MISSION DEPARTMENT

CBEM-AFRICA MISSION DEPARTMENT is the main department in CBEM-AFRICA that propels the vision of CBEM AFRICA of being an effective Christian organization that reaches the unevangelized people groups of Africa with the gospel and love of our Lord Jesus Christ, plant mission - minded churches and to develop committed missionaries.

‘‘Go ye therefore’’ (Matthew 28:19 - 20)

OUR OBJECTIVES

CBEM – AFRICA mission department has six objectives which are also the main objectives of CBEM – AFRICA. These objectives are:-

To reach the unevangelized people groups of Africa with the Gospel and love of our Lord Jesus Christ (Mathew 28:19-20)
To Plant mission minded Churches (Mathew 16:18)
To provide opportunities for Ministers to exercise their spiritual gifts (Romans 12:4-5)
To train Ministers for effective Ministry in the field (2 Tim 2:2)
To mobilize Ministers to serve God at all cost (Philippians 2:5-8)
To revive Churches to be purpose driven (Proverbs 27:17)

OUR ACTIVITIES

1. To Reach the unevangelized people groups of Africa with the Gospel and love of our Lord Jesus Christ through:-

a). Searching the unevangelized people groups of Africa starting with the people groups of the Kenyan coastal region by teams of missionary surveyors and targeting them with the Gospel through charity activities .

b). Necessary mission strategies such as orphan children and People Living with Disabilities centers

c). Mission projects such as, water, health, educational, food and other charity projects.

d). Mission ministries such as VBS, Youth, Men, and Women ministries

e). Giving social services such as, medicine, food, clothes etc

f). Planting a church that suit with the people

g). Identifying and training a pastor of that particular people group

2. To plant mission minded churches in needy areas of Africa through:-

a). Searching the needy areas of Africa, through teams of missionary surveyors and mobilize churches to send teams of pastors and evangelists to go and do:-

Door to door evangelism
One to one through giving medicine or other social services

iii. Open air Crusades

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b). Starting a church under our missionary and organized it to be focused on missions through:-

Taking the new church through systematic discipleship programme facilitated by CBEM full-time missionaries
Helping the church through our Missionary to develop a constitution

iii. Compiling a yearly calendar of activities that focuses on the five purposes of the church

C). Identifying a gifted called minister from the church who will be appointed by the church and who is ready to serve full- time as a pastor and give him a theological training

d). Involving the new church to participate in CBEM mission trip schedule

3. To provide opportunities for ministers to exercise their spiritual gifts through:-

a.) Sharing ministry opportunities within CBEM to all evangelical churches worldwide through Social media

b.) Sharing ministry opportunities to all short term missionaries both national and international by visiting their churches and countries, sharing to them and inviting them to join the team

c.) Sharing ministry opportunities to all the visiting teams and honor them by ordaining them to be recognized ministers of CBEM

d.) Involving ministers in ministerial activities suited to their gifts during mission trips

e.) CBEM leadership to identify and recognize special gifts that will come up during mission camps and honoring it by ordaining the minister

f). Inviting short term missionaries through their churches by writing CBEM official invitation letter to the church recommending the needed services and the ministers who are willing to offer their service.

4. Train Ministers for effective ministry in the field through:-

a). C.B.E.M. Theological Training Center (a School of Ministry).

b). Holding training session for short-term courses and offering certificate of completion and participation

c). Mentorship

d). Holding annual Mission Conferences

5. Mobilize believers to serve God at all Cost through:-

a). Challenging them for service during mission camps

b). Recognizing and Acknowledging Ministers gifts and ordaining them publicly for service

c). Encouraging Ministers to utilize their resources for mission work

d). Recognizing and reserving the history of each minister’s sacrifice towards CBEM mission work

e). Motivating them by giving of appreciation certificates

f). Supporting ministers serving full-time in CBEM work with basic needs

g). Motivating Pastors and wives of CBEM churches with annual Pastors and wives retreats

6. Revive Churches to be purpose driven through:-

a). Ministry Promoters (CBEM affiliates church pastors)

b). Holding Church Centred Mission Seminar

c). Initiating Church prayer schedule

d). Initiating CBEM churches fellowship programs and rallies

CBEM-AFRICA 2009-2019 MISSION WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CBEM-AFRICA has for the 10 years reached 2 people groups and plant 9 churches. These people groups are:-

The bajun people group
The waata people group

The three people groups recommended to be reached during this period are the:-

Pokomo,
Ilwana.
Digo.

THE BAJUN PEOPLE GROUP

The Bajun profile according to the Joshua’s project of ethnic people groups of Kenya.

BAJUN PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE
POPULATION	LANGUAGE	RELIGEON	% CHTRISTIANITY	% EVANGELISM
187,000	SWAHILI	ISLAM	5%	1%

WHAT ARE THEIR LIVES LIKE?

Because the Bajun live so near water, many make their living from the ocean. They generally have occupations that are connected with the sea. Many are fishermen, sailors, ocean merchants, shipbuilders, and the like. Others are also involved in farming. Their main foods are coconut, fish, and rice. Their daily routines are interrupted by prayer times, meals, and an afternoon rest.

The Bajun follow the laws of Islam to conduct their affairs. Men are the working breadwinners. A Muslim judge, or kadhi, handles the criminal and civil disputes of the community.

A woman’s place among the Bajun is usually within the home. She customarily leaves the house only to visit or to go to the market. Her visiting is done late in the afternoon when the housework is finished and the children are playing. The husbands like to gather at a men’s meeting place or the mosque.

The men wear a kikois, which is a piece of material wrapped around the waist like a shirt, and rubber thongs on their feet. Bajun women wear discreet black veils with only their eyes visible to the world. Traditionally, a woman would wear a ring through the center of her nose, a gold disk in one pierced nostril, and several earrings through the tops of her ears. Today, these are regarded as unfashionable.

Children stay at home until the age of six or seven, when they are sent to the Muslim school. In school, they learn to read the Koran, perform daily prayers, and lead moral lives. Children are always the first to speak as they greet an elder with a kiss on the right hand. A young person always stands to offer his seat when an older person enters a room and is always the last to eat. A girl is taught to cook at about ten years of age. At puberty, she is no longer allowed to mix with boys who are not of her own household, and she can not leave the house without a female chaperone. When she goes out in public, she wears the traditional black, all-covering buibui garment.

WHAT ARE THEIR BELIEFS?
Almost all of the Bajun are Shafite Muslims. Their lives revolve around the mosque and daily prayer. In the course of saying five prayers a day, they also wash at least five times. Every Muslim parent insists on giving his child basic Islamic education. When a child is born, it is held up by the father, a friend, or a teacher, who recites the traditional call of prayer into its ear. From the moment of birth, the child is instructed in the basic teachings of Islam.

WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS?
Although food is readily available to most Bajun on the island, fresh water is not as easy to find. Water for drinking and cooking must sometimes be imported. Electricity, sewage systems, and running water are almost non-existent on the island.

Though the Bible has been translated into Swahili and missions agencies have focused on the Bajun, there are only a few known believers among them.

PRAYER POINTS
1. Ask the Lord to call people who are willing to go to Kenya and Tanzania and assist the Bajun in improving their living conditions.
2. Pray that the Holy Spirit will soften the hearts of the Bajun towards Christians so they will be receptive to the Gospel.
3. Ask God to provide open doors for missions agencies working among the Bajun.
4. Pray that God will call out prayer teams to break up the soil through worship and intercession.
5. Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and protect the small number of Bajun believers.
6. Pray that God will complete the work begun in the hearts of these believers through adequate discipleship.
7. Ask the Lord to raise a strong Church among the Bajun for the glory of His name!

THE WAATA PEOPLE GROUP

The Waata profile according to the Joshua’s project of ethnic people groups of Kenya.

WAATA PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE
POPULATION	LANGUAGE	RELIGEON	% CHTRISTIANITY	% EVANGELISM
16,000	WAATA	ISLAM	25%	5%

SUMMARY
The Waata live in the forests of Kenya along the Tana river, Lamu District. They practice a mixture of Islam and animism, and have a low literacy rate.

MINISTRY OBSTACLES
Reliance on printed material to reach the Waata may not be helpful, given the low literacy rate.

OUTREACH IDEAS
The low literacy rate suggests that oral communication of the Gospel message may be most appropriate. Gospel recordings, films, and Scripture stories could be very effective. The mixture of Islam and animism in their belief system may indicate less dogmatism than might otherwise be true.

PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST
Pray for the few believers among the Waata, that they may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God.

PRAY FOR THE ENTIRE PEOPLE GROUP
Pray the Waata may soon have improved educational opportunities for their children. Also pray that each individual in the tribe may hear the Gospel message in his mother tongue and presented in an understandable manner.

CBEM-AFRICA 10 YEAR MISSION WORK DATA
NO. OF CHURCHES	CBEM BAPTIST CHURCHES	MEMBER SHIP	BAPTISM	NO. OF MEMBERS MOBILIZED	PEOPLE GROUPS REACHED
1	CHANJALO	95	56	38	2
2	SENDEMKE	90	40	48
3	CHONGO-NJENI	35	29	76
4	KATSANGA KATUNE	60	28	63
5	MAJENGO	65	40	78
6	THULU	70	49	107
7	CHILDREN CHURCH	150	50
8	PWD CHAFISI	100
9	PWD MALINDI	60
TOTAL	9	725	292	410	2

CBEM-AFRICA 10 YEAR MISSION WORK DATA

CBEM - AFRICA TEN YEARS PLAN

. To reach 3 unevangelized people groups.
To plant 7 mission minded churches
To establish 1 theological training center for equipping pastors and missionaries
To have 1 center conducive for camps, conferences and seminars
To have 1 water source at every new planted church
To establish 2 schools (children centers) where children from warlike people groups will get a chance to hear the Gospel and learn God’s ways
To establish 1 medical center and 1 nursing school where we can center all medicine and medical equipment for referrals during medical camps and equip nurses who will facilitate the medical camps
To establish 1 youth polytechnic so as to give skills of the young generations to help them earn their living
To establish 1 mission Secondary school where we can take our children after their primary education
To establish 1 CBEM Headquarters’ where all CBEM Department offices, stores and equipment will be centered.

CHALLENGES

Spreading the gospel to hostile unevangelized people groups
Spreading the gospel to poverty-stricken communities
Financial constraint
Inadequate theological trained ministers
Insufficient full time missionary support
Inadequate evangelical and discipleship equipment
Inadequate accommodation for short term visiting missionaries

PRESSING NEEDS

EVANGELICAL NEEDS

Buying of 10 pieces of land and construction of 10 church sheds
Establishment and facilitation of 2 children centers-
Chafisi orphan children center needs are 12 classrooms,4 toilets completion of administration block and library
Sendemke children center needs are 12 classrooms, 8 toilets administration block and library
3 Full time missionary support
Establishment of a theological training center needs are-completion of administration block, library, dining hall, kitchen, male and female dormitories and toilets.
Theological education support for 20 pastors and missionaries
Camping facilities support needs are: 5 tents, sleeping bags, chairs and tables.
1 Pick-up for transporting luggage to the camping site
1 more Missionary house for accommodating short term missionaries
20 Computers, 2 HD cameras, 2 projectors and evangelical equipments such as evangecubes and tracks

SOCIAL NEEDS

1. Education support for needy children, 230 on the waiting list
2. 4 Boreholes drilling
3. Medical supplies
4. Charity ministry facilities
5. PWD assistive devices

CBEM-AFRICA MISSION DEPARTMENT 10 YEARS SET GOALS ARE:-

To reach 3 unevangelized people groups of Africa ( plant 3 churches 150 New Believers)
To plant 7 mission – minded churches (560 New Believers)
To train 80 effective missionaries through the Theological training centre.
To offer 18,210 short term ministers opportunities to exercise their gifts through social media, national and international visits sharing,
To mobilize 340 believers to serve God at all cost.
To revive 15 churches to be mission-minded.

CBEM-AFRICA MISSION DEPARTMENT 2020-2030 ACTION PLAN

CBEM-AFRICA as a reaching ministry, considers our Lord Jesus Christ’s model on how to strategize in reaching un evangelized people groups with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Keeping in mind that these ethnic groups are groups of people with their traditions, customs, habits and economic status that have great influence in them and which determines their decision making on whether to be open to the gospel or not.

CBEM considers the fisherman strategy that our Lord revealed in Matthew 4:19 for not only choosing his first disciples to be fishermen but also his purpose of choosing them to be fishers of men to be very essential.

For that reason the mission department has a team of surveyors who surveys the people group and the new church plant needy area before new work is started. This is for the reason of getting all necessary information about the people group or area so as to strategize effectively.

The team of surveyors do this by searching information from reliable sources like the Joshua project ethnic groups ( www.joshua project ethnic groups in Kenya ) among other sources.

The team also uses a comprehensive questionnaire that is designed to collect all important information about the particular people group or area. Down here is the CBEM MISSION SURVEY QUESTIONARE