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Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
NIV

John 20:10-16

10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11 but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13 They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"

"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."

16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
NIV

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WELCOME! 

Nigeria Church of Christ



Aniefiok & Etang Akpan
WEI Director, Nigeria
Chaplain, Obong University, Nigeria

E
mail: weiafrica@yahoo.com
Phone: 234-802-396-9331


Postal Address:
Box 973, Abak,
Akwa Ibom State,
Nigeria, West Africa

Mission contacts:
 

Bethlehem Church of Christ
Lebanon, Tennessee
Philip & Carolyn Poston
Email:cposton@genesco.com

The church in Nigeria...A GROWING MINISTRY
1. Aniefiok was baptized at the age of 10 in 1984 and became a student-preacher at the age of 12 in 1986.
2. His full-time preaching ministry began in 1986 when he served as the chaplain of Obong Christian High School for four consecutive years, and about 20 students were converted.
3. In 1992, Aniefiok became the first resident preacher of the newly established congregation in Ikot Akpa Idem, Ukanafun where nearly 30 baptisms were recorded.
 

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4. In 1996, Aniefiok began a six-year ministry with the Garage Church of Christ, Ibio Nung Achat as the first resident preacher and over 70 souls were won for Christ.
5. While serving at the Garage church, a new congregation was planted in Rumuodogo, Rivers State in 1997 where Aniefiok served as a visiting preacher and baptized 48 persons under one year.
6. A new congregation was planted in Uruk Ata Ikot Akpan where Aniefiok visited every other week and witnessed over 40 baptisms.
7. Aniefiok was also involved in planting new congregations at Ikot Ekperikpe in 1998, Ikot Ebenwan in 1999, Ukanafun township in 2000 and a total of over 50 baptisms were witnessed in these congregations.
8. In 2001, Aniefiok began a seven-year full time ministry with Ikot Ubo Church of Christ where over 80 souls were baptized & restored and pioneer elders & deacons were ordained.
9. While serving with Ikot Ubo brethren, a new congregation was planted at Nkek Idim where Aniefiok served as a visiting preacher and baptized over 40 persons.
10. In January 2008, Aniefiok returned home to plant a new congregation in his hometown, Uruk Otong where over 70 of his people have been won for Christ.
11. Over 100 persons have been baptized into Christ in various places across Nigeria through the WEI ministry.
12. Our WEI ministry in Cameroun & Sierra Leone has yielded over 30 baptisms.
13. During the past 25 years, Aniefiok has witnessed over half a thousand people surrender their lives to Jesus.
14. Presently, Aniefiok has just begun an exciting and promising ministry with Obong University Campus Church of Christ.
15. Aniefiok is presently a university graduate preacher with a wife & three children to take care of.
16. The newly inaugurated university campus church with 12 pioneer worshipers does not have the financial strength to support Aniefiok and his family.
17. The responsibility of building and growing the campus congregation at Rhema Academy rests on their shoulders with a present dependency upon support from the US.
 

Using a Stone to Kill Two Birds
Suddenly, we discovered that we were 'using one stone to kill two birds.' Our students improved significantly on their knowledge of the English Language. Our pioneer students recorded 100% success in the Junior School Certificate Exams administered by the education ministry. Our students learned the truth of Jesus at the same time.

God Sponsors His Work
We did not know how to acquire WEI materials for our students. So we mentioned it in one of our reports. Nancy Gonzalez, after reading the report, introduced us to brother Tom Langley. With the support of our sponsoring congregation, the Bethlehem church, brother Langley sent the first parcel of WEI materials to us at Rhema Academy. The President, Richard Ady then took over the responsibility and later confirmed our WEI ministry in Nigeria.

The Harvests of Souls
 A short while after we began using WEI materials, our students began to respond to the gospel. Within a short time, many of our students accepted Christ and were baptized. Many responded to the call for baptism during our daily chapel services. In fact, God added new souls to His Kingdom almost on a daily basis until our high school was suspended in December 2008 for accommodation reasons.

Damaging Controversies
Initially, the churches of Christ in our area reluctantly accepted our WEI converts who desired to place membership in their congregations. Some brethren thought it was unscriptural to make disciples for Christ through WEI because they did not know WEI as a ministry associated with the churches of Christ. Most of our converts were confused and some returned to the denominational groups they came from following the controversy.

Remedy to Controversies
Initially, we did not know what to do about the situation. So, we called for a one-day fasting & prayer meeting at Rhema Academy. After the prayer meeting, God gave us the wisdom to set up a campus church at Rhema Academy so that our converts and others could meet to study, pray and worship without any controversy. The inaugural worship service of our campus church which had ten worshipers in attendance was held on January 06, 2008. Within a year, membership strength increased to over 70. Thus, we were able to gather the Lord's harvests successfully and our campus church has witnessed a rapid growth since then. Although we lost most of our new converts when our high school was suspended in December 2008, other souls (villagers) who accepted Christ and were baptized replaced them. We look forward to a time when we will be able to complete our permanent school building so that we can re-gain our high school for greater harvests.

Three Successful WEI Conferences
 After our first annual WEI Nationwide Conference & Graduation in 2008, other gospel preachers in Nigeria began to use WEI as a tool for evangelism. The results have been so impressive. Over a hundred souls have been won for Christ in Nigeria through this effort during the past three years. The controversy about making disciples through the WEI ministry ceased after the maiden conference and the churches of Christ in our neighbourhood now accept our converts willingly.

Nationwide Campaign
We have intensified our WEI nationwide campaign in Nigeria. As I spoke at lectureships, seminars, workshops, and gospel meetings across the nation, I carried the message of the WEI ministry along. By phone calls, text messages and emails, we are able to reach out to areas where we are not able to go in person. By these methods, we have registered hundreds of students in Lagos, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Ibadan, Abuja and other cities. Our WEI City Office & Teaching Center in Abak helps us to better co-ordinate our WEI activities in the different zones. We have also extended the tentacles of our WEI Ministry to Cameroun where several souls have also been won for Christ.

The 4th Annual WEI Conference in May 2011

The 4th edition of our WEI annual nationwide conference at Rhema Academy will hold in May 2011. We recorded a total attendance of 520 participants in our previous conference. By that time, we had about

WEI students in Nigeria that we taught personally. Presently, with the emergence of American postal teachers and great increase in the number of students which now exceed 1000, we are expecting more participants at the conference. We are also anticipating more harvests during the 2011 conference.

The Most Pressing of Priority Needs
Presently God has helped us overcome some of the initial obstacles we encountered in our WEI campaign.  There is, now,  only one big obstacle which has greatly hindered the progress of this wonderful ministry in Nigeria: TRANSPORTATION. We look forward to a time when we shall be blessed with at least one vehicle to meet the needs of our WEI campaign and mission work at Uruk Otong. A strong vehicle like a Toyota Hilux truck will be a great asset to our work as it is suitable and adaptable to our bad jungle roads. We pray that a family or congregation would come to our rescue and donate a fairly used or a new truck, or the fund to acquire one here in Nigeria.

Partnership & Prospects
It is our conviction that WEI will help to win more souls in Nigeria than any other ministry in the next couple of years. Over the years, we have been looking for the right bait to use in our fishing for souls. The Chinese people have an adage that says 'to catch a tiger, one must bait the trap.' The English lessons of WEI has proven to be one of the most effective baits for our work as fishers of men. It will be great and encouraging to hear from you and to enjoy your fellowship and partnership in this great worldwide evangelistic ministry

 


 

May 2013


Dear Brethren,
Greetings! We hope this report finds you doing well each day. Kindly exercise patience and read through so that you may have a good grasp of the nature of mission work we are involved in. We will be glad to answer any question you may have.

A NEW DAWN WITH WEI
We established a Christian school called Rhema Academy in 2005 to bring Christian education to the door-step of our people. After the school started, we were fervently praying for resources we could use to teach our students the Bible effectively. By God’s providence, WEI came to us in 2007. We used the WEI materials to teach our students both English and the Bible effectively. Within one year, many of our students were baptized into Christ that it became necessary to set up a campus church. The inaugural worship service of the campus church at Uruk Otong was held on Sunday January 6, 2008. The church grew rapidly with more students being baptized on a weekly basis. Following an aggressive house-to-house evangelistic campaigns by the campus church, many of the villagers were converted as well. In December 2008, our high school was suspended by the education ministry for inadequate accommodation and facilities – leaving us with only the nursery & primary arms of the school.

RESTORING THE PAST GLORY
We laid the foundation of our permanent school building since September 2006. Our greatest challenge now is to complete the school building so that we can restore our high school and begin again to teach our students English and the Bible on a daily basis using the WEI resources. This is the best way we can guarantee greater and regular harvests. We shed tears each time we recalled what a significant progress we were making in the ministry before the devil obstructed us. We recorded so much success in those days that brother Dick Ady remarked that we were involved in one of the most exciting mission works in Africa. We desire to return to that mode of operation. All we need is a roof over the school building and we will rekindle our fire of aggressive gospel campaigns using WEI as bait. Please share our concern with the Christians and churches around you.

WEI MINISTRY IN WEST AFRICA
In addition to using WEI resources to teach our people English and the Bible personally, we also use our network of Christian connections to introduce WEI ministry in other regions of Nigeria and other West African countries. With the help of American postal teachers, people are learning the truth in Cameroun, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Senegal. Presently, we are making effort to establish a link in Togo (another virgin ground very receptive to the gospel). We are making plans for a mission work in Togo in the near future.

MARRIAGE & FAMILY SEMINAR
We started a seminar on the Christian home some years back. Fielden & Janet Allison came all the way from Tanzania as the guest speakers of the inaugural seminar. Every year, we gather Christian couples and singles and teach them the biblical principles on marriage and family life. This year’s seminar was held in Uruk Otong on May 5. I personally delivered a keynote on “WHEN COUPLES DISAGREE.” It was indeed a great lecture and well received by the participants. The next edition of the seminar will be held on May 4, 2014, God willing!

WEI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Another wonderful gospel event we conduct is WEI Conference. We could not organize the conference last year due to several factors including insecurity and insufficient finance. This year, the conference will be held on November 1-3. We teach Bible lessons only during the conference. In order to raise fund for the conference, we are planning to produce tickets and encourage Christians and churches to purchase the tickets especially for those who are not yet converted to attend the conference. By some doing, we will have the right audience and cut down on unnecessary expenses. We will encourage our US postal and internet teachers to work towards buying tickets for some of their serious students to attend the conference. Each ticket will cost ten US dollars ($10). This will cover seven meals and accommodation for the three days and conference materials.

WEI ZONAL SEMINARS
As a pre-requisite to the big conference in November, we have made plans to conduct monthly WEI seminars in Ekparakwa, and other strategic locations in order to reactivate our dwindling WEI ministry. Most of our students are discouraged because of the delay and loss of their materials through the postal system. We need to meet with them in their different locations and rekindle their interest in order to prepare them for their studies and the big conference ahead. Etang and I have conducted the zonal seminars with excitement in the past. It avails us the opportunity to meet new prospects and to interact with our WEI students. Reports of the seminars will be published in our subsequent newsletters.

NCA ANNUAL LECTURESHIP
In addition to our ministry in Uruk Otong, we are working with the churches of Christ in our area on a regular basis. We are involved in conducting monthly gospel meetings and youth Bible seminars which rotate among the churches in our area. I preach at a funeral, lectureship, wedding almost on a weekly basis. On Thursday April 25, I attended the Lectureship organized by the Campus Church of Christ, Nigerian Christian Academy (NCA), Uruk Ata Ikot Akpan. I delivered a lecture on RECONSIDERING & RESTORING THE PATTERN OF THE 1ST CENTURY EVANGELISM. It was nice to be at NCA, the Christian school I served as the principal teacher before I left for my BA (Religious Studies) Degree studies. It was great to meet Dr. Edu Okorie, my master in the faith after a while. He is doing fine and the school is growing.

RHEMA ACADEMY BEGINS
Please permit us to mention that Etang is now the Director of the nursery & primary arm of our Christian school, Rhema Academy. She is doing fine directing the school. School re-opened on April 29 for the final term of the 2012/2013 school session. We will vacate in July and return in early September to commence the 2013/2014 school session. We are doing our best to teach our pupils about Jesus, God and the Bible. We believe that it is the best to catch them young.

DORCAS GARDEN
Sister Dorathy Japhet of our campus church in Uruk Otong has been appointed the Manager of our Christian farm settlement to assist our Christian widows. She is a faithful and dedicated Christian worker. She is having a difficult time now that her husband who assisted her in the work at Dorcas Garden has gone blind. She has to work real hard to take care of her family of five children without the help of her husband. Yet, she is still very strong in the faith, and her faith encourages us. We have been at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital three times to see the Doctor about Japhet’s eye problem. We will be there again sometime this month. Please remember him in your prayers.

Thanks for reading through and remain blessed.

In Christian love,
Aniefiok & Etang Akpan

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