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Seminars encourage spiritual renewal–and much more–in Burkina Faso

Seminars play key role in deepening faith.

Balahalama Sourabie (Burkina Faso Mennonite church treasurer); and Joel, Mamou, and Jacob Traore in Kangala, Burkina Faso.

Mennonite disaster response quick as lightning

The lightning struck quickly in Kangala, Burkina Faso; resulting fires left more than 450 homeless. Burkinabe Mennonites responded nearly as quickly, continuing to offer both spiritual and material aid.

Mother music: First known Siamou Christian songs composed

The biblical message came alive when Siamou-speaking Christians and traditional musicians composed the first known Christian music in their language in a January workshop in Orodara, Burkina Faso.

Students at Basic Biblical Training Center, Burkina Faso

Mennonites training own church leaders in Burkina Faso

After years of depending on Bible schools of sister denoominations to train church leaders, the Mennonite Church in Burkina Faso has launched a training program that will take into account Anabaptist convictions.

Siaka Traore, president of Burkina Faso Mennonite Church.

Progress grows from conflict

The small Mennonite church in Burkina Faso - about 500 members - has a peacebuilding ministry that extends far beyond its own congregations, even influencing national politics.

Zachary Heppner Entz and Fuseni Ouattara

Wedding spans continents, eras

Villagers in Saraba resurrected a traditional ceremony to honor the marriage of one of their "children", the son of Donna and Loren Entz, who have dedicated three decades to communicating the good news of Jesus to the people of Burkina Faso.

Tatriana Ponce de Leon, Andrea Bodden and Andrew Joseph Bodden

Led by a little one

Tatriana Ponce de Leon, and other children at Ebenezer Christian Church in Apopka, Fla., are leading efforts to raise money for ministries in Burkina Faso.

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Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission began working in Burkina Faso in 1978.

The first linguistics team began transliteration of non-written languages in Kotoura in 1982. Seminars, theological training by extension and scholarships for formal training help raise up new leaders in the Eglise Evangelique Mennonite du Burkina Faso.

Bruce and Nancy return to West Africa in the fall of 2012 to teach and support local ministry in a variety of settings within Burkina Faso and West Africa.

Kompaoré

Anne serves various organizations and churches in West Africa in freelance consulting and teaching.

Nicolson

Lillian began serving in Burkina Faso in 1999. She immersed herself in the Siamou language and culture, and helped form a team to promote literacy among the Siamou-speaking people.

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