MANI 2011 CONSULTATION ABUJA Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Acts-In-Africa Initiative PRESENTS CONTINENTA L PLAN

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative Q. What is Acts-In-Africa Initiative? A. It is an Agency of the Africa Assemblies of God Alliance that promote Missionary activity Alliance that promote Missionary activity in line with the biblical mandate of Acts 1:8 in line with the biblical mandate of Acts 1:8

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative Q. When was it established? A. 1994

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative Q. When was it Biblical Impetus? A. Acts 1:8 “ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative Q. How does it address the Missionary Challenges in Africa? A.It focuses on the need to have the church understand and adopt biblical principles of doing Missions in the Power of the Holy Spirit

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative Q. What are basic activities? A. Inspiration, Training, Mobilization, Resource provision and mobilization of the Church to focus on the Unreached People of Africa before the year 2020, under the Decade of Pentecost

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative Q. What are its Core Values? A. The Initiative believes that the World’s only hope is a Holy Spirit propelled Church that carries its missions with signs and wonders following.

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance Acts-In-Africa Initiative PRESENTING

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities 1.What is Decade of Pentecost? 2.What are the goals? 3.What are the strategies? 4.What are the expected Outcome?

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities Q. What is Decade of Pentecost? A.To Mobilize 50 National Churches of Assemblies of God in Africa, to deploy active Workforce (65,000 pastors) to complete the Great Commission in the power of The Holy Spirit as in Acts 1:8

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities Q. What are the goals?

DECADE OF PENTECOST CONTINENTAL GOALS GOAL 1: SOUL WINNING 10 million new converts (& baptized in the Holy Spirit)

DECADE OF PENTECOST CONTINENTAL GOALS GOAL 2: UNREACHED PEOPLES PEOPLES TARGETED

DECADE OF PENTECOST CONTINENTAL GOALS GOAL 3: PRAYERS 100,000 VOLUNTEERS

DECADE OF PENTECOST CONTINENTAL GOALS GOAL 4: MOBILIZATION 50 NATIONAL CHURCHES TO SET GOALS AND ENGAGE UNREACHED

DECADE OF PENTECOST NATIONAL GOALS NIGERIA SOUL WINNING: New Converts: 3,000,000 Current : 3,000,000 Church Planting: New Churches: 10,000,000 Current : 13,000,000 Workers: New Missionaries: 500 Current : 50 Unreached People: 80

DECADE OF PENTECOST NATIONAL GOALS LIBERIA SOUL WINNING: New Converts: 500,000 Current : 63,425 Church Planting: New Churches: 800 Current : 469 Workers: New Missionaries: 500 Current : 50 Unreached People: 9

DECADE OF PENTECOST NATIONAL GOALS TANZANIA SOUL WINNING: New Converts: 1,800,000 New Converts: 1,800,000 Current : 557,659 Current : 557,659 Church Planting: New Churches: 10,000 Current : 3,338 Workers: New Missionaries: 10 Current : NONE Unreached People: NOT SPECIFIED

DECADE OF PENTECOST NATIONAL GOALS KENYA SOUL WINNING: New Converts: Current : 1,214,210 Church Planting: New Churches: 8,000 Current : 3,553 Workers: New Missionaries: 10 Current : Not Specified Unreached People: 10

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities Q. What are the strategies? A.Holding Acts 1:8 Conference and providing resources

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities Q. What is the expected outcome? A.By 2020 we expected that: 1. ALL THE REMAINING 950 UNREACHED PEOPLES IN AFRICA WOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, ENGAGED AND CHURCHED

MANI 2011 : Africa: Blessings, Challenges & Opportunities Q. What is the expected outcome? A.By 2020 we expected that: 2. ALL MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ARE BAPTISED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Africa Assemblies of God Alliance ASSEMBLIES OF GOD GLOBAL IMPACT

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD GLOBAL OVERVIEW

Peoples of the WorldADHERENTS% GLOBAL TOTAL Arab World 217,0480.4% East Asia Peoples 3,239,2455.6% Eurasia Peoples 2,786,1454.8% Horn of Africa (Cushitic) 1,224,2572.1% Indo-Iranians7, % Jews % Latin-Caribbean Americans 28,826, % Malay Peoples 1,193,3312.1% North American Peoples 3,150,0605.5% Pacific Islanders 896,8011.6% South Asian Peoples 929,1911.6% Southeast Asian Peoples 44,2000.1% Sub-Saharan Africa 14,545, % Tibetan/Himalayan Peoples 360,6680.6% Turkish Peoples 40,1290.1%

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD GLOBAL OVERVIEW

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Global Decadal Growth DECADEMEMBERSHIPCHURCHES ,589,070148, ,651,706210, ,699,506338, *64,100,671350, * for all inclusive Assemblies of God Family 2010* for all inclusive Assemblies of God Family

Average Annual Growth –

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN AFRICA FACTS & FIGURES

FACTSFIGURES Countries & Territories 50 Churches65,219 Members & Adherents 15,960,777 Ministers67,769 Bible Colleges 232 Bible Students 12,133