Advent Conspiracy: Global Focus
Our global focus will be to raise money to build wells in Northern Nigeria. Through our Global Foursquare family we have the privilege of supporting the outreach efforts of sister churches in this region—as they build deep wells that allow fresh water to be distributed at no cost to the indigenous population, while at the same time bringing a message of hope in Christ.
The cost of each well is approximately $9,000. Our goal is to raise at least $4,500 toward this effort. We are participating with two other Foursquare churches in Oregon and, together, hope to provide the resources necessary to build 2-3 wells within 2012 along with other resources that provide for the advancement of the gospel to villages in Northern Nigeria.
Our Foursquare Connection to Nigeria
Our Foursquare connection begins with missionary Bill Keiselhorst, who first met African native, Isaac Komolafe (Komo-LA-FAY) in 1987. In 1990, Pastor Isaac’s church was scattered—as it was made up of construction workers who were all reassigned to the outer edges of Abuja. Isaac jumped on his motorcycle and set out to find each family…When he did, he discovered there were no churches anywhere in the area! The workers asked Isaac to send them pastors, but he had none to send. So, he told them to start their own churches…which they did! All were reluctant missionaries, but—because of their faith and obedience—Abuja went from having one church to about 15 in just a six-month period of time! Isaac and Bill started monthly training sessions with these new (concrete-worker) pastors shortly after that. Now, 15 years later, each of these “little” churches have between 1,000-3,000 congregants, and over 200 churches have been planted in this region! Each one continues to multiply, and is reaching new language groups that have—until now—been largely unexposed to the Gospel.
Isaac now serves as the Foursquare overseer of the entire northern part of Nigeria, which is comprised of about 10 districts and 300-400 churches, in total. He is based in the capital city of Abuja, and is considered to be an apostolic leader—with the gift of reaching indigenous leaders and helping them to multiply churches, particularly in villages that have never been exposed to the Gospel. Bill presently serves as the North Pacific District Missions Connection and is based in Portland, Oregon. He advises and supports Isaac’s ministry by networking churches in Oregon for this ministry outreach.
