Training of Evangelists in the Southern Zone of ACT

We praise God for the success of our recent training seminar for lay evangelists of the Southern Zone of the Anglican Church of Tanzania. This is the second in a series of seminars following the training we did in the Western Zone last year. 

The 4 day seminar took place in the diocese of Masasi in the town of Tunduru and over 100 evangelists attended from 5 different dioceses. Tunduru is a key area for evangelism in the diocese of Masasi and so was chosen as a focus for the seminar which involved practical evangelistic work as well as training.
 

Rev Can David Haj

Rt. Rev James Almasi

We had 2 amazing teachers, Rev Canon David Haji of AEA (Anglican Evangelical Association) and Rt. Rev James Almasi, the Bishop of Masasi.

Each morning involved teaching in the classroom together with prayer and worship. The first 2 evenings evangelists divided into groups to carry out door to door evangelism, which was a very encouraging time of meeting with people of other faiths and sharing the good news of the Gospel. They were generally well received and many people responded positively to the Gospel.
 










The following 2 evenings we held an open air mission, preaching the Gospel and Worshipping God amongst the local community. Large numbers of people came to hear the word and receive prayer ministry. Many gave their lives to Christ and others were delivered of evil spirits. Following the mission we also showed the Jesus film on a large screen outdoors to which more people came. The local church is now following up those who responded during this mission, meeting with them and discipling them regularly. Please pray for this ongoing work and those individuals.

 

Sunday Morning Service

On the Saturday morning one of our evangelists was made a deacon of the Anglican Church in a wonderful service of the high church tradition which is dominant in the South of Tanzania. On the Sunday morning, a group of us went to minister at a small church plant, which is very new and has no building but meets under a Mango tree. It was a wonderful service and during prayer ministry around half the congregation came forward to make a renewed commitment to Christ. We praise God for this and pray that he continues to build and encourage this congregation 

We ask that you join us to pray for all those evangelists who attended the course. It was a huge blessing to all involved and we pray that they will now be equipped and fired up to return to their dioceses and work for the Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit.

We thank you for your prayers and for your support without which we would not be able to do this work. We ask for your continued prayers as we make plans to continue training like this in the remaining 3 zones of the Anglican Church. Our greatest challenge is funding and resources and we ask that if you feel able to support this work you consider making a donation on our just giving page using the link at the top of this blog. The seminars are not expensive, particularly considering the impact that they have. We need only around £3000 for one seminar.

God bless you.

Music School and Crosslinks Biblical Training Seminar

 

 

 



Music Class 2015

We praise God that our annual one month music school was once again a huge success this year. The school, which gathers those involved in music ministry from all over the country, aims to teach music skills and also encourage and build up students spiritually so they are better equipped to serve God effectively in the ministry to which he has called them.

This year 31 students attended representing 17 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, together with representatives of the Lutheran Church and Pentecostal Churches.

Students were taught piano, guitar and singing skills, music theory, composition of songs, and many aspects of music ministry. They were also given the challenge of writing songs in groups based on challenging passages from scripture. Some of these songs can be seen in the videos below. This year songs were based on passages from Song of Songs and Hosea.



Former Student, Leonard, teaching piano

Piano class with teacher Douglas

The teachers this year were myself, evangelist Musa Njagamba, a gifted musician and evangelist who has been with us since we began this project 5 years ago and Douglas Mdimu, who was teaching for the first time this year but proved to be a valuable member of the team as a gifted teacher and a humble servant of God. We were also joined by Leonard Kassembe and Godlove Mpandiko, two former students of this course who were now able to teach in some areas and did extremely well. It is wonderful to see the fruits of our previous work.



Former student Godlove, teaching guitar

The course was a huge blessing to all involved, teachers and students alike. Please pray that all who attended will be equipped to enhance the musical worship of their churches and pass on their knowledge and experiences to others.



Crosslinks School of Biblical Training

Also in August we were privileged to receive guests from Crosslinks UK who came to facilitate a seminar entitled "School of Biblical Training", training pastors, preachers, church leaders and evangelists in preaching skills. The seminar took place in Morogoro and representaives from the 6 dioceses of the North and Eastern Zone of Tanzania participated. This seminar too was a great blessing to all involved and we pray that Crosslinks may be able to develop this work further in Tanzania to encourage and equip our preachers and evangelists in their ministry.

  

Next week we will be holding the second of our training seminars for lay evangelists, which will take place in the Southern zone of the Anglican Church, based in the diocese of Masasi. We hope that around 100 evangelists will attend this seminar and we pray again that they will be encouraged and equipped in their ministry. As well as the training aspect of the meeting, participants will also carry out door to door evangelism and a 2 day open air mission. Please pray that lives will be touched and people will come to know Christ.

As always we continue to struggle to find the funding necessary for all of these projects and we are very grateful to all those who have contributed financially and with musical instruments etc. Without these donations much of our work would not be possible. If you feel able to contribute please donate on our just giving page on the link above.

Please enjoy these videos from the music school....