CAIM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LEADERSHIP AND SOUND DOCTRINE HAS CONCLUDED ARRANGEMENTS TO HOLD A 2 DAYS SEMINAR. TAGGED

THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF IGBO MINISTERS  IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LEADERSHIP AND SOUND DOCTRINE HAS CONCLUDED ARRANGEMENTS TO HOLD A 2 DAYS SEMINAR:  TAGGED

(BUILDING A STRONG BIBLICAL FOUNDATION  FOR TOMORROWS LEADERS)

 

Speaking with the Chancellor of the University,  Prof  Ezra Aniebue. The seminar is scheduled to take place in Abakeliki on the 28 and 29^th June 2023 .   to be attended  by ministers of the Gospel all over Igbo Land.

Prof Ezra  also stated Thus.

No architect would claim that a foundation of a building is unimportant or insignificant. In fact, one can easily argue that it is the most fundamental and crucial part of any building. In Ephesians 2:20, Paul uses this building analogy to emphasize the power of unity available for the church in having Jesus as the chief cornerstone and apostles and prophets as the foundation

A strong foundation is indispensable if you want it to last. The truth of this principle manifests itself in a variety of contexts. When building a house or any other type of structure, ample time is spent in an effort to create a solid, trustworthy foundation. Without one, anything you spend on the building will be a waste.

The Christian faith;  a foundation is crucial whether in theory or practice. Fortunately, the Christian faith is a faith of foundations. We are not left to grope in the dark for makeshift truths by which to build and organize our lives, families, and churches. However, it would be an error in logic to assume that because foundations exist, Christians are living lives that reflect these foundational truths and are enjoying the intellectual, emotional, relational, and spiritual benefits they generate. To assume otherwise is tantamount to thinking that just because you present a starving person food, they will not die. In other words, it is not the existence, but the actual partaking of that which exists which makes a concrete difference.

In my missionary journey,   I continually met with Christian after Christian who did not have a solid Biblical foundation. They did not know the wonderful, core truths about God, mankind, and everything in-between that God has graciously revealed in the Bible. Consequently, they had no choice but to suffer from insecurity, doubt, confusion, anxiety, and fear. When these rule the human heart, God’s love, peace, joy, and holiness cannot reign. David wrote in Psalms 11:3, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” If you don’t have a strong foundation, you are going down. Jesus himself made this point when he said:

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.  But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” (Matthew 7:24-27 NIV)

The bottom line is that God wants our thinking informed and shaped by His truth and that truth has been revealed prepositionally in the Bible for our good. I encourage us to be in this seminar to learn from our Fathers more.