Our Purpose

Our PURPOSE is to help the Bongolo Hospital staff and the Alliance Church of Gabon to assume responsibility for the hospital, for loving and caring for the sick with devotion and expertise, and for leading as many of them as possible to faith in Jesus Christ.

Outpatients waiting to be seen

Outpatients waiting to be seen

Seven OBJECTIVES:

1)  Complete the physical structure of the hospital.
2)  Recruit and train spiritually mature, capable African replacements to assume responsibility for key positions:
- Gabonese doctors
- a nursing supervisor
- two nurse dentists
- a maintenance director
- a bookkeeper/accountant
- a nursing school director
3)  Train Christian African surgeons for our hospital and for other mission  hospitals through the Pan-African College of Christian Surgeons.
4)  Train Christian Gabonese to be capable nurses equipped to teach TEE.5)  Assure that all who come for care at the BEH hear a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
6)  Develop financial resources for the future.
7)  Develop community health education to combat AIDS, sexually transmitted disease, and abortion

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Dr Keir Thelander teaching Surgical Residents

Core Values of the C&MA

* Lost people matter to God. He wants them found.
Luke 19:10

* Prayer is the primary work of the people of God.
Philippians 4:6–7

* Everything we have belongs to God. We are only stewards.
I Chronicles 29:14

* Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success.
Joshua 1:8

* Completing the Great Commission will require the mobilization of every fully devoted disciple.
Matthew 28:19

* Without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish nothing.
I Corinthians 2:4–5

* Achieving God’s purposes involves taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change.
Hebrews 11:6

Sharing our Faith

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  • In 2006 there were 1,007 people at Bongolo Hospital who prayed to receive Christ.
  • In 2007 there were 1,373 in and outpatients who accepted the Lord.
  • In 2008 there were over 1,700 people who accepted Christ at the hospital.
  • In 2009 there were 1265 people who prayed to accept the Lord at Bongolo Hospital.

Follow-up of those who have expressed a desire to follow the Lord  remains difficult. These believers scatter over the whole country and into the Congo (Brazzaville). Some go to cites that have active churches but others return to small villages that have no Christian witness. All are sent home with Christian literature to help strengthen them in their Faith.

Ministry Highlights – 2008

The ministry highlights for Gabon have been communicated by David Thompson and written in the “2008 AFRICA STATE OF THE REGION REPORT By Christian K. Braun, Regional Director for Africa.

  • By 2008, all church-planting and related missionaries transitioned out of Gabon. The remaining missionaries are connected with the Bongolo hospital.
  • The Bongolo missionary team is comprised of four doctors and four nurses. They are involved in basic medical services, administration, the HIV/AIDS project, Pan-African Association of Christian Surgeons (PAACS), the nursing school program, evagelism at the hospital, and church planting in surrounding villages.
  • The HIV/AIDS project has received limited authorization from the government to treat patients with ARVs (antiretroviral drugs).
  • PAACS is growing in influence. The government of Sierra Leone has asked for a PAACS-trained surgeon, and the president of Liberia would like a PAACS program to help restart the country’s medical school. Christian hospitals in Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Togo, and Zimbabwe have applied to become PAACS training centers. This year PAACS will train and disciple 33 residents from nine countries.
  • Between January 1 and August 1, 2008, 1,300 people prayed to receive Christ at the Bongolo hospital.