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Published on: 01-07-2021
With only 10,000 Seventh-day Adventists in the entire country of Côte d’Ivoire, Adventist leadership in that country had been waiting for September 12, 2020 to arrive. Two new churches were dedicated on one Saturday (Sabbath), built by Maranatha’s volunteers and devoted crews.
The anticipation of this moment had been building for a long time. Even before Maranatha’s team in Côte d’Ivoire began pouring concrete, fabricating steel, or laying blocks, Adventist leaders were was referring to their church history as “Before Maranatha” and “After Maranatha.”
With the completion of the Anan and Abbebroukoi Seventh-day Adventist churches in the Abidjan area, the reality of this new chapter has now begun to sink in. Leaders know there is a long way to go to reach their goals for church growth, but seeing the start of their dreams being accomplished is a breath of fresh air, they said. This was true especially because, for a while, it seemed as though the buildings might never come to fruition.