REPORT OF WORK FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER, 2010

 

I express my sincere thanks to the Elders and Mission Committee

of the Winfield Church of Christ and Mesa church of Christ for

supporting me and my family to spread the Gospel of Christ in

Nigeria. God has been so gracious to me and has really blessed

my ministry. I graduated from the Bible College in 1986 and since

then, I have been preaching the Gospel for more than twenty four

years now. Church of Christ Nto-Otong is the sixth congregation

that I have served.

 

August 15, 2010 was my complete one year here in this

congregation. Every morning, 5-6am, Christians numbering 15-20

gather in the church hall here to glorify God in songs and prayers

for his wonderful love and protection. We also pray for Christians

allover the world and for the expansion of God's Kingdom. We

are employing many strategies to see that the church here grows

but the growth rate is very slow, every last Sunday of the month

we do house to house preaching and open air lectures. Our efforts

yie lded some fruits as we have two recent converts. On August 8 

Nene Etuk Udoidiong was restored back to Christ. She left the

Lord's Church and wandered to Mount Zion Church for many

years, on September 26, Linus Dan Akpan was baptized into

Christ, he was formerly a member of the Pentecostal Assemblies.

Nigerian Christian Bible College Ukpom conducted her 53rd annual

Bible Lect ureship from 3rd to 6th August 2010. I co-ordinated the

activities of the lectureship a total of 62 souls obeyed the gospel

and were baptized, 230 congregations from five states of Nigeria

attended and 4,000 Christians attended daily.

August 7 and September 3, I preached at the funeral of two

faithful brothers who departed from this life.

 

On august 31st, Dr. Monday Akpakpan and myself spoke in the

World Bible School Enlightenment Programme at Afaha Obio Eno,

Ibiono, 200 preachers and church leaders from 5 local

government areas attended.

On September 9, I helped a young congregation at Ikot Oku Ubo

Offot, Uyo in their house to house preaching and open air

lectures.

 

I was appointed the chairman of the Abak preachers and church

leaders forum in august 2010, we meet every third Sunday of the

month at Abak Town Church of Christ, 18 Ebom Avenue. We are

faced with the responsibility of evangelizing Abak Local

Government and environs our first proposal is to know all the

congregations in Abak and environs and to establish new

congregation when there is none. We will conduct a seminar for

all ministers and church leaders in December, October 17, we will

 

have a lecture on "Strategies of Evangelism in the 21st Century".

 

 

I commend Tina of Winfield Church of Christ for sending lessons

to many students here in my area. I commend Mary Box for

sending lessons and converting many souls here for more than

twenty years of our working together. I appreciate the activities

of Doug Wheeler for sending money to buy Bibles for these

students to study and make commitment to Christ. I also thank

the mission printing press for sending gospel tracts in a long

container it arrived Monday Akpakpan office and I help to upload

these variety of tracts to spread the gospel in Nigeria. Brethren in

August and September, 2010 I have been associated with 63

Baptisms and two restorations. To God be the Glory

 

Thank you and God bless.

 

UyaiJoshua

Your Missionary

 

 

 

 

Letter about WBS Baptism

 

 

 

Dear Bruce Mathews ,

I greet you with brotherly love and in the name of Jesus Christ . I am

a minister of Christ serving here in Abak, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria .

I am well known by brother Monday Akpakpan and Doug Wheeler of

Westside Church of Christ Ok .

 

I bring you good news of joy . Raphael David Esau , your WBS student was

baptized into Christ last week October 5, 2010 after completing the

first two lessons which you sent him, "God has spoken and this is

good news". I am sending you the picture of his baptism.

I will like to work with you in the WBS follow up to convert souls

here in my area for Christ. WBS is very effective here and souls are

converted daily through this medium . 

Thank you f or your love for souls and missions in Nigeria .

May God bless you richly .

Your fellow worker in the Lord

Uyai S. Joshua