Mission updates and prayer requests from One Africa Team
“Amazing Grace”—we Americans love this song! Recently I used this popular song and its local language equivalent “Chisomo Chodabwitsacho” as a springboard to truly understanding “GRACE” at a women’s meeting at Crown of Life Lutheran Church in Lilongwe, Malawi. With it we reviewed the theme, “Salvation comes by Grace,” which we had boldly proclaimed in red to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Continue reading “Chisomo Chodabwitsacho—Amazing Grace”
The Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC/Kenya) approached The Lutheran Church of Central Africa (LCCA/Zambia) with a formal request to establish formal church relations. On a prior visit to Zambia in 2015 the chairman of their Synod, Pastor Mark Onunda, invited the LCCA to come and start the process. The LCMC had left the fellowship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kenya (ELCK) for compromising true confessional Lutheran doctrine and practice. The LCMC desires to join in fellowship with a confessional Lutheran church body in Africa. Continue reading “True Friends of the Bible”
Once you’ve become a friend of Africa, you’re a friend for life. Today’s post is written by Noah Schroeder, a college student who recently held a video game fundraiser for our mission in Zambia. His story reminds us of our Lord’s words, “And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.” (Mt. 10:42) Continue reading “Noah’s Story”