The Goal of Mission (Discipleship)

"Therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." [1] Amen.

Popularly, many people think of the "go" as the heart of the commission, where as the "make disciple" is the heart. Pastors who reinforce this erroneous idea don't see anything a missionary is doing, staying on the field one, two, three year, while he goes about preach and get people converted, they emphasize that while everyone cannot go, they can pray, support, encourage and so forth that those who can go should go. But it's due lack of proper understanding of the scriptures. GO is the command, make disciples is the work.

Getting people converted is easy with the help of the Holy spirit, making them to become disciple is the real work. To disciple them, they have to be taught, baptize them, and taught to observe all things that Jesus commanded.

If they confess Christ today, that is when the real work begins. You have to run after them, teach them again before they will drop idolatry practices; teaching them again and again before they will keep the day of the Lord holy; teaching them again and again before they will see what is wrong in alcoholism, smoking, adultery, fornication, stealing, worldliness, etc. Teaching them again and again before they can work for God; teaching them again and again before they will be able to stand on their own; know how to pay, hear from God, do personal devotion and family devotion, observe quite time, do personal bible reading, know how to listen to God, cultivate habit of fellowship, give etc. You will have to teach them again and again about  the Holy Spirit, His ministry,  His gifts, baptism of the Holy Spirit etc. You just have to keep teaching them again and again until they understand, otherwise, you have just labored to catch fish and you are too tired to process it. If you just leave it on the ground, it will get spoiled  and will not be useful for anybody. You have just wasted your efforts and the life of the fish also.

This is the reason many great crusade produce great result but no great imparts. Many of the converts of the great crusade are back into their vomit and their latter end is now worse than the beginning, all because there is no good mechanism n the ground to make disciple f them. No follow up strategy.

So, the core of the work is not "Go" it is "disciple". Many Christians including missionaries lack this understanding. They just keep going, preaching everywhere, opening new fields, raising new converts, but they don't bother about making disciples. When many of those centers soon close up, reaching them again becomes difficult, because they have known the truth, but had backsliden restore them is always very difficult. It is not just about going, it is about making disciples, anybody can go, but few can be patient enough to make disciples out of those stark illiterate staying that cannot read or write, with very low understanding of physical things let alone spiritual things, it takes a missionary heart to make disciple out of them. [2]

Converts to disciples not only cut across to mission but to everyone who want to leave a legacy: to teacher and students, to masters and apprentices, elders and youth etc. Disciple demands follow up, patience and time.

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Reference:
1. Bible, Matthew 28:18-20
2. Oluwatobi Steven Adeniyi (2015) Understanding Missions. Pg79-80

Thunderclap It - TEEP 2016

THE STORY
Following a successful year of entrepreneurship with over
20,000 applications from 52 countries across Africa and
1,000 selected African entrepreneurs, the 2nd application
phase of the N15 billion (an equivalent of $100 million) Tony
Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) is
now open.
Together, we will join forces to support Africa’s next
entrepreneurial success stories, and shin
 a spotlight on
their transformative business ideas.

The African Mother I grew To know

With  great sacrity she keeps her Virginity.

With utmost humility presents herself to her Authorised better half.

With Obedience and first class moral, she doth tie her wrapper.

As the fish swim in the ocean, so does she in her legally acquired in-home

Generosity are her pick when relation is concerned.

Gracefully she doth conceive
Yet in her pregnancy, respects her head.
With the right attire she doth carry her pregnancy.
At birth, she stresslessly shit it out.

With her long acquired moral she trained the child
Foods are the last resort when her breast is readily milky.
With much love, the baby enjoys the natural heat at her back
With great morals the child grew to become what the mother wanted.

Oh New mothers of africa!
What befell thy once acquired doctrine
Thy dignity had become the cheapest of all wares
Like a satchet water in a trade fair
Thy marriage are no longer before birth!
The kids you begot, are fed in the white men's way,
Your better half no longer commands respect as of old
Kneeling to you as become a taboo.
Why loose your value
Why forget thou thy culture?
Rise up thou women of africa
Bring back the Once availing dignity in the African culture.

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18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai : Islam and terrorism

Malala Yousafzai was 15 when she was shot in the head by militants from the Pakistani Taliban. The youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai
is shaking her head at the statements made by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that Muslims have found offensive. When asked by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom about the "wild things being said about Islam and Muslims," particularly Trump's call to bar Muslim entry into the United States, the 18-year-old Malala suggested that Trump should be more careful about the things he is saying.

"The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create," she said, according to the
Huffington Post .

"It's important that whatever politicians say, whatever the media say, they should be really, really careful about it. If your intention is to stop terrorism, do not try to blame the whole population of Muslims for it because it cannot stop terrorism. It will radicalise more terrorists," she added.

In another press interview, Malala described Trump's
comments as "tragic" and "full of hatred, full of this ideology of being discriminative towards others." If anyone understands what it feels like to be discriminated against, it is Malala. Back in 2012, the Pakistani girl almost lost her life after she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for simply going to school and promoting education for girls. Malala miraculously survived the attack and has continued to champion education since then. Malala has long been saying that education, not discrimination, is the key to stopping terrorism.

"If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality
education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality
and of hatred," said Malala.

Malala has been named as "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by TIME magazine in the years 2013, 2014,
and 2015. She is also the author of the book "I Am Malala:
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban."

Reference
[1] 18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai lectures Donald Trump on Islam and terrorism by Czarina Ong, Published 17 December 2015. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/malala.yousafzai.tells.donald.trump.the.more.you.speak.about.islam.and.against.all.muslims.the.more.terrorists.we.create/73837.htm

HARMATHAN

The dusty and crumbs filled cloud announces your arrival

The shrinking skin welcomes thy tenure

Faces of cyclist are easily powdered

Your arrival reminds every individual that he is fur-less

Air conditioners bow at thy fist

Incomparable is thy impact on Agriculture

You gave full confirmation to the year end, in the years when calenders were absent.

Materials fear at thy gnashing teeth of breakability

With unseen legs, you trod to and fro the earth

The tarred roads feels thy impact

The Untarred dusty roads prays for thy quick departure

Students tremble more at the lash of the brown stick during thy tenure

Cover cloths and sweaters you earned more respect

For the short duration of your tenure, you command great respect.

Oh harmattan!!!!!!!!!!!
Thy creator we duely honour.....

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TEEP 2016 - What about it?

PHILOSOPHY

The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) is the flagship entrepreneurship programme of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, founded by the entrepreneur, respected investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu.
The pan-African programme is inspired by the Founder’s:

Inclusive economic philosophy of Africapitalism, based on the belief that a vibrant African-led private sector is the key to unlocking Africa’s economic and social potential,
Commitment to drive African economic growth through the fostering of African entrepreneurship,
Mission to institutionalise luck and create an environment where home-grown pan-African companies in various sectors can flourish.

VISION

Our vision is to establish the pre-eminent pan-African entrepreneurship programme and create 10,000 startups across Africa within the next 10 years that generate significant employment and wealth.

PURPOSE

Identify 10,000 African startups and entrepreneurs with ideas that have the potential to succeed

Grow the businesses through business skills training, mentoring, access to seed capital funding, information and membership in our Africa-wide alumni network

Create businesses that can generate at least 1,000,000 new jobs and contribute at least $10 billion in revenues across Africa over 10 years.

The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is a tool for implementing this vision. The programme is open to young compelling businesses with strong market feasibility, clear financial models and run by capable teams.

Selection into the programme will be a thorough process with no quotas of any kind to simply identify the game changers in the continent. The programme will support selected Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs through the 7 Pillars of TEEP, a framework that includes mentorship, online and live learning, as well as access to information, networking and seed capital.[1]

The Promise --- Psalms 119:105

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Psalms 119:105 (ESV)