Since January 1986, Charlie Wilkie has made a number of trips to Cameroon, from ten days to three months in duration. Visits have involved evangelism in schools and remote villages; facilitating and overseeing YWAM teams involved in church planting with partners in Cameroon; speaking in churches, conferences, seminars and training programmes; practical work for a Bible college, hospital and radio ministries; training people, helping design and organise studio's for Christian radio ministry and helping to raise and provide resources for these ministries.

He has also facilitated the involvement of other individuals and ministries in Cameroon from here in Scotland. Although able to support and effectively plan together with people there from a distance, Charlie felt that in autumn 2004, it was time to revisit Cameroon and visit key partners including Rev Lazare Naida in Douala and Kaah Abel Nyamka in Bamenda.


Travelling with Charlie was Richard Murray, also from Mossvale Community Church and Pete Prosser who leads a small house church in Stewarton.

A busy schedule was planned for their time there, including Charlie speaking at the Leadership programme and Evangelical Missionary Alliance conference including ordination / commissioning of new / pioneer leaders; meetings with pastors and leaders.
(The EMA not only networks and supports ministries across Cameroon, but also sends missionaries and teams into unreached parts of the country and into neighbouring countries; it has a network of missions focussed churches and new churches that have been planted as a result of evangelism.)
They were also involved with churches and radio ministry in a number of places and taking resources that have been given to help ministries there.

We were excited about the opportunity to be involved with trip, and supporting Charlie in his ongoing work and vision for Cameroon. His next trip is in 2007.