03 Jul Christian Endeavor Relaunched in Sierra Leone
Everyone who attended the June 3 organizational seminar in Sierra Leone.
Leaders of the new Christian Endeavor union in Sierra Leone (l-r): Pastor Samuel K. Karama (assistant secretary general), Rev. Sorie B. Kamanda (secretary general), Albert Trye (vice president), and Rev> Emmanuel S. Farma (president).
The Christian Endeavor delegation from neighboring Liberia.
The Faith UB church at Lumley hosted the event.
On June 3, 2012, Christian Endeavor was relaunched in Sierra Leone with the installation of a new executive committee by John Pessima, bishop of the United Brethren Sierra Leone National Conference. The service was held at Faith UB church at Lumley, in the Freetown area.
Bishop John Pessima led the installation service.
The new union has local Christian Endeavor societies in United Brethren church (most United Brethren leaders have been in Christian Endeavor), and new societies in the United Methodist Church, the Sierra Leone Baptist Convention, and in the Countess of Huntingdon Connexion Church.
Christian Endeavor in Sierra Leone is now the biggest CE Union in Afrika, according to the website of the <a href=”http://worldsceunion.org/blog/index.php?id=77″>World’s Christian Endeavor Union</a>. Other Christian Endeavor groups can be found in such West African countries as Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Liberia, and Ivory Coast.
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