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People groups: university students

Currently 1,497 registered universities and tertiary institutions in Africa serve approximately five million students. In general, about 60 per cent of the African population identify as Christians and about 30 per cent as Muslims. The N...

Book Review: Shining Like Stars

by Lindsay Brown Published by Intervarsity Press UK, 2006

Shining like Stars: The Power of the Gospel in the World’s University is a book about the ever-living Christ impacting the citadels of learning – universities and coll...

Called: Thaddeus and Lucy Gichana

The firstborn child, I (Thaddeus) was raised in a family of three boys and two girls. Raising five children was an uphill task for my mother, a committed Christian, who was widowed at age 22. When I was six years old, one of my uncles took me in...

Not too young!

Nigeria, the giant of Africa, sometimes gains notoriety for the wrong reasons. Yet here we are raising a generation of young people who, like Josiah, can rise from the ashes of the failure of their elders to establish and fulfill God’s purpose. ...

Zambia: the joy of student ministry

Kalidas Bwalya says, “ I got saved in my teens, so I feel passionate about young people. I believe it’s the time that they either lose or find their way. Being in a position where I can share Christ with them is something I count as privilege....

Play your part!

Prosper Isichei addresses key issues facing young people with a heart for mission.

If a young person feels called to mission, what can help confirm that call?

As we...

What can youth offer mission?

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. (1 Timothy 4:12)

When we talk about mission, it’s important th...