Last month, after our monthly church lunch, Rev. Stephen McCollum (Airdrie) gave an update on our church’s mission work in the Gambia. At the last meeting of the RPCS Presbytery, having passed his final exams, Mr Sylvester Konteh was licensed to preach the gospel. He was then presented with, and subsequently accepted, a call to serve as organising minister of a Reformed Presbyterian congregation in Brikama, under the oversight of the RPCS Presbytery. You can read more about this on the RPCS website.
A video interview with Sylvester had been recorded to be shown at these update meetings, and you can watch it below:
Our own minister, Stephen, was one of those appointed by Presbytery to serve as an interim elder of the Brikama congregation, until the congregation is organised and they are able to ordain local elders. Stephen is currently serving as Interim Moderator as the session interview prospective church members over Zoom.
The plan is for Sylvester to be ordained and the congregation organised in May, with Revs. Stephen McCollum and Peter Loughridge travelling to The Gambia for the occasion.
Long term our prayer is to see the organisation of a new denomination - The Reformed Presbyterian Church of The Gambia.