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“And He himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry...” Ephesians 4:11, 12a (NKJV)

Greetings. 

This is the day that the Lord has made. It is a good day, and I am rejoicing in it. 

JOS, NIGERIA - BUILDING A LIBRARY  
This month I am highlighting the ministry of Rev. Chuwang Davou in Jos, Nigeria. He and his wife attended our very first Pastors and Ministers Conference in Jos in 1989, and with very few exceptions they have continued every year to this date. They will always be a part of these great conferences.

I first introduced him to you in my October 2014 newsletter. This was soon after I learned that God had put it in his heart to follow in our footsteps and conduct these same leadership teaching conferences in nine other nations in Africa. In my September 2015 newsletter I reported that these conferences have now reached into seventeen nations, either by being physically there or by citizens of neighboring countries attending conferences where he was. 
Chuwang is the founder of Grace and Peace Foundation International, a ministry dedicated to developing capable church leaders in as many nations as God will allow him on the continent of Africa.

One part of his vision is to have a good resource library at the ministry’s headquarters. In my September 2015 newsletter, I showed you a picture of him in my home holding several books from Bud’s and my personal ministerial library that I was giving him to begin a library at his ministry headquarters in Jos. I would have given him more, but there was no more room in his luggage and excess baggage fees are too costly. 

This past April, I sent $200 to Chuwang with David Smoot whom you know from his many years of working with us in LTI and in the Nigeria conferences in particular. David faithfully continues to minister in these conferences every year and loves Nigeria as much as we do. 

The purpose for the $200 was for Chuwang to go the Christian bookstore in Jos and purchase as many books as he could to add to the ministry’s library. Every person called by God to five-fold ministry knows the value of good, sound resource materials to help them fulfill their calling with excellence. As is the custom in foreign cultures, Chuwang wanted to honor the man whose vision he felt the Lord has asked him to continue in Africa. So, the library is named, “Rev. Cassidy Memorial Leadership Library.” Isn’t that something? 

David will continue to go and teach. I will continue to help build a good library. Together, we will continue equipping those who are called to leadership ministry for the growing and expanding church in Nigeria and neighboring nations.

THANK YOU PARTNERS
It is through your faithful support of finances and prayer that we are able to continue to meet the needs of these, our brethren. We will never know the size of the fully grown tree after the seed has been planted. Thank you.

Because there are over 4.4 billion people in the world who still need Jesus, I remain

Yours in missions,


Mary Ann Cassidy




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