From Zimbabwe to Kenya
In March I attended the 6-monthly Foundations for Farming Champions Conference in Zimbabwe. It was a great pleasure to meet two men from Kenya. One, Ashford, I knew from a previous visit to his country when I accompanied him on a medical visit to an unreached people group in Tharaka. He is [...]
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International eNews
Before continuing this series on Effective Meetings, and looking at Agendas, I want to commend the International eNews of Newfrontiers. Through this you can receive a monthly update of news around the world (see extract from the current one below) and have food for prayer for yourself or the church. To subscribe Click here>>
Agendas
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Following my time in the Harare area a 4 hour drive to Bulawayo took me to the farm of Peter Cunningham, successful ostrich farmer and visionary, who seeks to help empower the poor by ‘out-sourcing’ the husbandry of young ostriches to village people and then buying them back for processing. I was also amazed to [...]
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A week in Harare
Everybody says ‘what good can come out of Zimbabwe?’
I say ‘My glory, My glory will come on the dry bones that laid slain.
I have breathed My life into a mighty army of God, the bride of Christ.
Like a city on a hill, Your light so shines.
‘And My glory shall be seen in [...]
We are very privileged to have Dr Goodwill Shana (who likes to be addressed as ‘Shana’) as a speaker at this year’s Newfrontiers leadership conference, Together on a Mission (TOAM). Shana is President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) and has played a key role in bringing the church in Zimbabwe into a significant [...]
About 30 years ago Brian Oldreive, a former Zimbabwean test cricketer, was farming tobacco when he and his wife Cath became Christians. He is now well-known for being the visionary behind Foundations for Farming, formerly Farming God’s Way.
In this interview you get to meet him and to learn something of his background, and why he [...]
Saturday January 30th saw 80 people gather in Swindon, UK for a Vision Day on Foundations for Farming. We were greatly privileged to have Brian Oldreive, the visionary who has developed Foundations for Farming, with us for a day of envisioning and impartation of the Biblical principles around which Foundations for Farming has been developed.
Tobacco [...]
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I have been writing this blog for about 6 months and am aware of a growing following, so some may have missed the early material. To help you find that material it seems appropriate at the turn of the year to Index these 6 months. Clicking on the Topic will take you to the first [...]
We have been considering Key Indicators of Good Practice under the title The Poor deserve the Best and now come to the final 2 of 20.
11. Sustainability
Much charitable work relies on continual fund raising. Called Donor Dependency this makes a ministry very vulnerable. However, Donor Dependency introduces a measure of insecurity and puts the permanence [...]
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I am breaking into my series entitled ‘The Poor deserve the Best’ to report on situations in Africa. These are living situations which exemplify the need for the church to be active in bringing hope to local communities.
Newfrontiers have churches in several African nations. In 3 of these nations - Guinea, Kenya and Zimbabwe - [...]
