Missions Focus : Zimbabwe

The nation of Zimbabwe has really been through a lot and gives reason for us to become negative... but this word resounds in my spirit when I think about Zimbabwe - Glorious ruins... From the ashes will arise something that will cause the world to stand and acknowledge the God of creation! 

Owen Wozhele is one of the mighty men of God who has risen to God's call to reach Zimbabwe.
He is part of our Every Nation family and currently in the process of planting a church in Bulawayo.

Here are some prayer points from Owen for Zimbabwe and for himself personally.

• For peace to prevail in the nation amidst all the emotions and corruption reports after the elections.
• For righteousness and justice to reign (as Christ is established in the hearts of people).
• Restoration of hope and trust in God for the people of Zimbabwe (Psalm 127:1)
• The Lord to build the nation and for people not to put their trust in the strength of men. A true dependency and trust in God to restore the nation and for men and woman to arise to be carriers of God's glory.

For Owen personally:

• For the people that he is discipling, that they will have strong foundations and that their lives will bear fruit that will honour God.
• For leaders that will help him carry the heart and values of the Kingdom.
• For his finances, he is also on Ministry Partnership and he is trusting to get to the full amount of his goal.
• Also for finances to pay the labola to get married =)

Kathu Engage Training

We again had an incredible time with the AFM church in Kathu. They have been adopting a discipleship culture within the church and have seen some amazing fruit. During September we went to do an Engage Training where we train disciples into living a lifestyle of engaging the world they live in for Christ.

 

During the Friday morning we spent time with some of the leaders speaking specifically into building a healthy discipleship culture that will influence the current culture.

This time around we took Izak Cloete (who heads up our Engage Training), Rudolf Bredell (who is one of our incredible volunteers who helps to establish the engage culture in Centurion) and his wife, Franeli.

Below is the group from the Kathu church who attended the Engage Training as well as photos from the Saturday when they went out to a shopping centre to practically do what they have learned over the weekend. This was really such a fun group to work with, their passion and desire to see God's Kingdom advanced through their lives is really encouraging.

Halfway House 2013

We had an incredible time with our leaders during the annual Halfway House - where we celebrate what has happened throughout the year and align ourselves with what God has given us to do for the remainder of the year...

The theme for this year was Back to the Future - going back and sticking to the basics that will build towards the future. Part of the evening was that we got to dress up either back into the past or towards the future... it made for a really fun evening!

Here is just a quick highlight of what we have seen so far in 2013 (up until the end of August)...

We have seen our Connect Groups (Discipleship Groups) grow from 37 at the start of January to 59 at the end of August.
We have seen 49 people being trained to live in the Victory purchased on the cross, 27 people equipped to live a lifestyle of reaching people who do not know Jesus, 39 people actively participating in Engage events where we intentionally reach lost people, 28 people who were trained to really be the church, 68 people who attended a 10 week course focussing on Following Jesus, Fishing for people and Fellowshipping with other believers and 72 people who attended our DNA Sunday where we share the heart and values of our Every Nation family.

We've had quite a busy year, but to see so many people being established in Christ makes me very excited for what God has got planned for the remainder of the year!

Here are some of the photos from the evening =)

 

Halway House Video

 

Halfway through every year we have a Halfway House. This is a time where we get together with all our leaders, look at what has happened throughout the year and re-align ourselves with what God has specifically called us to do this year.

 

It was so encouraging to see the stats of the past 6/7 months. To see how people have grown, how the lost have been reached and how people are being discipled.

 

I really honour God for the leaders he has given us as a church. Their passion and desire to see God's Kingdom come and to see our city being transformed in just amazing! The change we see happening would truly not be possible without them!

The Eldoraigne team

 We had our first meeting together as team that will start reaching out in Eldoraigne. What an incredible group of people!

The first meeting was to cast the vision as to why we are going into Eldoraigne, get everyone aligned to the same goal as well as how we will reach that goal.
And off course to "kuier" together =)

We are really expectant to see how Jesus will be lifted up in Eldoraigne and how worship will be restored in the lives of individuals, families, marriages and the community. God has got a dream for Eldoraigne!!!