Beyond the Crisis: Mission Amid Persecution 🌍
From protection to preparation
Summary: When persecution strikes, the instinct is often to rescue and extract — but what if that’s the wrong response? Augustin Longa challenges the African Church to rethink protection versus preparation, calling for a new ...
Read MorePerspectives: A wider table, a global vision – longer version
Summary: A landmark missions course just got a major update. Suzy Abrahams reviews the newly revised Perspectives on the World Christian Movement and explains why its wider, more global vision matters for the Church today.
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Faith under fire – longer version
Summary: Africa is home to a thriving, fast-growing church — and also some of the deadliest violence against Christians anywhere in the world. Gideon Para-Mallam lays out the sobering statistics behind persecution on the continent and what...
Read MoreKundi la watu: Wabaka
Watu wa kabila la Wabaka wa kusini-mashariki mwa KamerunI ndio kundi kubwa zaidi kati la Mbilikimo kadhaa waliotawanyika kote Afrika ya Kati. Mbilikimo wana kimo kidogo, likiwa na wanaume watu wazima wasiozidi sentimita 155.
Wabaka wanaabud...
Read MoreMbuzi na vitunguu saumu kwa ajili ya injili
Purple Horizon ndio jina la shamba letu. ‘Zambarau’ hurejelea mti maalum unaogeuka zambarau kila Oktoba na umuhimu wake kama mahali pa sala. Pia inawakilisha ukuu wa Bwana Yesu. ‘Horizon’ inarejelea uwezekano usio na kikomo kwa Waafrika wa...
Read MoreWajibu wa mchungaji kuamsha moyo wa umisheni katika kanisa la Tanzania
Mimi nilizaliwa na kumwamini Yesu kwenye moja ya makanisa ya Kiinjili Tanzania (evangelicals). Chakushangaza ni kwamba nilijua kuwa umisheni ni kazi ya mzungu (white man’s work)! Nilipojiunga na chuo cha theologia, Scott Christian University, mw...
Read MoreMchungaji wetu alifanya wito wetu wa kimishenari uwezekane
Maombi yamekuwa hitaji muhimu sana. Mke wangu na mimi hutumika mbali na nchi yetu, na mchungaji wetu huko nyumbani huhamasisha kusanyiko lote kutuombea. Angewaambia kwenye ibada ya Jumapili waangalie upande wa eneo letu la umisheni na kuomba, kish...
Read MoreKuelekea makanisa yenye nia ya umisheni zaidi
Agizo moja ambalo kanisa linapaswa kukumbuka ni Mt. 28:19: “Kwa hiyo enendeni mkafanye wanafunzi kutoka katika mataifa yote, mkiwabatiza katika jina la Baba na la Mwana na la Roho Mtakatifu.”
Kanisa linaloenda haliko kwenye jengo lake t...
Read MoreKumwezesha mshirika wako kuingia katika umisheni
Nairobi Chapel ni kanisa kubwa lenye nia ya umisheni nchini Kenya. Wametuma wamishenari 31 na timu 33 za muda mfupi na wana matokeo katika nchi 16. Faith Mugera, mchungaji wa umisheni, anashirikisha mawazo sita ambayo wameanzisha ili kuratibu prog...
Read MoreMoyo wa Mchungaji, Itikio la Kanisa
Baba yake alikuwa wa imani ya Kibaha’i na alifanya uuguzi. Alidai kuponya watu na kumtayarisha mtoto wake kufuata nyayo zake. Kwa bahati mbaya, hakuweza kujiokoa kutokana na ugonjwa uliomwua.
“Baada ya baba yangu kufa, niliona uwezo wa ...
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