Be Still and Know that I am the LORD

Pastor Fainos Tarisayi (1961-2017)

On August 28th, 2017 the Lutheran Church of Central Africa – Zambia held a Christian funeral service for one of its faithful servants, Fainos Tarisayi.

Pastor Mutebele Chijoka delivered the sermon based on Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am the LORD.”  The committal service was held at the Tarisayi family farm near Mwembezhi.

The congregation’s building could not accommodate all the worshipers and mourners

Pastor Tarisayi was born in 1961. He entered the Lutheran Bible Institute in 1996. He completed his seminary classroom work in 1999. He was assigned as a vicar to serve at Linda Congregation under the supervision of Pastor Chijoka. He was ordained as a Pastor in 2001 and assigned to serve Mt. Sinai in Ndola.

He received and accepted a call from Linda Congregation in 2003. He has been serving Linda congregation in a Parish Union with Kabanana in Lusaka till the time of this death.

Zambian pastors carried the coffin

Pastor Tarisayi has served as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the LCCA – Zambia Synod. He also served as a member of the Mission Board and the Board for Christian Schools. He was the Lutheran Christian Magazine Editor and worked closely with the Publications and Education Committees. He was instrumental in starting outreach efforts in Zimbabwe, where currently one Zimbabwe Pastor and two congregations are members of the LCCA-Z.

Pastor Tarisayi’s wife, 7 children and 4 grandchildren, his congregations members, other family members, friends, fellow Pastors and the LCCA – Zambia Synod will miss him indeed.  He was a servant of the LORD with a heart for the Gospel and was always prepared to share that good news!

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