Pray For
- Rito and the church, as well as the three other fellowships
- discipleship among the children, young people and their families
- the successful start-up of a church in the south
PRESENT MINISTRIES
Pastor Rito leads a church that started mainly as outreach to children and their families. Three other fellowships that all began following the same pattern are part of the work. The expansion goal for the coming year is a new church plant in the south of the country.
ORIGINS
Pastor Rito Mande’s first connection with the Free Methodist Church came through missionary Cindi Angelo, who was on a mission trip to Guinea Bissau. Cindi recognized he was a devoted follower of Christ and encouraged him in his faith and studies. Rito traveled for training to Togo where he was put in touch with Free Methodist leader, Rev. Dosseh Takpale. After about two years Rito returned to his homeland. Some years later Pastor Rito and Dosseh reconnected and began talking seriously about Rito, along with the work he had started, joining the Free Methodist family. The connection with the Angelos was also revived. Rito’s work was adopted as Free Methodist in June 2015.
Country Leader
Rito Mande
Church-in-Formation, Guinea Bissau
Missionaries
Dosseh Takpale
Dosseh Takpale is superintendent of the Togo Provisional Annual Conference and pastor of the FMC in Lomé, Togo. As an international missionary, he also supervises several other countries: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, and Burkina Faso. In addition, Dosseh serves...
Prayercast | Guinea Bissau
A Vision to Reach New People Groups
The vision is being fulfilled. The Wesley Missionary Institute (WMI) outside Lomé, Togo, was created for the purpose of training Africans to be...
COUNTRY STATISTICS
Church-in-Formation
- Population: 1,913,000
- Evangelical Christians: 2.1%
- FM Work Opened: 2015
- FM Churces: 2
- FM Membership: 126
- Country Leader: Rito Mande
- Ecclesiastical Accountability: FMWM through Africa Area Director Mike Reynen
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Church Planting & Development
Funding Guinea Bissau Church Planting & Development (CPD) will help resource the following people and strategic initiatives:
- An office for Pastor Rito
- Training materials
- Travel for Pastor Rito