Baptised by Drug Lord
Here is what your faithful partnership made possible in the life of a homeless man in Cape Town, a man who had little hope. That’s till a team of Disciple-Makers comprised of former gang members crossed his path and the path of 10 other homeless people. “Silumku* went through the Life Plan process in September. […]
Philip’s Story
Philip is part of the Kasi network in South Africa, a team of Disciple-Making leaders working in townships. While Philip was still working in a traditional church, Derick, a young man, heard Philip preaching in one of the neighbouring houses. As soon as he could, he got in touch with Philip to ask him about ancestral worship […]
Discovery Dinners
‘Discovery Dinners’ was started by Michael and Sally in Sydney, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was born out of a need to address the state of ‘purposelessness’ that is prevalent in wealthy non-believing Australians. Michael and Sally formed a group within their neighbourhood consisting of four married couples, meeting fortnightly in each other’s homes […]
Urban Gardens
‘Farming God’s Way’ is based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The team specialise in setting up urban gardens in townships in order to help bring communities together. The team meets the need of the community first, thus creating access to then share the gospel. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, ‘Farming God’s Way’ has started creating 1m […]
Fun Day to Movement
John and his team are based across Ireland. They have discovered a simple, yet effective strategy for reaching communities. One day, as they prayed, John’s team-mate had a vision linked to a local cafe. The team decided to boldly go to the cafe and asked for the owner. The owner began asking many questions and […]
Loyiso
MOTHERWELL TOWNSHIP IN GQEBERGA – Loyiso Matu and the Africa for Christ team are finding that the more they serve into physical brokenness, the more they are given permission to address spiritual lostness in Motherwell, a township of 150,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Skoolboy, wearing the blue jacket, was lost […]
Annie Stands Tall
MKUSHI VILLAGE IN CENTRAL ZAMBIA – Annie Phiri (23) is a remarkable Disciple-Maker. At age 15 she lost her leg due to a bad fall and medical help that arrived far too late. She had to stop school and, feeling useless and unwanted, she kept mostly to her room for the next 7 years. In […]
Movements of Ordinary People
This was certainly a year that highlighted the importance of ordinary people. Around the world, church gatherings were shut down. Even as some churches opened up, we saw a dramatic decrease in appetite for large gatherings. But the Kingdom of Heaven continued to advance. In fact, in some places we saw an acceleration of Kingdom […]
Zululand
“If you want 10 bags of corn, you don’t need 10 bags of seeds”. A picture is worth a thousand words. This DZ idiom describes effective disciple-making so well – we go slow in order to go fast! Dumisani Mkhwanazi is a legend in his community. We call him DZ. Recently, when his vehicle finally […]
Chickens for Food
SOSHANGUVE TOWNSHIP, PRETORIA – Johannes ‘Oupa’ Manganye is an energetic entrepreneur who helps feed many jobless people in his township of more than half a million inhabitants north of Pretoria. Doug Rhoads, who mentors Johannes, reports, “Through generous giving and a grant we received, we were able to turn the bush into an operating chicken farm in […]
