The 12th African Missions Summit has come and gone but the impact will remain indelible. The program which attracted over 200 leaders from no fewer than 10 countries representing over 50 agencies focussed on the vast journey ahead. The theme of the summit was taken from 1 King 19:7.
Among those God used as resource persons were Chairman of African Missions Network (AMNET), Rev. Canon Bayo Famonure and Presiding Elder of one of the Nigeria's fastest growing mission-sending Church, Chapel of Good-News, Pastor Joseph Egwuda from Nigeria Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Golbeck from Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, Rev. Peter Vumisa from Inserve, Elsie Govendor from WOTA, Durban, South Africa, Missions Pastor of one of the biggest mission-sending churches in South Africa, Morelleta Dutch reform Church, Rev. Hendrick Sayman.Other resource persons were Rev. Harouna Labo, Yazi Adamou, Nicky Dilli, etc.
The program featured talks, group discussions, windows to the world, missions' reports, etc. New contacts were initiated, networks were built, several lives were encouraged and almost every one present was equipped with tools like CDs containing several books that will strengthen them in missions.
The climax of the meeting was when Rev. Sayman was presenting the model of his church involvement in missions and had to digress to repenting on behalf of Whites for all the atrocities committed during the apartheid policy and colonialism. As a symbol of repentance, he washed the feet of all the representatives of every Black nation present at the summit. Tears flowed profusely and prayers of reconciliation were offered for one another. Evangelist Sunday Oguche who closed that session stressed that the attention of the host of heaven was drawn to what went on and that it will serve as a turning point for the church.
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