Influencing the Influencers: Reaching God's Other Sheep
WITHIN THE INFLUENTIAL RANKS OF SOCIETY
(Highlights & Reflections on My Missionary Trip to Gabon)
By Samuel Koranteng-Pipim
Of the many missionary engagements I have been privileged to embark upon during the past 6+ years, my most recent trip to Gabon, Central Africa, is by far the most impactful in influencing the influencers. I was invited as a guest speaker to an Evangelical Missionary Conference, in Port-Gentil, Gabon, from April 8-15, 2018. This brief report provides highlights of the missionary conference, and explains the urgency of reaching out to the influential ranks of society.
The French acronym for the conference is CEMAC (Convention Evangelique Missionaire de l'Afrique Centrale). This non-denominational conference is an annual leadership training event that brings together Christian thought leaders from the French-speaking countries of Central Africa: Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial...
