And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. —Matthew 16:18
Jesus’ charge to Peter is for all devoted Christ followers: Build My Church. In fulfilling this mandate, The Alliance has devoted itself to planting Great Commission churches here in the United States and throughout the world because, as Jesus promised, the Church will endure!
Two Alliance international workers in Burkina Faso regularly make the long trek to the Kenedougou region, which is filled with unreached people groups. Christian farmers who had moved to the area had little access to Bible classes or discipleship opportunities, so they asked the two to come and teach them.
“God has seeded a couple of believers or maybe a family in these villages,” one of the workers says. “These are people of peace . . . so we just started working with them.”
Along with Burkinabè believers, the two do evangelism in the villages, praying that a harvest will result from the preaching of the Word and from the relationships that are forged with each trip into the region. “God has been faithful to do that,” the worker adds.
“By the power of prayer we have started to see openness,” reports Pastor Sambé François, a Burkinabè church planter. When he asked the chief for land on which to build a church, he was given property that was considered cursed. The villagers wanted to see if the Christians would die, but God was glorified as He protected His followers.
In recent years, people have left the region’s majority religion to follow Jesus, and others have ceased worshiping idols and fetishes. “We have seen God speak to people through dreams,” Pastor Sambé says. “We’ve seen Him healing the sick.”
“When we began . . . there were just a couple of groups of believers,” one of the Alliance workers points out. “Today, we have nearly 40 groups of believers worshiping the Lord every week.”
One of those believers is Daniel. “I found the true God—His name is Jesus,” he proclaims. “His name is the name that I call. I trust in the Lord and He gives me peace. There is no other name as powerful as ‘Jesus.’ My salvation is in Him.”
Today, 70,000 believers gather in more than 800 Alliance churches under national church leadership throughout Burkina Faso—because of God’s rich love for His lost ones, the power of prayer, and the faithfulness of people like you who are wholeheartedly committed to building His Church worldwide.
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