RECAP: What is the African Bible Safari?
The African Bible Safari is the ministry name for “Ending Bible Poverty Now” in Africa. We focus on 3 things:
1) Evangelism- (Mark 16:15)- this is the one theme that unites the Body of Christ in Africa. We initiate inter-denominational conferences for church leaders around this theme and we partner with the Jesus Film in showing the Gospel to unreached people groups.
2) Oral Bible Recordings- There are hundreds of languages in Africa that don’t have a Bible in their mother tongue. about 100 of them are in Cameroon (Jackson’s home country). We train locals how to do audio recording and find a translator in a village that will be able to translate the gospel orally. That oral translation is then recorded on an SD card or USB and spread around the village.
3) Discipleship- there are 7 spheres of influence that will transform a nation. We can give people a Bible and preach the Gospel, but they still need to be discipled (Matthew 28:18-20). The nation as well as the individual need to be discipled. We need the Bible to be at the root of all of these spheres of influence. When Christians rise up in the spheres where they have been called we can truly see a nation transformed. In Africa there is an understanding that if you are a good Christian you quit whatever job you have and become a pastor. So they are losing Christians in the market place. During the pastor conferences in Cameroon we have therefore spent quite a bit of time on the 7 spheres of influence.
The results so far:
1) Evangelism & 3) Discipleship:
3 Pastor Conferences were held in Cameroon in the last 6 months.
About 100 pastors went through this training and took Jesus Film projectors to do village outreaches
2) Oral Bible Recordings:
3 Tribes now have an oral Gospel recording in their mother tongue: “Eton”, “Basso” and “Barombi”
Here you see the Gospel of Matthew being played for the first time in “Eton” language
WHAT’s NEXT?
August 21st-September 3d will be the African Bible Safari Leadership Gathering in Kona, Hawaii.
We have invited pastors and ministry leaders from across Africa to join in a time of learning how they can End Bible Poverty Now in their nation. We now have a real practical story to tell them- the case study in Cameroon these past 6 months.
Please pray for the visas for all these participants to be approved and for the African Bible Safari to be multiplied!
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