A Report from PNG for Christ
Craig Gillis
Published
Seventeen Victorians participated in PNG4Christ – an unprecedented event in which over 2000 sites proclaimed the everlasting gospel over 16 nights across Papua New Guinea simultaneously.
The total attendance was in the millions, with total baptisms north of 270,000 precious people, and hundreds of thousands more who have indicated their desire to move towards baptism in the near future.
Inspiring stories of God’s blessing and protection can be told from those who participated. But the most amazing thing to me was to see the genuine hunger for God’s Word in these dear people.
This was clearly shown one night when the tropical torrential rain commenced just as I stood to share the night’s message – I asked the crowd of 7,300 people if we should cancel the night’s program – to which they respond loudly in the negative, and then continued to sit in the heavy rain throughout an hour’s message from God’s Word.
For those from Victoria, there were four laypeople and 13 pastors working across 15 sites with a total average attendance of 21,813 people per night, and total baptism count of 3,590. The majority of our team were working in the New Britain New Ireland Mission which the Victorian Conference has recently become Partners in Mission with.
As a result of this phenomenal growth the local churches are now in desperate need for funds to be able to build new church buildings and/or expand and renovate the current buildings to accommodate this growth.
Also there are the numerous Adventist schools in Papua New Guinea that need financial resources to be able to provide for their needs including, classrooms, accommodation, amenities, books etc. If you feel you would like to make a financial contribution to some of these needs, donations can be made through the Victorian Conference which will be passed directly through to New Britain New Ireland Mission.
Please continue to pray for Papua New Guinea as they absorb and nurture our newest brothers and sisters in Christ.
