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The Ministry of West
African Christian Ministries
The Churches
Over fifteen churches have been
planted since Moussa returned to Burkina Faso. Some are small and some
as big as 100 people. The people attending the churches are mostly
converts from Islam who have come to Christ through this church planting
ministry.
Elementary Schools
There are presently four elementary
schools with over 700 students. Although there is free public education,
the government is very poor and is unable to provide schools and
teachers for all the children. Children must win a lottery to attend
school and even then classes usually have more than 100 students in
each. Burkina Faso has a literacy rate of only 30%, so the children who
attend the schools of the ministry are very blessed. Most of the
children attending the four schools come from very poor families and
most come from Muslim families. So this is a wonderful way to introduce
the families and their children to Jesus Christ.
Elim Bible
Institute
With such a rapidly growing
ministry, it is especially important that new church leaders be
thoroughly grounded in God’s Word, so Moussa is the sole teacher and
administrator of the Bible institute which is very small, but is on
three different academic levels. The first level is for those who have
only completed sixth grade. The next is college level, and the final is
graduate level.
There are other support ministries
as well—distribution of food and medicine, AIDs education, planting of
trees to stop the encroachment of the desert, etc. There are monthly
training institutes for all church members who are able to attend,
summer camps for youth and adults, women’s ministry, literacy classes
for Muslim women, and teaching of English as a second language.
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