by an Alliance international worker couple serving in Senegal, West Africa
Senegalese are by nature tenacious. If a few understand and believe the gospel, the entire country of Senegal—and all of West Africa—will be impacted. We are seeing this in Diohine, a small village three hours outside of Dakar, the capital city.
In 1994, Evangelical Brethren Church missionaries handed over leadership of the church in Dakar to Senegalese believers, who began studying the Book of Acts. Upon reading Jesus’ Commission to be His witnesses in “Jerusalem . . . and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8), church leaders began interceding and determined that their Jerusalem was Diohine, as many were from that area.
In 1995, they sent the first evangelists to the area. During the 2015 Thanksgiving weekend, Dakar Academy students and Alliance staff were invited to hold an outreach in Diohine, where an estimated 6,000 people heard the good news.
The Body of Christ in Diohine has now grown to five congregations that have caught the Great Commission vision—they share the gospel with the surrounding 48 villages, and the Lord adds to their number weekly.
Please pray for the provision of partner churches to supply evangelistic tools for this growing church.
Learn More
Watch a video about the Dakar Academy outreach in Diohine and surrounding villages, which was created for the 2016 Great Commission Day Offering. (4:14)
Check out the Diohine Facebook page.