“Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. But the word of God increased and multiplied.” Acts 12:23-24
Ghana is a country of 21 million people. Rafiki built a village there in 2001 where it works with several denominations – Presbyterians, Methodists, Anglicans, and Lutherans.
I have mentioned that in my “retirement time”, I have been working on taking the Rafiki Bible Study lessons (all 66 books) and re-organizing some of them to fit within a Sunday school time-period of 45 minutes for use in churches. These SS lessons are written for adults as well as for three levels of children. So far, we have SS lessons for twelve books of the Bible, and the packet we produce contains the lessons on all levels as well as a Bible commentary by a notable theologian. At this point, Rafiki has sent to African churches SS packets for Matthew and Acts including a commentary.
What I want to tell you in this blog is so exciting! In Ghana, the Methodists have 4,000 churches with 1 million members. In Africa all Christians go to church! The Methodists have recently asked Rafiki to send them our SS lessons on Romans. They intend to teach the book of Romans in all their churches in 2022. The Romans SS lessons are complete except for proofreading, but we do not have the needed 4,000 commentaries on hand. But we will! The funds to purchase these commentaries come through the ROSEMARY JENSEN BIBLE FOUNDATION and we are trusting that God will give us enough money to buy them right away so that we can send a container to Ghana with SS lessons and commentaries to arrive by January 1, 2022. That’s a huge undertaking, but nothing is too hard for the Lord!
Can you imagine how wonderful it is to know that no matter how bad some things in the world look today, that in Ghana one million people will be studying the book of Romans every week for a whole year in their Sunday school classes? Their pastors will also be preaching Romans from their pulpits. Would that more denominations as a whole, not only in Africa, but in the rest of the world would study the book of Romans. That could bring the revival that we so desperately need today.
Personally, I have learned that there is nothing that gives
me more joy than to be a small part of getting the Word of God out to the
world. What gives you the most joy?
What gives me the most joy is to see the glory of God, however He chooses to display it. Thank you for telling us about this display of His glory in GHANA! I am glad that you get to be a part of it.
ReplyDeleteRosemary, can you tell us where/how we can give to the Rosemary Jensen Bible Foundation?
ReplyDeleteI would be delighted. Make checks to RJBF and mail them to PO Box 488, Eustis, FL 32727.
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ReplyDeleteHello, Mrs. Jensen! I have a family member who would like to receive email notifications regarding updates to your blog. Unfortunately, I do not see a way in which to subscribe. Is there any way you could provide that functionality?
ReplyDeleteDear Loren, Yes, your family member should call Rafiki Foundation at 352-483-9131. They will put you on the list. Thanks for asking.
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DeleteReading your update made my heart smile! It provided a much needed dose of God-confidence knowing that no matter how horrible it seems to be getting here in this country - God is most certainly on the move!! Thank you for sharing and encouraging Rosemary. 💜
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