Calvary Lutheran Church, up Mountain Peacock Farm
Wellington
Founded 1996


HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Calvary Lutheran Church is situated on a peninsula mountain in the Eastern part of Freetown, Wellington the Capital City of Sierra Leone.

The congregation is set up the midst of largely Limba, Loko with few Mende and Temne whose major economic is local chacoal burning and fire wood producers, the women and children are sellers of the goods and most time involved in backyard garden for their living.

Historically, this Church was established in 1994 at the Plateau of the Mountain. But due to the distance and location, it was not easy to attach an Evangelist to them either to get an Evangelist among themselves. This made the congregation, unfunctional, till 1996, when it was decided among themselves at community level to locate the congregation down the Mountain side, with this decision a temporary hut was constructed with bush sticks and mud, covered with a tempouline in August 1996.

Finally, worship service started with a total number of seventy (70) people. This congregation was officially opened and dedicated on the 24th November 1996 by ELSSL. On that day sixty one (61) candidates were Baptised by Rev. Tom Barnett now Bishop of the ELCSL and Rev. Vivian Msomi who made a visit to Sierra Leone at that time and was fortunate to worship at Calvary Luthera Church on that day.

CONFESSION OF FAITH
This Church confesses the Triun- God, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and the Gospel as the power of God for the Salvation of all who are believers. This Church here by accepts all the confessional faith of the ELCSL as stated in the constitution.  

LAND
The Calvary Luthera Church is located on a flat ground of four and half (4½) town lot. This piece of land was donated to the Church by a family member of the congregation for Church building and other developmental programmes.

During 1999, this congregation was abandon due to the January 6th invention of rebel into the City Freetown. Some members escape to neighboring countries and some were killed during the rebel war while other were taken away – women and children.

DEVELOPMENT
  • The congregation is seriously now engaged in construction of a permanent worship place with mud bricks, which has not yet been completed due to lack of funds.
  • This congregation has established the first Lutheran Primary School in the Western Area since 1998. This school is up to class six (6) and a Nursery school as well.
  • The ELCSL have constructed a hand pump water well and a pit toilet for staff and pupils of the school.

MEMBERSHIP
Membership of this Church shall be those persons on the roll of this congregation with membership cards and who have declared and maintained their membership in accordance with the provisions of the Church constitution – CALVARY

Members shall be classified as follows:
    1.    Baptized members
    2.    Confirmed members
    3.    Associate Member

MEMBERSHIP IN DETAIL
    NO.                                    MALE        FEMALE        TOTAL
    1   Adults                             45             65                110
    2   Youths & young Adult       12             17                  29
    3   Children 5 to 12 yrs          26             46                  72
    4   Infants 0-5 yrs                 10             16                  26
    GRAND TOTAL                      83           144                239

TABLE OF ACTIVITIES

NO.    DATE    ACTIVITIES
    1    1st Sunday every month        Congregational Council Meeting
    2    3rd Sunday of January           Children’s Day
    3    1st Sunday in November        Church Anniversary
    4    Easter Festivities                   Baptism Affirmation confirmation and Outing    
    5    3rd Sunday in May                Men’s Thanksgiving
    6    3rd Sunday in September      Youths thanksgiving
    7    3rd Sunday in April               Women Thanksgiving
    8    Christmas Festivities             Choir day
    –    Nine Lesson and Carol.
    –    Harvest Festival

ORDAINED MINISTRY
The congregation is blessed with an ordained Pastor, Rev. Ahmed Bartholomew Kaimapo married with four (4) children.

PROBLEMS / CONSTRAINS
    1.    We don’t have a structure for the school the school is presently using the Church building during the     weaker days. The Church serves a dual purpose.

Due to the roll the Church building cannot accommodate the kids in due course.
    2.    Lack of teaching and learning materials.
    3.    The major problem the church is facing now is lack of pews
    4.    Lack of storage facilities

FUTURE PLAN
In future we shall be planning to:

    1.    Construct personage
    2.    A health Centre (Clinic)
    3.    Secondary School etc

CONTACT ADDRESS
For any help please sent to the Church Account No. SIA 2019161 at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, Siaka Steven Street. Freetown Sierra Leone or for more information, please contact the e-mail address: revahbat@yahoo.com


 
 

 
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