Friday, September 14, 2018

Yesterday we learned that there is a problem with Pastor Ndzana regarding us and the work in Eyene.  So we called he and Damien in today to meet with us.  Guy came too as well as Dorothy and Doris as we were all at the Bible Conference.  We discussed issues for three hours before we came to a halt.  The long and short of it is that Ndzana would like to get a salary from us, one way or another.  We were not forthcoming with the funds, so I guess the problem will continue.  Not sure we resolved anything, but the culture is  big on discussions, so I guess that counted for something.  Another bone of contention was communion.  Jim voiced our opinion that the Bible says any child of God (and we would add male by inference) can administer communion.  But Ndzana (and Damien by association) feels that Old Testament Levitical law applies.  For him a man must be ordained, wearing pastoral robes, and using a communion service in order for communion to be administered.  We will be discussing this some more in the village in a week when Guy, Dorothy, Jim and I join Damien for three days.  We have to come to a resolution.  We didn't expect that planting a church would be easy.

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