February 23, 2008 was the second day of the Youth Leadership Training Seminar, which the JESUS EVANGELISM MINISTRIES INC (JEM) started on February 16, 2008.
There seem to be no vibrant youth ministry in the city of Buchanan and its environs now. Youth ministry in the local churches is very weak. If this problem is not dealt with in the shortest possible time, we can surely predict what will become of the local churches in the years to come. For the youth are the future leaders of the church. If we neglect training and equipping them, we are surely neglecting the dream of having a strong Bible believing church. With this mind, JEM had decided to use this year as a year of training and equipping youth leaders of the churches in Buchanan and other places in Liberia.
At about 9:00AM, on February 23, Youth Leaders started to flock in for the seminar at the Buchanan Open Bible Standard Church, located at Central Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, Liberia.
After the registration, Pastor Matthew Malachi of the United Liberia Church led the devotion from the text 1 Peter 5:7. The devotion was a time of discussion. The group discussed on “WHAT IS WORRY?”, “WHAT CAUSES WORRY” and “HOW CAN WE CAST OUR WORRY ON HIM?”
The rate of teenage pregnancy and unwanted pregnancy is getting high among the youth causing school age girls to drop from school. To help solve this problem, we decided to have as one of our topics, “CHRISTIAN DATING”.
The first speaker, Rev. Tom Teyon Logan, pastor of the Buchanan Open Bible Standard Church, and graduate of the African Bible College, in Yekepa, Liberia, spoke on the topic “CHRISTIAN DATING”.
The second speaker was Rev. Benjamin T. Munford. He spoke on the topic: “LEADERSHIP” from the book called “THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP”. He dealt with Law four through Law five.
Our last session was held after lunch. During this last session, we were blessed to watch a film on leadership. It is a video on the 2005 leadership summit at Willow Creek Fellowship. The speaker was Rick Warren. He spoke on “LEADERSHIP IN STEWARDSHIP”.
The seminar ended at 2:15PM with about 33 youth leaders from 10 local churches in attendance.
Kindly keep us in prayer for the third week of the first phase training which will be on March 1, 2008 at the Buchanan Open Bible Standard Church.
Many thanks.
The Rev. Benjamin T. Munford
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tel: 2317-701-1472
