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About 85 percent of the Bassa people of Liberia are associated with a church; Liberia has about 100 denominations in all. When Christian Reformed World Missions missionaries entered Liberia in 1975, they decided to work with existing churches instead of establishing a new denomination. Together, they focused on theological education, healthy, and Christian literature. Direct missionary involvement in these programs ended once a civil war broke out in 1990.
However, the Christian Education Foundation of Liberia (CEFL), CRWM's indigenous partner organization, remained. Over the years and under extremely difficult circumstances, CEFL began reestablishing the ministries that CRWM and CEFL formerly did together. CEFL’s vision is to “empower member churches and all Christians to resume the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people by rehabilitating and restoring our facilities, institutions and ministries.” CRWM encourages these efforts by providing ministry grants to CEFL.
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- Christian Education Foundation of Liberia - an association of Liberian churches organized in the late 1960s. The association's aim is to promote unity between the many churches in Bassa County and to work together to achieve shared goals to further the Gospel message.
- United Bible Society
Christian Reformed World Missions began working in Liberia in 1975. Outreach targeted the Bassa, Liberia’s second largest ethnic group numbering 300,000 people. CRWM partnered in ministry with the Christian Education Foundation of Liberia (CEFL) in the 1980s. However, a civil war in 1990 forced missionaries out of Liberia. While CRWM missionaries left the country, a translation team continued to translate the Bible into the Bassa language in another location, finishing the work in July 2000. Though World Missions currently has no missionaries in Liberia, ministry work continues through a partnership with CEFL.
- Population: 3,786,764 (July 2011 est.)
- Languages: English 20% (official), about 20 ethnic group languages
- Religions: Christian 85.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Traditional 0.6%, other 0.2%, none 1.4% (2008 census)
Visit the World Factbook for more information on Liberia.
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