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CBF Volunteers
6/1/2009 11:01 PM
On April 1, Nell Green and I headed to North Africa to lead a conference for migrant pastors of various churches. This trip was my second trip to the area. I traveled with a team from our church, Oakland Baptist in January of 2008 to study the refugee highway. While there, we worshipped with one of the churches. What we discovered in our first trip was that there are many Christians living in the midst of a Muslim country. The pastors of these churches rarely have the opportunity for continuing education or seminary classes. Nell taught the Bible portion of our conference and I taught leadership skills. These pastors lead churches of 50-75 people in one or two room apartments. The pastors, along with the people who attend their churches, are from Sub-Saharan Africa. They have left their homelands because of famine, war, and extreme poverty. They have left in search of a better life and if possible make it across the sea to Europe. Not only were we able to teach the pastors, we were also able to encourage them as they minister in a very difficult situation. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip and look forward to my next adventure with Nell!
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