2013 CABTAL Personnel Forum

5th-9th August 2013 was another opportunity for all CABTAL staff to get together this time at the new Bamenda Regional Training Center (BRTC). Topic was "Stewardship in Service". Key verse "... So then men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful."". We enjoyed a time of sharing experiences encountered in Bible Translation, wonderful devotions, working in sessions in departments and in sessions as a big group. Wonderful presentations were given the steps involved in Bible Translation; what is Linguistics and why Linguistics in Bible Translation, Church Engagement etc We hard a speaker Rev. Ngoh Joel of Hope Baptist Church Ndamukong speaking for three days. He really challenged us with his messages on: - Stewardship in Ministry: You can't steward if you are not a servant. If you truly want to be a servant of God, you must deal or allow God deal with your values. Ambition can be a problem unless we are like mindedness with Christ in our ambition. Hierarchical problems can be an issue because value positions unless they remind themselves of their position in Christ - Examples of Servants: Experiences make a lot of meaning to us in our culture. First example of a servant is God himself. Rebekah, Ruth/Boaz, Dorcas. In our days of much insecurity, being a servant is not without challenges. Christians don't just listen but they do what the word of God says - What a servant should do: Use your gifts to serve others. As Africans, we are so dependent on our thinking which doesn't help us at all. A stewards primary goal is to be faithful. The gospel is God's total response for man's total need. The steward must be faithful. A steward should be industrious and not lazy. Stewards need to be accountable