Tambaya

Contact: Serving in Mission (SIM)

Tambaya has been known to the body at Metro-East Christian Fellowship (MECF) for 16 years. He was just a teenager when a short-term mission team from MECF first met him. During an open prayer meeting, the Lord invited Pastor Rich to pray over Tambaya in what turned out to be a prayer of ordination.

Since that event in the early Spring of 1999, Tambaya has grown in his faith, in his knowledge of the Lord, and in spiritual wisdom. After graduating from seminary in Nigeria, he began pasturing his people in local gatherings and in nomadic settings in the far reaches of the mid-Sahara.

Tambaya is highly respected as a Christian servant-leader. He is now a primary leader in efforts to translate the Bible and supplemental Christian study materials from French into the Fufulde language, having completed the New Testament early this year. He has spearheaded the production of field-friendly audio-visual material for Christian instruction of Muslims that is being used in five nations, including Niger, Chad, La, Benin, and Burkina Faso.

MECF supports Tambaya through Serving in Mission (SIM), an international organization with more than 4,000 workers serving in more than 70 countries, including the Wodaabe-Fulani in Niger, Africa.