Samuel Boateng
How have you seen God working in your life?
I grew up as someone who had to struggle to survive almost from every front. But in recent times, the Lord has been working in my heart to learn humble dependence on him. Church planting has been one of His means of teaching my heart to depend on him daily and to learn to trust him and to move away from my natural instinct of depending on my "ability to struggle" for survival mind-set. I see myself truly growing in a deeper conviction about these things: God loves me. God is with me. God has called. God's work is God's. He is working in me to grow in total dependence on Him in all I do; and it's liberating.
How have you seen God working in your family?
We've seen our children grow in knowing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior for themselves. We are not sure how much the two younger ones (boy-7, girl-4) understand though. But we clearly see a growing consciousness about the cross of Christ and the reason for it: Jesus Christ died for them...to save them from their sin and its result. Our first daughter, 11, gets it and is trusting in Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord. It is evident in a growing change of behavior. Gifty (my wife) and I maturing in being more gracious to one another. We believe, especially since we set out to plant, the Lord has united us deeply around Christ and the gospel. We have grown a lot in our hospitality ministry to others (Christians and non-Christians). I believe God is giving me a "softer ears" to listen to my wife and hear her out in our journey together. I was always too quick to speak and very slow to listen to her. I am think I am more repentant and trusting in Jesus better. I am not where I should be in this area of listening to my godly wife but I am certainly not at where I was. Praise the Lord.
How have you seen God working in your church?
People are coming to faith. Believers in Redeemer City Church are becoming more excited about Jesus and all that God has done in and through him for us. I see a desire among church members to reach out to the city with the gospel among their own circle of friends and family. There is a growing sense of love and unity and, generally speaking, a penitent attitude. We have baptism on September 12, 2021, and this has created a huge excitement about how that is giving us opportunity to invite non-Christian friends.
Church Mission & Vision
Mission: A church-planting church that makes whole-life disciple-makers of Jesus Christ for the glory of God. Vision: To be a redeemed family of servants on a mission to raise the next generation of Christ-like disciple-makers who serve their world with the gospel for the glory of God.
For further information please contact Samuel at http://www.rccaccra.org/
The Boateng Family