INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL EQUIPPING MINISTRIES (IGEM)
P.O.Box 3723-30200, Kitale East Africa.
“IGEM is an Interdenominational Body. Our vision is to unite the scattered
organs back to the body of Christ. Psalms 133:1-3, Acts 4:32-, Eph. 4:3-6,
John 17-21.”
IGEM was founded through Apostle Michael
Wafula in Kenya in early 1996 and the vision bore fruits in 2000, which was
selected by expressed need and later on spread from Kenya to Uganda, Tanzania,
Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Zaire and we
are focusing to reach many parts of the world. As God provides. Apostle
Michael Wafula also is the senior pastor of Glory Fellowship Ministry, Husband
to Phoeb Nasimiyu Wafula who is settled in Kitale Kenya along with the family.
He joined the Bible school in 1991-1993 East Africa Pastoral and also he
graduated for Diploma from Voice of Deliverance Bible collage. This year in
June 2007 he was honored the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from King
Cross Victory University Bible Collage Bible Collage as excellence for his
indigenous ministry IGEM for uniting evangelical to build the body of Christ.
Pentecostal churches and none spiritual churches for working together
Our current vision is to reach to many
parts of Africa and the world. We have started feeling the growth of IGEM in
the above countries and despite the fact of financial, problems that we are
faced with, we are set to accomplish much as God shall provide. IGEM currently
in Kenya we have 4,891 churches and 2130 across the above mentioned countries
totaling to 7,021 as IGEM members file report & around 687
Ministries, with Churches and Ministries across East, West and Central Africa.
This is according to Zonal Monthly Reports.
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Background
It was in 1996 that Rev. Michael Wafula
organized a unity Conference in Kitale town. Many pastors attended the
conference and he hoped that after the meeting, the leaders will work together
in unity to realize the blessing of God.
The talk of unity on the lips of all the
ministers who attended the meeting for some times and then died out and
everybody went back to their normal way of doing things.
The minister did not ask the leaders to
break their respective churches and join one major one to realize the unity,
but rather asked them to co-operate in organizing crusades, meetings,
seminars, and not to talk against each other, but rather assist each other in
times of need. This was received with excitement and there were a lot of talks
from pastors on the need to start acting towards the goal. But as time passed
by, the excitement died out and the talk for unity stopped eventually.
Even though, the talk of unity in his
Kitale town had died out, he had the burning desire in his heart to see the
implementation of what God had spoken and inspired to him.
In the Conference Rev. Michael Wafula
and the team taught God’s word under heavy anointing and stressed the need for
unity if ever the Christians in Africa and the world need blessings from God.
At the end of the meeting, everybody realized that the need for unity is a
process, which must begin with first equipping the body of Christ and being
united for building the Body of Christ as is stated in the Book of John
17:21.
He shared with some ministers that the
need to start the ministry beyond our boundaries, a body that can first
educate ministers on issues that hinders unity. This was received with
different reactions some seeing him as a day dreamer because it will cost a
price to accomplish the vision. Some encouraged him to go a head and lay the
strategy that would be acceptable to all leaders.
After much prayer and fasting Rev.
Michael got the revelation about the Name IGEM. Many ministers realized his
intentional vision some joined and some saw him as a dreamer because of his
poor background in life and they realized that he himself needed to be
supported in many aspects of life. Judging by the many voices of
discouragements, he could have given up if it were not for that the Lord
Himself one who was working in him.
He did not give up talking about IGEM
though the most prominent ministers in town who could have made
it easy to accomplish the vision gave little or no attention to him.
Our Vision.
We trace to the original church of Jesus
Christ. We follow the same teaching and practice the same teaching that was
found in him the 1st century (Psalms 133: 1-3, Acts 4:32-34,
Ephesians 4:13, John 17:21). We accept to be used as a vessel with God to
unite the scattered organs back to the body of Christ through active service.
It is evident that early Christian church came together in such fellowship as
a representative body of saved spirit-filled believers who ordained and sent
out evangelists and missionaries who are under the supervision of the Holy
Spirit set over the church pastors and teachers. We recognize ourselves as a
cooperative fellowship of Pentecostal assemblies of like precious faith in
ones life. We cultivate, strengthen, equip and release out that he/she may be
somebody to fulfill what God has called him/her to accomplish, because all of
us were created for a purpose. Let us make them to know him and to the unknown
Ezekiel 37:5b “……surely will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall
live…” Says the Lord God of host.
HEART FOR THE MINISTRY
My burning desire is to see my
home country Kenya, East Africa, and the whole continent restored back to the
plan of God. It came to my realization that why African continent has suffered
from war, famine, diseases and tribal clashes and among other calamities.
I got only the solution through the book
of Psalms 133:1-3 where the Bible says “How good and pleasant
for the brothers to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious oil upon
the head, running down on the beard. The beard of Aaron, running down on the
edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the
mountains of Zion; for there the LORD, commanded the blessing and life
forever more.”
The Holy Spirit convicted me through
this verse. And the Bible says that all creatures are crying to see the sons
of God to become mature. If the church will work its part separating from evil
of the world, sanctified, through the blood of the lamb then God Himself will
command his blessings, Isaiah 60:1 “A rise and shine your
light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold the
darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the people; and the Lord will
arise over you, (church). The nations shall come to your light (Nations) and
Kings to the brightness of your light. Lift up your eyes all around and see.
They all gather together, they come to you.”
If the church in Africa will come in the
unity and love then God Himself will bless the continent and what the enemy
has stolen will be restored back seven times.
Lift up your eyes all around you. This
means that the Lord will lighten the eyes of the church to see invisible and
the secret treasure which is hidden in the continent.
King Cyrus was not a Jew, but God used
Cyrus to accomplish His vision for building the church in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 45:1-3 “thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus whose
right hand I have held to subdue Nations before him and loose the armor of
Kings to open before him the double doors, so that the gates will not be shut.
‘ I will go before you and make the crooked place straight, I will break in
pieces the gates of Bronze and cut the bars of iron. I will give you the
treasures of darkness and hidden riches of hidden secret places, that you may
know that I , the LORD, who call you by your name , Am the God of Israel” who
restored my church in Africa into perfection. If the church in Africa will
arise and shine in this age, then the prophecy will come to pass that the
glory of the latter days church will be more than the first glory. This is the
commanding blessings of unity.
Purpose.
To prepare the believers to be the
saints of the bridegroom to all nations from Africa to the world over-which is
the glorious sport or wrinkle (Ephesians 5:27)
Focus.
We are looking forward for the
fulfillment of the precious servants of the Lord who will be instruments for
the master’s use (2 Timothy 2:21), and also for the indigenous missionaries
from all the nations to join us. As the prophecy of Zephaniah 3:9.
Activities.
We reach out through public rallies,
open air meetings, minister’s conferences, ministry founders, coupes
conferences, women workshops, youth/children missionaries, missionary training
through equipping, releasing and sending out. We reach the local villages,
towns, cities nationally and internationally as stated. IGEM also recognizes
the community and we encourage each member in the district to work with
community based organizations, self help group that we may work also for the
benefit of church and community. So we encourage our members to form groups
and the churches itself to contribute to support the needy as was the focus of
the early church. So we appeal to the world wide saints to be part and parcel
of this programme. We also have compass ional ministry to support widows
through counseling and small businesses so that they may be self reliant and
for the single mothers to provide with training and helping them to be self
employed. We also care for orphans, destitute and abandoned through home based
care in their local churches. We reach out to change the world through youth
missions and etc.
“How beautiful upon the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace that tiding of good that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen
shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing; for they
shall see eye to eye, why the Lord shall bring again Zion” (Isaiah 52:7-8).
IGEM NEEDS
Spiritual Mentors;
It is a time to seek direction from our
heavenly Father we must find and discern the spiritual mentors and fathers
that will provide this Biblical standard of oversight into our lives. If we
are led well, we will lead well. II Peter 2:10 we must have true
cover for the hour that’s upon us and then we shall be built upon the sure
foundation stone, that shall never be moved and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against the church in Africa.
Biblical plan for tithe: -
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Tithe for Levites
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Tithe of tithes for priests
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Tithe for poor and the ministers
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To supply God’s house
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To honour God
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God ordained support of
Ministers
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Teachers to be paid
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Christian to give us God
prospers them
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Melchisedec priesthood is
eternal and must be supported by children of Abraham (Hebrews 6:20)
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Children of Abraham’s
faith must walk in his step Rom 4:12 ; Hebrews 7
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Tithing is obedience and
appreciation for God’s blessings (Rom 4:12, Heb 7:6 - 10) As
sons and daughters of Abraham the Lord wants you this time to stretch your
hand for African mission
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Support for outreach
mission
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Support for training and
sending out African mission
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Support for upcoming
churches
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Support for IGEM offices
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Support for volunteer IGEM
workers in offices
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Support for IGEM elders
who have been training time to time for strengthening churches in the body of
Christ.
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Support for
Director/vision air and the team.
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Support for organizing
conferences and seminars in different regions.
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Support for widows.
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Support for orphans and
destitute in and around IGEM churches.
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Support for IGEM resource
centre.
The spirit of the LORD will direct you
in any area including those once that we have not mentioned. Finally read with
me the book of Hebrews 6:10. and God is not unjust, that he may
forget your work which we have laboured for the saints and continue labouring.
May the Lord bless you so much as you
become partners in growing work in Africa.
