Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts (Acts 2:46)
Our Lutheran brothers in West Africa often ask out loud, “Are we together?” It’s partly because poor internet connections make it difficult to understand one another. But the question also serves the purpose of verifying group unity during the discussion of vitally important issues.
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All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. I Corinthians 12:27
Maksimu Musa and Johnson Balihikya are pastors in the Obadiah Lutheran Synod of Uganda. Last month they visited refugees from South Sudan at the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement. The purpose of this visit was to help a group in the camp organize a congregation. We pray that our Ugandan mission partners will shepherd more and more people with the Word of God.
The above is noteworthy, but how this visit came to be is worth remembering.
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Liberia’s coat of arms contains the slogan, “The love of liberty brought us here.” It reminds me of an oft-repeated (and misused) verse from John 8: “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free ( v32).” The truth of which Jesus speaks is the truth of the Gospel, the truth that his death on the cross redeemed all mankind. The Gospel truth sets us free from the slavery to sin and the guilt that plagues every one of us. The love of Gospel liberty has brought One Africa Team to Liberia.
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