news from cameroon

With sadness we report the falling asleep on Feb.23 of our Bro.Ebong Abel Elong, aged 64. Bro Ebong was baptized in 1996 and was the Arranging Brother of Epen ecclesia. He lived a life for the Lord, devoting his efforts to ecclesial duties. He now awaits the sure hope of resurrection at the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bro.Brain Ebong.

BAMENDA
Knowing the truth myself, I have been trying to make others also know it and follow the right track. So, brethren. the 'track' we are talking about is what the Christadelphians believe, and this has been requested by some interested people. Thank God for this. So I am pleading that you try to save some of them by telling them of the Gospel. Thank you for your help by leading us to the truth as we continue to stay prayerfully and patiently waiting for his coming.
Bro. Kum Donatus

With happiness I am delighted to inform you that Bro. Songsom Samson who was in isolation and needed help from a near-by ecclesia, as contained in the last edition of Gospel News, has been visited by brethren from the Bamenda ecclesia with help from Brethren in the UK. I will also thank the Lord for extending a hand to the needy. My Sister, Wife, Evelyne attended a seminar on HIV/AIDS taking along a copy of the book 'Where There Is No Doctor'. She introduced herself as a Christadelphian and went ahead to explain how she came about the book. She also shared quite a number of the Bible Reading Companions and some few copies of Glad Tidings magazines. She was nominated a resource person to lecture on HIV/AIDS to nearby communities.

With help from the CBM, we are organising a Bible and vocational trainning seminar from 3rd to 28 July God willing. It should be mentioned that at last year's seminar seven were finally prepared for baptism during the visit in Nov. by UK brethren. This year's seminar will run in two shifts of a fortnight each as there promises to be more attending than last year. There will be four representatives from four different villages where we have over 27 preparing for baptism. We where also able to donate First Aid drugs and materials to a remote village with no medical facilities thanks to the book, 'Where There Is No Doctor'. The health department has also approved the CBM to open small Health Centres in rural areas . Two two Sisters are training as community health workers to care for this. They are using the 'Where There Is No Doctor' book. Our spiritual growth has increased enormously, as we take the daily readings a life-and-death commitment, knowing fully that we are exiles in the present world order and hope to be citizens of the Kingdom from above, by God's grace, at the return of the Master. We can only comfort you with the words of the apostle Paul, that you are fighting a good fight and a crown of glory awaits you and all who patiently work behind the scene at the revelation of our King.
Bro Emmanuel Nanji.

I was baptised by total immersion into the saving name of the Lord Jesus Christ in Nov. 2005. I had been sprinkled in the Presbytarian church some 26 years ago while I was a child. I knew nothing, and after my primary school I was again sprinkled after some few Bible quotations as confirmation of what I did not understand. My baptism as a Christadelphian is the best thing that has ever happened to me. First, it was unique in that my interview was done by UK brethren on their yearly visit. I had studied the 40 lessons Basic Bible Truths for four months. My other delight is that my baptism was done by my husband, with four others who had also prepared for baptism. I now know the one needful thing in my life which Jesus said Mary had found but Martha was still weak on. This one needful thing can be seen in Eccl. 12:13-14. Seek the things about God and His KINGDOM.
Sis. Evelyn Nanji 

BUEA
I am a young convert and was baptized in November, 2005, when our brethren from the UK came for the Bible School. I am so happy to know the Truth and dream to take it to my nation. I am a school proprietor and will see that this truth is taken to teachers, students and the community where my school is.
Bro. Amin Formin

MUTENGENE
There is one Bible - Why are there so many different Churches? There are so many religions in the world because after the death of Jesus and his apostles, wrong teaching entered the Christain congregation and drew believers away Matt.7:13-14; Act 20:29-30.This is the reason why there are so many religions in the world today.

How can we identify a true religion? The mark of a true religion is that the Christains of that religion have real love among themselves ( John 15:12,13,17; 1 John 4:20.21).They have deep respect for the Bible and believe what it says Jn 17:17, 2 Tim 3:16-17. They treat God's words as being more important than human ideas or customs. They try to live by the Bible in their everyday lives. They don't preach one thing and practice another (Titus 1:15-16). True religion must honour God's Name (Matt 6:9). True religion must preach about God's kingdom (Luke 8:1). Jesus always talked about God's Kingdom. True religion must believe that only God's Kingdom will bring peace and security to this sinful world Ps 146:3-10.
Bro Nicolas Menjuah 

MUYUKA
Our mid-week Bible discovery: "That we should take time not to enter into temptation". Matthew 26:41 says we should keep on the watch and pray continually, that we may not enter into temptation. The pressure on Jesus at this time was intense, unlike any he had experienced before. Jesus, the Son of God, was near the end of his earthly life. He realized that soon he would be arrested, condemned to death and impaled on a stake. He knew that his every decision and action would reflect on his Father's Name. Jesus also knew that the future life prospects of mankind hung in the balance. Faced with all this pressure, what did he do?

Jesus went to the garden of Gethsemane with his disciples. It was a favourite spot with Jesus. There he withdrew a short distance from his disciples. When alone, he turned to his Heavenly Father for strength, pouring out his heart in fervent prayer, not just once, but three times; Jesus did not feel that he could face the pressure on his own (Matt. 26:36-44).
Today we, too, are under pressure. We are living in the final days of this wicked system. The temptations and stresses of this world are intensifying. The decisions and actions of any of us who profess to serve the true God reflect on His Name and have a profound effect on our individual prospects for life in His new world.
We love God, we want to endure to the end - the end of our life or the end of this system, whichever comes first ( See Mat 24:13). But how can we maintain our sense of urgency and keep on the watch?
Knowing that his disciples then, and those today, would also be under pressure, Jesus urged: "Keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation".
Bro. Tanyinjia Atabong Martin

Personal Testimonies

I was born on June 1, 1973 in Fontem. I first attended the Catholic church at the age of 17 where I was sprinkled with water as a form of so-called baptism and I began attending Catholic church services without any knowledge of the Bible. When I came across Bro. Atabong Martin and his wife, Sis. Lucy, I was encouraged and I knew God had poured His blessings on me by showing me the light. I was really moving in total darkness. I was baptized on June 25th, 2005, at Magenge, and I am proud of being a Christadelphian. "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" (Ps. 133: 11). I am married and blessed with two boys and a girl. Our Lord Jesus Christ will soon come and set up the Kingdom of God for which we are all waiting, and may that happy day be of joy to us all.
Bro Akamin Romanus

Photo: Baptism of Bro Akamin Romanus

I wish to thank Bro. Martin and Bro. Thadius of my ecclesia for their wonderful support which helped me find the Truth. I was baptized into the saving name of our Lord Jesus Christ on June 25th, 2005 by Bro. Alam and Bro. George. John 14:15 says, "If you love me, obey my commandments", because baptism alone cannot save. We should be grateful to God that Jesus came into our sinful lives in this dirty world in order to save us and give us such a hope as we have in the truth Luke 24:47 says, "That repentance and remission of sins should be preached". If we know this and walk accordingly, then the coming Kingdom and eternal life will be for us.
Bro. Kungang Hilary

I am very happy and peaceful due to having been baptized into the Lord Jesus. I prepared myself by reading the Bible with the 'Companion' for a good two years, with the help of the Brethren and Sisters of our ecclesia. They taught me many doctrinal things; I used to believe that after death the sinful ones went to hell, which I believed was a place full of fire ever burning, where sinners were thrown. But I learnt that hell is simply the grave, also that the Kingdom to come is to be here on earth. In fact, I am very pleased with God's true message of salvation to mankind for Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied�"(Matt. 5:6). My baptism took place on June 25th, 2005, at Magenge and I am very happy to be part of those who await the coming Kingdom. So, Brethren and Sisters, let us all live our lives according to the teaching of our Lord Jesus until he returns. I am in a family of eight; apart from my little brother and sister, all have been baptized into Christ.
Sis. Susan Ntenwgwa