Decapolis Community Development Center

MAY 2026 UPDATE

You may remember that last year, we were invited to carry out a special project with an organization called Propcom+ where we trained over 700 women smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria and also trained over 100 of them to be local trainers. The aid organization behind the funding was so impressed with the results that they sent out a Nigerian TV crew to travel with our team to visit the farmers and trainers to produce a documentary. In addition to seeing the compost piles produced by our women’s cooperatives and farm plots prepped for planting, they also got to watch one of our trainers in Kano lead her very first training of 50 other women! It was such a special moment! And she did a great job—practical knowledge being shared from woman to woman in their own language! This is the kind of community intervention that is sustainable for breaking the cycle of poverty, hunger, and dependency. And when this is paired with a concentration on faithful stewardship of God’s creation and His provisions for us through that creation, that’s the perfect recipe for truly life-changing hope and joy. Check out the short highlight video clip from Propcom+ of Lydia, our trainer, here: https://bit.ly/Lydiahighlight.
Please continue to pray for the safety of our farmers across Nigeria as the security situation across the country continues to be tenuous.

“What you have heard me teach...I want you to pass along to trustworthy people who have the ability to teach others, too.” ~2 Timothy 2:2

If you are interested in helping us help multiply our efforts by training smallholder farmers across Nigeria as local trainers, you can become a monthly supporter or make a special gift donation through your preferred platform below:

checks: Commission To Every Nation
P.O. Box 291307
Kerrville, TX • 78029-1307

online: www.cten.org/crystalraphael

PayPal: [email protected]

Black gold! Nope, we're not talking oil, we're talking onion seeds. And not just any onion seeds - these are regeneratively produced onion seeds supplied by one of our farmers in Kano, Nigeria.

This same farmer was facing huge debts after a failed 2025 planting season in which onion farmers all across Nigeria incurred financial losses, running into billions of naira, due to substandard seeds, the severe effects of climate change, and issues with pests and diseases.

However, learning about the climate-resilient approach of gave him hope, and he went home and started implementing what he had been taught right away. With almost zero-input cost and creating a healthier soil environment for his plants, his farm became viable again (as evidenced here), enabling him to pay off his debt in a single planting season and providing him with premium seeds that will help to ensure high yields for subsequent plantings.

We love seeing our farmers move from hope to joy through faithful stewardship of God's earth and its resources. 🌍🌱💚

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World Food Programme
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Farmers International