Source Ministries in it’s three years of existence has considerably increased. We total 4 places of worship to this day:
- At Eglise Source d’Eaux Vives with Jean Senga as Senior Pastor we get close to a 100 persons in average for Sunday attendance,
- At Source Intarrissable with Pastor Dominique Lopaka, we get a Sunday attendance of about 70 people,
- At Cite de Vie with Pastor Jules Kalombo, we get a Sunday attendance of about 20 people. Cite de Vie has been facing some major challenges and will be forced in the coming weeks to temporary stop Sunday worship to join Source d’Eaux Vives on Sundays until February 2014.
- We also have Source d’Eaux Vives English service that meets at a different location, with Jean Senga as Senior Pastor. It is mainly composed of internationals working in Kinshasa. We have an average attendance of 20 people on a Sunday and can reach 60 people if everyone comes on one Sunday.
Starting this July, we go into provinces to start the process of church planting. Four of the ministers that were trained this year will go to start the process.
We have started recording a TV show that will address the issue of the impact of Christians in the market place. According to statistics, the DRC is 80% Christian, but it is also one of the countries with the highest rate of corruption in the world. Our prayer is that in the next week or so, we will close a contract with a local TV station for the diffusion of the show.
As you know, most of what we do has the ability to be self sustaining at least by 50%. What we usually need is a start up, or a push, to go to the next level. That is what we need for 2013.
The landlord for the grounds on which Source d’Eaux Vives meets wants us out of his property by March 2013. The rental situation in the DRC is very chaotic…a local church in Kinshasa, not far from us, got their rent increased 10 times the price of the original contract. By March, we would like to purchase our own property, so that we can make plans to build on it.
Here is the list of objectives for the 2013 Project:
- Raise enough funds to purchase a property for the church Source d’Eaux Vives
- Help the church Cite de Vie to start back Sunday services by February 2013
- Raise funds to support the families of the leaders of our churches.
To achieve these objectives and others we are planning a trip to the US this summer and are organizing:
- Raffles
- Auctions
- Mission nights
- We will have presentations and will speak at different churches and organizations
- Other fundraisers as opportunities arise.
Please plan to participate in these or even to organize some as we welcome any help we can get.
Thank you, and may God richly bless you.
Jean, Deborah, Micah, Jonathan, and Michelle
