29/01/2015
Introduction
Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ and through us diffuses the fragrance of his knowledge in even places.
This publication seeks to clarify what it means for a child or one to be a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It also outlines the standard of living both moral and ethical expected of children who would be members of the commission.
It contains doctrinal statement and an explanation of the vision. Moreover, it contains a structure of leadership and a brief history of prosper and prevail children ministry (PPCM).
Brief History
The Prosper and Prevail Children Ministry was founded by Brother Emmanuel N. Elliott Jr. and Sister Faith L. Mulbah through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the city of Kakata, Margibi County, Liberia.
The vision came about after he was commission as Christian worker under the Kingsway Fellowship International (Liberia) at the Zion Christian Fellowship in Kakata on Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 by Pastor Barry Habib.
The Prosper and Prevail Children Ministry on the 4th of May Sunday held her first meeting Service on the porch of Mr. Jackson Y. Mulbah house. In her first Service the Lord blessed the newly established ministry with an attendance of 36 persons of which 33 were children and 3 adult. On that faithful day Brother Emmanuel N. Elliott Jr. teach on the topic: “Obedience” with the text taken from the book of Ephesians 6:1-5. Expounding on the topic, the servant of God encourage all who were at the service to take refuge in the teaching and to get ready for the challenges that lied ahead.
Mission Statement
• To passionately evangelized children and youth (Luke 19:10)
• To purposely equip them to be leaders/disciples (Matthew 28:18 – 20)
• To empowered children and youth to minister to their peers and friends (Ephesian 4:11 – 13)
• To train them for the future (Proverb 22:6)
Our mission is to go wherever children and youth are and establish a relationship with them with the intent to win them for Christ and equip them to win their friend for Christ.
Vision
We are a ministry founded on biblical principle under the lordship of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we proclaim Jesus as the head of the church and manifested word of God our supreme desire is to take children for the remission of sin and teach them the ways of salvation or to build and equip them to be able to access their inheritance in Christ Jesus before the Lord’s returned.
Objectives
• Equipping children and youth to engage their communities, schools, and orphanages for Christ.
• To empower them to become leaders in children/youth club in schools, communities, and or orphanages.
• To teach them moral lesson and life skills to prepare them for spiritual, relation and economical and social life.
References of the ministry name
The name of the ministry is taken from the following scriptures:
1. Prosper is taken from the book of Psalm 1:3, 3 John 1:2, Proverb 28:25,
2. Prevail is taken from the book of 1 Samuel 17:50, Jeremiah 1:19, Proverb 19:21, Revelation 12:8
Colors of the ministry
The ministry has three divine colors.
1. Red: This stands for the blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross of Calvary for our sins.
2. White: This stands for purity.
3. Green: stands for growth.
The five (5) pillar of the ministry
1. Salvation (I am the way the truth and the light no want come to the father accept through me. John 14:6). We exist to teach children how to live according to God principle and to keep his commandments as seeing in John 14:15, Proverb 14:34 and Acts 16:31.
2. Serve the Lord (choose for yourselves this day who you will serve, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15). We exist to teach them to serve the Lord for such we were created Psalm. 100:2.
3. Obedience (Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Ephesian 6:1) We exist to teach children to obey and tell them the benefit of being obedience. Isaiah 1:19
4. Divine Training ( Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old , he will not depart from it. Proverb 22:6). We have the passion to train children biblically to enable them live uprightly. Psalm 25:4-5, Psalm 119:33-35
5. Unity (Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Psalm 133:1). We exist to educate God’s children how it is powerful to be united and how God is well pleased with unity. As the children of God we need to be united, have one mind, one agreement and be one people having love and care for each other. (Gen. 11:1-6, 1 Cor. 12:26, Rom. 12:15, I Cor. 12:12, Neh. 8:10, 1 Cor. 1:10
