The Christian Revival Church Association (CRCA), an indigenous body of Christ established in Liberia, in partnership with Indigenous People’s Technology Education Center (ITEC), an America-based organization, has begun training Liberian church leaders in extraction of tooth.
The on-going training is interactive and intensive for medical practitioners of the CRCA in the area of dentistry.
The dentist training is being conducted by American dentist-doctors and nurses and a Liberian dentist.
Currently, according to information, there are only eight (8) Liberian dentists in the country.
The participants are from the rural areas where CRCA branches are in Liberia. The trainees are expected to serve as trainers in the areas they came from.
Speaking with the team of American dentists at the training, it was revealed that they are in Liberia to teach Liberians how to extract teeth.
According to the team leader, Jaime Saint, their being in Liberia was based upon a request from the CRCA in the U.S to train Liberian medical practitioners in the area of dentistry.
The training, Saint said, was designed by ITEC and CRCA to boost the health sector of Liberia.
Recently, the team and CRCA conducted a mechanical training in Zwedru, Gedeh County.
The just-ended mechanical training held in Zwedru focused on maintenance and repair of various types of small engines. The training includes the repair of chainsaws, outboard generator, motorcycles, long-tailstyle boat motors, four stroke engines two stroke engines and electricity. The mechanical training was also designed to get participants up to speed with modern mechanical materials.
ITEC’s objective is to equip followers of Jesus with basic skills and tools that they can use as a door opener for sharing the Gospel.
Those conducting the dentist training are Jaime Saint, team leader; Jonathan Spenn, dentist-doctor; Amy Spenn, dentist; Ernie Myrick, dentist; Billy Turner, dentist; and Stanley Wright, a Liberian dentist.
For his part, the presiding Bishop of the CRCA, Dennis Aggrey, praised his partner, ITEC, for coming to Liberia to assist Liberian medical practitioners in the area of dentistry training.
Bishop Aggrey said Liberia, with almost five million people to only eight dentists, is worrisome for the CRCA. He noted that predicated upon such a gap in the service delivery of tooth extraction in Liberia, the CRCA decided to provide some help in this regard.
According to him, the CRCA is not just into sharing the Gospel, but also providing some solutions to societal issues.
Currently, CRCA is in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia with over one hundred and fifty (150) churches in the three West African countries.