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July-September 2021

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REPORT OF WORK BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER 2021

Dearly beloved,

The work of the lord within the periods of July and September 2021 had been very rich in the eyes of man. I hope the lord will be satisfied with the labours of his servant who according to Luke 17:10 is an unworthy servant.

Within the church meeting at Ukpagada, the lord blessed our effort with 5 souls to the glory of God. We also lost three souls to the devil for not walking orderly as the Lord directed.

Externally, my team and I spent two weeks in Kenya to strengthen the church there and to the glory of God, the network of my preaching was expanded. My lessons I share daily on facebook and whatsapp now feed the church in Kenya, Eswatini, South Africa and the West Africa sub region.

Back at home in Nigeria, I had made a trip to Oron 430 km from Ogoja to speak to church leaders there during the Oro Leadership retreat.

We also spent a weekend in Wula eastern Boki, to strengthen the church there. God blessed our effort with 8 souls. We are planning a big mission there in December this year. Lord willing and with available funds, we will storm the area and hope to make a huge impact.

Within this period, our enrollment in WBS got reactivated. Our strategy is now to catch them young. So, most of the students we have now are school students. Close to 100 have so far been enrolled during this period.

Keep me in your prayers. After eight years of work at Ukpagada, I thought the workload would reduce, it is now that the workload has increased. I now teach bible classes in the two new congregations that we established (Ukpe = Thursday and Okuku = Friday) in addition to my two days at Ukpagada. As of now, with our dwindling economy, my expenditure on fuel and vehicle maintenance is now very huge.

The summary is that the work must be done and I am available. Thank you for your continued support. It has boasted my work so much to the glory of God.

My first daughter, NT-Rose, is through with secondary school at the age of 16. She is warming up to enter the university in the next three months or so. Pray for her.

In the last quarter of this year, our lectureship is the main focus of my drive. We shall have evangelism, open air preaching and indoor lectures. It is scheduled for between the 25-28 of November.

God bless you all.
Sincerely yours
Mike Udam

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Gospel Report: Moses Ogar

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Dear brethren,

This is the Gospel Report from me to you my brethren. This will show what the Lord had done.

Six people gave their lives to Jesus in Wula Boki Cross River State. This happened as we went there for a two day Evangelism. 

We had a monthly Evangelism in Ukwel Obudu none has been baptized but unending promises that we hope God will accomplished them one day.

We conducted a weekly Bible Study and Singing practice in the Congregations of Church of Christ Ukwel Obudu. We engage in personal Evangelism of House to House. We go visiting the Sick and praying for them.

Personally, I engaged in morning and night preachings from my compounds using the megaphone connecting from Solar Battery. Solar Batteries are getting weak. We had worked with ability and strength God gave us. We are looking forward to do more. The annual WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL AND EVANGELISM comes up on NOVEMBER,,19 – 20 2021. God bless.

EVANGELISM VEHICLE.
We continue to maintain the vehicle as usual, changing the oil when due; fueling it as required. The vehicle was helpful in our trip to Wula Boki for the Evangelism. God will continue to strength us. More resources, more work. God bless. We shall need a small vehicle to carry the Children to Bible Study and Signing practice. May God provide. God bless.

MISSIONARY APARTMENT AND WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL OFFICE.
Work is on going there as we weere through with the small house that holds the tanks to the borehole. We shall need Timbers to do nugging in the two apartments, ceilings sheets or POP as ceilings. We shall need sands and Cement to work in there. Wiring and painting. Stationary for the WBS Office. May God supply all these for us. God continues to use you people to bless us. We shall be giving the update from time to time.

Remain blessed my brethren.
In Christian Love,Moses Ogar.The Evangelist.

N/B.  Pictures below show some of the activities in Wula Evangelism.

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Five souls added…

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SECOND QUARTER REPORT

To the glory of God, we are kept safe by God amidst serious insecurity plaguing our country. Our God is faithful and his kingdom must expand.

Between the months of April, May and June 5 souls have been added to the vineyard of the Lord arising from  our work in the vineyard. The church meeting at Ukpagada withdrew fellowship from two brothers who allowed the devil to lure them away from the faith.

In April we had a Discipleship training that was focused on church growth and expansion. It was a great exposition and the resultant effect of that workshop is the renewed zeal to do great exploits in the vineyard of the Lord. The church at Ukpagada plans to start a new congregation in one of the 9 villages of Ukpagada. For this singular reason, I now lead my entire family with some brethren to preach there every Thursday for eight weeks now. A study center has been created there, the attendance is very encouraging and we hope to turn it into a congregation once we start to have conversion there. We are very close and will continue to covet your prayers in this regard.

Within this quarter, I had the rare privilege to speak at three gospel meetings. In one of the meetings, a couple surrendered to the love of Christ and obeyed the gospel the following day after the lectureship.

Two congregations gave me awards for my contribution to the growth of the kingdom in Northern Cross River state. I give God all the glory for being found worthy of such honour.

Our WBS team arose from the Discipleship training and spent three days preaching in Wula, Eastern Boki (9km from Cameroon) where we started a congregation there.

Three years ago, God used me to convert my Head of Department Mr Festus Okwo into the fold. His conversion got his daughter converted. Then his wife and then a church was planted in Wula his village and today his mother and 10 other souls are in faith. Today he is my Personal Assistant and co-labourer in going out for our Thursday evangelism. Our God is great.

Lord willing, I shall be heading to Kenya for mission work (leadership Training) between 6th and 16th August.

As a congregation, we will need a little support for our Annual Lectureship in November. $200 can be ok to cater for accommodation of our resource persons.

The Bible in my store is exhausted. $100 can get 30 copies and the work will continue to move.

Keep my family in your prayers.

I just turned 8 years working at Ukpagada. I hope the Lord is happy with my work? I am still an unprofitable servant.

God bless you all for the support I enjoy from you milk of personal and congregational kindness.

May the good lord bless and keep us all safe.

Amen

Mike Udam

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8 Years of Service

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Today the church meeting at Ukpagada honoured 8 outstanding preachers who have distinguished themselves and contributed significantly to the growth of the kingdom of Christ around Northern Cross River during the 8th Anniversary of my mission work with the congregation as their minister. Innocent Egwu of Okundi, Jonathan Ekpong  of the University Campus church, Abakpa, and Stephen Abua of Igoli. Others are Joseph Ohiero of Mbok Junction, Cornelius Monjok of Adagom, Randolf Asah of Okpoma and Chidi Chibunna of Oba, Anambra state.

It was a colourful event as all these great soldiers of Christ were charged by their awards to work more to advance the gospel of Christ.

The church has grown from 27 in July 2013 to 250 today with 37 disfellowships.

During these eight years, we have grown with the sustenance of God.

Today we have a vibrant children class with over a hundred children divided into two classes of fifty each. We also have a functional youth class with over 30 young people. We hope to work on instituting correct New testament leadership for the church.

Two years ago, we expanded the kingdom to establish the church at Ukpe. That church is now growing steadily with a Cameroonian refugee leading the church there.

Our major plan for now is to establish another congregation at Nwarranty, a major village of Ukpagada.

Our major challenge is just seasonal poverty. We are very rich during November through March and very poor between April and October. But the Lord is caring for us.

MIKE UDAM

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1st QTR 2021 Report from Mike Udam

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REPORT OF WORK FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021

I am delighted to share with you the report of work for the months on January, February, and March 2021.

The church witnessed 20 New birth through baptism, and one very significant restoration – a man that was baptized in the early 1990 and whose wife was converted to the faith six years ago turned himself in and reconciled with God.

Under this period, we did not record any withdrawal of fellowship even though we are still having members that are very epileptic in their attendance.

In February, the church organized her annual couples retreat to help shape the tone of couples living with each other in proper Bible-defined harmony. Over 80 couples attended and the bond of friendship in marriage was renewed.

In March, the church planted a very big farm for me to cater for my feeding. Since it is a rural congregation, that is the best they can do to support the work of their preacher.

Arrangements have been concluded to establish a congregation this year in a neighboring village. For the next quarter, all my evangelism efforts shall be focused in that area, and with God on our side, we will set up a congregation there.

Keep us in your prayers.

Within this first quarter, follow-up work with WBS students was resumed. We hope to have a WBS seminar sometime in July Lord willing and if the funds are available.

We are also struggling to finish our mission house where we hope to be keeping most of the visitors that come here to work with us. We have plastered and now we are at the stage of fixing doors and windows.

Thank you for supporting me to work out here. I am grateful.

My family shall be heading to Enugu state tomorrow April 1st for a four-day Family Retreat. It is a time once in every year where we go out and meet other Christian families and spend time together in fellowship during the Easter period.

I am doing well in health and the Lord is faithful to me.

God bless you all.

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Couples Retreat in Ukpagada

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THE UKPAGADA COUPLES’ RETREAT

The UKPAGADA COUPLES RETREAT IS an annual gathering of couples to brainstorm ways of making their marriages work even when it is the desire of the devil to shipwreck Christian marriages. After hosting the program for 6 years now, we have recorded success in the following areas

1.       Stability of families. So many couples now know what it means to be called couples.

2.       Clearing of debt – so many couples that did not know that they were cohabitating learned what it meant to go and clear and they have done so.

3.       The public image of couples has improved.

4.       Conflict management amongst couples has been improved and enhanced.

5.       Communications between couples have been improved and

6.       A positive lifestyle is not promoted.

Through this couples’ retreat, men have now known how to take good care of their wives and vise versa.

The only challenge still hanging is how to Dwell with them with understanding.

We are working on that.

We are not yet at the promised land, but certainly, we have moved past where we were.

The church at Ukpagada believe that once the home front is ok, the entire church will be doing fine.

For this year, 83 couples attended and it was colourful. The Man, his wife and his health was the topic considered and we were refreshed.

Keep us in your prayers and also if you have the strength, you can support us as you see fit.

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Ukpagada Lectureship 2020

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UKPAGADA LECTURESHIP 2020

To the glory of God, the word of God has gone forth and for sure it will make a tremendous impact in the hearts of all those that listened attentively to the topics under the theme: The Christian Family in our just concluded lectureship.

 A total attendance of a little above 600 souls (450 adults and 156 children) participated in the lectureship from over 60 congregations across Nigeria.

One central message from the first speaker Hilary Johnson is that God expects us to lead our families well to enable him God write a good testimonial about us like he did about Abraham in Gen 18:19 “For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

The second Speaker Elijah Abire provoked the audience to learn to walk hand in hand with their spouse and avoid acts and conducts capable of destroying their public image. According to Elijah Abire, any man yet to formally marry his woman is a kidnapper and is warming up for hellfire unless they repent and do the needful.

Bassey Esang used the open Forum to go over the lesson highlighting all the grey areas and making sure that the lesson sinks into our hearts.

The youths were made to know the power of being people of Integrity by the ambush commander Chidi Chibunna.

The lectureship had outdoor preaching the previous day 27th November, where Tobobelem West advised the audience to save themselves from this wicked generation. The open-air started at 6 pm and we finished by 10 pm due to questions that arose from the topic. We hope to harvest souls arising from this public lecture in the near future.

The high point of the lectureship was the defection of the mother of Bro Festus Okwo from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light through baptism. Within two years, the baptism of Okwo, my head of department in the school where I teach has produced 9 souls to the kingdom of Christ, with 6 of these souls now worshipping in his village, Wula, 9 km to Cameroon.

Three members of the Ukpagada Mission team, Chidi Chibunna, Agala Chinedu and Ikenna Chiozoadighi presented a brand-new generator to the church to power our outdoor evangelism.

Our challenge is in the area of accommodation. We had built our mission house and were unable to complete it before the lectureship. So, we had to struggle to pay for the accommodation of our guest speakers and other friends from outside Ogoja who came to participate in the lectureship. If we can get a one-time gift of $500, we will be sure there will be a smooth sail next year.

Attached herewith are pictures that capture the event.

To God be the glory.

2nd QTR 2020 Work Report

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WORK AMIDST COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
I am delighted to share with you the little the Lord used me to do in his vineyard in this second quarter of April May June 2020.
It is no longer news that the world is currently being ravaged by the novel coronavirus covid 19. I am thankful that he has protected us from the pandemic and kept us safe even as we practice the WHO protocol.
I thank you for your support that has really helped me survive this pandemic as we were literally shut down in the entire country.
Thank you for the covid 19 palliative that you sent to the cameroonian refugees here in Ogoja. God bless you so much for your love.
During this period, we were blessed with 5 baptisms amongst which were two pastors of denominational churches.
A new congregation was started for the pastors with some of our brethren around there joining in fellowship. I teach Bible study there every Friday. The baby church has a membership strength of 35 with adults over 25 on Sunday worship service.
We are trusting God that covid 19 will recede, and we will resume our aggressive evangelism.
We were able to construct a baptistery in my congregation to easy the process of baptism especially that we have a functional borehole in the church premises.
For the next quarter, lord willing, there are two Leadership seminars that I shall be conducting in Benue and Taraba state in North central Nigeria.
Beginning from July 4th, my team Africa Evangelism Mission shall start Virtual Lectureship streaming live across the continent of Africa via Nzuko/Zoom applications. The brethren in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are our principal target. Topics have been assigned to us all. This is our response to the emergence of covid 19. We are adjusting to the New normal. Trial sessions are ongoing. Keep us in your prayers.
I am equally starting 20 minutes Bible classes live on my facebook page Mike Udam from the 1st of July 2020.
One thing I have learned from this pandemic to always put the phrase LORD WILLING in all my plans.
My family is doing well and to the glory of God, I shall be 7 years at Ukpagada on the 5th of July 2020. Keep me and my family in your prayers.
My members are farmers, if you have a small support for them to buy fertilizers and herbicide for their farms, it will be well appreciated.
God bless you.

Mike Udam

Report of Work from MJA

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Dear Brethren,
Greetings from Akwa Ibom State, Monday Akpakpan and family.
The 2020 LOCK-DOWN ORDER by Government does not mean Lock-In and close doors for our Evangelism work.  We are to preach the word, in Season and out of Season.  The Lord is still using some of His workers to do the work of Evangelism.
Here are few small thing that took place in May 2020.
–  In Two Towns Church of Christ, Manta/Midim, Abak 1 person accepted Christ through baptism.
–  Church of Christ Number Two, Manta, Abak 4 people were baptized including a Pastor from the
    Apostolic Church.
–  In Odukpani County, Cross River State 7 souls were added to the Church.
–  In Ikot Ekpeyak Ikono, Uyo there were 2 baptisms.
–  In Obot Akara 2 people were converted to Christ.
–  Ikot Ubo Waterside Church of Christ reported 1 baptism.
Brethren the spread of Covid-19 cannot stop our Evangelism work completely.  Even though we are not as effective as usual but we must try our best.
The lock-down makes many people to die because of hunger.  Keep praying for us.
May God be with you all.

M.J.A.