Testimony

THE FASINRO  FAMILY

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Yinka’s Testimony

I am the Evangelist Yinka E. Fasinro. I am the second oldest of five children. I have three brothers and one sister and were all raised in the fear and admonition of the Lord.

Born in Nigeria, Africa, I moved to America when I was twelve years old. I found myself participating in various church activities in a Catholic church. I sung in the choir, was an altar boy, even read the scripture from the pulpit. When I was invited to visit a local independent Baptist church (First Baptist Church, Rosemount, MN), I discovered that salvation was not based on what you’ve done but whom you’ve trusted. After trusting Christ as my personal Savior in 1980, I began running from God for fear of Him wanting me to be a preacher. I found myself being a part of the world and participating in worldly things because of that fear. Through it all God’s grace kept me, for He had a plan for my life. In the spring of 1986 in Kansas City, MO, I surrendered my life for His will.

May 1987, was a miraculous and revolutionized year for me. The Lord called me into the ministry, to preach and teach His unadulterated, uncompromisable Word. In the fall of 1987, the Lord led me to go to Bible College. When I moved to North Carolina, I transferred to Carolina Baptist College in 1994 and received a Bachelor of Theology Degree. In 1997 I received a Health Minister Certificate from Back To The Garden Ministries, NC. In 1999 I was licensed, ordained, and commissioned out of New Life Baptist Church as an Evangelist.

Since going into the ministry in 1987, I went to Gary, Indiana and helped hold church services in a community center in the neighborhood. From there I worked in the bus ministry at First Baptist Church of Rosemount, MN. Then became Junior Church Pastor and Bus Captain at New Life Baptist Church, Concord, NC.

While attending New Life Baptist Church in Concord, NC, I met my loving and beautiful wife, Vanessa. On July 23, 1994, we were united in Holy Matrimony. We’ve been blessed with two daughters, Shaday and Alexa, and three sons Benjamin, Timothy, and Daniel.

In December 2004 while visiting my native country of Nigeria for the first time in 26 years, I felt God’s calling on my life to return to Nigeria as an Evangelist in the country. With a population of 150 million people in Nigeria, there are only 6 missionaries and 85 Independent Bapt Churches which are mostly pastored by nationals. My burden is to be of help and encourage the nationals by soulwinning, holding Revival meetings in their churches, and equipping  them with a supply of well needed printed materials such as Bibles, Tracts, and Study Materials. My desire is to go throughout the country with the Lord’s help preaching and teaching Jesus Christ and see many other churches started and souls coming to the knowledge of the Truth.

We will travel out of a local Independent Baptist church in Nigeria as we also assist the pastor as he trains national pastors to start Independent Baptist churches through his Bible School. And finally,  We want to eventually plant several portable Christian Radio Stations that will broadcast the Truth of the gospel throughout the country. As far as we know, there are NO Fundamental Baptist radio stations in the country this size!

Vanessa’s Testimony

Vanessa, when she was fourteen years of age, received Christ while attending New Life Baptist Church. In 1989, Vanessa continued her education by attending Texas Baptist College in Longview, Texas. She graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Religious Education degree in Elementary Education.

The Fasinro family are an Independent, Fundamental, Separated Baptist family

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ABOUT NIGERIA

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Geography Location

  • Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Benin and Cameroon

Area

  • total area: 923,770 sq km
  • land area: 910,770 sq km
  • comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of California

Land Boundaries

  • total of 4,047 km, Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km, Coastline: 853 km
  • continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
  • exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
  • territorial sea: 30 nm

International Disputes

  • Demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; dispute with Cameroon over land and maritime boundaries in the vicinity of the Bakasi Peninsula has been referred to the International Court of Justice Climate: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north Terrain: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north Natural resources: petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, and natural gas

Land use

  • arable land: 31%
  • permanent crops: 3%
  • meadows and pastures: 23%
  • forest and woodland: 15%
  • other: 28%
  • Irrigated land: 8,650 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment

  • Current issues: soil degradation; rapid deforestation; desertification; recent droughts in north severely affecting marginal agricultural activities
  • Natural hazards: periodic droughts

The People [Source of Information: CIA World Factbook and other websites]

  • Population: 101,232,251 (July 1995 est.)

Age Structure

  • 0-14 years: 45% (female 22,643,026; male 22,850,322)
  • 15-64 years: 52% (female 25,842,286; male 26,978,906)
  • 65 years and over: 3% (female 1,438,392; male 1,479,319) (July 1995 est.)

Population

  • Growth rate: 3.16% (1995 est.)
  • Birth rate: 43.26 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  • Death rate: 12.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  • Net migration rate: 0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  • Infant mortality rate: 72.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth:

  • Total population: 55.98 years
  • Male: 54.69 years
  • Female: 57.3 years (1995 est.)
  • Total fertility rate: 6.31 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality

  • Noun: Nigerian(s)
  • Adjective: Nigerian

Ethnic divisions

  • North: Hausa and Fulani
  • Southwest: Yoruba
  • Southeast: Ibos; non-Africans 27,000
  • Note: Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibos together make up 65% of population

Religions

  • Muslim 50%
  • Christian 40%
  • Indigenous beliefs 10%

Languages

  • English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, FulaniLiteracy: age 15 and over can read and write (1982)

Labor Force

  • 42.844 million by occupation: agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%

Economy

  • The Economy of Nigeria [Source of Information: CIA World Factbook ] Overview: The oil-rich Nigerian economy continues to be hobbled by political instability and poor macroeconomic management. Nigeria’s unpopular military rulers show no sign of wanting to restore democratic civilian rule in the near future and appear divided on how to redress fundamental economic imbalances that cause troublesome inflation and the steady depreciation of the naira. The government’s domestic and international arrears continue to limit economic growth — even in the oil sector – and prevent an agreement with the IMF and bilateral creditors on debt relief. The inefficient (largely subsistence) agricultural sector has failed to keep up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food.

National Product

  • GDP purchasing power parity $122.6 billion (1994 est.)
  • National product real growth rate: -0.8% (1994 est.)
  • National product per capita: $1,250 (1994 est.)

Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)

  • 53% (1993 est.)

Unemployment Rate

  • 28% (1992 est.)

Budget

  • Revenues: $9 billion
  • Expenditures: $10.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1992 est.)

Exports

  • $11.9 billion (f.o.b., 1992)
  • Commodities: oil 95%, cocoa, rubber
  • Partners: US 54%, EC 23%

Imports

  • $8.3 billion (c.i.f., 1992) commodities: machinery and equipment, manufactured goods, food and animals partners: EC 64%, US 10%, Japan 7%

External Debt

  • $29.5 billion (1992)

Industrial production

  • Growth rate 7.7% (1991); accounts for 43% of GDP, including petroleum

Electricity

  • Capacity: 4,570,000 kW
  • Production: 11.3 billion kWh
  • Consumption per capita: 109 kWh (1993)

Infrastructure

  • Communications
  • Transportation

Industries

  • Crude oil and mining — coal, tin, columbite; primary processing industries – palm oil, peanut, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins; manufacturing industries – textiles, cement, building materials, food products, footwear, chemical, printing, ceramics, steel

Agriculture

  • Accounts for 35% of GDP and half of labor force; cash crops — cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, rubber; food crops — corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava, yams; livestock – cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; fishing and forestry resources extensively exploited; see also Foods and Foodstuff in Nigeria

Illicit drugs

  • Passenger and cargo air hub for West Africa; facilitates movement of heroin en route from Southeast and Southwest Asia to Western Europe and North America; increasingly a transit route for cocaine from South America intended for West European, East Asian, and North American markets

Economic Aid

  • Recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $705 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $2.2 billion

Currency

  • 1 naira (N) = 100 kobo

Exchange Rates

  • naira (N) per US$1 – 21.996 (January 1995), 21.996 (1994), 22.065 (1993), 17.298 (1992), 9.909 (1991), 8.038 (1990)

Fiscal Year

  • Calendar year
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