April 2012

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Choose –Zikhethele - The Choice is Yours! 

2012 Pan African Mission Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

south_africa_pietermaritzburg.gifThe name chosen for this mission,    August 12 –19, is ‘Choose-Zikhethele’, a colloquial Zulu term meaning ‘the choice is yours’.  The scripture for the mission is taken from Joshua 24:15, “...choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.”

 50 Years ago in August, 1962, Michael Cassidy and 4 fellow Fuller Seminary Students held the first African Enterprise Mission in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.  Fast forward 50 years and African Enterprise is celebrating it’s 50th Jubilee with its Pan African Mission 2012 back where it all started, in Pietermaritzburg.

 Pietermaritzburg, known as the “City of Choice”, is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, its Zulu name is umGungundlovu, which means ‘place of the Elephants’.  The estimated current population is 650,000 (including neighbouring townships).

 Pietermaritzburg is a very ‘Christian’ town in that it has an abundance of churches. With a large Indian population, there are also strong Hindu and Muslim communities. Much of the Zulu population still holds to animistic beliefs, and ancestor worship. Many have syncretistic religious practices combining Christian and indigenous influences.

 Many Committees are working hard to prepare - including:

 Prayer - bringing people of different ethnic groups and denominations together

 Youth -  planning events to engage & encourage young people

 Social Deeds and Justice - “showing” the Good News through practical help

 HIV & AIDS - partnering with existing organisations & initiatives in education & health

 Education - working on a pilot project with the Department of Education

Thank you for your Prayer - and for your vital financial support for this exciting Mission

 

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March 2012

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 Your Help to Train Pastors will bring Rich Rewards and will Bless & Help Many!  Pastors like Isaac are in dire need...There's an aching need for Biblically sound pastoral training - which can Bless whole congregations and help them grow.

Each of the pastors we train in Africa has a different story to tell. The one thing they all have in common, is that they have devoted their lives to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus whom they love with a passion, and their desire is to be better trained and equipped for the ministry of proclaiming that Gospel and pastoring their growing congregations.

Over the past 100 years, Africa has become a spiritual battleground for the hearts and souls of over a billion men, women and children. Today churches are growing faster than almost anywhere on earth.

"Christianity in Africa has been described as one mile wide and one inch deep. One reason for this is that much of the preaching & teaching has been done by people with little theological training." (Stephen Mbogo, our former AE Team Leader)

And if the people of God are truly going to make a difference on the continent, Christian leaders must be trained to lead others to the truth...and to live it!

As you will see from Isaac's story, this is one crucial area where your support helps...equipping African leaders to make a Kingdom impact all over Africa.

Please stand with us as we undertake this strategic ministry by praying for effective and Godly leadership which is so desperately needed within the African Continent, and the financial resources to facilitate this process in a meaningful way.

So thank you for your support of African Enterprise to help train these important leaders to develop disciples among the next generation of Africans!

We are deeply appreciative of your willingness to make a real difference for the Kingdom in Africa.

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February 2012

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 With Your Help Her Smile Replaced So Much Pain!

 Dear Friend,

zamambo_mkhize.jpgZamambo Mkhize's winning smile and attractive school uniform help mask the deep hurts this young girl has suffered. 

For most of her young life, no one has really cared for her.  She almost always went off to school hungry.  And the bruises she tried to hide from her classmates were cruel reminders of the beatings she suffered at home.

During this time of abuse and confusion, Zamambo's friend told her about Jesus.  Zamambo eagerly put her life in her Savious's hands.  And when AE's Foxfire Youth Evangelists visited her school, her faith was boosted tremendously.

"Ever since accepting Jesus as my Saviour and having encountereds with the Foxfire Team, I have been growing from strength to strength," she says.

But Zamambo still faces pain and anguish which no child should have to experience.  When she reported an uncle's sexual abuse, she was put with a foster family which seems not to want her.

The only way a young girl like Zamambo can have any hope for the future is through her new found faith in Christ and through the encouragement of Christian peers like the Foxfire Youth Evangelists.

"The testimony shared by the Foxfires has motivated me to see that no situation is greater than God," she says.  "Being an orphan is no excuse to feel lonely, as God loves me dearly."

But hurting young people like Zamambo cannot know this comforting truth without hearing it from passionate peers like the Foxfires.

Your gift today will help AE reach out to more hurting young girls like Zamambo with the hope and healing of Christ.  Thank you for caring!

Yours for Africa's children,

David Richardson, Executive Director

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