The Night Cometh...By Andrew Abah

"I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work" (John 9:4).

In March 2015, God summoned over 200 mission leaders from several African nations for the 20th African Missions Summit(AMS 2015) to consider this verse of the Scripture. First, we saw the night personified as a man moving. The night is not static. It is moving and getting closer than when it began to move. This called for us to take a closer look at the divine agenda and to study God's timetable for the now like the Men of Issachar. We focused on Jesus and saw how He appropriated His time in the light of these reality.

 

To get a clearer picture of what Jesus may be saying in this verse, we need to imagine  a hard working farmer in days before modern farm machinery. He rose up early each day in order to be in the field before "first light" to take productive advantage of every minute of daylight in cultivating his crops in view of harvest. He knew that night would come, so he worked hard all day and when the night came he "rested hard"...well deserved rest for his diligence in the daylight. He knew that if he was going to have a crop to harvest, he must work diligently every waking minute because the time was short.

Jesus lived his whole life with a sense of the fierce urgency of now. He knew that his time on earth was limited, and his days here were numbered. In a short time he would have to return to the Father (John 12:8, 16:17, 28). Whatever he had to do or whatever was to be done for him had to be

done while the opportunity presented itself. It must be done immediately.

That’s why he said, “We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work” (John 9:4).

He was about to cure a blind man on the Sabbath day, and he knew it would incur the wrath of the rigid, Sabbath-keeping Pharisees. But that didn’t matter. He had to break protocol and get the job done while the opportunity was there, for it might not come again.

In the King James Version, Jesus says, “I must do the works of him that sent me...”. However, all other translations say, “We must work the works of him that sent me...”. His sense of urgency must also be our sense of urgency.His earlier followers expressed that same urgency when they wrote, ““Behold, today is the day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2). And, Wherefore the Holy Ghost saith, today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts...” (Hebrews 3:7-8).

The call of scripture is ever and always one of urgency. Every page of the Bible says “today.” Every tick of the clock says “today.” Every beat of your heart says “today.” Every obituary column in the newspaper says “today.” All of God’s creation seems to cry out, “Behold, today is the day of salvation.”

We too need to live and labor and love with that sense of urgency. Life is short. Death is sure and time is passing. The lost are perishing. To presume on the future is dangerous (James 4:13-17). We must act now. We must work the works of him that sent Jesus while it is day - we must, for the night cometh when no man can work. This word from our Lord reminds us of the urgency of acting by God’s timing. Time will pass, we will die, and opportunities will disappear. If we delay, if we postpone, then we may just never get around to it.

In his famous article, “Come Before Winter,” Clarence McCartney highlights on things that must be done when the opportunity arises. He cited 2 Timothy 4:21 from the Message Bible: 'Try hard to get here before winter...' as his text. According to him, there are doors of opportunity that swing open for us, and if we do not enter, they close and will stay closed forever. There are tides in our lives, and if we do not ride them, the window of opportunity will soon ebb. There are voices speaking that a year from now, a season from now, will be silent, and they will speak no more. If we are going to do some things, then we must do them while the opportunity is with us, for it will soon be gone. We must not wait for a more convenient season. There is, then, a note of urgency in all aspects of life. We must do what needs to be done while we can, while there is an opportunity, for the privilege will soon pass away.

Jesus lived his whole life with a sense of the fierce urgency of now. He knew that his time on earth was limited, and his days here were numbered. In a short time he would have to return to the Father (John 12:8, 16:17, 28). Whatever he was to do or whatever was to be done for him had to be done while the opportunity presented itself. It must be done immediately. That’s why he said, “We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work” (John 9:4).

In the King James Version, Jesus says, “I must do the works of him that sent me...”. However, all other translations say,“We must work the works of him that sent me...”. His sense of urgency must also be our sense of urgency. His earlier followers expressed that same urgency when they wrote, “Behold, today is the day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2). And, “Wherefore the Holy Ghost saith, to day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts...” (Hebrews 3:7-8).

Specifically, I think of the emerging trends in missions as I write this charge. Many nations that we could easily gain access into are getting closed. Mauritania, a country in the West African region used to be part of the Economic Community of West Africa States(ECOWAS). As Christians in ECOWAS countries, we didn't need a visa to enter Mauritania with the gospel. They have pulled out of ECOWAS to join the Arab League, making it absolutely difficult if not almost impossible to enter Mauritania not to talk of preaching the gospel.

This North East of Nigeria which is today ravaged by the Muslim Fundamentalist  was once open and friendly but the church did not take advantage of it to impact the region sufficiently with the gospel. We had the wrong impression that the door will remain open for ever. To access very good portion of the territory now is like the head of the camel going through the eyes of the needle.

Fred Markert once recalled the tragedy of missing the harvest time as he shared the story of Kublai Khan, the great Mongol leader. Khan  ruled the largest Empire the world has ever seen. It extended from the Pacific Ocean on the East to Poland on the West and from Russia on the North to India on the South. Mongol warriors were so fierce and determined that they even conquered China in spite of its Great Wall. In 1266 A.D, Marco Polo, the great explorer and adventurer went to Kublai Khan in his capital city. This fierce warrior’s heart was touched by the news of Christ’s death for the sins of the world. He sent Marco Polo back to Europe with a request to the leaders of Christianity: “Send me 100 men skilled in your religion….. And so I shall be baptized, and then all my barons and great men and their subjects. And so there will be more Christians here than they are in your parts”.

God has prepared one of the extraordinary moments of harvest for the largest empire the world had ever known, and then had delivered it to the Church! How could the Church help but jump at this incredible chance? After many years, only two missionaries came forward who were willing to endure the hardships necessary to bring the good news of Christ to the Mongolian empire and even they turned back half way into their appointment with destiny before reaching Mongolia. They left behind  the legacy of the greatest missed opportunity in church history. How did Kublai Khan respond to this silence from the west? He turned to Tibetan Buddhist, inviting them to spread their religion throughout his empire.

Dr. David Barrett’s work captioned: Chaos, Cosmos and Gospel revealed that because of the failure of the church to take advantage of the harvest while it was day time,  at one point more than half of the men in the nation were Buddhist Monks. What a tragedy!

Many seasoned missionaries whom the church heavily depended on for the great commission are gone to be with the Lord. Many labourers have fallen sick and can no longer contribute much to taking the light of the gospel to the dark places of the earth. Many souls waiting for the manifestations of the Sons of God have gone to Christless eternity. If help come when it is no longer needed, it is no longer helpful. We were told that an average of 85,000,000 people, on average, die every year. If we divide 85,000,000 by 365 days in a year, that means an average of 232,876 people are dying every day in this world.

This number would have increased with the increasing rate of terrorism, earthquake, etc. The rich man who died and went to hell desperately wanted his brothers to repent so they will not come to hell. He persuaded Father Abraham to deploy Lazarus to go reach out to them but it was too late. The Night for Lazarus to do mission had come. He cannot go back to the world any more. Do not forget the words of David to his friend Jonathan, “There is but a step between me and death.” So it is with all of us — just a step — a short step. And the uncertainty of life means that there is urgency in the call of Christ.

Every day, we pray to God for more labourers to deploy to where they are most need. We meet with thousands who are persuaded that God is beckoning on them to come over but they have reasons why they should continue to procrastinate, while the unreached people continue to cry: 'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, but we are not saved'. (Jeremiah 8:20). The church in Nigeria/Africa have enough financial resources to make meaningful impact in global missions but many missionaries have quit the mission field because of epileptic and sometimes complete lack of financial support.

Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy to make effort to come over before winter because he really needed him and some key material support. If help does not come before the winter, the help will no longer be helpful. Will you rise up now to do what you can do now before the night come?

Boko Haram: Digging into Untold History

Today it’s little known that Islam’s holy city Medina was predominantly Jewish city in the time of Mohammad. During that time the city was called Yatrib and it was inhabited by three large Jewish tribes: Banu-Nadir (or “Sons of Nadir,”), Banu-Korayzeh, and Banu-Kainuka. Consistent with Torah-based lifestyle of tilling the land, these tribes engaged in Date palm agriculture, unlike their Bedouin non-Jewish counterparts in the region, who made a living thru caravan trade from Yemen to Syria. Politically Arabia and Israel seem worlds apart but in reality the distance between Eilat, Israel’s southernmost city and Medina is the same as between Boston and Washington DC.

This land where Mecca and Medina stand, the Arabian stretch along the Red Sea, is the same land that was inhabited in the Biblical times by Medianites. The most famous Medianite was Yitro (Jethro) – Moses’ father-in-law. He famously joined the Israelite camp and converted to Judaism, after which he “returned to his people” (Exodus 18:27) to convert them to Judaism. Even though connection between Yatrib (Medina) and Yitro(Jethro) is more phonetic than etymological, due to the one letter variance in their roots, it is certainly an interesting conjecture based on circumstantial evidence of Jewish presence in what was historically Jethro’s homeland. The only scholarly consensus is that Yatrib is a non-Arabic word, so we know that Yatrib and its predominantly Jewish population’s origins predate Arabic culture in that land.

Muslim conquest of Medina in 630CE was of the first of Muslim conquests. Prior to becoming mighty enough to conquer the city, Mohammad tried desperately to endear the Jews of Yatrib to his newfangled religion. He sought after their validation and acceptance. For 16 months, Mohammad prayed with his few early followers along with the Jews of Yatrib in the direction of Jerusalem. After that time, Mohammad realized that Jews will not ever accept him as prophet despite his initial pleading and later threats – Jews insisted that he does not match criteria of prophet in Torah. When Mohammad took over Medina, he beheaded hundreds of Jewish men there, giving the remaining choice to leave, convert or die. His next act was to attempt and erase the Jewish past of the city by renaming it ‘Medina’. Medina means simply “city”. ‘Medina’ also sounds like tribute to Medianite- the pre-Judaic pagan past of the region. Incidentally, this is also when Mohammad turned his prayers from Jerusalem toward the pagan Kabba Stone in Mecca; it remains so until this day.

These acts of Mohamad vis-à-vis Jews of Yatrib (Medina) are clear messages from him to his followers, echoing all these fourteen centuries later. Just as Mohammad showed he cannot co-exist with Jews but must convert, erase or replace them, set the tone for Islam ever since in its attitude towards non-Muslims in general. Throughout the existence of Islam, its spread into the world, and most notably today, it is being experienced in the form of jihad- “holy war” on non-Muslims. The first to experience jihad were the Jews of Yatrib. The polemic nature of Islam evolved from the insecurity Mohammad experienced in being rejected by these Arabian Jews, and even by his own tribe members (Tribe of Qurayish). Some of his tribe could not understand why he thinks he is ‘messenger’ if his message consists of Judaism and Christianity, with which they were already familiar thru hearsay. It is important to understand that this episode in Mohammad’s evolution from unknown preacher of new faith to military and political leader impacted Islam as political ideology and as religion, making the two inseparable. Tracing the roots of this union helps understand how and why Islam majority countries simply have no substantial separation of “church and state”, which impacts social and governmental structure fundamentally.

 Source: http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/09/16/muhammads-first-jihad/

Australia Muslim named commander of Islamic State unit

Abu Yahya ash Shami has been reported as having been killed waging jihad for the Islamic State, so it is unclear who this new commander really is, but if he is indeed Australian, he highlights one of the West’s most important new exports: jihad terrorists.

ASIO is investigating reports the head of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has appointed a 40-year-old Sydney man to a senior military leadership role in northern Iraq.

An Iraqi news website is ­reporting that an Australian fighting with Islamic State, and who goes by the name Abu Yahya ash Shami, has been named the military commander for the town of Jalula in northern Iraq.

Citing a local source, the Iraqi News site said the Australian had proved his allegiance to Islamic State after he beheaded four ­people who refused to swear a bayat, or oath of allegiance, to Baghdadi. “The Australian was fighting in the front of Deir al-Zour (in Syria) before arriving to Jalula,” the website quotes the sources as saying. “The new commander beheaded four militants belonging to different factions (who) were detained a week ago because they refused to swear ­allegiance to Baghdadi.”

The report could not be verified and there is a possibility it is a case of mistaken identity, as the nom de guerre quoted was used by Zakaryah Raad, an Australian man who was killed while fighting with Islamic State. The report also carried a picture of Raad, who ­appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video before his death. But ASIO, which in recent weeks has issued several high-profile warnings about the threat posed by foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria, is understood to be investigating the claim.

Attorney-General George Brandis has said publicly that a number of Australians in Iraq and Syria had progressed from being mere foot soldiers and were now occupying leadership positions with jihadist groups. As many as 60 Australians are believed to be fighting in Iraq and Syria, with dozens more supporting the terrorist outfit from Australia.

Among them is former Sydney man Abu Sulayman, who is a sharia official and operational planner with Jabhat al-Nusra, al- Qa’ida’s affiliate in Syria and bitter rival of Islamic State. Sulayman is considered by ASIO to be among the most senior terrorists ever produced by Australia. The report came as more details emerged about a Brisbane father now fighting for Islamic State in Syria.

As revealed in The Weekend Australian, Afghan-born Zia Abdul-Haq, who has adopted the nom de guerre Abu Yusseph, is believed to be in a unit with other Westerners from Canada and France, after leaving a son and former wife behind to enter the conflict. He had also sought a wife in Syria, bragging to friends on Twitter that one woman had told him his fighting in the “jihad” would be his dowry to her.

Brisbane newspaper The Sunday Mail yesterday reported that Abdul-Haq was a finance officer and moved to Australia in his late 20s. He had been “brainwashed” after hearing a talk by prominent radical cleric Musa Cerantonio. Mr Cerantonio, who was deported from The Philippines this year and has been identified as one of the most influential English-speaking clerics for Western fighters in the conflict, yesterday hit out the brainwashing claims. “At the time that I gave the talk that was mentioned in the article, the Islamic State did not even exist — it was given two years before the group was even founded,” he said.

Source: http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/09/01/australia-muslim-named-commander-of-islamic-state-unit/

ISIS Laptop Reveals Project to Build Biological Weapons

Foreign Policy reports reveals contents of a laptop found in Syria, laying out instructions for building chemical weapons and detailing attempts to weaponize bubonic plague.

US intelligence officials discovered that one of the world’s nightmare scenarios may have some base in reality as, according to a report in Foreign Policy last Friday, a laptop was recently discovered in war-torn Syria, detailing the attempts and ambitions of the Islamic State (ISIS) to build and use weapons of mass destruction.

According to the report, the computer was discovered in the city of Idlib in north-western Syria, near the Turkish border after fierce battles in which other resistance groups captured the area, and with it an ISIS post.

Foreign policy said that the computer belonged to a Tunisian national who studied chemistry at two separate universities in his home country before leaving to join ISIS in Syria.

The Syrian rebels who captured Idlib didn’t know what was on the computer or what importance it may have and therefore passed it on to Foreign Policy reporters who initially thought that the laptop was empty.

Only after further investigation did they discover tens of thousands of folders and documents in French, English and Arabic. The computer’s contents were originally unsurprising for a terrorist organization like ISIS. Reporters found old videos of Osama Bin Laden, a guidebook for building a bomb and stealing a vehicle, and how jihadists should use disguises and fake identities to travel from country to country without being caught.

Finally, after hours of filing through the computer’s documents, Foreign Policy reporters found documents proving that the Tunisian had taught himself how to construct biological weapons for attacks that would astound the world.

Perhaps the most alarming of the documents however, detailed ISIS sanctioned work to weaponize the bubonic plague and other viruses that would have an even greater affect than that of a localized chemical attack.

“The benefits of a biological weapon are that it doesn’t come up often, and the losses are massive,” said the instructions on the laptop. “When a mouse is injected by the bacteria, the symptoms of the disease begin to show after 24 hours. It’s best to use in places like underground trains or soccer fields and it can be used in a suicide attack as well.

Alongside the instructions was also a message of religious approval for the use of such weapons – part of a Fatwa which says that, “If the Muslims can’t overwhelm the infidels in any other way, they are allowed to use weapons of mass destruction to kill everyone and erase them and their descendants from the earth.”

While the idea of ISIS establishing such devastating weapons can easily conjure fear, this isn’t the first me that terrorist organizations have brought the issue of biological weapons to the forefront of the war on extremism.

Source: http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/09/01/isis-laptop-reveals-project-to-build-biological-weapons/

Another Look at Our Other Cousins - Council Declares Women’s Existence Anti-Islamic

In chain being Married out

Islamabad - Sharia Correspondent: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah. As the meeting concluded CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani noted that women by existing defied the laws of nature, and to protect Islam and the Sharia women should be forced to stop existing as soon as possible. The announcement comes a couple of days after CII’s 191st meeting where they dubbed laws related to minimum marriage age to be un-Islamic.

After declaring women to be un-Islamic, Shirani explained that there were actually two kinds of women – haraam and makrooh. “We can divide all women in the world into two distinct categories: those who are haraam and those who are makrooh. Now the difference between haraam and makrooh is that the former is categorically forbidden while the latter is really really disliked,” Shirani said.

He further went on to explain how the women around the world can ensure that they get promoted to being makrooh, from just being downright haraam. “Any woman that exercises her will is haraam, absolutely haraam, and is conspiring against Islam and theUmmah, whereas those women who are totally subservient can reach the status of beingmakrooh. Such is the generosity of our ideology and such is the endeavour of Muslim men like us who are the true torchbearers of gender equality,” the CII chairman added.

Officials told Khabaristan Today that the council members deliberated over various historic references related to women and concluded that each woman is a source of fitnaand a perpetual enemy of Islam. They also decided that by restricting them to their subordinate, bordering on slave status, the momineen and the mujahideen can ensure that Islam continues to be the religion of peace, prosperity and gender equality.

Responding to a question one of the officials said that international standards of gender equality should not be used if they contradict Islam or the constitution of Pakistan that had incorporated Islam and had given sovereignty to Allah. “We don’t believe in western ideals, and nothing that contradicts Islam should ever be paid heed. In any case by giving women the higher status of being makrooh, it’s us Muslims who have paved the way for true, Sharia compliant feminism,” the official said.

The CII meeting also advised the government that to protect Islam women’s right to breathe should also be taken away from them. “Whether a woman is allowed to breathe or not be left up to her husband or male guardian, and no woman under any circumstance whatsoever should be allowed to decide whether she can breathe or not,” Shirani said.

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/03/15/comment/coucil-of-islamic-ideology-declares-womens-existence-anti-islamic/

‘I serve a God who answers prayers’: Full Text of the Medical Missionary, Dr Kent Bently, who Beat Ebola

Dr Kent Bently, who Beat Ebola

 Today is a miraculous day. I am thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family. As a medical missionary, I never imagined myself in this position. When my family and I moved to Liberia last October to begin a two-year term working with Samaritan’s Purse, Ebola was not on the radar. We moved to Liberia because God called us to serve the people of Liberia.

 In March, when we got word that Ebola was in Guinea and had spread to Liberia, we began preparing for the worst. We didn’t receive our first Ebola patient until June, but when she arrived, we were ready. During the course of June and July, the number of Ebola patients increased steadily, and our amazing crew at ELWA Hospital took care of each patient with great care and compassion. We also took every precaution to protect ourselves from this dreaded disease by following MSF and WHO guidelines for safety.

Writebol with children in Liberia before
she was struck by Ebola, which she fully
 recovered from on Tuesday.

 After taking Amber and our children to the airport to return to the States on Sunday morning, July 20, I poured myself into my work even more than before – transferring patients to our new, bigger isolation unit; training and orienting new staff; and working with our Human Resources officer to fill our staffing needs. Three days later, on Wednesday, July 23, I woke up feeling under the weather, and then my life took an unexpected turn as I was diagnosed with Ebola Virus Disease. As I lay in my bed in Liberia for the following nine days, getting sicker and weaker each day, I prayed that God would help me to be faithful even in my illness, and I prayed that in my life or in my death, He would be glorified.

 I did not know then, but I have learned since, that there were thousands, maybe even millions of people around the world praying for me throughout that week, and even till today. And I have heard story after story of how this situation has impacted the lives of individuals around the globe – both among my friends and family, and also among complete strangers. I cannot thank you enough for your prayers and your support. But what I can tell you is that I serve a faithful God who answers prayers.

 Through the care of the Samaritan’s Purse and SIM missionary team in Liberia, the use of an experimental drug, and the expertise and resources of the health care team at Emory University Hospital, God saved my life – a direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers.

 I am incredibly thankful to all of those who were involved in my care, from the first day of my illness all the way up to today – the day of my release from Emory. If I tried to thank everyone, I would undoubtedly forget many. But I would be remiss if I did not say thank you to a few. I want to thank Samaritan’s Purse, who has taken care of me and my family as though we were their own family. Thank you to the Samaritan’s Purse and SIM Liberia community. You cared for me and ministered to me during the most difficult experience of my life, and you did so with the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.
 Thank you to Emory University Hospital and especially to the medical staff in the isolation unit. You treated me with such expertise, yet with such tenderness and compassion. For the last three weeks you have been my friends and my family. And so many of you ministered to me not only physically, but also spiritually, which has been an important part of my recovery. I will never forget you and all that you have done for me.

 And thank you to my family, my friends, my church family and to all who lifted me up in prayer, asking for my healing and recovery. Please do not stop praying for the people of Liberia and West Africa, and for a quick end to this Ebola epidemic.

 My dear friend, Nancy Writebol, upon her release from the hospital, wanted me to share her gratitude for all the prayers on her behalf. As she walked out of her isolation room, all she could say was, ‘To God be the glory.’ Nancy and David are now spending some much needed time together.

 Thank you for your support through this whole ordeal. My family and I will now be going away for a period of time to reconnect, decompress and continue to recover physically and emotionally. After I have recovered a little more and regained some of my strength, we will look forward to sharing more of our story; but for now, we need some time together after more than a month apart. We appreciate having the opportunity to spend some time in private before talking to some of you who have expressed an interest in hearing more of our journey. Thank you for granting us that.

 Again, before we slip out, I want to express my deep and sincere gratitude to Samaritan’s Purse, SIM, Emory and all of the people involved in my treatment and care.

Above all, I am forever thankful to God for sparing my life and am glad for any attention my sickness has attracted to the plight

Opportunities to Serve in Grace Foundation

Grace Foundation has need for staff. There are opportunities for both short and long term staff. We would love for you to come and join the team. The urgent and immediate staff needs are:

1) Church Planters
This is our number one need. We are beginning to see how few people are really willing to give their lives up to plant churches among unreached people where there are none. It is a long, hard process of making relationships over time and takes awhile to see fruit which is why many don't feel "called" to do it. Please pray for more people that would be willing to do evangelism, discipleship, and church planting among the many unreached people groups.

2) Pastoral Care
Pray for a couple seasoned in life and ministry to come on board to oversee the spiritual life of the GF missionaries. We need someone with a lot of wisdom, counseling experience, knowledge of the Word, good speaking skills, compassion that speaks the truth in love and gifted in member care.

3) Medical Personnel
We need a full-time doctor or nurse to help run the medical side of our ministry which helps open so many doors. We need someone to be in charge of all short-term medical teams coming through the base as well as oversee the mobile medical team which will be getting underway soon.

4) Missionary Children Teacher
We need someone that would be willing to come down to teach staff and students' children or assist in the home-school process in order to free the parents up to get more involved in ministry.

5) Internet
We need someone that would serve as our webmaster and be in charge of our search engine optimization. This person would be responsible for helping with all our IT needs and finding more effective ways of using the internet as a way of reaching the nations. We would also like someone with video editing knowledge to help with promotion and production of new resources to help advance the kingdom through media.

6) Maintenance Person
We need a "handy man" that could take care of all the little odd jobs that often pop-up at our facilities.

7)Administrative Assistant
We are looking for an office manager at GFIM to do much of the correspondence, accounting, and fundraising that is involved in keeping the ministries going.

Short and Long-term serving with Grace Foundation:

For those eyeing to serve with us on a short-term basis, the terms are entirely based on your time, availability and affordability to go to the place you would felt the Lord wants you serve in one of our mission bases within Nigeria or outside (list of places below). The other requirement we do not overlook for all including those that want to come on short term basis, is that one should be born again.

The first step in joining our organization as a long-term staff is to go through the twelve month missionary training at our School of Cross-Cultural Missions. This is a great way for us to get to know you and your gifts and for you to get to know us. It is a type of candidacy and screening program to see if you would work well with our team and a chance for you to be empowered for ministry, get to know our staff, our values, our vision, and our ministry philosophy.

After completion of the school, if we both feel good about the relationship we will look for a place where you can work using your gifting, personality, and passion. We have many staff opportunities with GF at our various fields like Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Niger Republic and proposed field in North Africa and the Middle East. We also have good relationships with other missions organizations and love sending the people that we have trained to go and bless them if GF isn't the right fit for you.

Email us now: gracefoundationinternational@yahoo.com or sms us on +2348173322222 to register your interest.