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Disability and the Christian response
Ten to 15 per cent of the African population has some form of disability. This large number of more than 80 million people are the most marginalized in accessing basic services needed to live a quality life. Only five to 15 per cent of the people ...
Read MoreThey had written my story, but God had other plans
CALLED: FRANCIS MUGWANYA
When I was 17 years, I experienced a shift in perspective that changed my life. I met a missionary pastor at a nearby orphanage and he took me through scriptures like Jer...
Read MoreWelcome persons with disabilities
When you hear the words “people with disabilities”, what thoughts immediately come to mind? Persons with disabilities include those with “long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments, which in interaction with various barr...
Read MoreChamado: Tiffanie Ralambo – não mais solitária
Enfrentei muitas suspeitas quando cheguei como missionária Ă ilha. Desconhecido por mim, algumas mulheres malgaxes solteiras que chegaram antes de mim estavam envolvidas na prostituição. Foi difĂcil estabelecer-me como uma rapariga malgaxe so...
Read MoreOral teaching for discipleship school – developed in Africa
The AfriGO team heard about a new kind of discipleship training happening in Africa – based on learning using oral, rather than written, methods! Shirley Nyasha, Regional coordinator for YWAM’s Discipleship Training School in Southern Africa...
Read MoreA powerful platform for missions
Kaleel’s newfound faith and passion to reach his community hit a major obstacle when his family and neighbours turned against him, seeking his life. Forced to flee, Khaleel found refuge and support among fellow believers. He eventually connected...
Read MorePeople group: the Makwe of Tanzania and Mozambique
The Makwe of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique may be the amalgamation of several people groups who migrated out to the coasts of Mozambique and Tanzania during the late 1800s looking for work, but who stayed and formed their own group. ...
Read MoreSports chaplaincy: bridging the sports missionary gap
Sports Chaplaincy is the provision of spiritual care to believers and non-believers in the sports world. By integrating faith with sports, sports chaplaincy can bridge missionary gaps on the African continent. The Church has done lit...
Read MorePrayer as access for women in sports ministry
At the end of practice, fellow female football players gathered around me. I had sensed God call me to ask, “Would anyone like prayer?” It was a simple invitation. Many of these ladies were high school dropouts struggling in pove...
Read MoreCalled: Siyanda Landzela – making disciples among the fatherless
Fatherlessness is rampant in the Cape Town suburbs, with roots in the colonial era when many Xhosa fathers left their wives and children to work in the mines. Though those days are gone, absentee fathers have become a generational trend.
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