This report and observation from Dawson is very, very encouraging:
With traditional churches, their worship structure got affected and that is why they can’t have church as normal. But with house church we don’t go to church but we take the church with us everywhere we go and that is why some house church members or leaders are so happy that they are getting new believers added to house church in their small tents where fellowship is going on as normal.
The traditional church got threatened by the violence and some may even close down but we have used the opportunity to train house church leaders in these camps. Can the church survive? Why not. Church is about people, we seek to touch peoples lives, lead them to Jesus. Anywhere, anytime when there is an opportunity.
In this region, we may be perceived as a very small congregation in terms of program but our house churches have done more than mega traditional churches in this situation in the country. We are not building programs and structures but we are touching lives in camps by assisting them, buying them blankets, buying small children warm clothes, sanitary towels for women, soaps, food, medicines and other things.
Through these acts of compassion, in our camp alone, we have about 50 church leaders now trained. 30 of them got born again here in the camp. You may ask, but they are young how can they lead a church, they are training while on the job.
We thank God for this. We have promised to stand by the refugees in this camp until they are resettled in the next three months. The government will be working on this.
