Tag Archives: Bakossi

After the dedication

Posted on April 3, 2015 by David

I recently read an article about Joseph Nkwelle, a seminary student at the Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary. Joseph’s mother tongue is Akoose and he is studying to be a Bible translation consultant, when I read that it brought back the … Continue reading →

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Akosse Bible Dedication Part IV

Posted on December 1, 2011 by David

This is the final post on the Akosse dedication all though there are many more stories I could share from the event of all the ten different church choirs from every denomination and the processional in which one of the … Continue reading →

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Akosse Bible Dedication Part III

Posted on November 30, 2011 by David

The day continued with many more speeches and then we got to the main sermon. It was preached by a local pastor on Matthew 20:1-13 on the parable of workers in the vineyard. He started off by having the text … Continue reading →

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Akosse Bible Dedication Part II

Posted on November 29, 2011 by David

The first speaker of the day was the chief of the village. He shared a story from his days of a child that if you greeted a white man in English you could end up with a penny. One day … Continue reading →

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Akosse Bible Dedication Part I

Posted on November 28, 2011 by David

Last weekend I was privileged to attend the dedication of the Akosse New Testament for the Bakossi people in Tombel. The drive there and back is another story, which will come soon but I wanted to share about the celebration … Continue reading →

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