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In mid February, Believe in West Virginia had the opportunity to put together a meeting for some local business and religious leaders with the Rev. Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of the 700 Club.

An initial meeting took place between Rev. Jack Henry, BiWV Founder; John deBlecourt, BiWV Executive Director; Ken Simpson, President of Banner Realty; and Richard Walter, a missionary to Africa who works with Dr. Robertson.  The discussion focused on Dr. Robertson’s plans in Liberia, West Africa, a country he hopes to help gain maximum value from their natural resources.  Much like West Virginia, Liberia is rich with natural resources, but the people are not able to take full advantage of the value of these resources.  Liberia could benefit immensely from prevalent resources like gold and timber, but the country lacks the infrastructure to properly collect and process these items.   

After additional discussions between Mr. Walters and Rev. Henry, Dr. Robertson decided he wanted to come to West Virginia to further explain the plan and see if there is interest here in helping his efforts.  Along with Mr. Walters and others, Dr. Robertson came and explained the spiritual and political background of the country and their ideas for working in Liberia. 

 Although no one is definite about the future of this proposed relationship, it continues to be explored.  For BiWV the hope is to find ways to impact West Virginia and to impact the Kingdom of God both here and around the world.
There will be more to come…