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Kumabo is the word used in Burkina Faso for what Jesus did for us at Calvary. Kumabo means to take the head out. Africans who were on their way to the coast to go into slavery were chained by the neck to the person in front and behind them. If someone cared enough to pay to redeem them, they were released from the neck iron and freed. Kumabo, to take the neck out, to redeem. Jesus paid for our redemption with His life (K. Conkle).

 

 

 

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Prayer Warriors Needed! Please join us in asking the Lord to establish a new church in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Pray that Jesus would direct our steps as we seek to obey His command to make disciples of all nations through the power of the Holy Spirit. Also, please pray for the unreached people groups in Sierra Leone; such as the Kuranko and the Fula Jalon. If you live in the Kenema area and would like to be a part of this core group, kindly message us for further details. Thank you!

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This is the new Western Karaboro church in Banfora, Burkina Faso (some of the people and the building where they meet). Please pray that The Lord would help new believers overcome persecution and for tribal chiefs to open their villages to the church's ministry. Thank you!

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Acts of the Apostles 4,13-21.

Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, the leaders, elders, and scribes were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus.
Then when they saw the man who had been cured standing there with them, they could say nothing in reply.
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, and conferred with one another, saying,
"What are we to do with these men? Everyone living in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable sign was done through them, and we cannot deny it.
But so that it may not be spread any further among the people, let us give them a stern warning never again to speak to anyone in this name."
So they called them back and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
Peter and John, however, said to them in reply, "Whether it is right in the sight of God for us to obey you rather than God, you be the judges.
It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."
After threatening them further, they released them, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people who were all praising God for what had happened.

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