Mobilizing all West Nigeria, Liberia and Niger are working together with Tent International to arrange a tentmaking conference for all West African nations by the end of this year. The aim is to mobilize more tentmakers from West Africa. 

“There is a great, unused sending capacity in these nations. Through this conference we want to mobilize churches to send more people to strategic areas,” says Tent Nigeria’s director, Victor Agbonkpolor. He is one of the key planners of the conference that will take place in Lagos, Nigeria in the beginning of November. Detailed plans for the conference will be shared by the end of this month.  

“We aim at having at least two representatives from each of the 16 West African nations. Everything shared will be translated to English, French and Portuguese, so all participants will get the material in a language they understand. Our main focus will be on how to train, send, and follow-up tentmakers,” shares Agbonkpolor.  

West Africa stretches from Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau in the west to Niger and Nigeria in the east. 16 nations with a total population of 420 million people are included in the UN’s definition of West Africa. Close to 500 unreached people groups live in the region.  

By Steinar Opheim