAMPALA.
Inthe same year the Lord helped me from friends in the US to build an Elementary school now with 500 students and I am the Director.
We are praying hard to build a High School so that we can continue to nurture the students with Chritian doctrine.

In 2007 friends from TX helped us to open a Bible school called International School Of Ministry and I was appointed the Director. We award cerificates and Diplomas after 1 and 2 years

The Church has 40 acres of land through sponsors from NC and and this is where we intend to build the High school, an Orphanage and hospital.
They bought me a small 4 wheel driver car for Ministry work.
We need sponsors to develop the land for the needy people and the whole community.

I am married to Teopista 48 , a Ugandan , Teacher in our school and head of women in the church and both of us are ordained Ministers. We have 5 childern , 3 girls 2 boys and girls come first, born from 1992 to 2001 and all in School from secondary Primary 2 up to High School. The elder girl will join University next year.

I became born Again in 1993 while in Congo and at the same time got envolved in work with a Ministry called Spiritual warfare and Delivrance while with United Methodist Church.

My mother died 1977 and father 2004. I have 4 brothers and 3 sisters all married.

Our first born died of aids in 2000 and left 3 children of which 2 are still under our care, one boy will join University nexyt year and already has a call for Ministry. I wish he could get possibility for good divinity institution.

Be free to ask me any question that you have at heart for our better future relationship.

The Lord has a divine purpose of bringing you unto my life.

We love you in His name Jesus Christ. We have a big prayer team of Pastors and we shall pray for you and Ministry

Grace , peace and love to your family.

Convey my greetings to all the friends and let them be our brothers and sisters for the extension of His kingdom.

Pastor Felix

04-15-10 Bro Julius from East Uganda FBF writes in for prayer for New Mission in progress!

Thank you for spending time with us in Uganda Brother Robert we thank you very much for the gift of a bull horn and banner you gave us plus the gosple of encouraging us. we thank God for the ministry of FBF and our Director that God gave Brother Wachana with his team which evangelise the gospel in Uganda. Brother Robert pray very much for our Director because they are in Northern Uganda where there are rebels who killed many people but they are in refugee camps preaching the gospel. Director and his team they are in a big problem of transport they stay on the road for so long to reach where the refugee camps are since bicycles. Director has many orphans and there is another one who was born without legs and hands so it is very difficult to look after those people because like this one who has no legs and hands his parents were killed by the rebels kony’s group. please if you have some assistance, help or stand with our brother. He has been trustworthy since you saw his home there are many visitors who come to his place all the time. why is our Director trustworthy? because we contributed 3.000.000/= but he kept it unil we bought the plot therefore there are many things we have seen him being trustworthy for him and his family.
I remain yours
Brother Julius
North Regional overseer

04-13-10 College student writes in from Nairobi, appreciate last PL

It was great to see what the Lord was able to do during your visit to East Africa.Thank you for your boldness by the help of the Holy Spirit in bringing the word of God to our people.
Am sorry that i was not able to come to meet you as we had thought possible.It was a very busy time for us here at the college.
My prayer is that the fire of the love of Christ in us will continue burning and that it shall be possible for us to meet again.I will keep praying for your ministry involvement this year so pleas keep me up dated.
SHALOM/ Moses

04-12-15 Evangelist Gregory in Nigeria seeks bibles

Dear Faithful Servant of God,

I bring you greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Saviour of
the World.

I am the Founder of the Osanobua Community Church and by the grace of God
we reach out to Precious Souls in the Prisons, Villages and market places
with the saving message of our Lord Jesus Christ and Praise God for what
He is doing because Precious Souls are saved through the Power of our Lord
Jesus Christ. By the grace of God, fifteen Muslims gave their lives to our
Lord Jesus Christ and we are concerned with the Lost Souls and we are
reaching them with message of savlvation. And I believe that we can reach
more Souls together as we work together because collectively we can win
more Souls for God.

I am writing believing that you could help us for 20 Giant Print bibles
and we are having 20 Brothers and Sisters who are now saved and they are
Old and they can only read the Large Character Bibles that is why we are
requesting for Giant Print Bibles for them and they are poor and cannot
afford to buy these Bibles. Me and my wife needs two Study Bibles and if
you can help us we will appreciate but our CONCERN is the Brothers and
Sisters who are aged and do not have Bibles to study the Word of God.

My beloved Brethren, Please continue to pray for the Kids in our Orphanage
home as we bring them up in the ways of the Lord. These Kids are abandoned
by the Parents and the Lord instructed me to bring them in and train them
in His ways and I thank God because these Children are been brought up in
the Way of the Lord.

Evangelist Gregory

04-09-10 Bro Amos appreciates the work and word of FBF…. and the recent mission trip to Rwanda

My Dear Robert,
I have traid to pass through the message you sent to me, showing the great work you have traid to do in defferent African countries. And for sure I consider this as the kind of love you are doing for Africa atlarge and particulary Rwanda. And that is why I do pray for you to have God’s provisions as are written in the book of EPHESIANS 1:15-23

Dear bro,remamber to continue raising our country in God’s hands because we are in a hard time now, where we comemorating and mouning to our relatives who killed during 1994 TUSTI GENOCIDE. God bless you in all.

I LOVE YOU.

AMOS

04-09-10 Bro Joseph of Rwanda FBF Centre confirms that all those saved during the mission stand strong!

Dear Pastor Robert,

praise the Lord. How are you and how is the family. People who got saved through your preaching are strong in the Lord. we thank you for preaching you made under too much sun shine. I have been communicating the FBF to other pastors and they have liked it so much. I hope when you come next time they will be a great move of God .

Your coming in my house has been a blessing. Now I have cemented my small house, when you come back no dust no shoes in. we enjoyed you jokes.

we love you Pastor Robert

We had a nice time!
Brother Joseph and Agnes

Please send me the Word which was written on the banner so that I may interpret them in Kinyarwanda.
God bless you.

04-8-10 Bro Didi FBF Central Africa FBF… wife gets healed, grateful for the ministry!

Dear brother,

I am so pleased to read this email, and recall the great time we had together in Goma, Congo.

I am also gratefull unto the Lord for healing my wife, who is now totally recovering progressively. She wishes she saw you, because she could not have time during your stay in Goma.

I also, by this occasion, send to you the work report and plan for the Central Africa FBF ministry. See file attachment.
Pictures for orphans, widows and the land will be sent afterward.

On the other hand, I wanted to let you know that Brother Pacific has talked with his wife about your concern of having Br Pacific near you in ministry. The wife agreed about that. In case, you are sticking on this and needs Br Pacific to be your assistant in ministry, we also agree about that, and now the process of acquiring a passport and learning English can start now.
We need to have your point of view.

Yours In The Kingdom,

Didi

04-07-10 Bro Abiud growing in the Grace of Christ… ministry taking off!

Praise God my beloved friend, our the distance with you will only sound sweet when we are communicating, there should be something special that the Lord already did in our lives even before we were joined. And if we cant move dipper and understant the buden that the Lord has put ion us, we may be focusing and dealing with only one part of the BODY OF CHRIST and forgeting that we should abide in Him and enjoy His goodness.

WE HAVE SEEN HOW THE MIGHT GOD TOUCHING PEOPLE,HEALING MIRRACLE HAPENING and God being good on our Team. Please stand with us in Prayer as we do the same for you and your country amen.
yours, Abiud/ Bungoma FBF Centre

04-05-10 Bro Levis/ DRC Goma FBF has needs for the many orphans in their care:

Greetings from Levis
I thank for the rapport you send it is the good ony, i send you this photo to so you can look find some suport to them … in time I will send the site for contributors.
I have train some people in the Open Air Proclamation. I will send to you the photo soon.
Rev. Brother Levis

04-05-10 Bro Renier & Bro Ivan report in from the 3 day KKK Fest this past week end

On Good Friday (2 April) bro Ivan and I embarked on the 5 hour-journey to Oudtshoorn at 5am to preach at the KKNK-festival. The festival is an Arts Festival where all the top musicians and entertainers from all over the country gather together to give shows for a week. This was the 3rd time that we’ve preached at this event. This event is one of my favorite events as it is a nice, clean event with families and kids attending it. Because the crowds consist mostly of families, bro Ivan and I thought it appropriate to change gears and to preach a more loving message than we usually preach. We focused much more on the mercy and grace of God this time and the people really LISTENED! We arrived at Oudtshoorn at 10:30am and immediately started to preach. We preached the whole day non-stop until about 5pm. It was a very very hot day and when 5pm came we were totally drained of all our energy. The preach went really well. We stood at a certain bridge where EVERYONE have to cross in order to get inside the festival-area and we reached thousands and thousands of people throughout the course of the day as a result. Many people stood and watched us for a while before walking on. We were given something to drink by other believers on 3 separate occasions. That was really kind of them! The LORD knew that we were really thirsty by then! He knows just how to take care of our needs as we take care of the things of the LORD. One Christian lady even walked up to me and gave me a hug to show her appreciation for us being there. There was a heavy police presence at the event to keep an eye on things and even they stood and listened to our preaching. The LORD enabled us to preach with much freedom all the while we were there. He really gave us a wide, open door! Praise the LORD! This was a real answer to prayer! At one stage a young lady walked up to me and asked me the following question: “I was involved in a satanic ritual called the ‘Oath of blood’. I was told by the satanists that it cannot be broken or reversed. Is it true?” I replied: “No, it’s not true. Remember, that’s what THEY told you, but that’s not what the Bible says. Jesus Christ is able to set EVERYONE free who comes to Him. Jesus Christ is ALMIGHTY and ALL-POWERFUL! There is nothing that HE cannot do! He can break every curse and every bondage. If you truly repent and put your trust in Him for your soul’s salvation, then He will save you and cleanse you and fill you with His Holy Spirit … and then you will be free from every type of bondage!” As I spoke to her I could see that tears welled up in her eyes as she listened with appreciation to this message of hope. After I talked to her I gave her a tract with my email-address on it and told her that she can email me if she like and she said that she will do so. After this conversation I continued to preach. Here is a sample of the message I preached: “Today is Good Friday! I have Good News for you on Good Friday! Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was LOST! Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners! If you consider yourself to be a sinner, then there is HOPE for you! God is so serious about saving your soul that He did not even spare His own Son, but gave Him up to die on a cross for you and for me! So it is also time for you to get serious with God! Go on your knees TODAY and ask the LORD Jesus: ‘LORD Jesus, I am a hell-deserving sinner! Please save me LORD and please forgive me!’ … If you do this, then God WILL hear you, He will save you and He will forgive you! The Bible says ‘Whoever calls on the Name of the Lord WILL BE SAVED! Whoever means ANYONE! No matter what you have done, no matter how far you have fallen … JESUS is able to set you free! Wow! That’s really GOOD NEWS! I cannot think of a better day to get right with God than today … on Good Friday!” Bro Ivan remarked to me afterwards that he could see on the people’s faces that they came under conviction … especially when I preached that part about how serious God is about saving their souls. At one point I was approached by a journalist who took pictures of me and then she asked me whether she could ask me a couple of questions. I agreed and then she asked me for my name. I gave her my name and she continued to ask me: “I know that you are also preaching at Stellenbosch University … have you received a calling to do this or what motivates you to do this?” I replied: “Jesus Christ said that we should go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. This is not my calling or my gift. This is simply my duty as a Christian. It breaks my heart to see sinners streaming into hell. I want people to go to Heaven! I want them to have SALVATION! That’s why I’m willing to come all the way from Cape Town to Oudtshoorn on my own costs.” She continued: “Why do you want to preach here at Oudtshoorn … today? Is it because there might be wrong things happening here or is it simply because there are so many people here today?” I replied: “Everyone knows that on Easter-weekend … Oudtshoorn is the place to be. There are very many people here and so this is the best place to reach the most amount of people at the least amount of time. We want to be as effective as we can in reaching as much people as we can … redeeming the time.” She thanked me after the interview and went her way. I did managed to give her a tract before she went away. Bro Ivan did not preach much on Friday, but he did make up for it on Saturday after a good night’s rest. He was very tired on Friday, but stood right next to me the whole day throughout the heat. I appreciate bro Ivan. He is really a good soldier of Jesus Christ. He is willing to go through ANYTHING for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When 5pm came we were so drained by all the preaching and by the heat that we had no more strength left and went to buy ourselves something to eat before we went back to our car to get some rest. The next day, very early, we walked through the town to get ourselves breakfast. We were stopped on 3 occasions by people who told me how that they saw me preaching the previous day and they were wondering how my voice managed to hold the strain. All of them expressed their appreciation for our presence there and told us to keep up the good work. We again started to preach at 10am. As we walked along the Main Road in between the crowds I overheard one guy saying to his wife: “These 2 guys are just like those clowns at Fantasy Fest with their banners…” I walked up to the man and told him: “Those guys that you saw at Key West are actually my FRIENDS you know!” Bro Ivan preached much more this time around. The good night’s rest did him a lot of good. On Saturday-afternoon we went back to our car to take the 5 hour-journey back home. As we drove out of Oudtshoorn I pulled down the window and did some drive-by preaching too. We arrived at Stellenbosch at 8pm and prayed together to thank the LORD for the VERY profitable and productive mission HE blessed us with. Amen.

04-03-10 Bro Jeevan E. India FBF blesses Resurrection day!

Dear Beloved Family,

“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” Matthew 28:6

May you Walk in the Resurrection Power of the Lord
Today and Always. Indian churches, my family and orphan children and leper brother and aged mothers conveying Happy Resurrection Day!

Pastor.P. Prasanna J

04-02-10 Bro Elie From FBF Burundi… need for banners

Dear David and Robert,
receive my greetings in the name of Jesus Christ.
we thank you so much for call me and writing this is time for African to send the missionaries in the World … your message encourage me so so much. I pray God one day we want to see you here in Burundi to share with you the word of God.
write in( KIRUNDI LANGUEGE)

TRUST JESUS——————-IZIGIRE YESU

JESUS SAVES———————YESU ARAKIZA

JESUS SAVES FROM HELL—————————-YESU UGUKIZA IKUZIMU

BILIEVER IN JESUS TO DAY——————————–IZERE YESU UYUMUSI

THE WAY OF SALVATION IS JESUS—————–INZIRA YAGAKIZA NI YESU

JESUS HEAL————————————————-YESU ARAKIZA

JESUS LOVE YOU———————————————YESU ARAGUKUNDA

YOU NEED JESUS———————————————-UKENEYE YESU

JESUS LOVE BURUNDI———————————————YESU AKUNDA UBUNDI

YOU NEED JESUS ————-UKENEYE YESU.
please if possible send to me those word for translation in kirundi after I will send it to you becouse here many people speak kirundi this is my adreess you see end of this message thank you hope to hear from you soon.

Yours in Kingdom
Pastor Elie - FBF Burundi

04-02-10 Pastor Gab from DR Congo appreciates the recent PL

Hello Pastor Robert,

Thank you for the update of what you have accomplished in the last missions you had in several nations in Africa. May God bless you and give you more strength and open up doors so that you might accomplish everything resolution you have made to strengthen the kingdom of God in every place where you have been to. You are in our prayers daily. Much love, Gaby

Dear my Father,
receive my greetings in the name of Jesus Christ we thank you so much for your prayer for me and my ministries here in Burundi also for your love you have for us me
since you was here Burundi my life Change and I continue in the message of the kingdom of God we plan to visite 5 provence to teach FBF we need your prayer God open door for the transpor ;this is my email engenda52000@yahoo.fr thank you hope to hear from you soon
have nace day in the Lord.

Yours in Kingdom of God
Pastor Elie

04-01-10 Bro Edmund checks in with encouragement from U of Nigeria

Dear Robert,

Thank you for the recent PL.
May the Lord add more grace to your commitment to the gospel. We shall see Him face to face to receive the reward of this work.
Remain blessed

Bro Edmund, U of Nigeria

04-01-10 Glory of God power ministries Nigeria FBF/ Bro Paul encourages from U of Nigeria

Dear Bother in Christ,

Thanks for your information about your mission. In fact it has been a blessing to me and my church too. Please let us continue to be in one Christian love and one baptism and faith.

May God Bless you by sharing this uinon with me.

Apostle Christian Paul
Nigeria

04-01-10  Bro Augustin writes in from Bujumbura

Thank so much my love brother, for the March Pastoral Letter!
Glory be to God, pease did you receiving all report of works i did send you?
i have other report but i have the problem of finance when God will openning door i will send you, because maybe geting money of send you reports and pictures of works evangelisation we are doing every day is problem please pray for me, god can open door for geting money of send you every time pictures and reports of evangelisation we doing here, brother God bless you so much for your good teachings and we continue to doing practice of all you did teached us.
W love you us praying for you
Pastor Augustin O
Bujumbura-Burundi

03-31-10 Student needs help on school fees… asks for prayers.

Hi Pastor Robert,
I take this time to greet you believing that all is well with. I want to thank you for the care that you have to me and I believe that God is going to do something in your life.
On my side things are not just well and am stressed without knowing the next step I have to take. It is all about the school. As I told you I have been having fee problems but finally I managed to finish paying the tuition fee. It is only remaining the exam fees which US Dollar 125. Yesterday the guardian told me that he is unable to pay because of the problem he had of sickness.
I know you are so busy and may be this message sounds strange but it my request that if you are just in a position please stand with me as a friend and I know our God will reward bless you. I wish to hear from you and above all I just need your prayers.

Dennis

03-28-10 Bungoma FBF Centre - Uganda mission report

Hey Bro. Rev Robert! I believe you and other Saints are fine in the
Lord. Last week we travelled to Uganda via Lwakhakha border. Unlike
our Country Kenya where one has to apply for a Permit in advance and
pay a whooping 35 US dollar, in Uganda you are given instantly at a
fee of 8 US dollar!!! You are also given some officers to keep watch
just incase drunkards interfere with your preach, wow!! Our preach
went on well and we had 3 guys repenting and surrendering to Jesus.
The response was good and many people wanted us to tarry around for
some time. But you see,” our Permit indicated that our preaching
began at 11am and was going to end at 4pm, a period of 6 hrs. The
Officer Commanding Station (0CS) suggested that next time we go there
he could give us a permit for 3 days if we so wish, a very good idea
indeed. Brothers and Sisters, some people out there are yearning for
The Word of God. So un-less you and me go for them, they may tend to
think that there are No preachers out there. It is because most
Bishops, Reverends, Pastor and Evangelists (those titles you know) are
Crouding in one place fighting over those already in Churches!
Shame.” Instead of going for Un-saved ones. That is tantamount to
standing behind the back of a fisherman, only to wait for his catch.
Immediately he throws in the basket, you steal and put in your empty
basket! Shame!!! Remember there are people who go to Market places to
buy and sale from Sunday to Saturday. They have No time to go to
church and Nobody to preach to them. Also remember at Market places we
trap those who dodge churches, making them have nowhere to hide.
Although the going is tough, let us brace on…

Ben, FBF, Bungoma Centre.

03-27-10 Bungoma FBF Centre Daughters of Thunder send in a report: ministry to widows & orphans

Greetings Bro. Robert! It s our hope that God is blessing you.  We at Daughters of Thunder are doing well. In the last couple of Months we have been busy paying homage to widows, orphans, the sick in hospitals and in schools. It has been one of the difficult moments as D.0.T, but we thank God for guiding us all along. The first thing we do when we meet is pray that God go before us, because alone we can t make it. We also realise that there are challenges awaiting us! Some widows and orphans are living the kind of life No-one would like to live. They lack basic needs like Food, Shelter, Medicatin and Clothing. We thank God because sometimes manage to give them what we have. You see Bro. Robert, we give God first priority, but now here is a person who has gone without food for some weeks. You can t preach to them and leave them to die. Or a person who is bed-ridden will expect you to give some medication. Barely 3 weeks ago we gathered them together
and ministered to them abit. 0ur aim was to please and make them feel loved… they lack so much. We were able to help them with  - Rice, maize, meat, kales, onions and tomatoes. We also had some drugs (pain-killers) that we gave to those who were not feeling well. Infact we didn t have enough money so we borrowed some from fbf co-ordinator, Bungoma Centre.

So our prayer is that someday God may bring our way a Willing Christian Donor to support us. That way, we will be able to reach and give support where applicable. Please keep us in your prayers. Thank you,
Sis Elizeber and Marolyn, from Bungoma FBF

03-26-10 Bro Ben from Bungoma FBF Centre updates us with a preaching report

Greetings Bro. Robert! How are you today! Hope fine in the Lord. Here are my views on how to strengthen fbf in the year 2010. I have been to various open-air meetings and seen where the short-comings are. All fbf centres from across the Globe must be in touch. This will enable us to know what our colleagues are doing and the difficulties they are under-going so that whenever prayer Request arises we can stand together. Fbf centres should Recruit those ministers who are serious only. Not the so called Lone-rangers and jokers, whose aim is to swindle fbf of the little resources they have. Each Centre should have its offices where fbf items are kept safely to avoid everybody hanging around with fbf property or items being kept in different homes. All fbf Centres should have a bank account and where money is spent there should be proper accountability to avoid mis-use. If possible we should have at-least 2-3 motorbikes (Car or Pick-up) to avoid spending a lot during our travels.

You see Bro. Robert, like in Bungoma you can get a nice car at only 4,000 USD, which can carry up to 8 people, in-stead of spending the same on 3 motor-bikes! Maybe another Brother could be having a different opinion, but as far as i know these are the major articles are be-deviling fbf out-reach ministry. Also Bro remember to be giving out a circular showing how you intend to travel and the activities of each day. This will enable every-one to know where you will be at a particular time. Otherwise brethen every where pray for this Government, for God to do something because we are un-able to preach openly with a lot of ease as we used to. God bless you Bro Robert and we are praying for you everyday, Amen.

Ben, FBF BGM Centre.

03-18-10 Bro Gaby from DR Congo forms an attachment to FBF, with a similar vision.

Dear brother Robert,

Thank you for your response and the great concern of serving the Lord in the Congo. Indeed there is a lot to do for the kingdom of God. Congo has been isolated from the rest of the world for several years during the war which has affected people’s lives in all aspects of life. While serving the Lord in Uganda as a missionary the Lord led it on my heart in 2004 to come to see what was taking place in my home city of Bukavu and the surroundings. By the help of some saints I was able to raise some funds and went to inspect what was taking place on the ground. It was very shocking! We registered hundreds of widows and orphans. In 2006, God opened a door and we were able to distribute some relief to them. From that time we have been praying to God to open more doors to fund the plan that we have made to give them sustainable support (capital seed for widows for income generating activities and orphans education sponsorship program). During the same mission in 2006, I conducted 4 days crusades in two different localities and held a seminar for 3 days at Tente d’Assignation in Bukavu town.

Let me go back a little bit.

In 2002, while in Kampala, the Lord gave me an open vision about my ministry “Healing Grace Mission Ministries”. By then I was already connected to Pastor Felix and were seeking the Lord together for specific instructions He had received from the Lord to resign the previous ministry he was serving with. Then in 2003 the Lord spoke to that He was going to open doors for me to take the gospel to East Africa. In 2004 I went to Congo as I earlier shared it above. In 2005 I started east African missions traveling to different cities and villages in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, holding seminars and crusades occasionally.

In 2006, September 5th, the Lord spoke to me that my ministry with Glory to Glory Gospel Ministries has come to an end and that He wanted me to start church. Oh, it was a frustrating message, asking myself questions that seemed difficult to answer: how am I going to leave a ministry I have served for the last 5 years? The relationships I had built, the passion, the diligence I had invested in, the resources and above all, how the saints are going to receive this message? Pastors in the community had testified of us “ as model pastors” who do things in unity and love, serving the common purpose of glorifying the Lord Jesus. So, I took courage and informed pastor Felix. However we kept it a secret while seeking the Lord to give us a way forward. Meanwhile I kept praying asking the Lord to give me the details as how He wants the church to look like. Finally, on 17th Feb. 2009, I was set apart by my spiritual father whom the Lord had recommended to me years back and pastor Felix for the new assignment. So in March last year 2009 I had to travel to Bukavu to explore the land and plant the church. I shared with some people the vision and some felt they were called to carry out the work. We started a fellowship where we meet each Wednesday, Saturday and Friday for overnight prayers. We are praying the Lord to provide the funds to hire a plot whereby we can pinch a tent so that we can start holding our Sunday services.

In brief, God gave me 4 major assignments in the mission:

Win the lost
Praying for the sick (healing mission)
Helping the needy
Taking revival to the entire body of Christ emphasizing holiness and righteousness

As you can see, my heart is burning inside of me for the urging needs in this desperate world. I want to reach out people both in cities and in remote places where even most people don’t want to go. I have a powerful amplifier of 900 watts that can serve for crusades. I believe the Lord will provide us speakers, a mixer, microphones, guitars, video projectors etc. We want to hold seminars for leaders so that we can share with the humble experience that the Lord has given us.

Brother, to be honest, I cannot exhaust all that is on my heart right now. I know that we must go there step by step but something must get started for the time is too short for us!!! Oh! May the Lord hear the cry of our hearts!!!

From the time we met and as I heard Pastor Felix sharing about what you are doing in the kingdom of God, I realized there was a similarity in the vision and therefore there must be a divine reason why we met. You and I might not fully understand it now but surely the Lord Almighty who controls times and seasons will accomplish His purposes through us! I don’t just connect with anybody. By the grace of God I can easily discern a divine connection to me because two people cannot walk together unless they agree (oneness of ideology, partnership, similarity,…)

I will forward you some photos of some of our missions.

Brother, if there is anything I have not made clear, please let me know so that I can clarify. Share with me this scripture which serves as my motto in ministry: Luke 17:7-10.

God bless you in everything you are doing.

Much love in Yeshua,

Brother Gaby.

03-16-10 Bro Jacob/ GT in Tanzania appreciates attachment to FBF Missions!

Dear Brother Robert,
Allow me to take this opportunity to thank you from my heart, for you note.
I aready have the bull horn. on wednesday last week i preached at the kisumu poly technich.I got your not from astor James ,we work as a team. FBF is get better and Better.
i continue to get phones of thanks from our team i Tanzania, i got the 1000 shillings. God bless you .
i learnt alot from the lord though you. thanks for the report on south Africa relocation PRAISE THE LODR JESUS.
Ill get in touch .
jacob

THIS ONE SIN BRINGS JUDMENT ON THE ENTIRE NATION! SELAH

Abortions: The law of man vs the Law of YHWH

Dear brother/sister in Messiah

Two weeks ago a young student made an unexpected confession during a mediation session at court. She was charged with assault upon a certain woman. The student had a relationship with the boyfriend of the woman. She confessed of having had an abortion of her 5 months old baby. It was against her principles (her words) to have an abortion, but she could not cope with pressure from her family and the father of the child. She reported having had repetitive dreams about the baby, sleeping problems and depression. Overwhelmed by guilt she wanted her baby back, but it was too late…

This incident re-sensitized my conscience….a reminder that the silent holocaust of thousands and millions of babies has slipped in a way through my fingers because I neglected to pray for them ; for mothers and fathers who may have no idea that innocent blood cries out to our Father in heaven. Is He not a just Father? Will He not answer each cry?

Let me say at once, I do not, and cannot judge! I was never put before a choice to have or not to have an abortion. Who knows what my choice would have been?

I could share with the student a story I heard (whether it was a vision, or just a story, I do not know)…of an aborted baby on the lap of our heavenly Father, asking questions like children do:

“ Where is my mother?” Our Father then told him where she is.

“Why am I not with my mother?” Father answered:”I do not know. I forgot….”

But…, dear believer…this is my dilemma, how does one pray, when Scripture teaches that:

Amongst 6 things our Father in heaven hates, and seven which are an abomination to Him, one is…

Hands shedding innocent blood (Prov 6:17)

The hands of an abortionist? Abortionists in private practice earn much more than most of us! By 1992 abortion was a five hundred million dollar a year industry in America alone. Worldwide it then was a ten billion dollar industry. The average annual income for a physician in the Portland, Oregon was just under 100 000 dollar. An abortionist in the same area testified in court that his income the previous year was 345 000 dollar. An abortionist working only 20 or 30 hours a week, with no overhead, can earn from 3 – 10 times as much as an ethical surgeon…they are not on call and work ordinary office hours!

What will make them stop? Repentance of their sins!

Cain was cursed because the blood of his (innocent) brother cried out from the ground (earth) to the Holy One. What would be the curse upon an abortionist (who does not repent) upon a government who approves of abortions, upon a nation witnessing the silent holocaust?

In Math 18:3, the words of Messiah: Whosoever receives one little child like this in My Name, receives Me….

Messiah spoke more than once about children..are we not to enter the Kingdom of Heaven like little children?

Is this nation better off than Yisrael?..

who sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons and shed innocent b.ood, the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan and the land was defiled with blood, thus they become unclean by their own works and played the harlot by their own deeds. Therefore the wrath of the the Holy One burned against His people. Ps 106:37-38

To which god(s) are the sons and daughters of this nation being sacrificed?

For those who are prompted to stand in prayer, or to take some other action, please take note of the following:

A private members bill has just been filed to deal with mandatory counseling to ensure that a woman (including a minor) is able to make a fully informed choice regarding the termination of her pregnancy. The Bill will be dealt with in due course by the Parliamentary Committee. This is a new initiative following the defeat of a proposal by a minority group to amend the Constitution to prevent abortions.

Some of you may remember the landmark judgment of the Constitutional Court where it was decided that Parliament had failed to obtain a representative (majority) vote by the public before legalizing abortions in terms of the 1996 Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act. Government was then given 18 months to obtain the results of public hearings where the issue was debated. Sadly, the voices of more than 70 % of participants voting and debating against the legalization of abortions were blatantly ignored by Parliament when the 2008 Amendment Act was passed.

Do not be surprised… it is unlikely for any parent to debate in favor of abortions! A minority group succeeded to “force” the 1996 Act into operation. The group may have chanced faces, but the same minority group (mostly homosexuals, lesbians, fighting for “human rights”) succeeded to have same sex marriages legalized and attempted to have prostitution legalized before 2010.

The draft Bill proposes an amendment of Section 3 of Act 92 of 1996, by adding requirements to the place where termination of pregnancy may take place, for the patient to have:

access to ultrasound equipment which must be used to i) accurately determine the gestation period prior to TOP, ii) provide relevant information as to the state of development of the unborn child, thereby assisting the mother to make an informed choice.

Access to counseling which would provide sufficient information, including electronic pictures, or diagrams and photographs, to enable the woman to understand the development of the unborn child, including discussion of the extent of the risks involved in continuing the pregnancy as set against the risks involved in terminating the pregnancy, including breast cancer, depression and future difficulties in conceiving and bearing children and

Available alternatives to abortion including adoption, and state and other support available to the mother.

Remember! Pro-choice groups are careful not to show the mother the true picture of her baby. They use words like “empty the uterus” or “ we will scrape the lining of the uterus”; “ it is just a blob of tissue”…but never the truth…”we will suck out your baby…tearing the limbs and head apart”! Why do you think the heading of the Act was changed from “Abortion and Sterilization Act” to “choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act? It was planned to deceive…!

Consider the following facts:

Though carried inside the womb of the mother, the fetus has its own unique genetic code and cannot be regarded as part of her body.

Prof AW Liley, known as the “father of fetology” wrote: The conceptus is to a very large measure in charge of the pregnancy. It is the embryo who stops his mother’s periods and makes her womb habitable by developing a placenta and a protective capsule of fluid for himself. He regulates his own amniotic fluid volume and although women speak of their waters breaking or their membranes rupturing, these structures belong to the fetus.

A woman goes into labor not because her body is ready to surrender the unborn child, but because the unborn child is ready to leave her body. The unborn’s brain sends a message to his own pituitary gland which in turn stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete a hormone which stimulates the mother’s womb to contract.

There is overwhelming and consistent medical and scientific proof that life starts at conception. From the moment of conception the unborn is not simple, but very complex.

Prior to the earliest first-trimester abortions, the unborn already has every body part he/she will ever have. After conception:

18 days – heart is forming and eyes start to develop

21 days – heart beating and pumping blood throughout the body

28 days – budding arms and legs

30 days – multiplied in size 10 000 times. He has a brain and blood flows through his veins.

35 days – mouth, ears and nose taking shape.

40 days – skeleton is formed and brain controls movement of muscles and organs. Unborn reflexively responds to stimulus, and may be capable of feeling pain. THIS IS BEFORE THE EARLIEST ABORTIONS TAKE PLACE.

45 days – 6-and-a-half weeks, when many women do not know that they are pregnant, Embryo weighs 1/3 of an ounce, has all the internal organs of the adult in various stages of development. It has a little mouth with lips, tongue and buds for 20 milk teeth. Sex and reproductive organs begins to sprout.

8 weeks – hands and feet almost perfectly formed, fingerprints developing. Mother’s movements stimulate fetus’s balance and motion detectors.

9 weeks – child will bend fingers around object placed in palm. Fingernails forming, child sucking its thumb. Has perfected a somersault, back flip and scissor kick!

10 weeks – child squints, swallows and frowns.

11 weeks – urinates, kicking, turning his feet, curling and fanning his toes, making a fist, moving thumbs, bending wrists and opening his mouth.

ALL THIS HAPPENS IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER, THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF LIFE. IN THE REMAINING 6 MONTHS IN THE WOMB NOTHING NEW DEVELOPS OR BEGINS FUNCTIONING. THE CHILD ONLY GROWS AND MATURES.

The prophetic vision of David when he describes the unborn child in Ps 139:13 surpasses all pictures modern technology could possibly give us about the wonder of life being formed in the womb of a mother:

For you formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb; I will praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me when as yet there were none of them.

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you…I ordained you as a prophet to the nations Jer 1:5

Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die…Prov 31:8

When my father and my mother have forsaken me, then YHWH does take me in. Ps 27:10.

Are we to interfere with the Hands of our Creator when He is at work to form a new life?

Linda Gerber (prev van Wyk)

March 2010

03-15-10 Bro David WAC has a big wish list for all the FBF Men in Several West Africa Nations!

DEAR BRO. ROBERT,
I APPRECIATE WHAT THE LORD IS USING YOU AND THE ENTIRE FBF GLOBAL TEAM TO DO IN OUR PRESENT GENERATION.
I PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU MORE GRACE AND RESOURCES TO DO MORE.
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE LIST OF RESOURCES NEEDED IN THE COURSE OF OPEN AIR PREACHING TO EXPAND THE WORK IN WEST COAST:

BAYELSA STATE====== 2 BULL HORNS & 4 T-SHIRTS,
OSUN STATE======== ‘’ ‘ ’
ONDO STATE======== ,, ,,
OSUN STATE======== ,, ,,
8 BULL HORNS
16 T-SHIRTS
……………………………………………………………
TOGO============= 3 BULL HORNS & 5 T-SHIRTS
COTE D’VOIRE======== ,, ,,
CAMEROUN============= ,, ,,
BURKINA FASO=========== ,, ,,
SIERRA LEONE=========== ,, ,,
LIBERIA================ ,, ,,
GAMBIA================ ,, ,,
35 T-SHIRTS [FOREIGN]
21 BULL HORNS
GRAND TOTAL OF ITEMS NEEDED 51 T-SHIRTS
29 BULL HORNS

IN STOCK=== 2O T-SHIRST NEWLY PRINTED,
3 BULL HORNS LEFT.
10 BANNERS FRENCH AND ENGLISH

SHIPPING COST OF TWO BANNERS TO BELOW LISTED COUNTRIES :
DR.CONGO 6,200
TANZANIA 6,700
BURUNDI 6,700
RWANDA 6,700

AWAITING YOUR REPLY.
GOD BE WITH US AS WE EXPAND THE WORK IN JOINT EFFORT TO EXPAND HIS KINGDOM.

THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.

DAVID O

PS> These are our URGENT PRIORITIES:

BAYELSA STATE====== 2 BULL HORNS & 4 T-SHIRTS,
TOGO============= 3 BULL HORNS & 5 T-SHIRTS FRENCH
COTE D’VOIRE======== ,, ,, ,,
CAMEROUN============= ,, ,, ;;
SIERRA LEONE=========== ,, ,, ENGLISH
LIBERIA================ ,, ,, ,,

TOTAL 17 BULL HORNS 29 T-SHIRTS

I WANT TO SEND THE BANNERS/BULL HORNS TO CAMEROUN,TAKE TO TOGO,COTE D’VOIRE AND LIBERIA

THESE ARE THE URGENT NEED.

david ojelade

03-15-10 Bro Amos writes of revelation in prayer

Hi Bro Robert,

Writing to say that we miss you! The holy spirit is requesting us his servsnts to start freshly walk by the purpose of God into our sanctified hearts so that we can be able to impacting the world’s citizens.
Read James 1:22-25;Matthew 7:21-27.God bleass you.

Your’s Amos

03-14-10 Bro Jeevan FBF East India requests prayer amongst the Hindu’s being saved!

Dear Beloved Pastor.ROBERT EPHRATA in the Lord Christ Jesus,

I greet you in the name of Jesus, brethren I request you to pray for one another for the days we are living are not good the devil is working to destroy unity among believers and leaders of the church to day rise up pray.

We had 3 days opener meetings in different places and 8 Hindus are saved and we gave baptism to in the river. We Praise God.

Greet all for us and know that we love you and praying for you all always

Because He cares and hears our prayers

May God bless you,

Bro Prassana J. B.

03-12-10 Bro Harrison FBF Kenya north reports many getting saved

at Matungu and Wogalo markets!

Dear Brother Robert,
Did you reach well?How was your journey?I was over joyed when we communicated to each other although we did not meet face to face.Back here we are going on well,I want also to tell you that Brother Omunyala Amukowa welcomed me to his meeting at Matungu and Wogalo markets on 7-8th March 2010.There was a breakthrough and it was wonderful as many people came to Jesus.
NB There is still a problem with the Goverment on preaching on the markets.
God bless you.
Bishop Harrison Omusula.

03-12-10 Bro Omunyala A and Bro Harrison working the fields together… and God blessed them!

Dear Brother Robert,
Praise the Lord and I hope you are ok.I want to let you know that I invited Bishop Harrison Omusula to Matungu and Wogalo markets on 7-8th March 2010.We see the Hand of the Lord as many people embraced the Gospel and responded to be saved.I will be telling you more as I will be meeting Bishop Omusula to arrange more outreaches.
God bless.
Bishop Omunyala A.

03-12-10 Bro Whachana/ FBF East Uganda coordinator attests to continued revival!

We give thanks to God for what He means to us or has done to us( 1 thess 3:18) thank Him for what He has given us ( salvation food, through our founder FBF brother Robert Ephrata & J\mes sam from kisumu kenya Brother you are moving to six nations, phil 4:6. We have no anxious about anything but in everything we put you in prayer and petition with thanks giving present your request to God.
Evangelism? Greek word means to preach the Gospel.
The Gospel= death, burial & resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The lord Jesus says to us, His disciples “ Go ye into all world,and preach the Gospel to every creature“( mark 16 v 15)
Paul wrote to the Romans `for whosoever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved. How then shall they call Him in whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, how beautiful are feet of them that preach gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” ( Romans 10 v 13, 14 and 15)
Paul reminded Timothy “Do the work of an evangelist” (Timothy 4 v 5)
When you left us in Muwayo the saints increased up to 200 on that day and those who came from Bwaku came with your gift of male goat it is kept to the treasure Mrs Agiry.
Brother you said that you will support us fully we started to contribute iron sheets to build fbf center at muwayo if you have anything to help us please do it, for us we are contributing 40 iron sheets. Nothing you will send about fbf that will get lost.
I remain yours in Christ
Wachana B
FBF Uganda.

02-23-10 Bro Augustin from Bujumbura Burundi sends in report and new work of FBF

Dearest Brother Robert,

I greet you so much in the might name and wonderful Jesus Christ, I want to taking this wonderful opportunity to thank so much our king of king’s Jesus Christ for give their servants of God to starting this wonderful program, you God is good all the time because I have 32 age, I was receiving Salvation when I have 16 age but I was starting to preach the gospel to different countries and many street, different countries, markets…

I thank so much because I’m senior Pastor of Calvary Mountain Church here in Bujumbura-Burundi, by grace of God we have 2 churches, one here in Bujumbura and another to Ndava Province all his new and young, we pay rent every month to primary school class, glory to God because we starting all this churches by evangelization only, one church have 35 members and another have 50 members, we have the program of every MONDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY all members we going to preach and teaching to different places.

This is the fruit of your teaching you was teach us yesterday I was starting to put that teaching’s in ACTIONS.

We love you us praying for you.

Pastor Augustin O

Calvary Mountain Church

Bujumbura-Burundi

02-18-10 Bro Eliezer loves the Open Air in Kampala!

Hello sir hop the time in East Africa is going on fruitfully. By the way, this is Eliezer whom you met at Dr. Lumala’s Church in kampala. I want to say that the outreach was a wonderful experience for me. I had never done such a kind before. I only used to preach door to door. I think we will have to adopt that method for crusades and the like. God bless you and hop to keep in touch.
I am not yet conversant with skype and I am still learning some more things.
God Bless You
Eliezer K.

02-18-10 Bro Jacob writes in from West Kenya with thanks giving for FBF

Dear Bro. Robert,
Greetings of love i send to you. where are you now? are you in Kenya? if yes. in which place, am much interested to see you. i have missed you for a long time. indeed i love you. if you are in Kenya, how will i meet you? Thank you very much for the high calling. may the lord give you wisdom of reaching the unreached. Here am ready to stand with you together in the ministry of FBF in order to see that the body of christ is buid up. in all circumstances, am ready to be with you to see that the great commission is fulfilled in the ministry of FBF. Do you know there are people here who wear the gaments of the sheep but they are not sheep, they are wolves. they pretend to be preachers but they are not. they only need money from you and after getting from you they kick you. God had a purpose for bringing you to Kenya for the purpose of extension of His kingdom. only that it has taken time before i meeting you. i believe as i will meet you we shall talk more.
I wish to have your phone numbers for more communication. I do not want to miss to see you. Do you stil remeber when we were preaching on the way one day going to Katakwa?
Yours in the Lord
Pastor James.

02-16-10 Bro Gaby writes in from DR Congo… we met in Uganda conference.

Hello brother Robert,
Praise the Lord,

Again let me say that it has been a pleasure meeting you. I hope you are having a wonderful time in Uganda and that your visit to Congo will be fruitful for the kingdom of God.

I’m still in Uganda but I hope to be leaving for Bukavu-Congo next week. We did not get time to talk at length and get to start knowing each other but hope the Holy Spirit has reserved us wonderful opportunities ahead of us. You could also have a glance at our website which is under construction by now.

God bless you. Greetings to your Kenyan colleague.

Gaby.

02-15-10 Benin FBF Bro Godwin appreciates working with FBF/ West Africa!

DEAR BELIOVE.
IAM ONE OF THE MISSIONARY HERE IN REPUBLIC DU BENIN I LOVE YOUR WORK THAT IS WHY I WANT TO JOINE WITH YOU PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KONW THIS I WANT TO INVITE YOU ACCORDING TO HOLY SPIRIT PLEASE I WANT YOU TO COME AND HELP US IN BREACH PROGRAM WHICH GOD HAVE GIVE US VISSION WE ARE ONE FAMILY IN THE LORE.

THIS PROGRAM WILL START ON APRIL 2010 PLEASE THIS NEED TO COME TO CHRIST WE NEED YOU AS THE GUEST PLEASE CALL ME
SO THAT WILL WILL SEE FACE TO FACE I THANKS GOD FOR YOUR LIFE AND WORK.
THNKS PASTOR GODWIN.

PLEASE SIR
I AM SPENDING ALL MY MONEY FOR THIS NETWORK NO ONE IS ABLE TO HELP ME I CALL THEM WITH MY MONEY AND HOST THEM WITH MY MONEY.AND ALL SAID THAT THEY WANT TO SEE YOU PLEASE COME ON THIS DATE AND REPLY TO ME.

PLEASE SEND US BOOKS PRENCH ONE AND ENGLISH ONE PASTOR DIVED SAID HE WILL COME I DID NOT SEE ANY OF THEM.SO HERE IN BENIN NON OF THEM IS HAPPY THERE WANT TO SEE YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE SERMINSER WITH THEM.

02-09-10 Pastor invites into Western Kenya… prayer and fasting church wide.

Dear dad Robert

We love you all and thanks for your prayers. God’s purpose shall be fulfilled if her to wants be involved in the ministry. But I am still weak just as Moses was met by God and asked to be sent on a mission to bring the Israelites to the promised land.

He did not just yes I am ready to God. Instead God had to equip him plus promising him his own brother Aron as a companion if he needed one. I am waiting for all that and which does God want me to go and on what mission.

My prayers are with you always. Ia m praying for you and your team for coming welcome here Bungoma people were eager for your asked about your teachings your am believing in the lord that next week shall feed with the word of God you shall visit us again here Tulumba church visit my country kenya and bless my people with the word of God we are start today praying and fasting up to Sunday morning put us in your prayers . I do know when exactly cause I have long way we need God tell my dad most welcome we love your teachings so much

God bless you all. let me hear more from you

your pastor isaac and eunice

02-09 10 Bro Omunyala A Deals with the trials of new law banning bull horns in Kenya! Nevertheless, people continue to get saved in the continuing revival in East Africa! Amen.

Dear Brother Robert,
Praise the Lord.It is indeed long time I have not communicated to you
but I read of your mail last week.
Here we are doing well,although the ban imposed on public address system has affected the Gospel ministers here in Kenya so much.We believe that is one of the vices that the devil wants to apply to hinder the Gospel but I believe as the Bible says in ISAIAH 54:17 that no weapon forged against us will prevail….AMEN.Please keep on praying for this nation.
I have shared with brother Ben on this issue and we see that the Lord is doing something and the is a proven breakthrough.I was in Nakuru and Gilgil on 1-3 Feb 2010 and preached in Free area in Nakuru where six persons came to Christ.In Gilgil there is a market near Kenya Arny Barracks I preached here and four people got saved and I directed the to REDEEMED GOSPEL CHURCH under brother Andrew Sondoro and his wife Lucy.
I will be going to Nairobi next month and hope the Lord is going to open the way.
Brother Robert,God bless you for your concern in Africa by encouraging us to reach the unreached whom we thought and forgot to be needing Christ.
Blessings.
Bishop Omanyala

02-09-10 New web site

Bro.Robert,
I feel very much encouraged from your mail. .Let the Lord be with you and stand with you in your vision.
Blessings.
Bishop Amukowa.

02-09-10 Bro George appreciates the content in the Web Site

Robert,
Thank you for your news letter and thinking of us.I have down loaded the info so that we can digest the info. Keep up the good work, we appreciate the new site!
best wishes
George.

02-08-10 Pastor Kisira encourages FBF Brothers for 2010 and beyond! Good will!

Hope all is well in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our God is good al the times. He is taking us to another level this year. Preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to all Nations. That is our call. May God help you in all
I will stand with you in prayers.May God give you strength to do His will.Let

Let God meet the desires of your hearts.Aim always to do Gods will.Preach the word of God nothing else.
Greet the saints there. I love them. May God bless you in all that you do
Yours in Christ Pastor N Naipanoi

02-08-10  Revival Spirit in Africa now a world force that has it’s own legs!

Article: Africa as Christian Centers today: Web Site:

Christianity’s New Center - Africa

http://network.nationalpost.com/

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It is a vision most mainstream Canadian church leaders can only dream of: Sunday mornings in which parishioners dance and sing through three-hour services. Seminaries overflowing and unable to keep up with demand for pastors as the number of the newly baptized rises.

The dream is a reality in such places as Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, where there is an explosion in Christianity. In the past decade, this demographic surge has started to spill out of Africa, as well as Asia and Latin America, in the form of missionaries to the West, a trend influencing everything from styles of worship to doctrine.

John Allen, in his most recent book, The Future Church, a look at global Catholicism over the next 100 years, wrote that issues such as abortion, condoms and female priests will not even be on the table in part because of the African influence.

Even the woes of the Anglican Church of Canada can be put on the doorstep of surging African Anglicanism. The conservative parishes that deserted their far more liberal national Church in the past decade received their moral support primarily from the conservative bishops of Africa.

The reasons for this growth and subsequent influence are complex, but simple demographics help tell some of the tale: Western birth rates are in sharp decline while African rates are soaring.

In 2008 there were 973 million Africans, up from 767 million in 1999 — an increase of 27% — according to UN statistics. By contrast, the population of North America grew from 307 million to 337 million, up 10%, and in Europe from 729 million to 732 million, an increase of just 0.4%.

As populations explode, more people turn away from failing nation states and toward to the relatively stable churches for food, shelter, education and medicine.

According to the World Christian Database, 2% of the world’s Christians lived in Africa in 1900; today it is 20%. In less than 40 years Africans will comprise 30% of the world’s Christians; taken together with Asia and Latin America, it will be 71%. In 1900, 82% of the world’s Christians were in Europe and North America.

“I see people turning to the Church like in the Gospels they turned to Jesus, namely, with inarticulate faith and trembling hope that He can resolve their most pressing afflictions and ailments,” said Pastor Michael Czerny, who runs the African Aids Network in Nairobi, Kenya.

With the growing number of Christians has come a surge in vocations. One seminary alone in southeast Nigeria has 1,100 seminarians - one fifth the number of all the seminarians in the United States.

Pastor James Okoye, a Nigerian theologian now at the Theological Union in Chicago, said the entire history of the Church has been one of reordering balance, in which areas with the most fervour and numbers find their way to the regions in religious decline or need.

So it is not surprising, he said, that while the flow of religious teachers once went from Europe and North America to Africa, it is now moving in the opposite direction.

With that new guard of leaders comes an altering in the style of worship and perhaps a gradual relaxation in the rigid boundaries between religious institutions and secular society.

“Church and liturgy are a fundamental part of the African community,” said Pastor Victor Eze, a Nigerian pastor in Red Deer, who has been in Alberta for five years. “If you’re not there on a Sunday people will ask what is wrong with you. It’s like a local festival in the community. Going to church is a religious and social demand. In Nigeria religion and the broader society are interwoven and it’s hard to tell where one begins and the other ends.”

He remembers his first Alberta service and laughs at the obvious cultural differences.

“I began the usual way, ‘In the name of the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ And I waited for the ‘Amen” response and there was silence - or that was how it appeared to me. I was used to a response that was thunderous…. The first time I heard nothing. They spoke, but it was so soft. I thought I didn’t say it loud enough.”

The export of a more exuberant style of worship is only a small part of the transformation of Christianity now underway.

Eze said that the conservatism that one sees in African churches relates directly to the fact that all religion, including tribal religions, were always integrated into the larger culture — and not pushed by a secular barricade.

“Africans are traditionalists and that translates into orthodoxy,” said Eze. “We believe it was always this way and always will be. There isn’t much question about why things have happened. The general attitude is this is the way it’s always been and this is the way it always will be. Not much question of why this or should there be a change here or there. This could also be negative.”

In the Anglican Church, the influence of African orthodoxy is being deeply felt in churches in Canada and the United States.

In this past decade, conservative Anglican parishes unhappy with the slide into liberalism of their national churches, especially over the issues of same-sex marriage and the ordination of female bishops, have formed their own province, the first to cross national boundaries. Many of those parishes found the blessings of African Anglican bishops who share those conservative views.

Indeed, half of the world’s 70 million Anglicans now live in Africa.

The reaching out to the West is part of the evolution of Christianity in Africa, said Harvard Professor Jacob Olupona, an Anglican theologian from Nigeria.

Christianity started in the form of small regional and independent churches that reflected local culture.

“At first they didn’t see mainline Christianity as Christian enough,” said Prof. Olupona.

But that has been replaced with a desire to join something that is greater than Africa, something that is global, he said.

For years Africans were ignored by the Western churches, said Prof. Olupona, but now “we have the numbers” so the West has to listen.

“A global Anglican Church based in Canterbury is almost over,” said Prof. Olupona. “There are now going to be competing centres of Anglican Christianity.”

Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, the Anglican bishop in charge of the breakaway Canadian and American parishes, was even more blunt in his assessment.

“In the year 2000 the Archbishop of Canterbury was the second most important Christian leader in the world,” Bishop Duncan said. “In a short space of time that office has utterly been diminished. It shows that the British model of Anglicanism has failed. The new Canterbury will be in Africa.

It is the realignment of “a new Reformation of Christianity sparked by Africa.”

Dear brother Robert,
receive my greetings in the name of Jesus Christ very soon is coming.
we would like to tank you so much for your coming to Burundi with your vision… FBF from last week until now many people receive Christ.
This week I was in Bururi Provence it is 150 km from Bujubura the people there received the message about 100 received Jesus Christ and the Pastors in those erea gave me the invitation for train the people in evangelism FBF! We would like to tell you that we need your prayer for this trip I will travel with my wife and my team heve anice day in the Lord
hope to here from you soon.

Yours in Kingdom of God
Pastor Elie

Thank you so much in advance for the monthly PL it is a blessing brother , to be mentored from you ,we know the Lord has reachly invested in you .According to mathew chapter 6:33-34 we are working for the kingdom first .

THE REPORT OF DAUGHTERS OF THUNDER.
We chaired the meeting to encourage them with the word from the book of 1Tomoth 5:5-6 that the Lord Jesus who was exoted in the highest realms is their provider and their father . We shared that it was wrong to trust in man ruther trust in Jesus who is the living hope , and from the word we were sharing we discovered its was making us free from a sinful nature we do astep to freedon and sonhood breaking blood line curses by praying to everyone we shared to learn to wait on God and how to use His word not to compromise with sin to die to self.Hebrews 11:6 we learn that faiths is contacious and its given as a gift from God .when we read the bible our faith grows .In 1 theo 5:17-18 , 1 king 16:6-16,2kings 4:6 most of them who had given up because of fees ,medication , we prayed together and they were changed to happiness , we had 30 widows and 18 orphan s .We got a snap but the Film was not their without our knowledge we promise next time we will not repeat the same mistakes .

To chair that meeting we had to borrow some money for the day for food for some who came from far .We hope you will like this idear .God bless you sooo much brother you remain our mentors in the Lord.

Eliceber Majuma Wechuli.