Mobilization through short-term mission trips
Imagine a group of young people travelling together along the coast of northern Mozambique. They are from Lesotho, Botswana and Kenya. Are they tourists? University students on assignment? No. They are young missionaries ...
Read MoreSons and daughters of Africa: arise and pray to the Lord of the harvest!
For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name. For my name will be great among the nations. (Malachi 1:11 ESV).
Today, the miss...
Read MoreThe ministry of mobilization for such a time as this
We are all involved to some degree in the ‘art’ of mobilization – motivating, persuading or influencing others towards something. From this perspective, everyone is a mobilizer but when this is about the Great Commission, it is...
Read MorePeople Groups: Imazighen
The Imazighen are the original people of North Africa. Their culture and civilisation have thrived for more than 4,000 years.
In their language, Imazighen means ‘men who are free’. However, they are often called Berbers, a...
Read MoreNumbers of Christians in Africa
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Read MoreEthiopian missions: A history of prayer and sacrifice
The Gospel first arrived in Ethiopia nearly 2,000 years ago. The Holy Spirit sent Philip into the desert to explain the scriptures to an Ethiopian official in the court of Queen Candace (Acts 8). Today, the Holy Spirit is sending Ethiopians into t...
Read MorePanya Baba: The father of Nigerian Missions
Panya Dabo Baba has been described as one of the fathers of modern African missions and the“greatest missiologist of the ECWA” (Evangelical Church Winning All) denomination. Today, 70 years after his first missionary assignment, he continues t...
Read MoreOne Malagasy woman and the women who lined her path
Ramatoa Razarinia was one of the first Malagasy women to be sent as a missionary to the southeast coast of Madagascar. Born in 1867, she would go on to forge a path lined with women who moved mountains with her and for her. Like the Apostle Paul i...
Read MorePioneer Xhosa missionary opens doors in Malawi
Leave darkness! Come to the light!
Pum’ebumnyameni! Yiza ekukanyeni!
Take up the shield and trust in faith!
Qubula ikaka umise nge kohlo!...
Stephen continues the story of Tangale missionaries
Stephen Nitte looks completely at home amidst the laboratory equipment at Partners in Hope Medical Centre in Malawi, southern Africa. His most natural expression is a big smile. A missionary from Nigeria, his qualifications in medical laboratory s...
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