Building Project
Dear Friend:
We bring greetings to you from the Ebenezer Community Church. Ebenezer is a church-planting mission to thousands of Liberian immigrants residing in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The church exists to be a body of believers that love God, care for each other and are on mission at home and abroad.
Over the past six years, God has helped Ebenezer to accomplish her mission through the following:
. Adult ministry
. Bible study & prayer meeting
. Children’s church ministry
. Counseling: pre-marital, marriage, family & crisis
. Marriage Enrichment Ministry
. Music Ministry
. Prayer Warriors’ Ministry
. Sunday School
. Vacation Bible School (held once a year- we had 100
kids attend our last VBS we had (some of these kids
and parents are now members of Ebenezer)
. Youth ministry
Ebenezer now has a membership of 396 and averaging over 250 in worship attendance & children’s church. The success God has given this new church has not been void of challenges. Paramount among these challenges is the lack of an edifice to permanently house our congregation and execute our vision to its fullest. We have moved four times in six years due to our rapid growth. We currently worship in a high school auditorium.
With a membership now nearing four hundred, the need for an edifice cannot be over emphasized. Three out of the five Sundays in April, we had to hastily close down worship service because the high school where we worship had activities scheduled. On April 22nd, we had 100 kids in our children’s church. There were as many as 62 in one classroom and 38 inthe other. In the wake of this challenge, the ministry demands, the potential this church has and great evangelistic opportunities before us, we have been determined to build.
About three years ago, we purchased a 4.3-acre land at a cost of $745,000.00 in Brooklyn Park, MN with the hope of constructing an edifice that will house this church and its ministries. This brochure you hold in your hand carries the photo of the building to be constructed on the land. It will be 33,264 square feet, and it will have a sanctuary, offices, educational space and a multipurpose gymnasium.
We have worked hard with our architect, engineers and general contractors to keep the project at or under 3.5 million dollars. Our greatest challenge at the moment is to secure a construction loan to get the construction on the go scheduled for this summer.
Between now and June, our young congregation of predominantly immigrants will have to raise about a million dollars to qualify for a loan. This is a great challenge! Those of you who have followed Ebenezer over the years can attest that God has brought us a mighty long way. We are excited!
In the wake of this challenge, we have decided to fast, pray, and give sacrificially as a congregation. We invite all of our friends, Christian brothers and sisters in North America and other parts of the world to believe God for a miracle on our behalf. Nothing short of a miracle can take us over this challenge. We also invite you to partner with us financially as God moves your heart. We might be able to beat our challenge in no time were you to prayerfully partner with us. Come on board!
The ministry of Ebenezer has significantly impacted our community and beyond. Besides Liberians, Ebenezer has begun ministering to other nationals. We now have seven nations represented in our congregation: Cameroon, Jamaica, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and USA. Many marriages and family relationships have been healed, restored, and strengthened. Scores of people have come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Some of our people have found direction, meaning and purpose for their lives
through the ministry of Ebenezer. Ebenezer ministers
to those who are hopeless, hurting, and severely traumatized by their experiences from the civil war. Ebenezer provides ministry and support whenever there is an opportunity. It ranges from crises at school, to immigration proceedings, court hearings, hospital, bereavement, job acquisition, etc.
When you have partnered with us and this building is built, we will be able to expand our evangelistic outreach by providing community-based ministries that are culturally sensitive such as:
1. Adult literacy program (This is a great need in our community. Some of those who migrated to the USA were out of school for 13 years during the civil war.)
2. After school/tutorial program (especially for those with deficiency in English & math)
3. Cultural diversity orientation (to help reduce cultural conflict)
4. Day care
5. Family enrichment programs
6. Food & clothes closet (especially for newly arriving immigrants)
7. HIV/AIDS awareness programs
8. Job application/interview orientation
9. Mentoring program to help shield our youth from gangs.
The building will provide a sense of stability for our congregation. As mentioned earlier, we have moved four times in six years due to our rapid growth. The building will increase a sense of community and security for our congregation. Our growth will greatly increase. We may reach our goal of a thousand members earlier than ten years. We will also be able to provide worship service during the week for those in our community who cannot attend worship service on Sunday due to work schedule.
Would you kindly consider a generous donation to help make this vision a reality?
The return on your investment into the Kingdom of God will be far greater than you can imagine.
What dollar amount canyou place when African boys and girls who have migrated to this nation from war torn countries, come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ at Ebenezer Community Church, and be disciple to become fine Christian men and women?
All gifts to Ebenezer are tax deductible.
When you give to Ebenezer you are also doing missions, or being missionaries right within your borders.
Kindly increase our excitement by letting us hear from you.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support!
In Christ’s love,
Francis Tabla
Church Planter/Pastor
Mailing Address:
Ebenezer Community Church
P.O. Box 29252
Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
Email: Ebenecom@cs.com
Web: www.ebenezercommunitychurch.com
Phone # (763) 561-2100
Purpose
Ebenezer Community Church exists to be a body of believers that love God, care for each other, and are on mission at home and abroad.
Mission
The mission of Ebenezer is to serve God in our community by celebrating His goodness through joyful worship, leading unbelievers to personal faith in Christ and to become baptized members of the church fellowship, nurturing them to become faithful disciples, equipping them to become effective ministry servants, and training them to become intentional witnesses through evangelism and missions.
Dear Friend:
We bring greetings to you from the Ebenezer Community Church. Ebenezer is a church-planting mission to thousands of Liberian immigrants residing in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The church exists to be a body of believers that love God, care for each other and are on mission at home and abroad.
Over the past six years, God has helped Ebenezer to accomplish her mission through the following:
. Adult ministry
. Bible study & prayer meeting
. Children’s church ministry
. Counseling: pre-marital, marriage, family & crisis
. Marriage Enrichment Ministry
. Music Ministry
. Prayer Warriors’ Ministry
. Sunday School
. Vacation Bible School (held once a year- we had 100
kids attend our last VBS we had (some of these kids
and parents are now members of Ebenezer)
. Youth ministry
Ebenezer now has a membership of 396 and averaging over 250 in worship attendance & children’s church. The success God has given this new church has not been void of challenges. Paramount among these challenges is the lack of an edifice to permanently house our congregation and execute our vision to its fullest. We have moved four times in six years due to our rapid growth. We currently worship in a high school auditorium.
With a membership now nearing four hundred, the need for an edifice cannot be over emphasized. Three out of the five Sundays in April, we had to hastily close down worship service because the high school where we worship had activities scheduled. On April 22nd, we had 100 kids in our children’s church. There were as many as 62 in one classroom and 38 inthe other. In the wake of this challenge, the ministry demands, the potential this church has and great evangelistic opportunities before us, we have been determined to build.
About three years ago, we purchased a 4.3-acre land at a cost of $745,000.00 in Brooklyn Park, MN with the hope of constructing an edifice that will house this church and its ministries. This brochure you hold in your hand carries the photo of the building to be constructed on the land. It will be 33,264 square feet, and it will have a sanctuary, offices, the Dr. Peter James Flamming Educational Center and a multipurpose gymnasium.
We have worked hard with our architect, engineers and general contractors to keep the project at or under 3.5 million dollars. Our greatest challenge at the moment is to secure a construction loan to get the construction on the go scheduled for this summer.
Between now and June, our young congregation of predominantly immigrants will have to raise about a million dollars to qualify for a loan. This is a great challenge! Those of you who have followed Ebenezer over the years can attest that God has brought us a mighty long way. We are excited!
In the wake of this challenge, we have decided to fast, pray, and give sacrificially as a congregation. We invite all of our friends, Christian brothers and sisters in North America and other parts of the world to believe God for a miracle on our behalf. Nothing short of a miracle can take us over this challenge. We also invite you to partner with us financially as God moves your heart. We might be able to beat our challenge in no time were you to prayerfully partner with us. Come on board!
The ministry of Ebenezer has significantly impacted our community and beyond. Besides Liberians, Ebenezer has begun ministering to other nationals. We now have seven nations represented in our congregation: Cameroon, Jamaica, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and USA. Many marriages and family relationships have been healed, restored, and strengthened. Scores of people have come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Some of our people have found direction, meaning and purpose for their lives
through the ministry of Ebenezer. Ebenezer ministers
to those who are hopeless, hurting, and severely traumatized by their experiences from the civil war. Ebenezer provides ministry and support whenever there is an opportunity. It ranges from crises at school, to immigration proceedings, court hearings, hospital, bereavement, job acquisition, etc.
When you have partnered with us and this building is built, we will be able to expand our evangelistic outreach by providing community-based ministries that are culturally sensitive such as:
10. Adult literacy program (This is a great need in our community. Some of those who migrated to the USA were out of school for 13 years during the civil war.)
11. After school/tutorial program (especially for those with deficiency in English & math)
12. Cultural diversity orientation (to help reduce cultural conflict)
13. Day care
14. Family enrichment programs
15. Food & clothes closet (especially for newly arriving immigrants)
16. HIV/AIDS awareness programs
17. Job application/interview orientation
18. Mentoring program to help shield our youth from gangs.
The building will provide a sense of stability for our congregation. As mentioned earlier, we have moved four times in six years due to our rapid growth. The building will increase a sense of community and security for our congregation. Our growth will greatly increase. We may reach our goal of a thousand members earlier than ten years. We will also be able to provide worship service during the week for those in our community who cannot attend worship service on Sunday due to work schedule.
Would you kindly consider a generous donation to help make this vision a reality?
The return on your investment into the Kingdom of God will be far greater than you can imagine.
comment posted by Abdullah Kiatamba on 01-03-2008
I will be actually promoting this project on my website site. This site is expected to be launched before or by Mid-January. I have secured a special space for this project. I hope and pray that you guys succeed in your endeavor. God bless.
comment posted by Thomas Johnson on 01-27-2008
Good project. How does one contribute? Do you have to mail contribution and give through a paypal?
comment posted by Adam M. Kyne on 04-10-2008
I want to comment you Rev. for your commitment in the vineyard of God. I have heard a whole lot of you; beginning from Henry Harris preaching class at STVU, First Baptist Church; to the Liberian community in Mn. May God guild your steps and inundate you with power to keep on pressing on.
I am a Liberian student at STVU, a Baptist minister and the founder of Youth Assured Ministry-www.youthassured.org. I am interested in rendering any services at your chuch during the summer; Between june and July. My email address is adkyne@yahoo.com. Tel no. 4012196775.
I look forward to hearing from, until than, be blessed.
Rev. Adam M. Kyne
comment posted by jallah on 10-13-2008
i appreciate the good things that are happening in the Ebenezer church but it will be good if there were plans by Rev. Tabla and members of that church to do some projects over in liberia. you know , there are lots of our brothers and sister in liberia that are not in school for several reasons and comming from war, it would be good if liberians in the diaspora could come togethr and help rebuild liberia.
comment posted by Site Administrator on 10-13-2008
Dear Jallah,
We have assisted and continue to assist pastors and their ministries in Liberia, and we have also supported the Grace Gospel Mission School in Paynesville, Liberia. We also give to missions work all over the world through our contributions to the organizations that we belong to, so you see we are not just about building a building but being a Church as well.
comment posted by melvin reeves on 09-21-2009
I know with the help of god..the church will be built..
comment posted by Rev. Forkay Aberdeen Gargli on 10-09-2009
I am greatly amazed by the tremedous growth of your church. The hand of the LORD must truly be on you all
The one who called you will surely lead to the very realixation of the vision he gave. Keep trusting HIM.
comment posted by Winleta Aynn on 10-15-2009
Steadfast. Thats the first work that came to my mind when I viewed this website. I pray that God continue to show favor upon the congregation. Let us continue to pray and serve. What else is there? Will surely contribute to sucha worthy cost.
comment posted by KING EVANGELICAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL on 11-23-2009
KING EVANGELICAL MISSION
S /C Justin AGBOBA
Eglise Evangélique Pierre Vivante
Agla hlazountou
Cotonou - ville
Republique of Bénin
West Africa
Email:kemi_evangelical@yahoo.com
DEAR SIR
The brightness of the day motivated me to wish you and the entire members of your church the Calvary’s greeting in Jesus Name.Moreover, my reason of communicating your with this mails is as vized :
Firstly,to introduce myself to you and your church Administration as Evangelist Kingsley funsho Agboola, the founder of KING EVANGELICAL TEAM .
The KING EVANGELICAL MISSION is a christain evangelical organisation that is spreading / propagating the gospel truth and annoncing the messages of Lord Jesus Christ in the Republic of Benin (West Africa). I also work as child protection officer with a children ministry (International Movement for African children).
Secondly, I will like to invite your church to be mission partner with King Evangelical Mission by collaborating or networking with us, so as to propagate our lord – Jesus Christ Vision (MATHEW 28V18-20) and assisting us to expanding the kingdom of GOD in our community and to the entire villages of African continent by Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nations.
Sir, as you might have been aware, that the continent of Africa needed high frequency of Evangelism to convert the unbelievers back to GOD.
It is upon this background that the King Evangelical Mission is working assiduously toward the rural communities EVANGELISM , so that they can receive the light of Jesus Christ and obtained the soul salvation .
Lastly, it will be our ultimate pleasure , if your church / ministry can send us large quantity of Bible Tracts, Evangelical Handout or leaflets including Books that Teaches or conduct Evangelism peer group traning for community christain youth.
Kind be informed that the requested bible tracts and leaflets be will be distributed to the people that give their life to Christ (Born Again) during our Evangelism (community evangelical outreach).
Thanks in anticipation of your favourable consideration and for taking your time to learn more about the KING EVANGELICAL MISSION .
The Evangelist committee of our Truth gospel mission , sincerely hopes that your church / ministry / organisation will be our implanting spiritual and mission partner in the execution of this Great Commission Assignment (MARK 16V15-18) in Africa.
"I am not ashamed of the Good News of Jesus Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for every one who believes!"
Romans 1:16
Yours in vineyard
Evangelist Kingsley Funsho Agboola
comment posted by Apostle / Reverend Gibson Myers on 02-20-2010
JUST TO GIVE GOD ALL PRAISES FOR THE GREAT THINGS HE IS DOING THROUGH MY OWN BROTHER AND
DEAR PASTOR, REV. TABLA AND HIS CHURCH FAMILY IN THE DIASPORA. I DECLARE SPECIAL DIVINE FAVOR AND GOD BLESSINGS UPON ALL YOUR WORK IN BUILDING GOD'S KINGDOM IN JESUS NAME.
Please take my email and cell # so we become prayer partners... gibsonmyers@gmail.com ...+231-655-7792
comment posted by Ebenezer Youngabyour Teah on 03-02-2010
I like to commend Rev. Dr. Tabla for his farsightedness in forging ahead the kingdom of God here on Earth.I must register my thanks and expression to you for this Ministry. I pray that God the wisest of all will grant unto you divine wisdom as you look forwardl in the realization of your dreams and apirations.