A Church Is Born

September 2006 -- Out in "K" Village , five men believed in Jesus. A team of four ladies from Grace Point Church arrived with an interpreter for the purpose of presenting, through photographs, the need of the nearly 4 million Bambara people who have not heard about Jesus. In their brief stay, these ladies interacted with the villagers during the day, and in the evenings, began sharing stories about Jesus with the women who, when asked if they knew about Jesus, responded , "Who is He?"

God was at work in this little village. One night two of the village women said to our GPC team, "We want what you have." And they trusted Jesus, and in the next few days, six more women trusted Him.

March 2007 -- A second team arrived in the village for the purpose of building a mud hut for future teams to use and to disciple the believers in the village as to taking the next step of believers baptism. By now there were other villagers who had trusted Jesus, and during this team's visit, a few more villagers came to know Him. God continued His work among these people.

July 2007 -- GPC's third team, of which I was privileged to be a part, arrived in the village. Though our focus was on the 16-20 believing women in the village, each night we were also joined by a group of the men who listened as we presented stories from God's Word in hopes of encouraging these believers to share their faith openly with others.

God was truly at work. Before we left the village, we were privileged to joyously witness the birth of a new church -- 26 believers were baptized, declaring openly their faith in Jesus Christ.