Youth Leaders Training Seminar IV

March 8, 2008 was our third day of the Youth Leadership Training Seminar, which the JESUS EVANGELISM MINISTRIES INC (JEM) started on February 16, 2008.

There is a need to guard our young people in deciding what to do in life. Hence, we chose as one of our topics, “YOUTH CAREER DEVELOPMENT”.

The first section of the seminar was taught by Rev. Abraham Kollie on YOUTH CAREER DEVELOPMENT. Rev. Abraham Kollie is the General Secretary of the United Liberia Inland Church Liberia. He is also the head pastor of United Liberia Inland Church in Buchanan.

During our second section, we were blessed to watch a DVD on one of the speakers at the LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2005 in WILLOW. The speaker was Pas. Kenneth Ulmer. He is the Senior Pastor of the Faithful Central Bible Church, USA. He spoke on the theme: “A LEADER’S UNSHAKEABLE RESOLVE” from the text, I Cor. 4:9 and I Cor. 2:2.

His message was a great blessing for the youth leaders who attended the seminar.

The seminar was attended by 33 youth leaders from 11 local churches.

One of the participants wrote a letter to Rev. Munford and below is his comment:

“I want to extend thanks and appreciation to your ministries. This has been a great assistance to us. This youth leadership training has helped me a lot. It makes me to know my role in leadership and hopes to develop the church. There are many things I learned on Leadership, Church Planting, Goal Setting, etc.”

“Many thanks and God bless you as you continue this training in Buchanan. “

The Rev. Benjamin T. Munford
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - JEM

Youth Leaders Training Seminar III

March 1, 2008 was our third day of the Youth Leadership Training Seminar, which the JESUS EVANGELISM MINISTRIES INC (JEM) started on February 16, 2008.

Living right had been a problem not only among adults but also among the youth. To help in this area, we chose as one of our subjects, “CHRISTIAN LIVING”.

Rev. Tom T. Logan, Pastor of the Buchanan Open Bible Standard Church, was our first speaker. He spoke on “Christian Living”.

The second section was taught by Rev. Benjamin T. Munford. He taught on “Leadership”. He talked about TRUST, the solid foundation for leadership. He brought out how CHARACTER makes TRUST possible and how TRUST makes LEADERSHIP possible.

The seminar was attended by 36 youth leaders from 10 different local churches in the city of Buchanan.

Many thanks.

The Rev. Benjamin T. Munford
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - JEM

Youth Leaders Training Seminar II

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

Youth Leaders Training Seminar

PHASE ONE WEEK ONE
February 16, 2008

During the past three years, JESUS EVANGELISM MINISTRIES (JEM) has been conducting series of seminars for pastors, church leaders and lay leaders.

This year 2008, however, JEM had decided to concentrate on training and equipping youth leaders from various churches. This, we hope will enable our young people to become better future leaders of our churches and nation tomorrow. If we are able to establish a vibrant youth ministry through our training program, we can ensure having an efficient and effective youth ministry in our churches.

Our first phase of Youth Leaders’ Training for this year started February 16, 2008, at the Open Bible Standard Church, in the city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, Liberia.

The first speaker, Pastor Love W. Gibson, spoke on the topic “HIV/AIDS”.

Our first speaker works with Samaritan's Purse Liberia as County Coordinator for the OVC (ORPHANS and VULNERABLE CHILDREN) Program which is a section of the HIV/AIDS Department.

The second speaker was Rev. Benjamin T. Munford. He spoke on the topic: “THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP”.

After lunch, we had our last session. During this last session, we witness a film called “The Ancient Path”. It is a video on Church Planting Training for Oral Cultures. The speaker spoke on: The process of Church Planting, and Story Telling in Church Planting.

We trained about 35 youth leaders from 10 local churches!

Kindly keep us in prayer for the second week training of phase one which will be on February 23, 2008 at the Open Bible Standard Church.

Many thanks,

The Rev. Benjamin T. Munford
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JEM

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