Mennonite Church Guinea Bissau: 01.11

Mennonite Church Guinea Bissau is part of a Mennonite mission presence in West Africa since 2000. The mission began first in Gambia and by 2005 the good news was being carried to Guinea Bissau by new believers from Gambia. Most of the work focuses on the Balanta people but other people groups are also part of the emerging church. The mission is sponsored by Eastern Mennonite Missions and seeks to establish an Anabaptist circle of churches in those two countries plus in the intervening territory of Senegal. Welcome to our blog page and thanks for your interest in learning more about bringing Christ to a part of Africa where the church is weak or non-existent.

Wednesday

Basic Church

For a resident of a Guinea Bissau village the journey to go from being animist to becoming a follower of Jesus is long and arduous. Most of these people have heard about Jesus but they are unaware He is the Messiah or that He is calling people to share life in the Kingdom of heaven.

For some the journey starts when someone from the village hears good reports about missionaries in the area. Positive reports that they are teaching about Jesus, that they are concerned about health and well-being, and agriculture. Then people from the village begin making contacts with the missionaries inviting and even pleading with us to come to their village to share the good news of Jesus.