Fortunately, God had other plans for saving the high school. Aniefiok wrote, “The fight to keep our high school and sustain our mission work in Uruk Otong has started. In a recent wire from the Bethlehem church [Aniefiok’s sponsoring church in Watertown, Tennessee], two families, James and Janice Kelley and Lola Crouch, made a huge…
Two decades ago, God formed an amazing, productive, and inspiring relationship between WEI and Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. A brilliant young preacher by the name of Aniefiok Akpan had just purchased land that had belonged to his great grandfather, a tribal chief who wore the title of “His Royal Highness” and who…
We received an email from Jim Fox, a longtime member of the WEI Board of Directors and a repeat short-term missionary in Albania. Jim wrote, “Using WEI materials, I was honored to be able to baptize Belinda Moran at the Garden Valley Church of Christ in Knoxville, TN. Belinda, a longtime friend, had suffered through…
Katheryn H. writes, “We welcomed a new brother-in-Christ in Afghanistan this morning. He is an Afghan law student at the University of Iran. Coincidentally [?], he is friends with another of our secret Christians-–in the same home town—and they did not know about the other reading the Bible. “We are continuing to have one…
In our last newsletter, we showed you a picture of the new WEI Learning Center in Tuguegarap City in northeastern Luzon Island. In that picture, the chairs were empty. Since then, Edwin E. Vicente has gathered twelve WEI students who study with him at various times through the week. These are baby steps in the…
In Lae, Papua New Guinea, public high schools allow preachers from different churches to conduct Bible classes. Consequently, Arthur Tatara has been teaching the WEI Intermediate Bible Course to students in a local high school each Thursday for several years. Arthur writes, “I have the opportunity to share the gospel with students for 40 minutes. …
Prabhu Kumar, the Director of WEI-India, reports that Bro. Babu and his son-in-law in Morusumili baptized three of their WEI students into Christ, and Bro. K. Payani baptized two people in a recently constructed “baptismal tub.” One of 5 WEI Students Baptized in India W.E.I. THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR YOURCONTINUED SUPPORT! The contributions and…
WEI teacher, Linda Banks, a member of the Metro Church of Christ in Gresham, Oregon, reports that one of her Intermediate students, Jacinta Sarah, was recently baptized in Nairobi, Kenya. Jacinta’s spiritual journey began when she was “baptized” by sprinkling into the Anglican church. Linda writes, “Jacinta’s WEI lessons include many examples of people who…
On January 29th, WEI teacher Perry Taylor received an exciting email from Eric Chepkwony, Director of the WBS prison ministry in Kenya. The email was not about a prison inmate. It was about a denominational preacher, David Kipngetich, one of Perry’s WEI online students. The first words in the email were as follows; “On January…
Murray Stewart has become one of our most outstanding WEI online Bible teachers. He claims new students just about every day. He is also the leader of the Church of Christ Plants ministry with whom we partner when hosting WEI Student Receptions in major cities where we have an abundance of online students. Murray recently…
In partnership with Church of Christ Plants ministry, WEI will be hosting our first Student Reception in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in October of this year, Lord willing. The Church Plants team will once again remain for more than a week conducting personal Bible studies with our best online students. 8,042 Ethiopian students have been claimed…
In early January Prabhu wrote, “By the grace of God, yesterday our yearly planning meeting of WEI teachers was conducted successfully.” Twenty-five WEI teachers from all parts of Central and Southeast India gathered for fellowship, inspiration, and planning. Several preachers proclaimed the Word of God and ignited a holy fire in the hearts of…
In the last issue of this newsletter, we reported that Edwin E. Vicente’s personal support from American Christians has gradually declined as our nation’s economy has deteriorated. Consequently, Edwin was forced to seek employment to supplement his income. At 60 years of age, Edwin was not able to find a job in San…
On December 17, Aniefiok sent out an email saying, “The kingdom of Satan suffered another defeat [today]as a mother, Mrs. Josephine Joseph Akpan, decided to put on Christ [in baptism]. “Josephine is one of the parents who attended our WEI Youth Conference & Lectureship. Her son, Abraham Joseph Akpan was one of the three young…
Arthur Tatara, dynamic young preacher and college teacher in Lae, Papua New Guinea, has an unbelievable true story to tell. The 6th Morobe Provencial Youth Camp was sponsored this year by the Indagen Church of Christ 43 miles northeast of Lae in the Kabwun District. There is no road up to the campsite, so the…
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