The Clergyman are the backbone of WAECA. They are made up of the church members of the Warakamb Seventh day Adventist Church, the pastors and and the laymen.

Adventists march towards the Annual Seventh Day Adventist Church for the grand opening.

The Clergyman, especially the pastors, laymen and senior church members work hard, bringing the good news to as many members of the valley as they can.  When satan is on the loose and creating havoc, these people keep the fire burning to bring light to otherwise would have been a very dark area of the world.  May God continue to guide them and bless them.

Village chiefs who have become adventists. From left, Monderep Ipi, Paki, Maul Pep and Moul Isiah. They have given up their old ways to live in the way Jesus taught. More village chiefs have showed an interest to get baptised and it is our aim to go out to this sort of man to live as good christians.

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Retired Pastors 

We would like to Highlight the work done by our pastors and retired pastors. The retired pastors were almost all uneducated. They were inspired by the holy spirit to read the bible, even in English, extract the message, and give to the illiterate, the uncivilized, and some of the most difficult people.

The retired Pastors of the Warakamb valley as of April 2008.

 They were humble and did their jobs with all their might. They spread the word far and wide through out the Western Highlands Union Mission (Seventh day Adventist Church)  in Papua New Guinea.

Pr. Kep Karte and Pr. Pendet Kome. They were amongst the early missionaries who went on to become pastors. 

 In return, the Lord Blessed them and gave them good health, good wifes who helped them and good children, some of  whom are now well educated and helping to build Papua New Guinea. We pay tribute to our retired Pastors. As of April 2008, the Pastors who had retired so far are: Pr. Kep Karte, Pr. Amos, Pr. Assa Wap and Pr. Kainakali. Pastor Pendet Kome will be retiring soon. Although retired, they still play a major role in spreading the word of God.

The Laymen

Our laymen help the pastors to help spread the word of God and also help run the conventions. There are 6 currently. They have their families to look after but they also look after other church members. Paying them has been an issue. We still have been short financially in paying our laymen who work very hard. We still need lot of help in this area. We pray that some day, we will have the means to help them do the work even more and also get new people trained.  We pray our laymen will continue to do the good job. May the Holy Spirit guide them.

Volunteers and laymen in the Warakamb Valley

The Church Members

There are almost a thousand Seventh day Adventist Church members in the Warakamb Valley. There are several more thousand who are interested and willing to get baptized in the future. This was evident during the last WAECA convention when prominent village chiefs and leaders showed an interest in getting baptized and lined up along the Mendi Kandep Highway.

 The Church members are both young and old. The pioneer members act as Dickens and the young join the youth groups who sing in choire groups and also go around helping the needy.

Warakamb Women's Group

The Warakamb Women's group is a group of all the adventist mothers in the valley. They basically go around to help each other in times of physical and spiritual needs.

During the WAECA conventions, the mothers come together to prepare food, accommodation and needs of elites as well as guests. They also go to other meetings within the district  or Western Highlands union mission. They have their own prayer group. We thank them for their never ending prayers during the conventions and also before.

Warakamb women rehearsh a march for the Kandep district end of year closing gathering.

The elites owe a lot to the Warakamb women who do some of the hard works in going around praying for the sick, and spreading the word of God.

Warakamb Youth Group.

These collection of Young Warakamb Adventist church members lead in singing and welcoming guests apart from their other duties.

Youth members help carry tatched leaves for the roof of a house.                                                                          

They raise funds to pay for their trips to church gathering mainly by doing physical work for people who can pay. Sometimes, they can do a whole day's work for only a few dollars (kina) as many people can not afford to pay more.

A choire group practise a welcome song.

Warakamb Children.

Currently the Warakamb children still lack a proper school and health services. Many children die of preventable diseases such as diarhoea, pneumonia, malaria and typhoid. Children who grow up in an adventist family are not as bad.

Warakamb Children enjoy a swim in the Warakamb river

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