Discipling  the Unchurched Youth:  Experiences with Street Children
By: Dr. Eigbadon Gregory E. – Galilee Foundation

The Commission

Mt. 22:1-10 Parable of the King that prepared a banquet for the son’s wedding.

• The “who is who” in the society were invited to the wedding banquet.
• They all turned down the invitation with excuses.
• Some even went as far as killing some of the servants sent to them.

The King’s Reaction:

• He sent armies to destroy those wicked people.
• He sent his servants to the highways (fringes/street) to gather as many as they can find both “good” and “bad” to the wedding.

Galilee Foundation

Over the last 30 years Galilee Foundation has consistently work as a rescue mission to destitute particularly among street children in different parts of Ibadan.

Our Approach

• Establishments of street schools (counselling centers) in some specific areas like Agbaje/Agbeni, Bodija market, Iwo-road, Mokola /Sabo.
• Consistent interactions with street children by Street Counsellors.
• Home Tracing.
• Collaboration with relevant government establishments like Police, NSCDC and State Ministry of Women Affairs.
• Referrals to Kings Kids Children’s village (an arm of Galilee Foundation).

Kings kids Children Village

• This is the Rehabilitation / Discipleship Component of our Programme. Each child is expected to go through series of modules geared towards;
• Spiritual reformation and development.
• Psychosocial life skill training for behavior modification and orientation.
• Enrolment into schools for formal education

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Teaching Children About Jesus

Preliminary Remarks

• Work of God involves so many parts. No one can do it all, but everyone has a role to play – where do I fit in?
• What gifts has God given me and what is His purpose for my life?
• What can I do in the Lord’s vineyard?
• What is my vision? What is my passion?
• Who has God sent me to?

My background influenced my calling

• Raised in a Lutheran church in US, had the benefit of learning Bible stories in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School
• But accepted Jesus as Saviour only after coming to Nigeria. I wanted my children to learn as I had.
• In those years, most churches I saw here did not have a strong children’s department with proper teaching
• Later, it became a burden to establish a strong children’s department in our church and develop good teaching materials.
• I now feel a sense of urgency to teach children about Jesus

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RECLAIMING AND PRESERVING GOD’S HERITAGE IN OUR OFFSPRING

REMEMBER THE THREATS AND DANGERS THE NEXT GENERATION FACE

• SECULAR HUMANISM AND ITS ASSAULT ON THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM & MORALITY
• THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT AND ITS PERVASSIVE IMPACT
• THE INVASION OF THE MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
• THE INFLUENCE OF THE PEER-CULTURE

WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONS AND DEFENCE LINES TO SECURE THE NEXT GENERATION AGAINST THESE FORCES?

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it”.

[Proverbs 22:6 –  NASB]

To make your brand successful, you have to make sure it’s ingrained in children by the time they are eight years old. Any brand that you want to sell to adults 15 years from now must be instilled in children growing up right now. The bottom line: BRANDING A PRODUCT IN THE MIND OF A CHILD EQUALS GAINING A CONSUMER FOR LIFE”.

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Today’s Challenge for Tomorrow’s Success
Rethinking how to disciple our youth to become committed Steward Leaders of Tomorrow

MANI – Africa Discipleship Congress – May 6-10, 2019

Jon Lewis

Key Thought

• The impact of forces shaping African young people today demands rethinking how we must disciple them to be successful and committed leaders for the church of tomorrow.
• Question: What are those forces? How do we face them?

3 Big Questions

• WHY are we facing a brand-new challenge in discipling African young people?
• WHAT has changed in how young people view discipleship?
• HOW can we design a successful discipleship model for the youth of tomorrow?

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FOCUS ISSUES OF TODAY

Trends and facts that portray the danger that the future of the church faces –  locally, continentally, and globally  – as a result of the aggressive efforts by forces of evil to capture and dominate the minds of our children and young people with beliefs, lifestyle, pursuits, and interests that undermine their faith and Christian heritage and values; the dynamism of the demographics that shape the future of the church positively, if exploited carefully, or negatively, if ignored and allowed to continue to erode our Christian faith.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF SECULAR EDUCATION

“My biggest concern about young Christians being indoctrinated into secularism via education is not that they will become atheists. My biggest concern is that they will become dualists.  A Christian dualist is one who reads the Bible, prays, goes to Church on Sunday, maybe teaches Sunday School, and yet doesn’t make any substantive connections between God’s Word and what goes on in the workplace for 40-60 hours Monday through Friday at ‘workplace’, because he or she thinks “faith” is a personal matter, and the workplace is “public,” and therefore “secular.“

[Dr. Christian Overman – Founder and Director, Worldview Matters].  Read more here…Download the full report here.

Report on the North America Diaspora BRIDGE Consultation
Crossover Bible Fellowship
Houston, Texas

Building Relationships Intentionally with the Diaspora for Global-Gospel Expansion

INTRODUCTION
The MANI BRIDGE Consultation was held August 24-25, at Crossover Bible Fellowship, Houston, Texas, USA. The BRIDGE Consultation was a two-day intensive learning and networking event designed to encourage collaborative partnerships among the African
diaspora to further expand gospel movements in Africa and the world. The BRIDGE Consultation exceeded expectations in that there were over 100 participants representing 20 missions organizations from North America and Africa. The participants gathered to engage in deep and strategic conversation to address the important topic of missional engagement among the African Diaspora in North America.
The historic gathering also promoted Gospel-centered networking partnerships among the African Diaspora, who desire to advance the gospel in their particular ministry contexts. Countries of the Diaspora represented were: Nigerian, Ghana, Ethiopia, Cote D’ Ivoire, Cameroon, Mozambique, Eretria, Congo, Gambia, Burkina Faso, and Guatemala. The BRIDGE Consultation concluded with an expression of participants’ desire to be involved in ongoing conversations in order to move the discussions toward praxis…Download the full report here.