Baptist Youth Leaders Urged To Remain Exemplary

/By Macdonald Ayang Okumb/

     The near extinction of some positive societal values has caught the attention of Youth leaders of the Cameroon Baptist Convention, CBC, who met recently for a five-day Leadership Conference in Ndop, Ngoketunjia Sub Division of the North West Region to equip themselves spiritually and other wise.

Hans Monono Manga: CBC Nat. Youth Secretary

     The Conference that took place at the Baptist High School Ndop Chapel from 22 to 26 June , 2015, brought together about 500 Youth leaders from the various local congregations of the CBC through out the national territory.

Organised under the theme ‘Equipping Youth Leaders to Overflow’ as drawn from the scriptural book of 2 Tim. 2:2, the event saw several presentations by some prominent facilitators who inspired the youth in many aspects.

     The Guest Speaker, Rev. Dr. Nditemen from the Etug-ebe Baptist Church in Yaounde, stressed on the need to have leaders with spiritual and moral values because leadership, he went on, is weakened by the weaknesses of the leader and that effective leaders are those who study God’s word fervently.

     On his part, Dr. Stanley A. Mungwe from Buea and Dr. Nick Ngwanyam from Bamenda, respectively, spoke on Entrepreneurship and Career orientation, both emphasising that if we must emerge as a nation we must always learn how to solve problems and not always complain. They as well called on the participants to follow the right principles in order to attain the right results in everything they do since life is based on principles. The speakers posited that we cannot keep studying the wrong things like History and then expect to do things right.

     Other resource persons at the Conference were Hilda Bih Muluh from CRTV Bamenda who spoke on ‘Making Your Life Count’, stressing that young people need to have strong positive convictions to be able to overcome difficulties.

     Rev. Shadrack Vegah from Salvation Baptist Church Bamenda, on his part, called on the leaders to be vigilant against manipulation of all sorts, wrong prophesies and miracles.

     Closing the Conference, the organisers, viz; Rene Ali Kwala, National President and Hans Monono Manga, National Secretary of CBC Youth and Student Ministry of Cameroon, stressed the need for participants to share what they learnt with their peers back home. To them, the rich presentations at the confab would go a long way in making a difference in their Christian lives.

     The event rounded off on a very positive note with a resolution by the National Executive of the CBC Youth to take the National Youth Camp to Baptist High School Buea in June 2016; an event that will bring together at least 3.000 young people from around the national territory.