WORLD’S CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NEWS

August 2009

Dear fellow Christian Endeavourers around the world!

It is more than joy in the Lord to greet you in the most exalted name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Through this brief message, I want to see you face to face and say how wonderful it is to serve the Lord
Jesus Christ and His Church through the Christian Endeavour movement. From my childhood I was involved
in the CE, which built up my spiritual life and finally prepared me to leave government job and join the Bible
Society of India full time. Hence I owe much to the CE movement.
The present would scenario is very disturbing. Economic melt down and global terrorism are two main causes
of concern. Christian Endeavour can play a positive role in encouraging young people to commit their lives to
the Lord and Service to the Church.
May God richly bless and use you mightily; it is my sincere wish and prayer.
DR.B.K.PRAMANIK, Vice President for Asia, World’s CE, Union

News from the WCEU
World’s Convention 2010
After the unexpected change of
the venue for the 2010 convention
from the United States to Peru,
the preparations for the event are
progressing with difficulties.
The date has been fixed
rd th
August 3 to 7 2010.
The opening session will be in the
rd
evening of Tuesday, 3 and the
closing session Friday, 6th
th
evening. Saturday, 7 is departure
day. For those interested to see
more of Peru tours will be offered
Saturday and possibly Sunday.
Meanwhile it was finally possible
to book the Centro Vacacional
Huampani in Chaclacayo. This
holiday resort for vacationer is
also used by companies and
organizations to hold their
meetings. It is run by the Peruvian cloudy in proper Lima and only
government. about 65º F / 17ºC because of the
The rooms, mostly in little cold current in the ocean which
bungalows, are plain but clean. comes from the Antarctic Sea. But
Most have a TV set. Some rooms in Chaclacayo, close to the
have private bath and some have mountains, the effect of the clouds
bath that are shared. leaves. It will be not hot, but
There are rooms with two beds, sunny in this city.
with four beds (some of them with
two beds in two rooms), with six
beds and rooms with bunker
beds. Food and accommodation Sorry!
will cost within 100 US Dollar for
Moving the WCEU office to
four days.
Germany turned out to be more
For people who like to have
time consuming than I expected.
higher standard hotel
As a result I had to postpone or
accommodation find hotels in
cancel some of my regular tasks.
Chaclacayo, 5 to 10 minutes from
The May 2009 issue of this
the convention site.
newsletter was one victim.
Chaclacayo is a part of Greater
I apologize to everybody who
Lima, about 25 km east from the
waited in vain for the WCEU news
center in the foothills of the
three months ago.
Andes. In this time of the year it is
Andreas A. Rudolph
Central office:
World’s Christian Endeavor Union
0ne of
Postfach 420 220
the
34071 Kassel Germany
bigger
Phone: ++49 561 4095-0
blocks
Fax: ++49 561 4095-112
with
e-mail:
rooms
in
centraloffice@worldsceunion.org
Huampani
American office:
World’s Christian Endeavor Union
P.O.Box 723
Grove City PA 16127-0723

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News from National Unions
Africa
The Gambia and Niger
Andreas A. Rudolph was invited in
August to both countries to inform
youth pastors and youth leaders
about the basics and the practical
work of Christian Endeavor. Most
of the West African CE 'unions'
are just a board of interested
pastors who were visited some
years ago by the late bishop
George Larbie from Ghana, who
was the WCEU VP for Africa until
he died some years ago. There
had been no follow up and
training for those leaders.
Altogether about 40 persons
participated. In Gambia the CE
leaders will now form local CE
societies and in Niger and Mali
some pastors and youth explore
now possibilities to start CE
groups in their churches.
Gambia, seminar under a tree
CE Union Côte d'Ivoire
CE Union Côte d’Ivoire organized
a meeting March 14, 2009 in
Abidjan that saw the involvement
of 30 churches, represented by
pastors, by evangelists, prophets
and others.
Three themes have been treated:
Theme 1: The history of the entry
of World's Christian Endeavour
Union into Côte d’Ivoire, by Mrs.
Konan Clémentine, Chairwoman
of CE Union Côte d’Ivoire.
Theme 2: The general objectives
of World's Christian Endeavour
Union, by Mr. Aguiar Codjo
Godefroy.
Theme 3: The objectives of CE
Union Côte d’Ivoire, by Pasteur
Guede D. Gustave, Chief of Staff
Attaches from CE Côte d’Ivoire
The goals of CE Union Côte
d’Ivoire are:
1 - Short-term: CE Union Côte
d’Ivoire wants to install the
movement in all cities of the
country to establish a system of
permanent evangelism, with the
active involvement of the young.
2 - Middle term: CE Union Côte
d’Ivoire raises the means to
organize a regional convention
with the involvement of other
West African national CE Unions.
3 - Long-term: CE Union Côte
d’Ivoire wants to create the
conditions necessary for the
organization of a world convention
in Ivory Coast.
This meeting gave the opportunity
to a lot of Christians
and churches to
discover the move-
ment and to adhere to
it massively.
The meeting ended
with a meal offered by
the Chairwoman
Konan Clémentine.
Report by Pasteur Guede D.
Gustave
Asia
Nepal
CE is live and kicking in Nepal
altogether in almost 29 places
(churches, fellowships, prayer
groups). Our activities mostly
comprise of Bible studies, after-
church service, occasional Bible
quiz, Christian film shows for
Christians and non-Christians and
music practice. We are also
planning some interactive social
events for participation of non-
Christians too. And indeed CE
Germany has been helping us for
many years to run a girls hostel
which gives care and education
for 40 (recently increased) girl
children from economically
underprivileged Christian families.
from an e-mail by
Dr. M. Bhattarai, President CE Nepal
India
National Convention of Christian
Endeavour in India (CEI)
The theme of the meeting in the
th
125 year of Christian Endeavour
in India was „God’s Word: Hope
over Fear and Win over Terror“
240 delegates from four regions of
India attended the 3 days program
at the Baldwin Boys’ High School
in Bangalore, South India, from
th th
15 to 17 May 2009. There were
also 40 delegates from South
India CE Union participating. This
State union had kept themselves
separate from CEI in the past.
The keynote address of the
Inaugural Session was given by
Bishop Dr.Taranath S. Sagar,
President of the National Council
of Churches in India.
The speaker of the Public
meetings was Rev.Dr.Christopher
Gnanakan, Director of Training for
OTAN (Outreach to Asia
Nationals); the Bible Study was
given by Bishop Dhirendra Kumar
Sahu, General Secretary of the
National Council of Churches in
India and Dr. A. M. Prabakaran,
Director of BSI.
They encouraged the
Endeavourers to stand firm in
their faith despite of difficulties,
Christians in India had to stand in
the recent months.
Travel and other expenses for 50
delegates from Kandhamal district
of Orissa, where the persecution
was very severe, were paid by a
relief organization.
Special sessions for this group of
people were conducted to counsel
them to overcome their trauma
and lead a normal life.
It was a time of blessing.
by Kristine Lukacova based on reports from
India
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 Lebanon
Badaniatz (Junior CE) Leaders
Get Trained
Organized by the Kordzatir
Marmin (workgroup) of UAECNE,
the Lebanese CE Union, the
leaders of the Armenian
Evangelical Youth groups
gathered on 17th and 18th January
in Feytroun in order to take part in
leadership training. The guest
speaker for the event was the
Rev. Vatche Ekmekjian who has a
vast experience working with
teenagers.
Knowing that today's focus span
of teenagers is much lower; the
main target of the training was to
equip leaders with creative ideas
and attention grabbing methodo-
logies so that the message of the
gospel could be reached to the
youth.
To practice the creative methods
conveyed, the group was divided
into two teams and each team
had to use the techniques learned
and come up with creative ways
of presenting the gospel.
We are thankful for the useful
leadership training in order to
reach out to a vital member of
Christ's body - the youth.
from a report by Mano Chilingirian
Australia and Pacific
Islands
Papua New Guinea
Contact between the WCEU and
the CE-groups of the Evangelical
Church of Manus (ECOM) have
been reestablished after several
years ‘silence’. They have sent an
invitation to the WCEU General
Secretary and VP J. Spicer to
speak at a conference Jan. 2011.
Solomon Islands
Greetings Endeavourers !
I thank God for this opportunity in
which I can report on the great
and marvelous deeds our great
God is doing in our churches
today.
Changes in lives, membership,
ministry and interest in Christian
Endeavour programs can be seen
throughout our churches since the
launching of our REVISED
RENBEL C.E FORMAT last year.
Requests are coming in from
other SSEC regions throughout
Solomon Islands for us to re-
introduce Christian Endeavour
with all its key identifying ideas in
their churches. In response, we
are doing capacity building
trainings for our CE leaders to
prepare them for the task.
We need your prayers as we
endeavor to serve Christ and the
church in this remote part of the
world.
Report by Derek Pongi, Regional
Superintendent Rennell Bellona SSEC Region
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Europe
(www.ceeurope.eu)
Scotland
On 25 April 2009 we held the
108th Scottish CE Convention in
Alloa. The theme was "Love
forgives" and the speaker was
Anne McIntyre (Parliamentary
Prayer for Scotland) who for a
period of time in 1980's was a
secretary in the British CE Office.
CE in Scotland is using a small
legacy left to us recently, to
appoint David Brown as a
Promotion Officer to serve for one
year. David will spend 8 hours a
week in visiting Pastors and
church leaders to encourage the
formation of new CE Groups.
Please pray that this venture will
bear fruit.
Christine Heron
Who is ... ?
Here you will find brief information about
the officers and trustees of the WCEU.
You should know who is behind the
names.
In this issue:
Dr. Bidyut K. Pramanik
WCEU Vice President for Asia,
appointed 2007.
Dr. B.K.Pramanik currently serves
as the General Secretary of The
Bible Society of India. Prior to this
he was in the Administrative
Service of the Government of
Orissa for almost twenty two
years. He joined the Bible Society
st
of India on 1 February 1985 as
its CEO. Dr.Pramanik also has
served as the Chairman of The
Far East Broadcasting Associates
(FEBA), and The India Every
Home Crusade (IEHC). He was
on the Board of the Evangelical
Fellowship of India (EFI) the
National Council of Churches
(NCCI), The India for Christ
Ministries (IFCM), The Union
Biblical Seminary (UBS), and
several other Christian
organizations. He is the present
Vice President of the World
Christian Endeavour Union
(WCEU) and the Chairman of The
World Cassette Outreach of India
Ministries (WCOI). He currently
serves as the President of
Christian Endeavour in India (CE),
Chairman of India Christian Media
Association (ICMA), Chairman, of
Talking Bibles, India (TBI), the
Chairman of the Bible Believing
Church and Mission (BBCM).
Dr. Pramanik holds a Doctor of
Ministry (D.Min) degree from The
International Institute of Church
Management, USA and Doctor of
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Letters (D.lit) from the Transworld
Christian College, Pennsylvania,
USA.
Dr.Pramanik is widely traveled
and has represented India in a lot
of International platforms and
conferences. He was invited to
attend the Presidential Prayer
Breakfast with President Clinton in
1998 and National Prayer
Breakfast in the British Parliament
in 2009. Dr. Pramanik has been
the recipient of several awards,
the most recent of which is the
“International Award conferred to
him by Touch India International
Ministries. He received the best
service award from the Vice
President of India in 1996, in
recognition of his work.
Dr.Pramanik has authored a book
entitled “Trusting Jesus Christ for
Strength” and also “My Beloved”
in memory of his wife, late Mrs.
Aruna Pramanik. He has also
written many Christian songs in
Oriya, his mother tongue, which
are being sung in the Churches of
Orissa till date.
He has a daughter, Madhusri
(married, lives in Orissa) and a
son, Tanmay (married, settled in
the USA)
CE-Volunteers
All who are interested in the
WCEU International Exchange
Program for Volunteers write to:
thomas.kroeck@ec-jugend.de
A volunteer in these programs is usually
expected to pay for his travel and health
insurance and will get free customary
accommodation, food and maybe a pocket
money from the hosting institution.
Presently England, Germany,
India, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico,
Romania and USA are countries,
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, AS THE WCEU DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ALL ENDEAVORERS
World’s Christian Endeavor Union,
Postfach 420220, 34071 Kassel, Germany !
centraloffice@worldsCEunion.org
Tel.: ++49-561-4095-130 Fax: ++49-561-4095-112
American office: P.O.Box 723, Grove City PA 16127-0723, USA
where CE-volunteers can find a
placement.
Interest in having volunteers for
various jobs has been communi-
cated by the CE friends in The
Gambia, Mali and Niger.
CE-Material
Especially small and new CE
unions ask frequently for material
which can help them to conduct
programs and CE meetings.
WCEU would be happy to receive
offers from endeavourers and
unions who have something that
can be used to help this needy
unions and societies.
Finances
We are grateful to God for the
funds to do the work for the
Christian Endeavorers worldwide.
His provision does not depend on
the stock market. We are not yet
close to our goal to cover current
expenses with current donations.
The move to Germany was one
measure to reduce costs. We
appeal to all national unions and
individuals to support the WCEU
financially. Checks may be send
to the American office, bank
transfers may also be directed to:
Deutscher EC Verband, account
number 800 171 with the EKK
(Evangelische Kreditgenossen-
schaft Kassel, BIC: GENODEF1EK1)
with a memo “WCEU”.
Please pray for …
* CE friends in Senegal, whose
churches were closed recently,
because “they make too much
noise singing”
* the matters you just read
about
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* Christians in India, Middle
East, Central Asia who suffer
persecution
* the young Endeavourers
around the world to keep focus on
what the Lord Jesus want them to
do
* the disturbing situation in
countries like Zimbabwe, Sudan ..
* unity in Christ’s church and
among Endeavourers, humility
and readiness to forgive each
other
* for the conventions and
meetings mentioned below
* and do not forget to praise
God for all his blessings given
also through Christian Endeavor.
Next Board Meetings,
Conventions...
Please notify your events to the WCEU if you want
them to be listed here.
July 29th to Aug. 2nd: 8th National
Fellowship, UNSEC, Mexico
July, 29th - Aug. 3rd: Convencion Nacional
UNDEC, Arequipa, Peru - postponed to
January 2010
August 25th – 27th: Convention of the
Japanese CE Union in Higashi-Izu,
Shizuoka Prefecture
Sept. 11th – 13th , Meeting of the Board of
Trustees in Liberty Corner, NJ, USA
Sept. 18th – 19th: Irish CE Union Conv. in
Belfast; Theme:”Building Foundations”'
Sept. 25th to 27th: ECHT 2009, German
CE Youth congress, Baunatal near
Kassel
2.-4.October
biannual convention Orissa State CE
Union
2010
3.-7. August 26th: World’s CE Convention
in Lima, Peru.