I would like to share this mission efforts report with
you trusting that it will trigger your love and commitment more and more
towards the great commission of our master Jesus Christ. The preaching of the old rugged cross should be
a priority to every disciple of Christ if our concern is to bring the alien
sinners to the savior. Jimmy Ferguson once stated and I quote ‘Perhaps
there is not a greater need in the church of our Lord today than the need for a
greater emphasis upon evangelism. This need can best be realized when we
understand that evangelism is in a very real sense the "life-blood"
of the church, i.e., it is the activity which causes the church to thrive and
grow. In the absence of evangelism there can be no church growth’.
The legendary Apostle Paul charged Timothy to be strong in
the grace that is in Christ Jesus. He further stated ‘And the things you have
heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will
qualified to teach others’ 2 Tim. 2:1-2. It is on this account that we laid the
foundation of the Cameroon Institute of Biblical Studies, Batibo , Cameroon.
Our focus to educate men for the work of God, for effective leadership and
ministry in the Lord’s vineyard is unshakable despite our challenges. In as much as His word has been our ultimate standard
in our every evangelistic effort and broadcast, His rich mercy remains our
point of reference each time we want to talk about accomplishments occasioned
by our work of missions here in Cameroon. With this in mind, we will
always give the Lord thanks for keeping His promise of His presence attached to
the Great Commission. He has been with us always as we reached out to those who
are yet to receive the light of His word into their lives.
We praise God that
the presidential election in Cameroon took
place on the 9th of October 2011 successfully, although with some abnormalities.
The proclamation of the result / the winner will take place in the next 15 days
and I covert your prayers that all should go well and that peace should prevail
at last.
Please pray for the church in Cameroon to come out of the possible calamity of war. The 23 short-listed candidates who are fighting to be elected to become the chief tenant of the presidential palace in Yaounde have vowed not to give peace a chance should there be any election malpractice. These threats have been freely announced on radio and television, thereby casting a shadow of fear and terror over the nation. Please do know that Cameroon is sitting on a timed bomb and it is only the grace of God that can incapacitate this looming danger. We have invested much in the vineyard of God in Cameroon and I pray nothing should happen to thwart on mission efforts. I love the people of Cameroon and which to spend few more years to accomplish more to His glory if that is God’s will.
Please pray for the church in Cameroon to come out of the possible calamity of war. The 23 short-listed candidates who are fighting to be elected to become the chief tenant of the presidential palace in Yaounde have vowed not to give peace a chance should there be any election malpractice. These threats have been freely announced on radio and television, thereby casting a shadow of fear and terror over the nation. Please do know that Cameroon is sitting on a timed bomb and it is only the grace of God that can incapacitate this looming danger. We have invested much in the vineyard of God in Cameroon and I pray nothing should happen to thwart on mission efforts. I love the people of Cameroon and which to spend few more years to accomplish more to His glory if that is God’s will.
Holidays report .The
CIBS students did marvelous job during the first semester holidays which lasted
for two months precisely July and August 2011. They were assigned in pairs to
some six local congregations in Cameroon for field practice during their
holidays and they came back in September for the second semester with blooming
reports. They conducted bible studies from
door to door with a total of 425 persons, Baptized 16 into Christ and restored
24 into the fold respectively. A side from the students
holidays report, we have embarked on effective weekend evangelistic activities
in Batibo community and its immediate environs since the resumption of our
second semester
CIBS evangelistic activities report
of September 2011
In September we stormed several
places with the message of the gospel to people who gave us their time and
attention. Several studies of the Bible were conducted during the period under
reappraisal. Many of them have indicated interest in further studies, while
others said they will be baptized after careful investigation of the gospel
that we have preached to them.
1. Numbers of studies conducted 56.
2. Numbers of person studied
with 157.
3. Numbers of Baptism
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Radio Evangelism: The work of
declaration of the good news in the mass media is still doing great things in
the city of Bamenda and other towns that can
receive our broadcast on radio. This radio evangelism is worth talking about
every time because a number of souls have been brought to Christ through the
faith that came by hearing of God’s message.
Our Challenges: Till date we are not able to secure a regular financial support for the
smooth running of the CIBS and as such, we are hardly able to pay staff and
students allowance as suppose. In addition, we have not been able to embark
effectively on out reach campaigns or carried out most of our planned
evangelistic activities out side Batibo / the North West Region. There are days
in my ministry that I literally cry for divine help to fortify the fiber of my
faith. Sincerely at times I feel like giving up but thank God for his
grace and the great crowd of supporters like Bro. Gene Adams, Dr. Obot Essien,
my wife and all of you who have always stood by me to say move on, it shall be
well.
Our Needs:
I have been buying
Bibles for some serious prospects but I really need a helping hand in this
regard. Please if you can help with copies of NIV or NKJ even if they are
fairly used. It will really relieve me of the burden of giving these serious
ones a copy of the word.
We
lack funds to keep going, but still trust God for help. We need not less the
180,000fcfa @ $418.00 equivalent monthly for students allowances,
370,000fcfa $860.40 equivalent for staff allowances every month , 100,000fcfa @
$232.60 for our evangelistic campaign trips monthly and 50,000fcfa @ $116.30
for bills and miscellaneous .That is to say, we stand in need of the sum total
of $1,627.30 monthly and till date we are not yet having a regular support for
the smooth running of the CIBS mission and it has not been easy with me to
raise this amount to move this Institution forward the way it should be.
Our
pressing needs are that of staff and students allowances and funds for
evangelistic campaign trips. We are not able to settle the school bills for
last month, not to talk of these remaining months. We did not host the campaign
for Christ program last semester due to lack of funds and are still not certain
for this semester’s own. We are expected to send our students on field work
exercise to the neighboring congregation this November ending, all these need
money to effectively carry out. Pray for us.
The
school is having a total of 12 students and 7 teaching and a non teaching
staff. Among them are four for biblical courses and three for secular courses
such as ; Computer studies, French language, use of English, Farm economics,
Graphic Arts and Community health. When the students left for their first semester
holidays, we were forced to employ a non teaching staff as a security guard.
In regard to our evangelistic programs, we schedule to embark on twice a month evangelistic trips / campaigns to congregations. Our mission is for evangelism, edification and church planting.
We exist as a school today at a borrowed apartment and a plot of land as a temporal site, we need a size able plot to build our permanent school site and enough space for a demonstration garden. We need some computers to set up our lab. We need to obtain a 19 sitter bus to ease our regular evangelistic trips.
We have already introduced poultry farming on Campus; and we trust to introduce in addition piggery and fishery farm respectively to enable us generate funds for the smooth running of the institution. Pray for us.
100% of funds we receive which is ear marked for this mission will be judiciously put to use to the glory of God and expansion of His mission on earth. We will equally submit a regular report to our donors.
In regard to our evangelistic programs, we schedule to embark on twice a month evangelistic trips / campaigns to congregations. Our mission is for evangelism, edification and church planting.
We exist as a school today at a borrowed apartment and a plot of land as a temporal site, we need a size able plot to build our permanent school site and enough space for a demonstration garden. We need some computers to set up our lab. We need to obtain a 19 sitter bus to ease our regular evangelistic trips.
We have already introduced poultry farming on Campus; and we trust to introduce in addition piggery and fishery farm respectively to enable us generate funds for the smooth running of the institution. Pray for us.
100% of funds we receive which is ear marked for this mission will be judiciously put to use to the glory of God and expansion of His mission on earth. We will equally submit a regular report to our donors.
Missionary
welfare: We have been struggling with poor health condition from time to time.
Funds that would have been
spent in paying Gershom and Gene Jr. School fees has were spent on hospital and
drugs. And I'm so depressed about the postponement of their fees payment. Come
what may, we will never lose sight of the great contribution you have been
making to ensure the furtherance of the gospel in Cameroon. My family
and I wish to say thank you for having renewed your financial commitment to us.
In His service,
Prince Otobong Ituen
CIBS Director
P.O.Box 73, Batibo
North West Region, Cameroon.
Tel:+237-75-190238
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