EVANGELICAL
CHURCH WINNING
ALL
ECWA
A
VISION RENEWED
THE PAST APPROACH
• EMS WAS MOSTLY INVITED TO PARTNER ON
FOREIGN FIELDS MOST OF THE TIME BY SIM
AND OR A NATIONAL CHURCH IN THAT
COUNTRY.
• CHURCHES PLANTED WERE NOT ECWA
CHURCHES.
• MOST OF THE WORK WAS IN RURAL AREAS
AND THE CHURCHES PLANTED WERE
ECONOMICALLY WEAK WITH LITTLE CHANCE
OF BEING SELF SUPPORTING.
REASONS FOR PAST APPROACH
• AN EXTENSION OF SIM FAMILY RELATIONSHI- NOT
AT ALL BAD.
• A CONTINUATION OF SIM INTERIOR FOCUS ON THE
UNREACHED RURAL AREAS- NOT AT ALL BAD.
• NO FUNDS TO DO INDEPENDENT SURVEY OF CROSS
BORDER FIELDS BY EMS – A SEVERE LIMITATION WE
ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH.
• NO FUNDS TO SUPPORT MISSIONARIES ON THE
CROSS BORDERS FIELDS BY EMS – GRADUALLY
BEING OVERCOME.
EXAMPLES OF OUR MISSION FIELDS
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NIGER.
CHAD.
GHANA.
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
SUDAN.
MALI.
BURKINA FASO
A VISION REVIVED AND ENLARGED
EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF WEST AFRICA EVANGELICAL CHURCH WINNING ALL
THE NEW STRATEGY
• ADVANCEMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE KINGDOM REMAINS
OUR OVERIDING VISION.
• PRESENT PARTNERSHIPS WILL BE SUSTAINED AND WHERE
NECESSARY, NEW ONES WILL BE ESTABLISHED ( EXAMPLE OF
BURKINA FASO).
• HOWEVER, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ECWA CHURCHES SHALL BE
PLANTED WHEREVER MISSION WORK IS DONE (EXAMPLE TOGO,
MALAWI AND CAMEROUN)
• CHURCH PLANTING SHALL START IN CITIES AND VILLAGES
SIMULTENEOSELY. THE HOPE IS FOR CITY CHURCHES TO
ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE RURAL MINISTRIES AND AVOID THEIR
PERPETUAL DEPENDENCE ON THE NIGERIAN CHURCH. (
EXAMPLE THE GAMBIA, MALAWI AND TOGO)
THIS MEANS MUCH MORE
RESOURCES NEEDED
• SPIRITUAL
• PHYSICAL
• MATERIAL & FINANCIAL
SPIRITUAL
• PRAYER –MOBILISING THROUGH PRAYER
CALENDER, INTERNET BULLETINS AND
TALKS IN GATHERINGS AND CONFERENCES.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER MOBILISER
FOR RADIO MINISTRY TO THE CORE
NORTH.
• BIBLES.
• OTHER DISCIPLESHIP AND TEACHING
MATERIALS.
PHYSICAL RESOURCES
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MISSIONARIES
TRADITIONAL MISSIONARIES.
TENT MAKING PROFESSIONALS. (FCS AND
NIFES PROMOTIONS WILL BE INTENSIFIED)
STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY SEMINARIANS AND
ECWA PASTORS RESIDENT ABROAD,
UNDERGRADUATES AND POST GRADUATES.
DISCIPLINING AND TRAINING INDIGENOUS
BELIEVERS AND ENGAGING THOSE CALLED AS
MISSIONARIES.
MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL
RESOURCES
• MONEY FOR MISSIONARY UPKEEP
EXPENSES OR CHURCH PLANTER BASIC
EXPENSES (EG TRANSPORTATION).
• MONEY FOR MINISTRY EXPENSES. EG.
RENTING OF HALLS, WORSHIP EQUIPMENT,
BASIC TEACHING AND DISCIPLESHIP
MATERIALS, LAND, BUILDING.
• MINISTRY EQUIPMENT . E.G. VEHICLES AND
OR MOTORCYCLES.
THE STORY SO FAR –THE GAMBIA
THE STORY SO FAR - THE GAMBIA
• ECWA HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.
• MISSIONARIES- REV &MRS SILAS YAKO. TWO
OTHER CHURCH PLANTING MISSIONARIES
WORKING WITH HIM.
• LAND BOUGHT IN BANJUL. CHURCHES PLANTED
IN RURAL AREAS, ONE IN SENEGAL,
MACEDONIAN CALL FROM SIRRALEONE.
• CHALLENGES. FUNDS TO MAKE UP FOR THE
LAND PURCHASED, BUILDING DISCIPLESHIP AND
TRAINING CENTER, BUILDING THE CHURCH IN
BANJUL.
• ECWA HEADQUATERS HAS CONTRIBUTED
N3M FOR THE GAMBIAN MISSION FIELD.
• Visited by ECWA Wuse 2 and ECWA
Goodnews Church Maitama, Ministers Hills.
• ECWA Wuse 2 contributed 1 m for purchase
of the land and building at Banjul.
• ECWA Goodnews Church Maitama has
contributed over N2.1m for the Gambian
Mission and…….
PRAISE THE LORD! ONE MAJOR NEED OF THE GAMBIA
HAS BEEN MET BY ECWA GOODNEWS CHURCH
MAITAMA, MINISTERS HILL N5m,ABUJA N500,000 WAS
PROVIDED BY ECWA CENTRAL AREA ABUJA
THE STORY SO FAR – TOGO
THE STORY SO FAR- TOGO
• MISSIONARIES: REV&MRS JOSHUA YAKUBU
• ECWA NOW INCORPORATED AND INAUGURATED.
• A CHURCH ESTABLISHED IN LOME CAPITAL OF TOGO.
SEVERAL OTHER CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN RURAL
AREAS. SEVERAL TOGOLESE NATIONALS TRAINED AND
TAKEN ON AS MISSIONARIES, ONE TRAINED AT
MASTERS LEVEL IN JETS.
• CHALLENGES:THE LOME CHURCH NEEDS TO BE
PROPERLY FINISHED, THERE IS AVAILABLE LAND THAT
CAN BE PURCHASED FOR ANOTHER CHURCH PLANT
IN LOME AND OTHER URBAN TOWNS.
• ECWA HEADQUATERS HAS DIRECTLY
CONTRIBUTED 3M FOR VARIOUS CHURCH
PLANTS IN TOGO MISSION FIELD
• THROUGH THE ADVOCACY OF THE ECWA
GENERAL SECRETARY, THE KOP HAM GAVE
N500,000 FOR CHURCH PLANT AT WAHALA
• ECWA GOODNEWS CHURCH MAITAMA HAS
CONTRIBUTED N1.1M FOR CHURCH PLANT AT
WAHALA. ADDITIONALLY, A MAITAMA
MEMBER HAS GIVEN N750,000 FOR ALL THE
5 MOTORCYCLES NEEDED IN THE VARIOUS
FIELDS
THE STORY SO FAR - MALAWI
THE STORY SO FAR -MALAWI
• A MISSIONARY COUPLE HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AND READY TO LEAVE.
• SUPPORT ALREADY RAISED.
• CHURCH PLANTING TO BEGIN IN
EITHER BLATYRE COMMERCIAL
CAPITAL OF MALAWI
• ECWA HEADQUATERS HAS CONTRIBUTED
N1.5M FOR MALAWI MISSION FILED
(INFRASTRUCTURE)
• ECWA PLATEAU CHURCH HAS ADOPTED
MALWI AS THEIR MISSION FIELD AND
COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO THE SUPPORYT
OF THE MISSIONARIES TO MALAWI FOR THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS. THEY HAVE GIVEN ABOUT
1,592,507M ALREADY FOR THIS YEAR
THE STORY SO FAR – TEL AVIV ISRAEL
THE STORY SO FAR - ISRAEL
• MISSIONARIES: MR& MRS OBADIAH NAKA
(TENT MAKERS).
• ECWA YET TO BE INCORPORATED.
• CHURCH PLANTED IN A RENTED HALL.
• CHALLENGES: FUNDS FOR RENEWAL OF RENT,
INCORPORATION OF ECWA, SENDING A FULL
TIME MISSIONARY AND SUPERVISION.
• ECWA HEADQUATERS HAS CONTRIBUTED
N1M FOR ISRAEL MISSION FIELD
THE STORY SO FAR - CAMEROON
THE STORY SO FAR - CAMEROUN
• MISSIONARIES: ALL ARE CAMEROUNIAN
NATIONALS.
• ECWA ALMOST INCORPORATED.
• MOST CHURCHES PLANTED ARE IN RURAL
AREAS, EXCEPT ONE OR TWO IN GAROA
NORTHERN CAMEROUN.
• CHALLENGES: CITY CHURCH PLANTING IN
YOUDE AND DOULA NEEDS TO BE DONE.
ECWA BURKINA FASO
• Already in partnership with SIM Related
Church in Fadan Gurma . Two Missionaries
Columbus Pawa and Babangida Abba.
• Missionary Ready
OTHER CONTACTS
CONTACTS ARE BEING MADE FOR:
• SOUTH AFRICA (ECWA HQTRS HAS
COMMITTED N1.5M)
• KENYA
• MOZAMBIQUE.
• ZAMBIA
• GHANA
• COTONOU
THE PROPOSAL
• CHURCHES TO LINK EMS UP WITH PROFESSIONALS,
SEMINARIANS AND STUDENTS THAT THEY BELIEVE
ARE IN GOOD STANDING TO PLANT ECWA
CHURCHES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. WE NEED
EMAIL ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, OTHER
DETAILS FOR CONTACTS.
• CHURCHES TO ADOPT A (FOREIGN) CROSS
BORDERS MISSION FIELD THEY WILL WANT TO
SUPPORT – TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MISSIONARIES
SUPPORT AND MINISTRY NEEDS. TWO OR MORE
CHURCHES CAN COME TOGETHER TO ADOPT A
FIELD.
THE PROPOASAL CONT’D
• THIS VISION RENEWED IS AN ECWA PROJECT AND
THE ENTIRE ECWA EXECUTIVE IS INVOLVED AND IS
CHAMPIONED BY THE ECWA PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
• THE EMS CROSS BORDERS UNIT WILL SERVE AS A
LAISON, PROVIDING DATAS , UPDATES AND REPORTS
FOR ECWA PRESIDENT AND THE SUPPORTING
CHURCHES ON THE CROSS BORDER FIELDS ADOPTED.
• FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, ALL FUNDS WILL BE
CHANNELLED THROUGH EMS TO THE VARIOUS CROSS
BORDER FIELDS AND REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS WILL
BE RENDERED BY EMS TO ECWA HEADQUATERS AND
SUPPORTING CHURCHES.
PROTOTYPE MODELS
• ECWA GOODNEWS CHURCH MAITAMA –
THE GAMBIA, TOGO.
• ECWA PLATEAU CHURCH JOS – MALAWI
• THE FUNDS USUALLY COME IN WHEN
MEMBERS BUY INTO THE VISISON!
WE ARE OPENED AND READY
TO LISTEN TO SUGGESTIONS
THANKS AND THE
LORD BE WITH
YOU ALL