Alfred's ministry, Eternity Global Ministry, was originally founded by Alfred and his wife at their home in Garden Compound. For many years they watched as God faithfully blessed their church, so that last year they felt led to plant another church in nearby Kalingalinga. Today Alfred faithfully walks for more than an hour each way every Sunday so that he can lead this young church, which meets in a preschool classroom. EGM is not yet a year old at this site, but are hoping to move to a bigger room in the near future as their membership continues to expand.
Alfred arrives at the church at around 9:00am in order to meet with two young men that he is training to be leaders at EGM, Frank and Deafson. They do a Bible Study before the service starts, so that they can learn how to properly read and interpret God's Word. When the Bible study is over, the men pray for the church and offer thanksgiving for the day. Then the children start to arrive -- Alfred has a tremendous heart for the next generation, as you can hear about in this video:
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The service starts at around 10:30am with plenty of singing and prayer, and then the youth choir and the adult choir each sing for the congregation; sometimes Alfred gives a prize to whichever choir sounds the best. When worship has finished, Alfred preaches from the Word of God, often translating for himself, and then calls to the front those who are in need of prayer or the laying on of hands.
Please pray for Alfred and his ministry as they hope to experience God's blessings in the years to come. Specifically, you can pray for more male leadership, as a large portion of the congregation is made up of wives and mothers whose husbands are unwilling to come to church. Please pray that these men may "be won without a word by the behavior of their wives." (1 Peter 3:2) Please also pray that the youth of Eternity Global Ministry might grow in their knowledge of God.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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