Tim & Esther Neufeld

Field: Togo, Africa

Address: 
307 La Villa Drive, Lynden, WA 98264

Email: neufeld@abwe.cc

Profile:

Tim: 
  Birthday: May 14 
  Favorite food: Barbecued salmon 
  Hobbies: Hiking, reading
  Favorite verse: Philippians 4:6-7

Esther:
  Birthday: April 4
  Favorite food: Ice-cream
  Hobbies: Grandchildren & Reading
  Favorite verse: Philippians 4:8

Anniversary: March 26, 1971

Date missionary service began:
  May 1975

Sending Church:
  Grace Baptist Church
  Bellingham, WA
  Pastor: Bob Mordhorst
 
www.gbcbellingham.org

Mission Agency:  Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE)

Ministry Vision: We are making Christ known to every Togolese
by godly living, fervent evangelism, faithful discipling and the
formation of strong, reproducing, indigenous Baptist churches.

Methods: House to house evangelism; evangelistic campaigns using preaching and audio-visuals; leadership training through special classes in church, along with Bible Institute classes; compassion ministries such as schools for the blind, medical ministries, ministry to those dying of AIDS; evangelizing and discipling children through Sunday schools, AWANA, and a Christian school movement in our churches.

Goals: 
  1. Return to Togo in 2008
  2. Lead ministry team for the Northern Outreach Program in Mango, Togo, with the beginnings of a team on site by the second half of 2008
  3. Provide leadership and oversight of missionary teams in Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, and Cameroon by continued correspondence, and a two-week trip to at least two of these countries each year, starting in 2008.
  4. Lead the team in studying the Anufo language of the Tchokossi people who live in Mango.
  5. Establish friendships with people of Mango by:
     a) learning their language
     b) visiting them in their homes and places of work
     c) inviting them into our home
     d) seek out those who are interested in learning about Christianity and the Bible
     e) scheduling short-term clinics or black bag medical trips by medical personnel from the Baptist hospital in Tsiko
  6. Explore the possibility of starting a Christian school for Muslim children in Mango
  7. Learn as much as possible about the people of Mango in order to find other bridges for the gospel.

We will appreciate your prayer as we evaluate our ministry to Esther’s parents, and set a time for our return to Togo, and to West Africa.

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