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Burkina Faso
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Ministries Roger Ouedraogo is the Into Africa Project coordinator for Burkina Faso. He was born in the capital city of Ouagadougou and is married to Adele Flora Ouedraogo. The couple has two children. Roger has a diploma in missiology from Institut Missiologique de Sahel in Ouagadougou. He has attended a number of seminars for which has received certificates. He is fluent in Moore and French, has some proficiency in Dioula and is learning English. “At an early age, God gave me the grace to know Him and desire to serve Him,” recounts Roger. His first involvement in ministry was with children and then with schools where he organized Bible studies in various schools. Later, “God confirmed His calling in my life by giving me a burden for unreached groups, in particular Muslim peoples.” After completing his studies at Institut Missiologique de Sahel, Roger and Adele followed the leading of the Holy Spirit and moved to an Islamic region where animist beliefs are prevalent. Before their relocation to the region, the area was called the “graveyard of ministry.” No ministry had ever survived in that region before. Their first target was the rural areas. “What helped me most as we began our ministry was the training that I received from a missionary named David Watson and brother Younoussa Djao from Cote d’Ivoire. My goal is to reach out to all 8,000 villages in Burkina Faso with the Good News of Jesus.” The ministry in Burkina Faso began in July 2007 and, by God’s grace, had managed to grow to 1,130 believers in 72 churches by September 2008. The outreach is centered around five VCP training centers. The languages spoken at the centers are Bamaou, Djema, Bobo, Moore, Gouen and Dioula. Statistics We praise God for what He did in Burkina Faso in 2010:
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