Volume 9.2
God is indeed raising an army of missionaries from Africa. Many are stepping out in faith with little consistent support while others have been abandoned in the field with inadequate resources. Missions funding remains a major challenge in Africa, even though the African Church is endowed with resources for the task. This issue highlights different ways of funding missions, and shares inspiring stories of faithful and cheerful missions giving.
Missions funding in Africa
Bongo, his wife, and five children serve as missionaries in remote north-western Kenya. As Bongo stared into the 47°C sweltering afternoon, he had many questions about financing missions. He recognized that God is indeed raising an army of missio...
God’s vision meets God’s provision
In an attempt to unify the country after Nigeria’s civil war, then military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, introduced the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in 1973, deploying graduates of higher institutions to serve acros...
Called: Baba Adamu Akawu – no excuses in missions giving
Most people wait until they have it all figured out before they engage in missions, but not Baba Adamu Akawu. Born in 1949, Baba Akawu, now 75 years old, is a living testimony that serving God in missions is a heart matter.
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A partnership between God and man
Talk to African missionaries and they will tell you that their biggest stress is money. I know several missionaries who left this vocation due to many years of lack. Shouldn’t African missionaries enjoy the blessings of sufficient support like m...
A letter to the African Church
If missions is God’s heartbeat, then his Church’s budget must reflect same in the allocation of funds. However, this is not the usual case, especially in Africa.
Doing missions cross-culturally has major cost components such as liv...
Funding ideas
Tim Welch’s book, New Funding Models for Global Mission, Learning From the Majority World, shares creative ways to fund missions...
Financial integrity and accountability in missions
At a training for all our project managers in SIM Burkina Faso, we found Paul’s advice about managing and distributing raised funds very valuable. The churches in Jerusalem were in need because of a serious famine. Over time, Paul raised m...
Giving from the beginning
Founded in 1927, the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (EKHC) has almost 12 million members in over 12,000 local congregations. From the church’s inception, local congregations were expected to share the gospel as soon as they began to follow Je...
People Group: Chinese immigrants to Africa
Across Africa, Chinese nationals are arriving to do business. Many are middle class people who have come to invest and make money, though some have been hired by other Chinese to work as labourers, factory workers, or even prostitutes. Most c...
