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THEY NEED YOUR PRAYERS!

THEY NEED YOUR PRAYERS!

Please, pray for these young teens from our Episcopal Free Church here in Burundi, East Africa, as they decided to work hard to build a preschool and primary school for their little sisters and brothers who have nowhere else to find a school to attend in this remote rural area. Pray that the Lord will rise helpers to support this work. Many thanks. You may visit our website at: iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org. Together in prayer!
All blessings in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Respectfully,
Your humble servant in Christ,

Bishop, Dr. Justin Baransananikiye
Archbishop,
THE EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH-PROVINCE OF BURUNDI
P.O.Box 197 Gitega
Burundi (East Africa)
Tel: +25779877097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com

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ORPHANS’ AID CHRISTIAN MISSION

“Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper”
(JOB 29:12)

DONATE TO:

ORPHANS’ AID CHRISTIAN MISSION
(O.A.C.M)

A Compassion Ministry of :

THE EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH- PROVINCE OF BURUNDI
Registered No. 530/1774
P.O. Box 197 Gitega
Burundi (East Africa)
Tel: +257 79 87 70 97
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
Website: iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

We care for orphans and destitute children in Burundi, East Africa, Providing food and clothing as well as medical assistance and Support for their education. PRAY FOR US!

Appeal from:

Archbishop, Dr. Justin BARANSANANIKIYE
President
The EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH-PROVINCE OF BURUNDI

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“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise” (II Peter 3:9)

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise” (II Peter 3:9)
(Henrietta C. Mears, “What the Bible is all about”,
Special edition for
The BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION)

“False teaching about Christ, which denies His Deity and power, results in false thinking. The first question it raises is about the Coming of Christ. To help the Church in this, Peter reminds them of the things Jesus had said. Men misunderstood Him and thought His return might be in that generation. Peter tells them that time is nothing with God- that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years (3:8). He will keep this promise as He has kept all of His promises, but according to His own time.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise… [He is not] willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (3:9). The last days are to be sad days, for scoffers shall make fun and say, “Ha, ha, where is the promise of Christ’s coming? As far as we can see, everything is going on just as it has from the beginning of creation. Nature goes along in the even tenor of her way. There have been no signs of any radical change.

These scoffers were evil men, but the sad truth today is that good men scoff at the promise of His Coming. They make sport of the great hope of the Church. How illogical was their reasoning about Christ’s not coming. Here they are! He had not come, hence He was not coming. Nothing different had happened, hence nothing unusual was going to happen. Because our Lord has not come yet, shall we give up hope? No, indeed. Rather, rejoice in the fact that His return comes nearer every day.

Peter reminds these skeptics that a mighty flood did drown the world once, and Christ likened His coming to the flood in Matthew 24:37, 38. No doubt Peter heard Him say it. But next time God will destroy the earth by fire. Will it be literal fire? Was the flood literal? Stored within the earth are oils and gases and fire enough to burn it up. Volcanoes are the release of these elements. Scientists now tell us we are sitting on a crust of earth only thirty miles in depth. Beneath this is a mass of molten matter. At a word, God could release a spout which would bury the earth in literal fire. The devastation caused by the atomic bomb has proved the possibility of such catastrophe. Or our earth may collide with some other heavenly body.”…

Contact us:
EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
P.O. Box 197 Gitega
Burundi (East Africa)
Tel: +25779877097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
www.iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

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EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE WEEKLY NEWS, 30 November 2019

Photo: Bishop Justin BARANSANANIKIYE, DD, DMin, PhD.
Teaching at EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
(Gitega, Burundi, East Africa).

EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
WEEKLY NEWS, 30 November 2019.

OUR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT:

THE EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE maintains the same doctrine as The Episcopal Free Church-Province of Burundi.
We believe and confess:
1. We believe that the whole Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the Divine authority and infallible rule for faith, life and doctrine.

2. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, equal in nature, power and glory.

3. We believe in the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His shed blood as the only atonement for sin, His bodily resurrection and ascension to the right hand of the Father and His personal return in power and glory.

4. We believe in the Holy Spirit who convicts of sin, testifies of Christ, enables the believer to live a victorious life, and guides into all truth.

5. We believe that man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin and is in need of regeneration through faith in Jesus Christ.

6. We believe in the resurrection of the body. The believer will arise to eternal life, the unbeliever will arise to eternal condemnation.

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

8. We believe in the commission of the Risen Christ, “That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His Name among all nations”. (Luke 24:47).

9. We believe that we are lost when we do not trust in Jesus Christ. We acknowledge our Lord’s Mission-Order in obedience and faith. (Matthew 28:19, 20).

10. We are waiting for our Lord’s coming again and we know that there will be a new heaven and a new earth.

PRAYER POINTS:

– Pray for the twenty (20) students (16 gentlemen and 4 ladies) presently attending the Episcopal Free Theological Institute;
– Pray for the need of Christian books (for all theological courses + Bible commentaries and Dictionaries, etc.) to allow us set soon a small library for the students;
– Pray for restoration of 2 buildings of our school (1 classroom + dormitory and refectory) which have been damaged by an earthquake two years ago;
– Pray for the need of computers for our students + a generator and an internet connection set at the Institute;
– Pray also for our 5 teachers.

Contact Us:
Episcopal Free Theological Institute
P.O. Box 197 Gitega
Burundi (East Africa)
Tel: +257 79 877 097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
www.iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

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THE GREAT BLESSING FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN AFRICA

Photo : Bishop Justin Baransananikiye, DD, DMin, PhD,
Teaching at EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE,
Gitega, Burundi (East Africa).

THE GREAT BLESSING FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN AFRICA

“And many people shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up
To the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths. ‘
For out of Zion, shall go forth the law, and the word of
The Lord from Jerusalem. “(Isaiah 2: 3).

The great blessing for the Christian Church in Africa today is these millions of young people thirsty to know and serve Jesus Christ, despite the difficult circumstances of war, social conflict, poverty and all kinds of threats of destruction. While Al Shabaab constantly strikes the East of the continent, and Bokoharam is bombarding the West daily, our young Africans inflamed by the missionary calling are counted by thousands kneeling day and night to implore the Lord to open new doors for a massive evangelization. And, willingly, they are candidates to Theological schools. Hallelujah!

By mid-2017, the African population was estimated at 1,256,268,000, or 16.6% of the world’s population, while the USA / CANADA had 361,208,000 or 4.8% (Wikipedia). This to mean that if they were burdened, one (1) person in the North American continent would be able to support the evangelization of three (3) Africans. Have you ever thought about it?

While the West is sadly witnessing its youth moving away from the Gospel day by day, Africa on her side, despite the terrible lack of means, but obeying to the great commandment of Christ, is working on the training of disciples who enter the harvest courageously in the Name of Jesus. Didn’t you know that before? They need YOUR support in prayer, YOUR support in working tools as literature, means of modern technology, audio-visual equipment, they need YOUR support for housing and food, etc. Theology schools are in great need of funding in order to be planted everywhere in large number and support teachers and students. Dear Missions and Christian Organizations, DO NOT GIVE UP! And the apostle Paul to challenge us: “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel! (I Corinthians 9:16 c).

Contact us:

EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Under the Auspices of:
THE EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH
Province of Burundi
P.O Box 197 Gitega
BURUNDI (East Africa)
Tel: (+257)79 877 097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
www.iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

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EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, 15 November 2019 Weekly News

We offer a two level Training:
– Bible School (1 year)
– Theological Institute (3 years)
Academic year 2019-2020 started on November 1st , 2019.
* 30 Bible School students level (girls and boys) are attending.

* 15 Theological Institute students (with high school certificate) are also attending.
First semester courses include:
– Life and Ministry of Christ
– The Church
– History of the Christian Church
– Church Music (I)
– Universal History survey
– History of Israel
– Pastoral Ministry
– Christian Ethics
– Discipleship
– Homiletics
– Missions/Evangelism

* Theological books and various Christian books are needed to help set a library for the Institute.

Pray for us !

EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Under the Auspices of:
THE EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH
Province of Burundi
P.O Box 197 Gitega
BURUNDI (East Africa)
Tel: (+257)79 877 097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
www.iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

Christian Education, Prayer Ministry

EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

EPISCOPAL FREE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Under the Auspices of:
THE EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH
Province of Burundi
P.O Box 197 Gitega
BURUNDI (East Africa)
Tel: (+257)79 877 097
Email: bepiscopalfree@gmail.com
www.iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

“Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus The Author and Perfecter of our Faith”
(Hebrews 12:2)

Some of our objectives:

1. To nurture people to participate in the calling for Christian Reformation.
2. To nurture leaders in the local churches.
3. To exchange programs with other similar Institutions.
4. Training Bible seminars with internationally knowledgeable Pastors, Theologians, Evangelists, and Missionaries.

We offer a two levels Training:

– Bible School (1 year)
– Theological Institute (3 years)

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

Pray for us.

President: Bishop Justin BARANSANANIKIYE
DD, DMin, PhD.

Prayer Ministry

MANCHESTER: An Appeal to the Christian Church To PRAY FOR HER ENEMIES.

“You have heard that it was said,
‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, LOVE your enemies,
BLESS those who curse you, DO GOOD to those who hate you and
PRAY for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
“That you MAY BE SONS OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN;
For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good
And sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
(Matthew 5.43-45)

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born in Bethlehem during the reign of the “HERODES” known as being among the great terrorists of the early Christian era, who did not want to hear of a PRINCE OF PEACE being born in Israel nor the MESSENGERS OF PEACE (His disciples) sent by Him, nor from the DIVINE PROMISE OF THE GIFT OF PEACE to his Church (John 14:27).

From the North to the South and from East to West, we Christians from around the world have become accustomed to organizing “MARCHES FOR PEACE” every year, but also “ECUMENICAL PRAYER MEETINGS FOR PEACE”. Unfortunately, in the light of the Holy Bible, all this is seen as a loss because it is clear that the more we do it, the more the ‘enemies of peace’ gain strength and succeed in their projects. The question now is: WHERE IS THE REAL ERROR?

The Lord Jesus Christ is very clear on this subject, and reminds us of His order under these four points:
– LOVING our enemies
– BLESSING those who curse us
– DOING GOOD to those who hate us
– PRAYING for those who spitefully use us and persecute us.

Am I crazy, I, who preach that we must LOVE the enemies of humanity, BLESS the destructors of life, DO WELL to disrupters of peace and PRAY for the disciples of darkness. But am I really crazy, I, who read the Bible without distorting it, the same Bible you own since you believed in Christ? Do you believe in her canonical authority?

Let me humbly illustrate this message with THE CROSS and its FOUR POLES:
– The first pole is the root which fixes the CROSS firmly in the ground. This pole I call: PRAYER. In these times of the end when evil seems to be triumphing, Christ recommends us the following: “Watch ye at all times, that ye may have strength to escape all these things that shall come, and to stand before the Son of man “(Luke 21:36). But how should we pray in the midst of this destructive storm inflicted on us by terrorism? The Apostle Peter reveals to us the plan of God for these times, a plan for which we should all PRAY: “… not willing that any should be perish” (II Peter 3: 9 – Including the Terrorists). Are you among those who pray according to this command or are you praying that they may perish?

– The second pole is the head of the CROSS which symbolizes here the origin and the destiny of its mission, which is, LOVE. Christ calls us to exercise the Ministry of LOVE in a negative world. LOVE must make a difference. Christ came for this and it is this sublime mission that He entrusted to Christian believers. Selfish that we are! We refuse LOVE to our terrorist enemies until they come to claim it through bloodshed!

– The third pole is that of the right arm of the CROSS, the symbol of Christ sitting at the right hand of God (Mark 14:26, 16:19). The life of the believer can have meaning in this world only if it is A SOURCE OF BLESSING to all without exception. Shall we continue refusing the blessing to those who curse us while God our Father is blessing each of them with his beautiful sun and abundant rain?

– The fourth pole is that of the left arm of the CROSS. Christ speaks of his left hand as the abode reserved for the GOATS, for those who rejected his teaching to doing good. And the Apostle Paul teaches that the preaching of the CROSS is foolishness. Yes, foolishness, because the Cross came not to condemn but to SAVE. SALVATION is the greatest GOOD God has given to the sinful man who could not see Him and live (Exodus 33:20), but who can do so today through Christ (John 14: 9). To the sinful man, to Moses the terrorist who killed the Egyptian and did not repent of it, God has set ready a temporary CLEFT in the Rock, in the left arm of the CROSS, and covers it with his hand to protect him from perishing) by telling him: “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you.” (Exodus 33:19).

Christians, why are we refusing the MESSAGE OF SALVATION (the greatest GOOD given by God to men) to the enemies of the Gospel of salvation? No, let us not stop our programs of proclaiming the Gospel in all the languages ​​to all the nations of the earth by all means. Now is the time to do so more than ever. Now is the time to expand the ministry of intercession for terrorists around the world. Please, wake up and put your hand to your pocket to support the ministry more than ever before. Stop making of your gigantic churches built 2, 3, 4, 5 centuries ago TOURISM PLACES! No, Jesus Christ is totally against that vision, for He wants to make of them rather GREAT CENTERS OF A GREAT AWAKENING OF PRAYER for those who persecute his Church. Are you willing to start TODAY? I mean, NOW? Will you accept the humble contribution of our young African intercessional missionaries who would like to come and help you launch this great project? Please, take action NOW. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

Contact us:
EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH-PROVINCE OF BURUNDI
Bishop Dr. Justin Baransananikiye
President
P.O. Box 197 Gitega (Burundi)
Tel: (+257)79 877 097
Email: baransajust@gmail.com
SKYPE: Justin Baransananikiye
Website: http://iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

 

Prayer Ministry

CHRISTMAS: God’s gift of spiritual KNOWLEDGE granted again to men

Aside

CHRISTMAS : God’s gift of spiritual KNOWLEDGE
Granted again to men.

The human creature lost the gift of God’s spiritual KNOWLEDGE when Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the prohibited tree which was planted in the midst of the Garden (Genesis 3). Obeying the Lord’s order of NOT eating from its fruit was the permanent source of KNOWLEDGE they had to lead and protect them. This tree of KNOWLEDGE was the living symbol of Christ the Word of God, the TRUE VINE revealed in the New Testament (John 15). But when they broke the order, and ate the fruit, they were no longer a God’s image and got to be definitely expelled from His presence.

Thus, in the 8th century before Christ’s birth, the Lord spoke through prophet Hosea and said: “My people are destroyed for lack of KNOWLEDGE” (Hosea 4:6). Earlier in the 6th century B.C, Daniel had prophesied about KNOWLEDGE being granted again to men:

“… and KNOWLEDGE shall increase…Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the WISE shall understand”. (Daniel 12. 4, 10)

Wasn’t it so amazing as to how the Lord revealed His Son’s birth through a STAR shining in the East (with a written message in it) and where it could ONLY BE SEEN by people who used to search KNOWLEDGE from the stars? Wasn’t it strange to see king Herod not interested at all in the news about A STAR announcing Christ’s birth? He even did not require from the wise men to show him in which direction the STAR was hanging while it was still shining and leading the three foreigners to Bethlehem! Herod, poor Herod, is the symbol of Adam and Eve having totally lost the gift of God’s spiritual knowledge of lifting up his heart to Him.

Lifting up continually our spiritual eyes towards God’s Holy Throne IN HEAVEN is the spiritual gift that the Church of Christ needs to regain in the 21st century. Dear Christian brethren, come and let’s together lift up IN PRAYER our hearts to God and restart searching the messages He issues daily towards his creation. Let’s take our conflicts and problems, our failures and disappointments at his feet EVERY MORNING AND EVENING. For the STAR OF CHRISTMAS, carried by the Holy Spirit is still traveling all over the nations, over the mountains and the valleys, in our churches and businesses! Have you lifted up your spiritual eyes to see HER and follow HER and become THE WISE MAN AND WOMAN OF THIS AGE?

May this special Christmas Time rebuild your calling to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Matth.22.37).

Contact us:
EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH-PROVINCE OF BURUNDI
Bishop Dr. Justin Baransananikiye
President
P.O. Box 197 Gitega (Burundi)
Tel: (+257)79 877 097
Email: baransajust@gmail.com
SKYPE: Justin Baransananikiye
Website: http://iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org

 

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The Olympics: A TRUCE OF PEACE Gospel Reading: John 14:27

Aside

The Olympics: A TRUCE OF PEACE
Gospel Reading: John 14:27

As told from ancient Greece in the Antiquities, the Olympic Games was a time of a truce of peace which was probably observed all over the Greek Empire territories. I can imagine what joy and comfort it brought to the troops on all battlefields in Asia, North Africa, Central Europe, etc! Some of them would even have forgotten about the Olympics but were awaken a certain morning by the strong voice of an emissary sent by the Emperor heralding this very statement: “THE OLYIMPICS: A TRUCE OF PEACE”. What a relief it brought to all of them!

In ancient African kingdoms, it is also said that at a certain time, when a king announced a truce to occupied territories, people immediately understood that it was time to collect gifts (as cattle, minerals, etc) to be sent him at court along with two or three pretty girls offered him!

In the Greek Empire, during all the time athletes and sportsmen spent competing in the arena, there was no longer heart flashes about a probable enemy attack. IT WAS PEACE! PEACE EVERYWHERE!

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you;
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
(John 14:27)

Thus the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of kings proclaimed our “SPIRITUAL OLYMPIC TRUCE which fortunately has no end! Of course, it has been the precious gold garment of the Christian Church born at Pentecost in Jerusalem and it remains so today more than 200 years later. Furthermore, it will also be the gold shining crown that all the redeemed will be bearing when raptured they will be singing giving thanks to the Lord for having redeemed them FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY.(Psalm 107:1-3).

Unfortunately, Satan our enemy will never observe the Lord’s given truce of peace. Why? Simply because our hearts have never proclaimed a truce of peace towards our neighbours. Strange but surely correct if we can’t answer this question with a YES : “How many years have I, have you spent separated from your parents or husband or wife or children or friends or neighbours because YOU REFUSED TO ANNOUNCE TO THEM A TRUCE OF PEACE IN ALL THE MATTERS OF CONFLICT THAT KEEP YOU FAR OF THEM?”.

Four years have now passed between the 2012 Olympics in London, UK, and the ones we are watching in Rio de Janeiro today. Can we remember how our relations with our neighbours were four year ago during the summer 2012? Has something better occurred in as repentance or reconciliation or sending a card or a single gift one to the other? We are still terrifying them with our unhealed hatred between Black and White, between our tribe and theirs, between rich nations and poor nations, between the disabled and those without disabilities. How can we continue praying and imploring the Lord to help us overcome terrorism while our hearts are still filled with darkness thoughts that terrify our neighbours? PLEASE, MAKE A GIFT OF A TRUCE OF PEACE TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR DURING THESE 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES. That’s the precious gift the Lord expects you to give Him NOW!

PRAYER: Thank you Lord Jesus Christ, for the everlasting PEACE you gave us to be always shared with our neighbours. Amen!

May the peace of God be with you.

Contact us:
EPISCOPAL FREE CHURCH-PROVINCE OF BURUNDI
Bishop Dr. Justin Baransananikiye
President
P.O. Box 197 Gitega (Burundi)
Tel: (+257)79 877 097
Email: baransajust@gmail.com
SKYPE: Justin Baransananikiye
Website: http://iprayforyou.worthyofpraise.org