Presbyterian church Bali celebrates centenary

The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, PCC Bali in the Northwest Region shall celebrate her 100 years anniversary on October 5, 2014.

The ceremony shall coincide with two other events, namely: the recent creation of that Presbytery and the induction of the pioneer Presbytery Secretary, Rev. Kingsley Titatang. It shall be presided over by the PCC Moderator, the Right Rev. Dr. Festus A. Asana.


Rev Titatang, talking to The Post recently, said the October 5 celebration will be unique because of the three events. Titatang who, three months ago, was transferred from the Nkambe Presbytery as the Donga-Mantung Presbytery Secretary, after four years of service, boasted that it was a blessing for him being appointed to serve his own people as ‘a son of the soil’. He said, the creation Bali Presbytery, coming only now, remains God’s design.


Titatang recalled that the first Presbyterian Missionaries arrived at Bali in the Northwest Region in 1914 and Rev. Lambache, a missionary of blessed memory built the first church in Ntafoin-Bali. He said this has remained the monument of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon where the PC gained her independence in 1957.


He said, the history of the PC Bali would remain immensely thankful to Elias Ndifon who translated the Bible then into Mungaka, the language of the Bali people.


The man of God explained three dimensions of advancement of the PCC: the church itself, education and health. He said the PCC has 29 Presbyteries with Bali an over-due Presbytery coming up but only now as God had decreed.

He said the PCC has made a magnificent contribution to education in Cameroon. He said the second oldest secondary school in the country, CPC Bali, opened in 1949, has produced refined brains serving within and without the country.


He added that the school was not only harbouring the CPC but also baby-sitting the Cameroon Christian University which went operational in October 2010. He continued that the completed her 100 year history with the opening of the university, a clearer evident of outstanding growth.


In health, Titatang said, though the church had failed structurally in this domain, it should be noted that the PCC is the champion of eye-care in the whole of Africa and third in the world, following a recent international classification.


The Reverend Pastor said the PCC is rendering many other services. “So, if I was to blow the trumpet of the church; we have done so much and will continue to do more in all domains, God willing. In terms of the Gospel, Bali is the birth place and one can count the several Presbyterian Churches today in Cameroon,” he explained.