Preach to the people and testify …
The delta of the Cross River into the Atlantic Ocean forms one of the best natural harbours on the West African coast. That’s why it became one of the earliest trading stations for European merchants, who used it to supply their ships with food and fresh water. Way back in the 15th century, Portuguese sailors had already visited here, as they sailed the West African coast in their quest to find the sea passage to India.
Yet it took until 1846 before Scottish Presbyterians founded the first missions station in Calabar. In the following decades, Christianity grew in influence, and this is where the first hospital and the first post office in the country were opened. Today, Calabar is a flourishing trading centre and an administrative hub.
In the surrounding region, there is a well-developed plantation industry. Agriculture is the most important industry in the Cross River Province. In addition to countless small, private agricultural enterprises, there are also huge government-run plantations. Manioc, yams, rice, bananas, maize, cocoa, rubber, peanuts and coconuts are all grown here.
We at CfaN were last in this remarkable city in December 2004. It is going through massive changes, due to the influence of Christianity and the growing number of churches. We believe that the Lord has called us here again to inspire the local Christians, and to help them to reach the next generation with the Gospel. It’s time for the people of this entire region to hear the good news of Jesus Christ in a new, fresh and authentic way.
Our heartfelt thanks for your help!
We stand shoulder to shoulder with you in the work in Africa. You are one of those who, through your prayers and your donations, make our work even possible, and we stand together in Africa on the front lines. We need each other. I thank you for all your help and partnership.
Africa shall be saved!
Prayer has very high status in the Bible. Evangelism without intercession is like dynamite without a detonator.
Intercession is not a replacement for evangelism, because they complement each other. Intercession means calling out to God on behalf of the unsaved – asking him to save them from their sins. Evangelism means telling the lost about God – calling on them to end their enmity with Him, and be reconciled to Him.
Evangelism and intercession need each other! Together, they carry the Gospel to the world.
Countless Christians in Calabar are praying with total commitment for the campaign. They really want to win Calabar for Jesus. Through your prayers, you too can play a practical, active role. The promise of the Lord holds true for you and for me:
“And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life”
(John 4:36)
If ever we needed your help in praying, it’s now!
Please pray with us for:
The only light
People are either in darkness or in light. That is how God sees the world. In Christ we are in the light; without Christ we are in darkness. The gospel light is not just a better light. It is the only light. Jesus is the light of the world – no one else. He is the absolute Absolute.
For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Dear Partners and Friends,
We are back in Nigeria! This is the beginning of a new season of Gospel campaigns in Africa that I believe will eclipse everything we have seen thus far in the harvest. I believe we are entering a “Decade of Double Harvest” that will result in more than 150-million souls coming into the Kingdom!
This week we are in Calabar – a city where Evangelist Bonnke last preached in 2004. Today there is a whole new generation eager to hear the Gospel. Our first meeting was huge (see the picture above). The people are hungry and open and many thousands have responded to the call of the Gospel of good news!
After the prayer for salvation, miracles began to take place.
Thank you for praying for us and for Calabar. The best is yet to come.
Evangelist Daniel Kolenda
and the whole CfaN Team
Dear Friends and Partners,
The crowd nearly doubled tonight! The word has gone out. Jesus is alive in Calabar!
Tens of thousands responded to the Gospel. Thousands said they’d received a healing (indicated by raised hands). We heard many testimonies of miraculous healing including a woman who suffered bleeding for 10-years due to cervical cancer, a young girl who had a painful ulcer, a young lady with a dislocated hip walking on crutches, a young man with a spinal injury for 17-years and many more. Praise the Lord!
Tomorrow the Fire Conference will come to a close as Peter Vandenberg and I minister and pray for the people to receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Please continue to pray for us, we really depend on it.
Evangelist Daniel Kolenda
and the whole CfaN Team
Dear Mission Partners,
Just moments ago, I finished preaching the last message on the final night of our Gospel Campaign here in Calabar, Nigeria. Each night here, we have seen the crowd literally double in size over the previous night. That is unusual, and a powerful indication of the wonderful things Jesus has done here this week.
We also had our new jumbo screens in full swing again this week. The difference it makes for the people is even more than we had imagined. During the preaching, every facial expression, illustration and movement is larger than life. During the testimonies, every miracle is seen up close, every tear shed, every smile of joy touches the hearts of the whole crowd. I want to thank those of you that contributed to these screens. I believe many more people will be reached with the gospel as a result. Thank you!
Tonight a 12-year old boy, mute from birth, spoke for the first time in his entire life. In front of the massive crowd, he repeated after me, “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” A painful lump disappeared from a young woman’s breast. Another lady who had suffered with unrelenting pain due to stomach ulcers, felt all the pain vanish during prayer for the first time in 3-years. She wept uncontrollably as she thanked God for the miracle. Many other testimonies were heard as well, hernia, piles, bleeding, pain of all kinds healed, and many, many more.
In a couple weeks, we will be back in Nigeria and we are trusting God for another mighty harvest. Thank you for praying for us this week and thank you for supporting us. We are shoulder-to-shoulder in the harvest.
Evangelist Daniel Kolenda
and the whole CfaN Team