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Dear Bishop Nkea,
Each day’s news bring new stories of the desperate – and all too often deadly – plight of refugees in Manyu Division. Shocking images convey to us that the current stalemate between government and those seeking justice for their communities.
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All church services in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon have been moved from Sunday, October 1, 2017, to Sarturday, September 30, 2017.
Tongues are already wagging that the decision by the Church leaders is intended to give Southern Cameroonians the opportunity to celebrate their first ever Independence Day without any interference.
But some people think that the change is because of security concerns as drama is expected on October 1 after the September 22 demonstrations.
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Pascal Boade, who served in the Bafia Diocese as a technician and driver, is reported to have died mysteriously three months after the disappearance of Bishop Benoit. Observers say the death is highly suspicious considering the circumstances leading to his demise.
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A local private radio station, Radio Balafon based in the Litoral Region, reported an incident which occurred on Monday 28 August. It is about traces of blood which were found on the late Bafia Bishop’s grave.
Blood was equally perceived on the altar, and on the path leading to the Bishop’s seat of the cathedral. Before celebrating Mass Yesterday morning, the Vicar of the diocese had to clean up the blood on the altar.
It is suspected that, some rituals had taken place at night, in the cathedral, by unknown individuals. Forces of law and order went there to see what had happened. Some of the blood was taken to Yaounde for tests and further investigation.
Bishop Balla got missing on 31 May 2017, and was only found dead in river Sanaga after three days of intensive search. The cause of his death is still not clear to Cameroonians, given that the government is saying he got drowned while religious authorities insist that someone actually assassinated the Bishop.
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A renowned Pentecostal Man of God, Archbishop Godfred Anyere Tarh, has warned President Paul Biya and his cronies to hold inclusive dialogue with the disenchanted Anglophones to pre-empt a political tsunami that may swept Cameroon into the abyss of a political genocide.
The Archbishop advised the Octogenarian Biya to descend from his political high horse and engage in constructive dialogue with the aggrieved parties himself, without sending his bird of ill-omen to do the job for him to a population that has no regards for them.
“The Head of State must, as a father of this nation, sit down and review all the suggestions that have been given to him about what is happening in the country and hold meaningful dialogue with the wounded parties that are involved. Not the kind of dialogue that he sends out people, but a dialogue where he himself should be able to talk. I don’t see the reason why he should shy away from his responsibilities. I belief strongly that if he comes out and talk, we are all his children, we will listen to him and if there is any disagreement, we iron it on the table of dialogue,” the Man of God stated.
The Archbishop was speaking in the South West Region recently during a conference of Pentecostal Bishops of Cameroon.
He decried the incessant quest for material wealth by some pastors and Government harassment of Pentecostal churches in Cameroon.
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To all the Presbyterial Secretaries
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Dear Brethren,
A CALL TO FASTING AND PRAYER
Accept post-Pentecost greetings and love from your servant toiling in the vineyard of the LORD at this very critical and trying moment in our journey in faith, in the name of our LORD and Saviour, Jesus the Christ.
We have been living in precarious times for about ten months now in our country. The hardest hit during this period has been the Anglophone community of our country. We have experienced pain, anger, abuses of all forms, slanders, rejection, threats and loss of human beings and property. We are in a state of suffering!
At this particular moment, the atmosphere is pregnant with threats, fear and uncertainty. It is clear that our human attempts to resolve this crisis are proving futile. We seem to have come to our wit’s end and what stands before us now is unpredictable.
Every true parent is pained by the fact that the academic future of their children is doubtful. Every child is thrown into confusion and frustration that s/he is staying at home instead of going to school. These are real feelings and challenges that cannot escape our minds!
In the same light, every true Cameroonian is pained by the fact that the atmosphere in the country is pregnant with uncertainty. Many things are not taking shape and we are worried!
It is time to pause, come out of our humanity, turn to God’s unsearchable light, wisdom, loving Will, transforming power and decisive intervention and guide for strength to forge ahead.
I therefore call on the entire PCC Christian community all over Cameroon and in the Diaspora and other concerned brethren to a week of FASTING AND PRAYER beginning from Monday the 28th of August to Saturday the 2nd of September 2017 on the following two topics:
1. Peaceful and Successful reopening and return to school by teachers, children and parents (Ezra 8:21-23, Joel 2:12-13, Matthew 17:19-21).
2. Divine intervention to end the stalemate and crisis in our country that have paralyzed our country, especially the Anglophone community (1Kings 18:41-46, Lamentations 5, Matthew 26:44).
You can select and use other suitable passages that speak to our situation. One hour should be allocated to this special service each day according to the needs and activities of the local congregation and Christians.
We propose a Thanksgiving Service on Saturday the 2nd of September 2017, celebrating that God has taken over our crisis and there is going to be a divine solution to it. The proceeds of the Thanksgiving Service should be directed to congregational charitable activities.
Remember that, Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labour in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain…Sons (daughters) are a heritage from the LORD, children are a reward from him (Psalm 127).
Remain in His blessed, inspiring and assuring hope that all shall be well because He holds our yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Yours for the Sake of the Faith,
Rt. Rev. Fonki Samuel Forba
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