Unafraid of the Sacred Forest

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Are there still missionaries in Africa? Surely not Hasnt a westernised media reached everywhere? Yet - there are still places largely undisturbed by the modern world, places where a foreigner is someone from a village 5 miles away. Strange societies - where there are only 6 days to the week and no such thing as a year (and consequently no birthdays)? Where polygamy is a virtue and sisters are regularly swapped? Where the most powerful people in a village are not tribal chiefs but Witch Doctors, who have practiced their art for fathomless years? Places held sacred for millennia places where to be afraid is good for your chances of survival. In such places live the Konkomba. In this exciting story of modern missionary endeavour a strong, counter-cultural theme of sacrifice comes through. Ronald and Rossana Lidorio, working on the foundations of others, have seen 17 churches planted in this previously un-reached area - and 81 church leaders trained. The Konkomba tribes are now sending th