Herman Baggers gt. 1-3
N-3717  SKIEN
NORWAY
Phone  +47 3552 9000
Fax      +47 3552 9005

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Mission
Pastor school in Kongo
Evangelizers in Vietnam
Nordkapp, the worlds northernmost Baptist church

Week
program

Below are a standard week-program for Skien Baptist church.

(1)    Women's mission are weekly, with the exception of 3 meetings every spring and 
         autumn
(2)    Alpha biblestudy starts in February and September
(3)    Lille Trall (1-2 year) and Store Trall (3-5 year) starts in January and September
(4)    10. Skien BSK scout group: Cubs-scouts (7-10 year), Scouts (11-15 year) and          Rangers (16 and up)
(5)    Basis, choir (25 - 40 + year) rehearsals every second week
(6)    Con Amore, youth choir have monthly 3 rehearsals and youth-alpha the fourth
(7)    Mix and Juba are children activities and Logos choir ( 6 - 12 year)
(8)    Business meeting is ones a month
(9)    Youth activities  (13 - 20 year)
(10)   Praise and Worship - youth nights (18 - 40 + year)
(11)   Evening service 
(12)   Sport in Brekkeby Sec. School. Volleyball, Basketball, Hockey and Aerobics.
(13)   Prayer Meeting in the Prayer Room.

Plans

The Church's highest desire is to be an outstretched hand from Jesus Christ to people who are searching for an including Christian and social fellowship, who needs someone to cheer it's sorrows and happiness with, and who wish  to take those challenges which God gives in this congregation.

• The church wish to meet people with the love of God through it's activities and services.

Mission

Skien Baptist church have selected 3 mission project with special focus. The projects are realized in cooperation with The Baptist union of Norway

Pastor school in Bondo (Kongo)
The Baptists in the Bas-Uele province i Kongo counts approx. 25.000 baptized members in over 3000 churches. There are only 50 educated pastors, but the churches expands.

The Pastor school in Bondo have for time being about 20 students. Many wish to study, but the school has not the capacity. Due to the civil war the school are short of most of what a school needs; Books, inventory and equipments for the office. The number of students could decrease if the boarding school had more capacity. The school are dependent of external support and about 90 % of the budget are gifts from Norway. To continue the church growth and evangelizing, they need spiritual guides and educated pastors.

Evangelist in Vietnam
Imagine to be an evangelist and experience that people except Jesus Christ as their savior, becomes baptized and joins the local church... Are there anything greater?

It's the fewest of us who have the fortune to participate in such a service - unfortunately. We can now be a part of an evangelist i South-Vietnam. By supporting 4 churches with salary to evangelists and other help in church work. These evangelists will work in a certain distains from their home church and try to establish new churches. The people of Vietnam are open for the gospel. The evangelists are poor, and the local churches can't engage them full time. With externally support the evangelists can work full time spreading the gospel.

Nordkapp, the worlds northernmost Baptist church
As early as before the first world war the Baptists began to work in Honningsvåg. A fisher mans home have been build two times. The first were destroyed during the second world war. Today's Baptist church was build as a fisher mans home in 1956.

With the fisher mans home as a starting point, the Baptists has been spreading the gospel in Honningsvåg, and many people have heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. In particular the work with the children has been important. In 1996 the evangelist Alf Egil Olsen moved to Honningsvåg. He managed establish good contact with the local people. Autumn 1997 the Nordkapp Baptist church was founded, with 20 members. When he came to Honningsvåg there were only four-five Baptists, but by January 1999 there were over 30 members in the church. The church which characterizes it self as a praying church, began autumn 1999 disciple training school together with "Ungdom i Oppdrag".