The leaders of BUEA COMMUNITY CHURCH once more decided to organize a three days retreat which was aim at increasing the spiritual well being of the BCC Christians . All this which started on Thursday 16th of July and ended on Saturday the 18th.

The program formally started on Thursday with the first session in the morning which was from 6:00 am to 7 :30 am. from 6 am there was a thirty minutes prayer and worship session coordinated by Ps Manga. after this part two of that day was a bible study time on the topic “PRAYER” this was coordinated by prophet Yeboah. He inspire the BCC Christians who were there as he taught them on the various types of prayers which are supposed to be prayed to God and the time which each prayer is worth it. So many Christians where blessed by the man of God’s teaching.so that was that for the morning session.

The evening session slated for 5pm started at the slated time with some thirty minutes of prayers and worship coordinated by sis Bridget Lekenka. Then was proceeded by the introduction of the first teacher for that evening Ps Simon Njock. He went on stage and taught on the topic “CALL TO BE FIRST WITH HIM”. He elaborated this with Scriptures from (mark 3:13) he taught the congregation that God call us for a purpose that we have been called to be with him first that we we belong to him and no spirit can take us away from him except we take ourselves away from him.Secondly he has a mission for all his called ones .

The next speaker who was Ps Manga spoke on the topic “STRATEGIC EVANGELISM OR THE HEARTBEAT OF GOD” . He taught on the various ways of carrying out evangelism and the various ways to approach somebody with the word of God . He tried to increase the evangelism skills of the Christians and that was that for day one.

Day two which was Friday began with same 30 minutes prayer in the morning from 6 am that was the morning session. There after was a teaching on the topic “RETREAT, QUIET TIME, MEDITATION, AND BIBLE STUDY” After that was the closing prayer and session on closed.

Session two for that day all started in the evening at 5pm with prayers , followed by teaching by Ps Manga on the topic “PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES ” he taught with scriptures from (1cor 14:1,1cor 16:19) .after the teaching there was some serious encounter with the holy spirit by the Christians they spoke in tongues and some even God spoke to them and they spoke it out. Some laid flat on the floor just to worship the Lord Almighty it was very fantastic what the holy spirit did on that day he lifted people do different levels in spirituality. After that great time Ps Arung came on went on stage and spoke on the theme “WE ARE HARVESTERS” .He told all that there is a great field waiting for us to harvest and that we have to pray that God make us good harvesters . He prayed after that and the day ended with a closing prayer from sis Anita Atemkeng.

The last day had some change of program as compared to the other days that everything for the day started at 9 am .It all started with prayers and worship as usual then the first teacher for the day was introduced he was Ps Arung. He taught on the topic BE DISTINGUISHED ,. he taught for about one hour, after which he prayed for what he he had taught for to be applied to the lives of the Christians. Then the next speaker for the day was introduced on stage that was Ps Simon Njock he taught on the topic WORK IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD .After that powerful teaching was the final closing prayer and it all ended for the three days retreat at BCC.

The retreat was very interesting because it led to a massive spiritual growth of the people who made time to be there even though the population was not that many but the few who had time to attend gained something very wonderful.For the attendance it was not that massive because the highest attendance was 23 . But they have really caught the fire and all hopes is on them to extend it to those who were not there .

The 7th day took place in church.

The praise on this fifth day took a different turn. Amazed at what God had doing in their lives, the people expressed excitement as they danced and sang praises to God. I believe they said, “for the grace of God poured down on their lives, they felt like returning praises unto Him.

Some song ministrations by Sr Hannah and the Aroma Choir paved the way for the word of God. Picking up the microphone and opening his mouth, preacher Manga ade J spoke emphatically on the “message of the cross and its effect on our lives,” drawing inspiration from Isa. 53:1-6. After the message, two young boys openly declare their willingness to follow Jesus, promising to abandon their old ways and press on the way of the cross. Many were held spellbound and wept bitterly as they picture the sacrificial Lamb of God painted on a rugged wooden cross who now reigns as King.

The sick were prayed for and the demonized liberated by the power of God. 145 adults and 39 children were in attendance this day.

Welcome to Day 4 of the Healing Rain Crusade and its a joy to abreast you of what took place. After declaring the meeting opened by Pastor Simon Njock, coordinator of the night, the choir went on stage to give some sweet numbers that took the people in glamorous dancing and this went on for about 20 minutes.

It is worth noting that a student from the university of Buea who has been attending the program since from the first day gave a testimony of what God had done in His life. He said this is his first crusade he had ever attended in his life and  that he has had a great change in his life, “I have been saved,” he declared and motivated all others especially his friends to turn to Jesus.

After the testimony, a hymn was sung to prepare the people for the word. Then the speaker, Manga Joseph Ade accompanied by his interpreter, mounted the stage. Barely some few minutes after, there was a serious downpour and blackouts. But this could not stop the preachers from announcing the good news to the people of Buea under the rain. It was marvelous as they preach on the theme why Jesus came on earth with the scripture taken from Luke 4:18. As they were preaching electricity  went off but they still continued. Souls were saved and he prayed for the sick and the demon oppressed.

The Senior Pastor closed the meeting giving the final blessings for the day. Even with the rain the attendance was encouraging as we had 59 adults and 36 children. We hope to see a better day 5.

The third day of the Healing Rain Crusade (HRC) started with an opening prayer by Pastor Arung who was the coordinator. The choir mounted the stage at 6:30 pm for to lead in praise and worship. Because of some electricity failure from SONEL, a generator was rented to help solve the problem so that we could at least have some light and sound for the singers and preacher. After singing some hymns, the “Aroma kids” presented a play entitled the “Lost Sheep” which was watch by the crowd with amazement of what little kids like them could do. After the sketch, the choir went on stage to minister some songs to prepare the people for the message.

Pastor Simon Njock, the speaker for the night preached on the title “Roll away the stone.” The man of God based his preaching on the book of John 11: 1-6. After delivering a sound word from God, 17 adults willingly surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ, accepting Him as their Lord and personal Savior. Despite the seizure of electricity at start, the crusade attendance was very encouraging as there were 117 adults and 32 children. We hope to see a better Day 4 ahead.

The second day of the crusade was very lovely. The choir was on stage at 6pm for praise and worship. All of a sudden there was a strong thunderstorm that resulted to a heavy down-pour. Despite this, Manga Ade Joseph one of the junior pastors in BCC and the coordinator for the night remained on stage. He was there seriously praising and worshiping God. This action of his encouraged the choir members to join him on stage to sing, pray, worship and thank God, declaring their readiness to worship and glorify the name of the Lord even under the rain or dark.

This act continued as the rain went on and on, they never gave up. After some hours, the rains finally stopped and electricity was restored. This brought rejoicing to the congregation there because they had gotten victory. All the choir members where happy and convinced that the Healing Rain has fallen on them and this gave them breakthrough in their lives.

At about 10pm after the down-pour, the coordinator prayed the closing prayer for the day and dismissed the crowd who all went home in a joyous mode. The attendance on this day stood as follows: 46 adults and 24 children.

The Healing Rain Crusade organized by Buea Community Church(BCC) began yesterday with a “Jesus March” at 4pm from Molyko Stadium up to the Crusade ground at Bonduma. After the opening prayer, the Aroma Choir of BCC led the crowd to praise and worship God. They also took time to minister to the people in some series of songs. After singing a hymn, the Senior Pastor of BCC, Genesis T took the lead to open the crusade with the first message on the title “Jesus is passing by Buea.” Reading from Jn4:46-54, the man of God held the crowd spell-bound with the word of God and at the end, 18adults gladly responded to the call of salvation and surrendered their lives to Jesus.

The sick were prayed for as they all put their trust in Jesus for their healing. For the first night, a total of 193 adults and 45 children were in attendance. The crusade continue today till Sunday 26th. Keep praying for Buea and Cameroon, for the winning of souls is God’s heartbeat.