He is heading up the TG programme for his country.
He was asking how TG's started, and I thought I would just post my reply here:
Dear Bro Justice,
The way TG was started was actually at a New LIfe church Bible Camp which I was asked to take.
From this TG's became a COFFEE BAR which we began to run on Sunday nights as there were no other programmes at that time. We met in a large room underneath a seaside cafe beside the Arabian Sea.
It was not structured or planned, but became like a spontanious combustion!
And we did not, nor do we have a 'let us begin with prayer' type programme.
Young people came flocking to it because they got to sit around and talk, and minister to each other without a programme or leader ordering them to.
Even the leaders were just talking and chatting with everyone.
We always brought a single acoustic guitar, and anyone could strum it, and everyone ended up in songs of praise and worship ... to the pleasant surprise of the customers upstairs in the restaurant.
We would order some snacks, and later on in the evening I might share a few brief thoughts, or get one of the boys to do a new song they had written. Every fourth week we planned to have a bit of a special meal to offer a broader opportunity for the young people to invite others.
But what was the most vital part of it was that the young people began inviting all their non-Christian friends along anyway, and they came because it was not a 'religious style' programme, and certainly not a 'church meeting' as such.
But here they found the love of God shed abroad in the hearts of these young people, and a joy which was real that welcomed everyone in on the same level.
The natural progression of this simple beginning was to form ongoing teaching programmes, and various aspects of outreaches and Bible Camps, and now we are preparing for a 40 day Intensive Bible School for up and coming ministers, evangelists, pastors etc.
Right now we are preparing to relesase 10 full-time evangelists and Christian workers. All of these are between 19 years and 25 years old!
There is a big harvest out there and these young people are the new Disciples who will jump into the sea when God calls them!
I am sure that TG will also be spawning new and dynamic missions, outreaches, children's and youth ministries, and that is why we have both a local leadership to head up TGs and an international team to be a blessing and guidance to the future work.
Thank you for asking, and I am delighted to know that Togo will now have its own TG!
God bless you,
John Masters
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