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First-Class Soul Winners

AFCOE Africa graduates 29 new lay evangelists in irst session!

AFCOE
is the acronym for the Amazing Facts Center both adults and children, with AFCOE students participating in the

of Evangelism. The program began in 2000
evangelistic events as part of their training course.
when it launched its irst evangelistic school for training lay members The child evangelistic program has been especially popular.

in the principles of soul winning. Since then, AFCOE has expanded With 42 percent of Kenyans under the age of ifteen, evangelistic
to include centers in Europe, India, Indonesia, the Philippines—and programs for children are always well-attended. Since children are

now Africa! AFCOE Africa is located in Nairobi, Kenya, and works out ive times as likely to make a decision for Christ as adults, it’s a

of a Sabbathkeeping church.
very fruitful ield for soul winning!
The director of AFCOE Africa, Lowell Hargreaves, explains, Hargreaves shares,“When church members get trained and

“The mission and purpose of AFCOE is to equip and mobilize church equipped for evangelism, and then become active in soul winning,

members to be soul winners. As church members become active in they never stop. The majority of AFCOE graduates continue giving
evangelism and work to win souls, they become more committed
Bible studies and conducting evangelistic activities.”

to nurture the very people whom they have led to Christ. Thus Thank you for your support, which makes this worldwide soul

membership involvement increases new-member retention.”
winning training and outreach possible!
To reach people, Hargreaves and his team teach a
BY THE NUMBERS
variety of avenues for reaching people—health, prophecy

seminars, Bible studies, and literature ministry.
Full course
Bible Studies
106 Given
A Hope-Filled Start
14 Graduates

During their irst training session, AFCOE and the Nairobi Bible Lessons 108,000
church members hosted a health expo along the road outside of the Average Nightly Distributed
Attendance
1,350
church compound. Members were amazed at how many passersby

on their way home from work stopped in for screening. Many were Students 15
willing to enter the church building to learn more about health.
148 Baptisms
i
Connected with the health expo was “Prophecies of Hope,” a series S
Preparing Group Studies 12 H
of nightly public Bible lessons, which lasted a month and covered Bible 100+
A
doctrines in a prophetic context. Not only were the decisions for Christ for Baptism
R
E
rewarding, but it energized church members into becoming active in Baptisms 77
evangelism. Revival and reformation took place as a result of members
1,980
Persons Visited
being involved in the joy of winning souls.

AFCOE Africa offers two training programs: a four-month full
course, which meets Sunday through Thursday, and a Sunday-only

iSHARE training for those who work during the week.

The full course covers ive components of evangelistic outreach—
personal, public, health, literature, and child evangelism, along with

Bible doctrines, Daniel and Revelation, and other classes. During

the training, AFCOE Africa staff conduct evangelistic campaigns for

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