These are the families we support at this time:
The Allou Family, AMI-CAPRO Cote d’Ivoire
Sebastién and Grace Allou are engaged with CAPRO Ministries in Ivory Coast, where it is known as Action Missionnaire Interafricaine (AMI). AMI-CAPRO aims to reach the unreached people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Allous have been in full-time mission work since 2003. They are currently assigned to Bouake, where they are involved in mobilization of churches for mission through discipleship training programs, seminars and conferences; evangelization in collaboration with the churches in the villages; research to identify places without the Gospel and supervising the church-planting work of AMI-CAPRO in the Northeast of the country. Their team consists of two couples and two single missionaries.
The Muvukor family, CAPRO Togo
CAPRO Togo team currently consists of Komi and Dorcas Badibarou, Sunday and Prisca Lawani, Samuel and Innocente Pakou, Timothee and Justine N’Bina, Elie and Esther Tchindou, Nafissa Djibo, Jonas Aboum, Abla Fombo, Komlan Tcharie, Vivian Signan, and Augustine Apedo. Missionary Freedom (Fred) Muvukor and his wife Adejoke are the current National Coordinators of CAPRO Togo.
ANUFO
The Anufos came from the Ivory Coast, they came by violence warring against the Gangam people who were indigenous. The Anufos are majorly animist, and there is a strong presence of Islam. Their population in Togo is 88,000 of which 2.3% are Christians. They are somewhat hostile to the Gospel. Calvary Ministries began working among the people group in 2003 and the work resulted in the establishment of 15 churches in two prefectures. The people are primarily engaged in agriculture, fishing and hunting.
AKEBOU
The Akebous are found in the plateau region of Togo, with 64,000 inhabitants. CAPRO began working amongst the Akebous in 1998; by the grace of God the work birthed communities of believers in three villages. There is today the presence of many denominations among the Akebous. However, the challenge remains that idolatry is rampant amongst them.
Prayer points:
-Pray for church growth resulting in people group movements with true conversions,
-Ask the Lord of the harvest to send more labourers to the Gourmantche, Anufo and Akebou harvest fields.
-Pull down the stongholds in the land.
-Pray for resources to meet the needs of the fields and the challenges of empowering the local believers.
The Soper Family, Bogota, Colombia
The Onyebilanma Family CAP Ministries, Durban, South Africa
Chimezie & Ibidun Onyebilanma are cross-cultural missionaries serving the unreached peoples of Africa since 1995. They presently serve as national leaders for CHIBI ARCHIVES PRODUCTION (CAP) – a new mission that is reaching the unreached peoples of Africa by using every tool possible with special emphasis on media. They are focused on equipping churches, mobilizing and training new missionaries and initiating pioneer missionary efforts among the unreached in the region especially in the Muslim majority islands on the Indian Ocean. In the past decade their pioneer work on the islands of the Indian Ocean has helped towards the birthing of house churches where there were formerly none. They are also involved in a TV outreach that covers all of sub-Saharan Africa, reaching hundreds of thousands each week and catalyzing them to be the salt and light that Africa needs. They are based in Durban, South Africa, and blessed with five children. You can contact the Onyebilanmas at chim@caprosa.org.za.
To learn more about CAPRO’s work, go to http://www.caprosa.org.za
You can read Chimezie’s blog at www.chimwrite.com
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Haiti Community Health Evangelism (CHE)
The Mission of Haiti CHE provides financial, logistical and spiritual support to six communities in the south of Haiti, near Les Cayes, as they strive for Christ-centered community development using the CHE Model. These CHE communities include: Savanette, Torbeck, Ravine a’Lanse, Cavallion, Maniche and Miragoane. CHE’s goal is to establish a development ministry whose purpose is to bring together Jesus’ Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Great Commandment (Matthew 25:37-40). This is accomplished by training community members as Community Health Evangelists (CHEs) who regularly visit 10-15 neighboring households, sharing the Gospel and promoting principles of disease prevention and healthy living. The program is designed to be transferable, multipliable and ongoing after the training team leaves the area. Pere Petit Frere, the Episcopal priest in Savanette, coordinates the CHE ministry in the above listed six communities. The CHE ministry in Haiti is under the direction of Osse St. Juste.
Bernard and Jeanne Togo
Bernard and Jeanne are serving as pioneer cross-cultural missionaries among the Bambara people of Mali in West Africa. The Bambaras are one of the least evangelized peoples in Africa. This region, they have found, has become volatile in recent years because of the activities of Islamic terrorist bases. Hence, many Gospel workers are fleeing this area. Yet this couple feels a strong burden to serve this ethnic group and bring them the Good News.
Bernard and Jeanne, originally from Togo, West Africa, have served as full time missionaries since 2002. They have served among various unreached peoples and have planted several churches. They recently served for 7 years on the Island of the Comoros on the Indian Ocean where God used them to raise up believers in a Muslim Community.
Princess Tshuma, Matobo, Zimbabwe
Princess Tshuma lives and works in Matobo in Zimbabwe. Her area of ministry is community development.
Zimbabwe is a poor country and having the basic needs of life is a day-to-day struggle.
Using Gospel-based life skills education, Princess and her team are helping the youngest, poorest and most vulnerable to learn how to sustain themselves and come to know that Jesus is the hope of Zimbabwe.