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Keeping in Touch with our Global Partners
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Submitted by, Revs. Bill & Lisa Walker, GBWM Co-Chairs
Christ for All Nations Mission Trip
Lisa and I have participated in several mission trips over the years. Between the two of us, we’ve been on trips to Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, Myanmar, The Philippines, Cuba, and Jamaica. One time we brought a group of Mexican EMC youth to Macon, Georgia for what we called a “reverse mission trip,” but most of our mission trip experience involves American EMCers visiting another country. However, mission trips don’t have to involve different cultures, passports, or international flights.
I am excited to share with you an experience that was very different. In fact, it wasn’t even our experience—we weren’t involved this time! This was a mission trip that took place within one of the EMC Global Conferences. Christ for All Nations (CFAN) pastor Rev. Théophile Mpetembe (aka Pastor Theo) leads an EMC congregation in Montreal. CFAN has a small cluster of churches in Canada (Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario). One of their new church plants is led by Rev. Henrique Dicoba in the town of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, about a 1-hour drive from Montreal.
In February of this year, Pastor Theo organized his Montreal congregation to go help the Saint-Hyacinthe church in their community evangelistic efforts. Here is Pastor Theo’s Facebook message to me:
“The mission went very well. It was in the city of Saint-Hyacinthe in the province of Quebec. I preached on the necessity of evangelization. We were 15 people. We also led the worship time. Afterwards, we encouraged the members to win souls and then to plan in 3 to 5 years to start a new [church]. They were encouraged and said that our presence pushed them to double their efforts.”
Praise God! Here is one church encouraging and helping another church. The Montreal congregation will visit again in April because the SaintHyacinthe church is moving to a new location. Pray for these churches and their pastors as they reach their communities in the French-speaking province of Quebec.
