More Missionaries to Labor in Nigeria

More Missionaries to Labor in Nigeria

(Faith & Victory : May 1964)


After praying over the matter since last autumn and consulting the feelings of a cross-section of the Church in regard thereto, Bro. and Sister Ostis B. Wilson, ministers of Pacoima, Calif., have felt impressed to make definite plans to go, the Lord willing, to Nigeria, West Africa to labor with the Church of God mission there for a few months. They have already secured their passports, and their application has been made to the Nigerian government for visas to enter that country. They have booked passage by ship, to leave New York on June 9. If their visas arrive in time and the Lord continues to will it so, they will be leaving the States on that date. Their plan is to go cross-country by train or car to New York, and make a number of stops in route.

Bro. Etuk and the other native gospel workers in Nigeria have been informed of their proposed coming to labor with them, and they are looking forward to their capable assistance with joyful anticipation.

Personally, when word came to us that they were praying about going to Nigeria, I felt that it was a good sign pointing to an ultimate answer to the many prayers and appeals which have been made for the past two or three years for some one or ones of American gospel workers to go to the aid of the native Nigerian Christians who had gotten a glimpse of the truth as we know it. I have known Bro. and Sister Ostis Wilson for 35 years or more, and recommend them as qualified to represent the Church of God.

Of course, they are going by faith in God for spiritual and material support, and that is a firm footing. To the extent of the resources of the Missionary Fund maintained here at this office, we will be pleased to relay funds from the saints and readers for their support in traveling and on the field, as well as to the home missionaries.

Pray that the guardian angel of the Lord will surround these consecrated missionaries, and that they will be endued with holy wisdom and anointed in dealing out the truth in order that the work of the Church will be permanently established in Nigeria. May the flame of the missionary spirit catch on to the extent that other gospel workers will seek to enter the open doors in other foreign lands. The command still reads, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."

-Lawrence Pruitt

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