Africa in Revival

Botswana
Ted Grosbach family, Reported by Pastor Lesang Legotlho

The capital city church had two receive the Holy Ghost. One was filled during the Youth Service, and the other in a Home Fellowship Group meeting. Eight new Home Fellowship groups have been started with many visitors coming.

Burkina Faso
Ken Cantrell family

An evangelism tool called "Fete Des Amis" (celebration of friends) is a special time of fellowship for the church with their neighborhood. One small congregation recently had at least one hundred people packed into its building. There were several visitors to the next church service as a result.

There are four more "Fete Des Amis" events planned in the upcoming weeks. There is a deep stirring happening in the hearts of the pastors to evangelize their communities.

Equatorial Guinea
Regional Missionary, Peter Mua & Area Coordinator, Jim Poitras

The regional missionary and his wife were both healed from malaria.

The church permit and personal documents were renewed for another two years, and they are continuing to preach the gospel throughout the country.

Ghana
Jim Poitras, Colleen Carter, & Nick Sisco families

Two students from another organization were baptized in Jesus' name.

Five received the Holy Ghost at one church.

A village church received four visitors after tracts were distributed.

Kenya
Jim Crumpacker & Patrick Groves families

During General Conference, forty-seven received the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Liberia
Albert Stewart family

In regular church services, twenty-nine were baptized in Jesus' name, and fifty-six received the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Madagascar
Chris Richardson family

Over 15,000 attended the services of National Conference, and 1,884 received the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Malawi
Tremayne Simoneaux family

In a District Conference, twelve received the Holy Ghost, and the Missions offering for the District was more than double the previous year.

Mozambique
Tremayne Simoneaux family & Regional Missionary, Cezar Moraes family

Eight received the baptism of the Holy Ghost at a special service in one town.

At a regional conference, twelve received the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Nigeria
Gerry McLean family

One pastor baptized five in Jesus' name, and three received the Holy Ghost.

After teaching a group of pastors on the Oneness of God and baptism in Jesus' Name, one of our pastors baptized five pastors and their wives in Jesus' name.

One pastor, who was baptized at a Oneness Seminar in the north of the country, recently baptized eight in Jesus' name, including four pastors.

Tanzania
Richard Smoak family

Reports from four regional conferences give a total of 996 attending daytime sessions and 1,821 attending the night services. Seventy-four received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, thirty-two were baptized in Jesus' name, and eighty-one were healed of various sicknesses. There was also a young man delivered from demons.

In the crusade services of one of the regional meetings, there was a crowd of over 1,000 visitors. This is an area where the church has been under strong spiritual attack and the saints have stood strong and believed in the delivering power of God.

Togo
Randy Adams & Michael Benson families

At two Sunday School Seminars, twenty-five teachers were empowered to reach their children effectively.

At one church, four received the Holy Ghost, and the pastor also testified of being healed from the effects of several strokes. One of the missionaries preached at this church about "The Champion in Our Camp," and the church symbolically recreated a modern-day Jericho by marching around the outside of the building seven times to see their problems destroyed. One lady who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer testified that as she made the journey outside she felt pain, but by the time she returned inside the church the pain and lump were both gone.

A total of three received the Holy Ghost at two other churches, and five were healed.

Uganda
Phil Tolstad family

At a Ministers Conference, there were 229 church leaders in five days of classes. Twenty-eight received the Holy Ghost, and seventeen were baptized in Jesus' name-including nine Trinitarian pastors. Nine branch churches became new churches, and forty-two churches joined our church. Sunday service had over 340 in attendance.

At a Regional Conference, thirty-three received the Holy Ghost and twenty-eight were baptized in Jesus' name.

In a city on the Sudan border, there were twenty-three baptized in Jesus' name. The pastor was one who received the Holy Ghost and was baptized in Jesus' name at the Pastors Seminar.

Throughout other areas of the country, a total of eighty-seven received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and 146 were baptized in Jesus' name. Also, twelve new churches were started, including a church that recently received the truth. The presbyter baptized the whole congregation.

Zambia
Gary Abernathy family

There were over 5,500 in attendance at a recent conference where fifty-eight received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and forty-five were baptized in Jesus' name. We thank the Lord for the powerful preaching, teaching, and services.

Eleven have recently graduated from Word Aflame Bible College.