God is working on Kokoyah Road

Students in Gbenequella

Church leaders from every denomination on Kokoyah Road gathered during the past two days, to be trained in Gbenequella.  There are a currently 130 people participating in our training.  I praise God for all He is doing.  Here are a few steps we felt the Lord leading us to take in the past and the few steps we feel Him leading us to take in the future.  

 

Painting of Romans 5:3-5

Step 1.  Last month, we felt led to hire a full-time artist, named Prince, to work with us in developing a visual curriculum that teaches book by book through the Bible.  These pictures have proven to be incredibly effective as Liberians live in an oral culture with an extremely high illiteracy rate.  God is good.    

Last Wednesday in Gbenequelleh

Step 2.  Two months ago, we felt led to begin opening Remote Bible Training Centers on Kokoyah Road.  The vision for these centers is to make disciples and for those disciples to make disciples in every town and village on the road.  God is good!  We opened our first training center in Gbenequelleh hoping 20-30 people would participate.  We were surprised when 70 showed up.  Later, we felt led to open a second training center in Foloblai.  We expected 20 people to participate but 60 came to be trained.  Every month, students receive 14 hours of training from these centers. 

Pictures of Romans hanging in the front of our classroom

Step 3.  We felt led to begin our training by leading students verse by verse through Romans chapters 1-8.  We knew many of our students were not Christians.  By teaching these chapters, students are learning about sin (chapters 1-3), salvation (chapters 3-5), and sanctification (chapters 6-8).  As of today, nearly all of our students have made a profession of faith.  

Booklet on Left:  Sin.  Booklet on Right:  Salvation.

Step 4.  This month, we felt led to create booklets which lead students a second time through Romans.  While going through Romans again, students are forced to wrestle through every verse in small groups while writing down how they will teach each verse and their corresponding pictures in the future.  Students then practice teaching each other.  This is a slow and tedious process but it helps students to truly know Scripture.  

In this picture, students are working through the booklet on SIN.  

Step 5.  After completing the study, we feel led to meet with each student one-on-one, listening to them teach through Romans.  This step is important in avoiding false teaching.    

Step 6.  Every student who demonstrates the ability to teach accurately will be given a copy of all our training material.  These trained students will meet together for prayer and fasting as we look at a map of Kokoyah Road.  After selecting towns to minister in, students will be commissioned and sent out.  Our prayer is for disciples to be made in every town and village on Kokoyah Road.

Step 7.  We feel led to continue teaching, book by book through the Bible, giving students the training and tools they need, until we see healthy churches in every town and village on Kokoyah Road.

Thank you for partnering with us in the Gospel.  We feel very blessed to get to do what we do everyday.  Please remember our students in your prayers.  Pray also for healthy churches in every town and village on Kokoyah Road.  Thank you!