The first lesson for 20 pastors on discipleship and counseling took place on December 15, 2020, in the city of Blantyre. They all serve diligently in Malawi and Mozambique. Eleven churches were founded in Mozambique and nine churches in Malawi. For more than two months young pastors learned to help new believers to grow in faith. Without their wives and children, they went to villages and towns to plant churches. Many of them live in poverty and only have enough for the essentials.
Since we could not meet them in person we did all the lessons online. This was our first experience with distance learning and we grateful to God that despite all the chaos in the world, the Word of God keeps spreading, people come to faith and churches are growing.
For the second year we work with them, thank you for your support. Support for one pastor and his family to us costs $100 per month. We believe that God blessed the preaching of the Gospels so that 20 churches could be planted within one year in Mozambique and Malawi.
Over the past year, our students opened 11 new churches in Mozambique and Malawi has 9 new churches. We planned to gather students and continue to teach and through discipleship and caring for new believers. Despite limitations, the word of God is preached and many accepted Christ.
This is a joy not only for church planters but also for those who were saved through faith. We want to focus on discipleship. Those who have accepted Christ know very little scripture and by being uneducated the church is in danger of losing them. I personally visited all young pastors in the area and I’m very grateful to God for their courage and openness to preach the gospel from house to house.
Discipleship and Counseling training will help them not to spend not only more time in conversations, but and direct people to Jesus for the healing of their hearts. With monthly support of 100 dollars, each of them will able to rent a house for a family, rent premises for the church, and purchase food for their families. Within two years after planting a church we believe that it will self-sufficient and able to provide for their pastors! Glory to God for your participation in the foundation of new churches in Malawi and Mozambique!
I would like to introduce you to Andrew Cammwamba. He was born on September 18, 1973, in Blantyre, Malawi. Andrew is happily married to Zelesie and has nine children. He is a born-again Christian with the gift of teaching and evangelism.
He is currently opening a church in the Nhatabay region.
Nhatabay is a port on the shores of Lake Malawi. Here resides the Tonga tribe,
which lives off fishing and trading. Their main food is fish and rice. The
people of Tonga have their own language and culture. One thing we noticed about
them is that they love cleanliness and order.
But like all tribes in Malawi, the people of Tonga are sinners and need salvation. These are proud people, involved in immorality and witchcraft. Andrew did not know anyone in Nhatabay, so he had to knock on doors and talk to them individually. By God’s grace, 14 people turned to the Lord. In the images, you can see our new brothers and sisters and the largest ship they use for transport in the ports of Lake Malawi. Despite strict restrictions, which include banning groups of more than 10 people from meeting and being together for more than 1 hour, preaching the Gospel leads many people to Christ.
We thank you for participating in the founding of this
church. Andrew is now teaching discipleship lessons to strengthen new believers
in the word of God. Pray for this family!
Our pastors, who open new churches in different parts of the country, get to meet not only Islamists but also followers of traditional African religions.
These include the “Gule Vankulu” traditions. Gule Vankulu
adherents are found in both Malawi and Mozambique. This is the traditional
belief in worshiping the spirits of the ancestors and invoking the spirits of
the dead. By worshiping idols, they also practice witchcraft. These are
aggressive people, and hostile to Christians, they are rude and swear a lot.
Some of our members were part of this sect. We see that when the Gospel is
preached through the power of God, it is bringing salvation to all who believe
in Jesus Christ.
Our ministry extends to both Malawi and bordering
Mozambique. Mozambique has a population of 31.26 million and Malawi 19.13
million. Muslims in Mozambique make up 17% and in Malawi 12% of the population.
Mosques are being built in strategic locations in all cities and rural
development centers.
Taking advantage of poverty, they drill wells to provide relief and transfer them to the needy population, build schools, and provide scholarships for students.
This is why church planters are being trained to preach the
gospel even more successfully.
Unlike Malawi, Mozambique was once a communist country, which did not allow churches except for the Roman Catholic. It has 10 large provinces. We only operate in the province of Tete, and we hope to reach other provinces in the future. Pray for our pastors who are planting new churches in Malawi and Mozambique!
Partson Mbundula was born on March 13th, 1991 in
Blantyre – Malawi. He is married to Memori Katepa. God blessed them with two
healthy children – Taniva and Daniel.
Memori is a qualified primary school teacher and is ready to help her husband in the ministry. Partson, prior to becoming a Christian, was the head of a notorious street gang. The devil took advantage of him when his father divorced his mother in 2003. He hated his father and could not forgive him. But Jesus had other plans for him. Partson accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior, who changed him completely. After completing a church planting course, he went to minister in the city of Chipoka in eastern Malawi. This is his third month of ministry and God gave him 26 members who accepted Jesus as their Savior.
Chipoka is located on the shores of Lake Malawi, which is
dominated by Muslims from the Yao and Chewa tribes. They listen carefully to
the good news, and we pray that God will reveal himself to them! Despite the
limitations, God lets the church grow.
Pray for Parson, his family, and the young church in Chipok that they will be used by God to save many of the local tribes.
Henderson Kautsi was born on 02.25.1990 in Ntcheu County, Malawi. He is a university graduate with a degree in Logistics and Supply Management. He is currently attending a theological school, married to Tendai, and blessed with one daughter, Raina. Henderson is a born again Christian and blessed with the gift of an evangelist.
After a three-month training from January to March 2020. Henderson began his ministry in the village of Natenye in the vicinity of Lilongwe. People here are very poor, live from agriculture, which gives them barely enough food. He began to work with the Cheva and Gulevankulu tribes. There were no believers in this village, but I am pleased to inform you that God led more than 20 people to salvation, through our brother, within three weeks. Even the leader accepted Jesus Christ.
Among those who came to God, there were 4 members of Gulevankulu. This is a tradition in Cheva associated with witchcraft and immoral behavior: they have a dirty speech, beat and enchant people.
Despite the coronavirus, God and his children do a great job. And all this is possible thanks to your support. Since January 2020, our pastoral school, as you can see, has been working effectively!
