The RCA (Reformed Church in Africa) grew from the missionary endeavours of the Dutch Reformed Church, focusing predominately on Hindu and Muslim communities of Indian descent. It was officially established on 27 August 1968 as the Indian Reformed Church who later changed its name to the Reformed Church in Africa. (Read more about this at […]
Registration prior to the Bible study sessions. They paid a K200/R4-fee that we gave back on the last day after the leader and AnnaMarie checked their files. Every item and the Bible, were taken care of very well! During the sessions, they memorized 2 Tim 3:16: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and […]
Earth Day is a movement that is more than 50 years old and first started in 1970. The mission of Earth Day is to champion diversity, educate people and activate a worldwide environmental movement. At the moment it is the world’s biggest environmental movement working together with more than 75 000 partners in more than […]
Last week Revs. Babalwa Sifuba, Moses Baartman and Stephen Pedro (MSS) facilitated a follow-up workshop for 11 pastors at the Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality in Wellington. The first workshop (in November 2020) empowered these pastors to start facilitating a Contextual Bible Reading (CBR) on the congregational level and also helped with the development of […]
Christian Audio-visual Action, known as CAVA, is a non-profit ministry based in Harare, Zimbabwe. This ministry started in the 1970s when missionaries wanted to address the needs of the Zimbabwe farm-workers. Sets of literature, audio-cassettes and picture books were made available to farmers with a manual tape player that could be operated without electricity or […]
The Barnabas Fund (https://barnabasfund.org/) in the United Kingdom is a relief organization with a passion for the church in need and tribulation worldwide. On their website it says, “Barnabas stands alongside our Christian brothers and sisters where they suffer discrimination and persecution by providing aid through our partners on the ground encouraging prayer, telling their […]
Josophat Mwale Theological Institute (JMTI) is the official theological seminary where CCAP Nkhoma Synod pastors are trained in preparation for pastoral ministry. After noticing that the traditional means of #evangelism do not yield the intended results, in December 2019 JMTI pastoral students started the Sports Evangelism program. They observed that sports activities pull […]
*By Sesugh Akume* Yesterday, close to 10 pm I received the sad news from my brother, Dooyum Akume, of the passing of our father, Othniel Akume, (5 August 1942 – 16 January 2021) at age 78. He was otherwise in good health until yesterday, when he wasn’t feeling that strong and taken to the hospital. […]
Nehemiah Bible Institute is a theological course developer that provides learning materials as a bridging course between matric and University, for Pastors and Church Leaders at grassroots training that have never had the opportunity to study formal theological education. Read their latest newsletter: NBI-Newsletter_13NOV2020
This series of meditations for the Week of Prayer 2021 has been prepared by Dr Eddie Orsmond of Wellington. (Click HERE to download.) In these meditations Dr Orsmond reflects on what Scripture tells us about prayer in our innermost room (closet); he touches on the essential elements of a blessed prayer life. It will be good […]