11/07/2026
Activity from Agape Way Ministries, Sierra Leone Conference
Agape Way Ministries in Sierra Leone was founded on Christian principles as a faith-based entity formed to advance the Christian faith, promote biblical values, and serve others through ministry, charity and education. We try to reach out with the gospel of Jesus Christ and give its services to humanity the Agape Way with the “Wholistic Approach.” This we mean, reaching out to the WHOLE MAN both physically and spiritually. Agape Way Ministries in Sierra Leone has a passion to reach out to the various un-reached people groups with the gospel of Jesus Christ and helping in the development of their lives and communities. Our task is to make communities of believers in Jesus Christ and help in developing a strong relationship between man and God.
We thank God for our donors who are contributing their finances to help develop and maintain the activities of the Agape Way Ministries in Sierra Leone. We thank God for the activation of the status of ARK Ministries in California as non-profit cooperation. May God continue to bless the authorities of the ARK Ministries for relentless efforts in this ministry alive.
As we have entered into the second half of the year 2026, may our good Lord continue to bless our donors, their families, ARK Ministries, and the activities of the Agape Way Ministries in Sierra Leone. With the financial and prayer supports of our donors and the little amount we are able to raise here in Sierra Leone, we were able to do and maintain the following activities:
1. The work on the permanent church building in Bo slowly continues due to limited funding. The cost of Industrial building materials (cement, iron rods) is growing everyday. This is now raining season. We assist other Agape Way Christian fellowships in Ngendema, Sami, Monyaga and Kpetema with zinc to help take care of their leaky roofs and maintain the walls. The Church structure at Ngeima collapsed last 2025 raining season. They are meeting in one of the school’s classrooms. The members are now determined to rebuild the Church with cement blocks instead of the mud bricks. We hope to assist them with 40 bags of cement costing NLe10,000 ($500). We will also help with the roofing when they get to the appropriate height.
2. The structures of the Jim Woodard Memorial Schools (Kindergarten, Primary and Junior Secondary School) need to be improved. Both recently completed structures (built with cement blocks) and playground need immediate attention during this long vacation. The temporal structure with chala mat also needs to be transformed into cement blocks and new zinc. This will create stronger and more classroom space for the growing population of the primary and kindergarten classes.
3. The teachers are not on government payroll. The merger fees the head teacher collect and what ARK subsidizes through Agape Way Ministries barely maintain the teachers. We have frequent turnover of teachers as some find greener pastures or transfer to schools with better salary.
4. Our other Christian schools in the remote rural communities are suffering due to lack of permanent teachers to stay in these communities with very limited stipend. Cost of living in Sierra Leone and even all over the world is very high. We struggle to pay some teachers $25 per month. It is hardly enough to feed a family of 4 in a month.
5. Scholarship for less privileged children. Most parents cannot afford school fees, uniforms, and shoes for their school-going children. Our assistance to these families is very limited. We want to capture the young minds of our children for Christ through the Christian school systems.
6. Training and equipping our young men as pastors to go into these remote rural communities to help make communities of believers in Jesus Christ.
Our donors are doing very well with the effort of supporting the activities of Agape Way Ministries through the ARK Ministries. Now that the ARK Ministries has received the certificate of recognition and now active, we should take advantage of its services. My question is, “What is the way forward to remedy the prevailing situation of the Agape Way Ministries as stated above?" Someday the financial assistance of our donors will cease and the cost of living will continue to grow. Please consider the following suggestions:
1. We need to move out of our comfort zone. We need to look into other areas of funding. There are charitable Christian organizations that can give financial/material supports to local Christian organizations in Africa. We need to take advantage of the 501c(3) tax deductions for any cooperation that will support the activities of Agape Way Ministries in Sierra Leone through the ARK Ministries in the following areas: Church Planting, Evangelism, Agriculture, Primary / Secondary Christian Education, and other community Development activities. Somebody needs to volunteer to take up fundraising activities with other organizations. Can somebody help in this area? ARK will look for donor partners and apply for funding to support its activities in Sierra Leone through the Agape Way Ministries in Sierra Leone. We will write the proposal and send it to ARK volunteer for onward transmission to donor organization with American flavor.
2. Our donor base needs to be broadened. Can we sell the activities of ARK Ministries to other Church members?
3. Christian business (Christian Bookstore, Desktop Publishing and printing and Photocopying) can be setup to help subsidize the expenditure of the ministry.
4. PRAYER POINTS: The various Fellowships are undertaking 14 days prayer and fasting. The activity started on the 1st of July and ends on the 14th of July, 2026. Please join us to pray for our various ministries, our various families, political stability in Sierra Leone, and the World at large. Our young people have gottn into drugs of various kinds. Our prayers for them will help to take their minds away from drug addiction.
