Dear ECWA USA Family,

SUPPORT FOR ECWA ISRAEL

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to you.

This Sunday, October 3 is special collection for Evangelical Missionary Society of ECWA (EMS). But we want to extend this collection through the end of October for this reason: ECWA USA District Church Council on July 18, 2021, approved the adoption of ECWA Israel as our mission outreach focus. The ECWA Church in Tel Aviv, Israel, is in a precarious condition. The founding pastor had to relocate back to Nigeria end of 2020 when his application for work permit was denied. There is an interim pastor who also is due to return to Nigeria for the same reason. The church has been in existence for over 10 years now and is behind on rent for some months. There is a high probability that if urgent steps are not taken, this church will close. We are in touch with EMS Cross Borders and the ECWA Executive regarding this matter and we will work together to ensure that the church survives and thrives.

ECWA USA is determined to provide spiritual, moral, mentoring, and financial support as much as we can. The church invited the USA Chairman to their Annual Thanksgiving on Dec. 11 and to also take some days to teach on leadership, ECWA doctrinal beliefs and organizational structure.

Our goal is to raise at least $10,000.00 to support ECWA Israel. All the collection in our DCC for EMS and our generous giving throughout October will go to support the church. We encourage you to pray and give generously and sacrificially. I, the chairman will set the pace by covering the cost of the trip for my wife and myself including other costs while in Israel. This means that every dollar contributed will go straight to the church. Please give through your church or directly to the DCC by end of October. More information on how to give will be sent to us. Thank you.

Please, visit https://www.ecwausa.org/

Then, click on ‘Donate’ on the far right of the website menu bar

This should bring you to ‘Give Now to the ECWA Campus of your choice’ window

Select DCC Radio Button (or your Local Church/Prayer House)

Choose ‘DCC EMS’ from the Fund dropdown (or your Local Church/Prayer House EMS)

Signify the ‘amount’

Donate using either ‘Credit Card or Bank Account’

If you would like to cover the cost of processing, please check the box accordingly.

Then, ‘submit‘ your donation.

Thank you and God bless you for your support.

Sunday Bwanhot

Chairman, ECWA USA DCC

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God gave the increase. 1Cor. 3:6

People love to take credit for things they accomplish even though it is common knowledge that no one can accomplish anything alone. Only God can do that but even with God He prefers teamwork and that is the pattern He has left for His creation. God consulted within the Godhead (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) and worked as a team to bring about the creation.

To save humanity, the Father acted in love, Jesus offered Himself to die, the Holy Spirit strengthened Jesus to the end. Anything you have accomplished in life involved more than you. There were resources you depended on that you did not create and certainly there were those who encouraged you along the way. Paul addressed a problem in the Church which we are still plagued with today – ministers at the end of the assembly line who pray with new believers think that it is their personal ministry accomplishment. This is either ignorance or pride.

On the assembly line for the salvation of one soul are those who prayed, those who preached, gave literature, etc., those who invited them to church, those who demonstrated Christ’s love to them through kind acts, those who harvest and finally those who disciple these new believers. And through all these processes is the ceaseless role of the Holy Spirit.

Be encouraged and keep on playing the different roles as God enables you to do. Amen!

Can you imagine what our situation would have been today if not for the gift of God’s Son – Jesus Christ? Our response then must be to love and live for Christ alone as we are commanded in 2 Corth. 5:14-15.

In Jesus Christ are summed up everything we can know about God and His eternal purposes. In Christ we see the riches of God’s glory, wisdom and grace (Rom. 9:23; 11:33; Eph. 1:7, 18; 2:7; 3:16; Phil. 4:19). “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”  The grandest mystery of all Paul tells us is, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Christ in me creates the “hope of glory.”

Christ’s presence in us is definitely the hope of glory, and of His glorious riches.

ECWA Theme for 2021: Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colosians 1:27