Discipleship Training - Zimbabwe

We had an incredible week with about 140 church and community leaders from across Zimbabwe equipping them in building and growing a discipleship culture in their communities. They have such a passion to see a change in their communities and in their nation! Working with Foundations for Farming they are also equipped to produce their own food - for themselves and to sell to the markets. Thank you for praying for us and for being part of what God is doing in Zimbabwe. Below is also a video from the trip!

 

Engaging a community

We have gone into Eldoraigne a couple of times to specifically do the GodTest (an evangelical tool designed to get a conversation started in order to share the Gospel) in different areas throughout Eldoraigne. Some of the things we found were: Young people are open, there are MANY muslims and the thick walls of religion built around some of the older generation.

Certain traditions are buried so deep in people's belief systems and often your relationship with God is not something you talk about. It's something private between you and God. That makes it a lot more difficult to engage a community, but every community has a key and God is so faithful to provide that key that will unlock a community.

During our annual prayer and fast at the beginning of the year we specifically prayed into Eldoraigne and two things that stood out were marriages and families. We know that God wants to heal and restore marriages and families in Eldoraigne.

In this area we have seen God be really faithful. From the current relationships we have in the community God is adding more people - naturally. Connect Groups are growing and multiplying as people are being established in Christ and their hearts starts to break for the people around them.

This past Sunday as we prayer walked through the community God just revealed to us again that this is His community, His people and He loves them. He longs for them to be close to Him. This gives us huge confidence and peace, knowing that God is doing the work. We are almost walking in the fruit of His labour...

What is happening on our campuses?

Campus Ministry is at the heart of who we are. We believe in the next generation and we believe that our campuses and schools are strategic places where we can make a difference in society and in the world.

Every year we have a campus event called Campus Harvest. This is something that is happening not only in South Africa, but also in other parts in the world! Together as a global Every Nation Family we are trusting God for our campuses - to see the lives of students be impacted with the Gospel.

This year we had a Campus Harvest in Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Namibia. In America it was held across 6 cities - New York, Durham, San Marcos, Jacksonville, Calgary and Los Angeles.

Seeing how thousands of students from across the world are actively and passionately following Jesus makes me excited. They are the future, they are the leaders of tomorrow, they are the world changers!

There is a grace on our campuses to see young people commit their lives to Jesus. Walking on campus we are just so aware of Jesus' words that "the harvest is ready".

Pray for our campuses and campus ministers across the world. Pray for more labourers to be sent into the field and together let's trust God for the harvest to come in!

Here is a video from Campus Harvest as well as some photo's.