Church Where Christians Barely Raise 4.000 as Sunday Alms Engage in a 14 Million New Church Project

Church Where Christians Barely Raise 4.000 as Sunday Alms Engage in a 14 Million New Church Project

When Ngwe Obed, the congregational announcer mounted the pulpit, one of the announcements he made was that "Last Sunday (June 7th 2020), general offering (both from Sunday school and main church) was 4.200Frs." The total amount of alms every Sunday has often centred around such an  amount but for when there's an occasion pulling in worshippers from elsewhere. 

New Church Site

Despite their feeble number and financial immaturity coupled with remoteness, Christians of Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, Wumnebit Congregation, Wumnemburg Parish, Meta Presbytery have shun fear, giving a deaf ear to pessimists and embarked on a new church house construction project estimated to cost 14 million Frs CFA. 

There's a daring saying from one Dr. Roopleen that "If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality." The Wumnemburg parish in the Lower Medig Zone of the Meta clan, Mbengwi has four congregations: Wumnemburg, Barakwe, Meh and Wumnebit. All have erected new church buildings but for Wumnebit. 

Madam Afor Sera, Congregational Chairlady, PC Wumnebit

Madam Afor Sera is the congregational Chairlady. She explained that this far, they've already deposited some trips of stones, gravel and sand at the site. Every Wednesday, the men do the digging while women do the transportation. "We plead on any well wisher especially all Wumnebit sons and daughters at home and abroad to help us realise this vision. Together, let's build God's house as we've built our personal houses" she appealed.

She was speaking to Mbengwi Online on Sunday June 14 2020 after a dedication service of six new members into the Christian Men Fellowship (C.M.F), Wumnebit Congregation. Centering his message on love, the parish pastor, Rev. Mujem John called on all to love God by loving man because as he said "If we love ourselves in the church, in the society, in this country Cameroon, the things we find happening around us won't happen because anybody who loves will not pick a gun against another. It is the absence of love that's killing us in this country."

Rev. Mujem John, Parish Pastor, Wumnemburg Parish, Meta Presbytery

Amongst the newly dedicated was Ngwe Obed. As concerns what was indoctrinated into them before being qualified for dedication, he said they were taught the differences between the uniforms of the CMF movement with uniform number one being fishers of men and number two signifying footprints. "We were also made to understand the signs and symbols on the uniforms like the fishermen representing old CMF members, the sea representing the world  and the boat not leaving out the colours" said Obed as lessons learnt.

The dedication rituals were conducted by some Meta Presbytery executive council members of the C.M.F led by its president, Samba Daniel. Christians of tiny Wumnebit Congregation believe that as they've developed the will to erect a new church structure, God will make a way where there seems to be no way.

Ngwe Obed, Newly Dedicated C.M.F Member, P.C Wumnebit Congregation

Old (Current) Church House

Newly Dedicated Members