2007 Cameroon Missionary Trip
A Missionary Report from the field at NCBC
Our Missionary work to Cameroon began in 2005. December, 2007 was our third trip. Obed Anthony, a Cameroon Lecturer at NCBC, went early to attend the Annual Lectureship of Cameroon, at Akwaja, in Northwest Province, from November 29 to December 2. During the program, 20 souls were baptized and many others were restored.
The rest of us left on Wednesday, December 19. The team, led by John Sunday Ekpo, Director of the Ministerial Program at NCBC, and his wife, Uwem, included Goodnews Peter, Bassey Edet Bassey, Imo Ebong, Makolo Luma and Victoria Etim Hanson.
We arrived at Tiko, in Southwest Province, safely by ship. On Thursday, December 20, we visited the Tiko brethren. On Friday, we had a prayer meeting and visited the Kongue, Modeka and Mutergene congregations. On Saturday, we met with church leaders, who made the following requests:
- Some graduates from Nigerian Christian Bible College should be encouraged to live and work in Cameroon.
- A leadership seminar should be conducted at two different venues in Cameroon in December, 2008.
- A few young Cameroon brethren should be encouraged to enroll in ministerial study at Nigerian Christian Bible College in Ukpom, Nigeria.
- The Bible Teachers Program should be introduced to the public schools, since “Bible Knowledge” is not taught in Cameroon.
- Nigerian missionaries should stay for two or three months.
- The oldest congregation at Kongue should have a Leadership Training Program, since their property is large enough for a school.
On Saturday, we also visited the Kake II church in Kumba where one of NCBC’s graduates, Toko William, was getting married. The young Christians there were encouraged to attend NCBC. On Sunday, Goodnews Peter preached at Kake II, which has 65 members. He encouraged the members and church leaders, and 3 souls were restored.
Bassey Edet Bassey preached at the Tiko congregation, 42 persons attended, and he visited with several members after worship services. Many backsliders came, and two visitors from Full Gospel Church came and decided to worship with the Church of Christ from that date forward.
Makolo M. Luma, Jr. worshipped with the church at Modeka and afterwards visited many backsliders. Obed Anthony worshipped with the church at Kongue, 40 people attended and many backsliders came.
John S. Ekpo preached and taught at Church of Christ, Misaka and after the church service, encouraged many backsliders in their homes.
On Monday, December 24, we visited members and non-members in Tiko Town. On Tuesday, December 25, church services 
were held for the Kongue and Modeka brethren, with about 50 members in Modeka and about 30 members and non-members in Kongue. Wednesday, December 26 and Thursday, December 27, were spent doing house-to-house visitation of members and preaching to non-members. Throughout our stay, classes for women and children were taught by Sister Uwem Ekpo.
Issues addressed during our trip included immigration problems and extortion of money by Cameroon police. The main problem with the Tiko church is lack of accommodation. The sister who rents a meeting place for the church is moving to Limbe. The church’s building has been under construction for over 8 years, so they requested financial help to complete it.
On December 28, we had a very safe trip back to Nigeria. Despite poor economic conditions, the congregations were very generous, and we came back with several gifts.
We are very thankful to God for the safe journey and are also very grateful to our sponsors for their moral, prayers and financial support for our trip.
