'Building Churches in Cameroon'

Rev. Wes Magruder, mission director for the UM Cameroon Initiative, has written an in depth article on "Building Churches in Cameroon" for the May-June 2007 New World Outlook, a publication of the General Board of Global Ministries.

 In the article, Rev. Magruder stresses the concept of the mission as a "movement."

"The temptation in Cameroon --- as it might be everywhere else in the world where United Methodist missionaries are placed is to insist on the primacy of the  organizational structures over  and above the goals of reforming the nation and spreading  scriptural holiness," says Rev.  Magruder. "Our goal is not to  reproduce conferences and committees, but to make  disciples of Jesus Christ who want to walk in the way of the holiness," he writes. 

To access the article and  learn more about the complexities, flexibility, and innovation  required to plant and nurture mission churches, visit GBGM  Website: www.gbgm-umc.org/globalnews.