You just made my day, no amount of words can describe the value of your ministry to us, I serve in EHC as a zonal director in 3 countries Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi, in all my monthly travels in these nations, the cry for reading material gets louder, you will find Bible schools that virtually have no reading resources and students pass years without books to study. The reason the work for evangelism in Africa is still so massive, is not because Africa has not been evangelized, no, but because we have to re-do the work again and again, people are converted but not given depth in Christ for lack of informative resources. More than 85% of church leadership in southern Africa have no formal bible school training. Our tragedy can be summed up in the words we frequently use now to remind ourselves of relevance AFRICA- RISKS BUILDING A CHURCH 20KM LONG BUT ONE INCH DEEP. GOD BLESS YOUR PASSION. Keep the books coming.
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We have set up a brand new department of Child Evangelism. A missionary couple who recently joined hands with us in our training and outreach programs are taking care of this exciting new ministry. The large quantity of literature that you sent has enabled us to set up a training program specifically for people who are called to work with children and young people. We are now reaching out to the local churches and schools through this ministry.
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In 1997 during the reign of the Second Republican President Dr. F. T. J. Chiluba there was an attempted coup in Zambia and the master minder Captain Solo alias Steven Lungu. This man had taken over the nation for about three hours and while at the Transmission station he was captured and sentenced to death after trial. He was not a Christian and he did not know God. But through the materials you send this man gave his life to the Lord. He asked for a bible, magazines and other books which could help him. He started to grow in Christ so fast, I sent him audiotapes to help him with his fellow inmates. This man’s life is changed; he has had to testify in the National Times Newspaper this is all because YOU GAVE. Not only did captain Steven Lungu become a BORN-AGAIN Christian, but we started to hear encouraging reports of prisoners lives being transformed. They encouraged us and we made sure that we flood the prisons, bus stations, hospitals, schools, churches and orphanages with the materials.
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May God bless you. Thank you a lot for the Love Packages you sent me. I am very grateful and it has been very helpful for me. I need them here in the children’s ministry. Any material in pre-school or Sunday school is very much needed by our Zambian children. The work is quite big, many children's workers must be reached and trained.
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Thank you for giving us some magazines. Here in prison we do not have any Bible Study materials. Now we are well equipped and are ready to share Jesus Christ to others in Prison. Many prisoners are coming to the saving knowledge of our lord Jesus Christ. With these excellent materials we are able to disciple them and make them strong believers in Christ.
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After examining the materials content, the principal allowed the distribution of the Bible study materials to a school here. Hundreds of students received the materials. A few received the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal saviour. The students were pleading for more materials for their parents and relatives. One evangelist visited a few villages preaching the Gospel. Groups of people received the Lord Jesus Christ. People were begging for more materials, Bibles and Christian books. Pastor Kabila distributes the Study materials in his church but also in the buses. One young man gave his life to the Lord in the bus and read the Bible study with great intensity. Myself, I have been using the material with my Bible. I have grown in the faith. I have shared with the local churches about the availability of these excellent materials. As a result more Churches have received these materials and groups of people are getting saved each day. I will send you more testimonies as they come to our office.
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INTRODUCTION: The Christian materials sent to Zambia have been distributed into the following categories: first, during the Operation Sunrise Africa; second, among different denominations & churches, third - evangelism activities, fourth - Pastors training and finally - Relief areas.
OPERATION SUNRISE AFRICA: The Operation Sunrise Africa project was sponsored by Campus Crusade of Christ (CCC) in conjunction with Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia. The project was about using all strategies available to reach the lost with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in 50 days. The outreach involved every church in Lusaka to reach every body with the gospel. It began on the 1st of July and ended on the 19th of August 2002. We gave out literature for the same cause to CCC who distributed in all points where evangelism was being conducted. The churches in Lusaka were evangelizing in Hospitals, clinics, market places, schools, colleges, universities, streets, stadiums, open fields, hotels, motels, parliament, companies, industries, shops, etc. In total 300,317 people were exposed to the Gospel in Lusaka by the literature. During this time 157,768 people accepted Jesus Christ as their personal saviour in Lusaka and received materials too. This is a major breakthrough. We used different ways to reach them Jesus Film, door to door evangelism, open air crusade, dinners, sports, drama, musical concerts, workshops etc.In the process three new churches were planted. Also the churches became more united than ever before.
DIFFERENT CHURCHES, DENOMINATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS: we have had the privilege to distribute Christian materials to different churches, denominations and organizations. Here are a few: Deliverance Church in Zambia (my Church), Christian Light Life Church, Trinity Baptist Church, Crossfield Ministries, Prison Fellowship, Jesus Ministries, Pentecostal Assemblies of God, Vine Bible Church, Deeper Life Church, World Harvest Church, Abundant Life Church, Antioch Church, Upper room ministries, Living Rock Church, Jesus Assemblies Ministries, World Vision International etc. Each church and organization they get so much of the literature and then distribute in different churches and different places countrywide. For instance World Vision International is spearheading the following churches in Chama, Chainda, Chivuna, Kopa, Kalomo, Kapululwe, Luumbo, Lukweta, Lufwanyama, Makungwa, Musele, Mbala, Nakonde, Nomusa, Sinazongwe etc. World vision therefore distribute these materials to all these villages and towns. Thousands of people are exposed to the Gospel and have received Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.
CRUSADES: Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia hosted big crusades inconjuction with churches and literature distribution. Here is a report on one of them: The Gospel Crusade held on September 6th to 8th, 2002 had over 12,000 people attend and were exposed to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. However 2300 gave their lives to Jesus Christ. The churches have since grown in number and the new converts are now being discipled. This crusade was held in Lusaka. Again we distributed Christian materials to all who attended the crusade. Other crusades have been held countrywide and thousands of people have given their lives to Jesus Christ. In addition the people have received the Christian materials.
PASTORS TRAINING: We have been training untrained Pastors in Livingstone, (540Km away from Lusaka), in Kapiri Mposhi (220Km away from Lusaka) and in Chipata (580Km away from Lusaka) We have trained 170 pastors and we distributed books, Sunday school materials and other Christian materials to each one of them for their church. Most of these pastor churches in the rural areas where they have no materials whatsoever.
RELIEF AREAS: At the moment we are distributing relief in three areas: in Luangwa, Monze nad Gwembe. After distribution of relief food, we also distribute the Christian materials to them. Again we are feeding up to 50,000 people in our country and each one received Christian material. These people are in the bush - very remote areas, but they have received the word of God. When they receive the physical food; they also receive spiritual food. They thank God for the provision and give their lives to Jesus Christ.
CONCLUSION: Unlike any other year, we have won thousands of people to Jesus Christ. With these materials its more than ever before. We would like to thank God and you for partnering with us. The report may have taken some time to come but the results here are extraordinary and exciting. Please keep up the Good work. We hope to win more people next year. As you can see by the report our literature played a significant part in the evangelism and discipleship that is taking place in Zambia.
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Thank you very much for your assistance. I have received a parcel of books and Bibles from your organization on 28th of February. I promise you I will be a good steward of God’s property (books).
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