Growing of the Church in São Tomé and Príncipe
As the Church continues to grow in São Tomé and Príncipe it is clear that Young people are on a Mission to go forward in impacting their communities.
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“Involve Them” Leaders’ Convention, Livingston-Zambia 2019
The principal purpose of the “Involve Them” Leaders’ Convention was to explore ways of how children can be involved in the mission of the Church and make Total Child Involvement a reality in SID. Check our SID-Media report for more insights.https://youtu.be/SBa_fnZQRmc
Route 21 Corporate Park fun walk against cancer
The CANSA Walk happened on October 10, 2019. There were over 700 participants registered from 66 companies. SID was stand in front of our office where we were distributing literature, water, hair spray with cancer colors, and some energy bars. Members of our staff volunteered at the booth and interacted with the neighbors as they…
Press Statement, death of sister Savie Maphosa
The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division is in mourning, following the death of sister Savie Maphosa, the Division President’s wife. Sister Savie rested in the Lord, on the 29th of September, 2019 at Kloof hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. Born on the 2nd of February, 1960, sister Savie married Dr. Solomon Maphosa on the 28th of…
Zambia, Chiyabi Community Evangelistic campaign
South Zambia Conference, which is part of Southern Zambia Union Conference, has been chosen as a site for public evangelism as preachers from all over Zambia will be conducting campaigns from the month of September 2019. In preparation for this event, Maamba Mission District decided to implement pre -campaigns in various areas, in order to…
Medical Evangelism in Mozambique
Mozambique has a population of over 20 million people. Of this population, about 380 000 are baptized members of the Seventh-day Adventist church. As part of the church’s worldwide strategic plan to reach the World, “Mission to the Cities,” the church members in Mozambique are using the health message as an avenue to point others…
SID Communication Summit
The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division’s Communication Department conducted a Communication Summit which was held in Harare Zimbabwe. that was aimed at equipping all its church communicators with the skills of media evangelism. Running under the theme, Creativity in Mission, the two-day intensive Summit had professional facilitators from around the world, who covered topical issues such…
Young Adventist Professional: Dr Palesa Motjuwadi
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A DOCTOR ? It’s strange that I never actually wanted to become a doctor. It was all just a set of providential occurrences. In Matric I applied for everything and medicine was just one of the options I could fall back on but honestly was not considering. I even only…
Sound Doctrine (Part 2)
Threat Of Wrong Changes A word of warning is presented by Ranko Steffanovic Who argues that if the church is not careful with safeguarding the faith once delivered to our fore fathers, the Pure Woman of Revelation 12 will become the corrupted and vile woman of Revelation chapter 17. While Davidson Razafiarivony differs with this…
IMPRISONED PASTOR BAPTIZES FELLOW INMATES
Nineteen inmates of the Viana Penitentiary Establishment in Luanda, Angola, were baptized within the prison premises on Friday, January 5, 2018. The baptizing ministers were Pastor Burns Musa Sibanda (a prisoner at that time), who is the Chief Financial Officer of the North-Eastern Angola Union mission, and Pastor Benedito Paulino, leader of the Emmanuel mission…
The Nations Among Us
It was almost noon, when I and two friends found ourselves touring a neighborhood of one of the big cities in our division with over one million inhabitants, in the pursuit for mission opportunities. Few minutes into our short tour, we were baffled as the people on the streets, their dress code, worship places, street…
When the Lord says YES…No one can say NO
God helps the Seventh-day Adventist Church break the barriers created by Kalupetechists in the populations around the Huambo, Projecto neighbourhood. Projecto is a new neighbourhood, which soon grew so much. However, the Seventh-day Adventist Church did not grow there either. Or rather, it did not even exist in this place, which is about 8 km…
HOME VISITATION: The Queen Strategy to Grow Faithfulness
How do we grow faithfulness in the local church? This represents a concern for pastors and other church leaders. This article explores home visitation as an adequate strategy to lead people to faithfulness. The One Who Visits The God of the Bible is involved in personal encounters with His creatures. He is both Elohim and…
Gauteng 2018: Sharing Hope and Healing
Historic Event It is not business as usual in 2018 as the Seventh-day Adventist church embarks on an evangelistic campaign dubbed ‘Gauteng 2018: Sharing Hope and Healing’. This project is called Gauteng 2018 because the high population of this province makes it an appropriate choice for the emphasis of “Mission To The Cities.” 2018 is…
Visit to the Royal Palace
The Seventh Day Adventist Church in the Southern Africa Union, SAU, was invited to the King’s palace in Kwazulu Natal, just to spend the Sabbath day with the Royal family. His Majesty, King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, the king of KwaZulu Natal, is a God-fearing man, who is married to the Queen mother, Queen Manthombi, of…
Tithe and Offering in kind
South Zambia Conference still enjoys good response in tithe and offering from its farmers. On 25th July 2017 the Niel family in Choma, hosted the conference president, Pastor Maxwell Muvwimi and the Stewardship director, Pastor Johan Siachibila, who helped the family to count their cows and set aside what belongs to the Lord, as they…
Sound Doctrine (Part 1)
Preach the word; be instant in season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lasts shall heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables…
Young Adventist Professional: Samuel Chiwanda
Name and Surname? Chiwanda Samuel Foster What is your chosen career path ? This is a tricky one, I am primarily a Business person – majoring in the Telecoms and System Automation space. The name of the company is Click Mobile. We basically operate as Route Mobility. Where did you attend university University of Eastern…
Total Member Involvement in Action – L&J Informal Settlement
The L and J informal settlement community of about 3000 people has proved to be fertile ground for the TMI initiative. Located about 5 kilometers from the Southern Africa Indian Ocean Division office, it accommodates people of various ethnic backgrounds with quite a number that are also foreign nationals. This community has no organized sewage…
ARM Assists with “First of its Kind” Training for Union Insurance Coordinators in South Africa
St. Albans, England December 6, 2016 – Some 50 leaders of Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID) Unions gathered in Pretoria, South Africa, on Nov. 8-10 for a unique training experience. “I believe this was the first [training] of its kind,” enthused Goodwell Nthani, chief financial officer of the SID. The training was unique because risk…
Convergence In Indian Ocean Union
Communication Directors and FM Radio Station Managers and AWR Leaders of Indian Ocean Union Conference (IOUC) wholeheartedly embrace the theme of CONVERGENCE introduced by SID Communication Director, Paul Charles. “We have resolved to embrace Convergence because it is in line with the focus of the Southern Africa Indian Ocean Division: Total Member Involvement (TMI) and…
You don’t need a Building to open a Church… you just need a desire to reach out and worship
Chiluba Church was opened by three people worshiping under a tree in 2006, as shown in the picture. The Central Malawi Conference commissioned Benwell Ezera Nkhoma as a Global Mission Pioneer to serve in this area. They continued worshiping under the tree and whenever it rained they had to worship in a house. In 2014…
Two New Conferences In IOUC
There was joy, wonderful joy when IOUC gave birth to two new conferences from 7-17 October, 2016. South Madagascar Conference was almost ready for the new status three year ago. Unfortunately, their dream was not realized because they suddenly lost all their money when their bank was liquidated. A miracle happened last year. A new…
Honor Your Parents
On new year’s day I was involved in a car accident. Three of my friends, who were more like my sisters, died next to me. I was convinced by a friend on the 31st of December to go for a walk during that night, which I usually don’t do. My mother warned me of all…
Extreme Ride For Hunger 2016 Tour
Meals on Wheels Community Services South Africa (MOWCS) is a service of the Seventh-day Adventist Church – Southern African Union Conference established in 1964 to address the needs of the hungry in South Africa. Currently, Meals on Wheels Community Services is divided into 6 Provincial Offices, which assist in running 208 kitchens that are feeding…