Dynamic Churches International

Dear Praying Friends,

Precious greetings in Jesus Name, thank God we are alive and protected by His blood.

Thank you for having prayed for us! We almost faced death. The car we hired lost its breaks after we hit a pot hole and crashed into a huge rock that stopped it. If the rock had not stopped us it could have been a fatal accident and our crew of five DCI trainers could have died. A few books were torn, the camera screen was broken, the front lights, bumper and the wheels were twisted, but this did not spoil the Training Mission Spirit. We left the car at a garage and it is still being repaired. Thank you for praying for us! Please continue to pray for us every day.

That was bad news, but now this is good news. Oyani Maasai is the border between three Tribes in Kenya: the Maasai which spreads up to Maasai Mara, the Kuria Tribe which spreads up to Tanzania and the Luo Community. All these Tribes were present in the Training. There were Tribal clashes going on even as the Training was going on. But we had security on Patrol.

We trained 15 Pastors and 42 leaders. 3 ladies gave their lives to the Lord and this is where the amazing story begins. One of the ladies who received Christ was just visiting a friend and attended the training. After she got saved, she insisted we must know her people. So on Sunday, we got on a motor cycle and travelled one hour to reach her home. Just like the Samaritan Woman who called her people together, and as we gathered to prayer, she shouted “give us a Pastor, this is a church”. A new church was planted with her people. We asked Pastor Meshack, who was with us in the Training with his Bishop? What should we do? His Bishop appointed Pastor Meshack to take care of that church.

So this new Discovery Group became a church of five people with a Pastor in Charge.

Thank God for the Holy Spirit who enabled us to overlook the accident and move on and do the Training, The whole team said that the accident was the price we paid for this new church. In all the training I have done in Kenya, East Africa and even in Ghana, I have never seen such an Authentic and Automatic start, but indeed this gave meaning for our name, “Spontaneous” and “Dynamic”.

You would need a video to capture the joy and tears of these people. Thank you for praying and May God bless you.

Simeon

Rusinga Island Report:
Going to Rusinga Island had several exciting moments.One hour away from Rusinga, we meet with cows, donkeys, goats and sheep just laying on the middle of the road, but when they heard the sound of our car honking they walked off the road and let us pass and then return to the road.
At Rusinga, we went to the Guest house. Here we were a little scared, we had insects which resemble mosquitoes and their greatest friend is LIGHT, so they literally covered and darkened the ceiling by the thousands, and at some point I thought we were being received by witches, but we were informed that this was the season of these flies like mosquitoes.

When we began the training sessions I noticed that ladies were overwhelmingly more than men. On inquiry we were told that many men had died of HIV and Aids.
We had more than 1% of the total population of Rusinga Island with 7 different church organizations in attendance and several leaders and Pastors.

We trained 312 and 17 people gave their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The leaders and Pastors we trained, got to know DCI for the first time and they embraced the DCI strategy and to God be all the glory. The Pastors and leaders enthusiastically met with the 17 new believers and made plans to begin Discovery Groups with them and hopefully they would also invite their family and friends.

I owe this success to the constant prayers of you and the partners who have allowed the Lord to use them for the Training and Discipling of Africa for Jesus.

May God bless you.
Simeon.

Here is Praise Report we got from Simeon. Thank you to all who prayed.

Dear Al & Mary,

Greetings in Jesus Name. We had a tremendous training in Kenya of the year 2016.The Bishop had a huge influence over other Bishops, Pastors from Baptist Church, Assemblies of God and many other big names.

Besides this, we also had a number of Bishops from other regions which we have always asked God to get us into.

We concluded yesterday with several invitations to many regions. This church had a capacity of between 500-650 Saturday-Sunday it was just full to capacity. Something to note is that some of the Bishops came as far as 300 miles away – real interior places where we knew no one, but now DCI has a foothold and to God be the glory.

Keep us in prayers as we leave today for Rusinga Island. One thing I know and I do if I get an opportunity for DCI, I give it my ALL to the Glory of God.

Simeon

Simeon Oyugi, our Dynamic Churches Director in Kenya, is doing a Spontaneous Disciple Making workshop at a large church in Nairobi, Kenya this weekend. The Bishop of this group has great influence in many other churches as well. He will be doing the same training at Rusinga Island next week. Pray for safety in travel, health and strength and Godly wisdom as he teaches and interacts with these leaders. Thank you for praying!

Today we uploaded a video to Youtube on One-to-One Discipling. This brief promotional video was created a while back by Centre Street Church in Calgary, Alberta. Used with permission: www.cschurch.ca
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Training a group of pastors

From Hans and Elly Timmermans:

Our team has been to a village called Kamphenda last week, for their third visit of 4 days. This completes the basic teachings that they do in this place with one set of leaders/ pastors. From here on in, it is follow up for encouragement, etc. and an annual refresher course. These leaders are now on their own to pass on what they have learned into their communities. Read what these newly trained leaders have said:

“We had so many encouraging testimonies where we could hear that some life groups
have multiplied to 2 and others up to 3. Leaders are being trained and one to one discipleship is being done amongst life group members as well as in their community and many are coming to Christ through this approach. And so far most of the life group members are able to pass it on.”

The Team has trained approximately 50 Pastors/Leaders since our visit there last June/ July. Each one of these men and women are fully equipped to teach others in leadership skills. They will multiply themselves, but they also start life groups that multiply. Our team is delighted to continue on with this work, even though transportation is very difficult most of the time and mosquitoes are abundant this time of year, being the rainy season. We thank God for keeping them safe in their travels and healthy…
Read the full letter here in PDF

Quote from Ron. Nelson:

It was a joy to be with many of the people whom we were able to provide with discipleship training and they had a celebration for those who have graduated from the Dynamic Basics One-to-One training. They are now moving on to the next course, Dynamic Discipling One-to-One. We will also be providing leadership training for the church leaders in preparation for them to train others in Calgary and also in Haiti.

Ron and Bev did three workshops with the Haitian churches in Calgary along with Pastor Enock Remy. They trained 26 people in the Dynamic Basics who are now proceeding into the Dynamic Discipleship series.

Quote from Jim Klaas:

Jim and his wife Naomi recently visited a couple they led to faith in Jesus 35 years ago in a creative-access country in Asia. They direct a world-class language school. One student, accepted Christ after being involved for 3 years and now his brother and mother have as well. They are connecting with a local church and will be using the Dynamic Churches material with the pastor for follow-up.

Bishop Simeon Oyugi Reports from East Africa:

Kenya: The DCI ministry is expanding rapidly! One very large opportunity this past year was Homa Bay County where Simeon trained 326 Pastors from 10 different Pastors Fellowships. They represent almost all the churches in that county of 950,000 people!

Prayer Requests

January 28-31, 2016 DCI will do training in Migori County and

February 4-7, 2016 in Rusinga Island

Simeon is invited back to Uganda in March 16-21, 2016.

Finances for printing materials transport and housing are needed as soon as possible.

We want to wish you God’s blessings for 2016. As we look back over this past year we have many reasons to be thankful. The Dynamic Churches International (DCI) work in Malawi is expanding well. Over 6,000 Dynamic Basics books for following up new Christians have been distributed since January 2014, when our supply came in from Egypt. 1,800 Dynamic Discipling books have also been distributed. The Life Groups in the various areas are all reproducing, some into the 3rd and 4th generation and still going strong. Trainers or coaches have been trained and in some cases their Apprentices have taken over the first area while the trainer has moved to others areas to start new groups.
The DCI Team is getting more proficient all the time. They are taking training in areas where they have weakness, learning new skills to use in the ministry.

Hans and Elly Timmermans
DCI Representatives in Canada and Malawi