As the pool of qualified teachers grows, WAAST can consider opening new centers. Two new strategic centers are needed, in Senegal and in Niger. Both countries have a largely Muslim population. The national churches are free to work, but they need more highly-trained teachers for their schools. Discussions are underway to establish these centers.
Although the long civil war ended several years ago, thousands of refugees still live in makeshift homes in Freetown, the capital city. Many are maimed and hurting. Witchcraft, secret societies, and Islam keep many in bondage. At the WAAST center, based at the Bible school in Freetown, students are being equipped with the Word of God to better reach these people and to train others. The superintendent and the director of the Bible school will graduate this year from AGGST.
The first group of 8 students from our newest center, in Kigali, Rwanda, graduated last November. Most of the students in this center actually come from the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Both Rwanda and eastern DRC have known the pain of war and ethnic conflict. These graduates are a blessing to the growing churches in both countries as they take the healing Word to hurting people.
This center opened in 1998 and is growing as a graduate directs it. The Ghana AG counts nearly 1.5 million, but half of its 2,500+ churches lack a trained pastor. WAAST and AGGST graduates are teaching in all 3 Assemblies of God Bible schools and in the extension center. The need for good Pentecostal training is great, as syncretism and the prosperity gospel are ongoing temptations. 
This center, begun in 2000, continues to flourish under the able coordination of 2 WAAST graduates. Several have completed or are studying in the M.A. program, and the coordinators are in the PAThS doctoral program. More workers are needed in the east to bring hope and light to people plagued by war and poverty—but they aren't always welcomed. This past year 2 students were poisoned as they were planting a church. God preserved their lives; may this be a testimony!
WAAST’s first extension center was opened in Côte d’Ivoire in 1994. Several graduates now have their master’s degrees and some teach in the 3 Bible schools and for WAAST. The AG there has 1,000+ congregations, but 300 of these lack a credentialed pastor, so the job of training is far from finished. 
The Full Gospel Mission in Cameroon, with whom our 8 missionaries work, has only about 300 credentialed pastors to serve its 1,230 churches. Since the center opened in 1997 more than 50 have graduated from WAAST and several from AGGST. They are involved in Bible school training, university ministry, missions, evangelism, and other ministries, as well as pastoring. Please pray 
