{"id":3827,"date":"2019-12-19T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2019\/12\/19\/togo-conference-and-weekend-of-baptisms\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:08:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:08:54","slug":"togo-conference-and-weekend-of-baptisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/togo-conference-and-weekend-of-baptisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Togo Conference and Weekend of Baptisms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n  <\/p><center>\n    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DeCC80sireCC81Koassi2CEmmanuelEmeh26RaymondSamdick.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DeCC80sireCC81Koassi2CEmmanuelEmeh26RaymondSamdick.jpg 640w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DeCC80sireCC81Koassi2CEmmanuelEmeh26RaymondSamdick-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\n  <\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> December 13th to 15th 2019 will go down as important dates in the history of <a href=\"http:\/\/Eglise%20du%20Christ%20Internationale%20de%20Lom%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eglise du Christ Internationale de Lom\u00e9<\/a>. This vibrant church in the Francophone West African Nation of Togo hosted a rich conference that saw visitors attend from more than five countries &#8211; Benin, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Liberia and Central Africa. <\/p><p>\n  <\/p>\n<center>\n    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sermoninsession.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sermoninsession.jpg 640w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sermoninsession-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\n  <\/center>\n<p>\n  <\/p>\n<p> Apart from great classes for Teens, Campus, Singles, Married and parents there were also classes on Leadership and Emotional well-being. <\/p>\n<center>\n    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thenewlybaptizedsevendisciples..jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thenewlybaptizedsevendisciples..jpg 640w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thenewlybaptizedsevendisciples.-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\n  <\/center><p>\n  <\/p>\n\n<p> The highlight of the three-day event was the official opening and dedication of the new meeting facility, appointment of deacons and joyous baptisms of seven men and women. The Sunday sermon called everyone to embrace new vision for the kingdom was powerfully delivered by brother D\u00e8sir\u00e9 Koassi. He leads the 350 member strong campus ministry of the Abidjan church. <\/p>\n<p>\n  <\/p><center>\n    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Baptisminprogress.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Baptisminprogress.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Baptisminprogress-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Baptisminprogress-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Baptisminprogress-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Baptisminprogress-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n  <\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> Many thanks to my multilingual translator, traveling companion and ministry intern from the Lagos School of Missions, Mr. Konito Pakabomba. The Lom\u00e9 Church is powerfully led by Raymond Samnick and his lovely wife. They also oversee the mission work in other sister congregations in Togo and Benin. <\/p>\n<p>\n  <\/p><center>\n    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TheLomeCC81ChurchChoir.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TheLomeCC81ChurchChoir.jpg 640w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/TheLomeCC81ChurchChoir-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\n  <\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December\u00a013th to 15th 2019 will go down as important dates in the history of Eglise du Christ Internationale de Lom\u00e9.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[51],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-3827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-africa"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thenewlybaptizedsevendisciples..jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-ZJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19840,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/2023-icoc-central-african-discipleship-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":3827,"position":0},"title":"2023 ICOC Central African Discipleship Conference","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"August 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Kinshasa hosted participants from six Central African countries for a discipleship conference focused on worship, fellowship, and prayer.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Central-African-Conference-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C715&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Central-African-Conference-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C715&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Central-African-Conference-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C715&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Central-African-Conference-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C715&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Central-African-Conference-2.jpg?fit=1080%2C715&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27321,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/unity-joy-french-west-africa-celebrate-35-years-of-mission\/","url_meta":{"origin":3827,"position":1},"title":"Unity &amp; 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