Youth Leadership Seminar

June 24 was a sunny day. It was the third day of JEM youth leadership training seminar which started June 7, 2008.

The topic for the day was: YOUTH IN MARRIAGE/YOUTH PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE. Our keynote speaker was Bro. Eddie Tokpa. Bro. Tokpa works with Samaritan’s Purse International Relief Liberia. He is the Assistant Program Manager for Ministry.

The seminar was attended by 78 persons from 16 local churches. These were pastors, churches leaders and youth leaders.

Bible Distribution

There are about 2 million pastors in the world’s underdeveloped countries. Out of this, 1.9 million have no theological or pastoral training.

The US Center for World Mission estimates that about 86% of pastors and church leaders in rural Africa have no formal theological or pastoral training.

JEM has the burden of helping pastors and church leaders get biblical training and have them equipped for effective ministry. One way of doing this is giving out Study Bibles. These Study Bibles will help the pastors and church leaders in their study of God’s word.

June 21, 2008, JEM again distributed about 40 Reformation Study Bibles to pastors and church leaders in the city of Buchanan, Liberia.