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The Nations Among Us

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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…

Convergence In Indian Ocean Union

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…

Two New Conferences In IOUC

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

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

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…

Baptism In A Water Trough

Baptism In A Water Trough

The Mudhimba tribe is located in the south-west of Angola and the closest town is Calueque that is about 90kms to their homesteads. They’re semi-nomadic due to pastoral activities. It is the driest area of the region, and the lack of water makes them to travel long distances for the sake of their cattle. In…

Girls Dormitory Burns Down at Muaya Adventist Secondary School

Girls Dormitory Burns Down at Muaya Adventist Secondary School

88 Girls in Forms 1, 3 and 4 at Mauya Adventist Secondary in Karoi, Zimbabwe, lost blankets, school uniforms, shoes, textbooks, stationary and other personal items to the value of US$ 18 000. 00 due to a raging fire that reduced their dormitory to rubble on the 29th of June 2016. The school is still…

Adventist Risk Management Makes “Historic” Trip to Angola

Adventist Risk Management Makes “Historic” Trip to Angola

Adventist Risk Management (ARM) representatives from St. Albans, United Kingdom recently arrived in Huambo, Angola to meet church leaders in the South-Western Angola Union Mission. The weeklong emphasis on safety and risk management for churches commenced on Sunday, 13 March 2016. More than two dozen attendees were from the Central Association Mission, the South Association…

Sandton Church Quadruples In Only 9 Months

Sandton Church Quadruples In Only 9 Months

Sandton Church, situated in the leafy Johannesburg suburb of Sunninghill, South Africa, has quadrupled in size in the last nine months. “Nine months ago our humble 200 seated sanctuary was so full, there were often people seated outside in the open air. We were looking forward to starting the construction of our new 600 seat…

Changed by Christ – Charged for Christ

Changed by Christ – Charged for Christ

Prince Itai, currently a member of  the Seventh-day Adventist Church,  runs a mechanical workshop in the east of the City of Tshwane (Pretoria, South Africa) in South Africa. When a Literature Evangelist first visited him, life was not well with him. He was experiencing a number of over-whelming challenges. He had been living a life…

Join The Movement!

Join The Movement!

Believe His Prophets, the sequel to Revived by His Word, is a five-year program reading through the Bible and selected Ellen White writings, including Steps to Christ, Christ’s Object Lessons, Patriarchs and Prophets, Prophets and Kings, The Desire of Ages, The Acts of the Apostles, and The Great Controversy. Receive daily Bible readings, interactive blogs and select…

Menongue Children Excited About Progress Of New School

Menongue Children Excited About Progress Of New School

Children in Menongue, a medium sized town in central south east Angola, are excited about the progress of their new school.  “Floors for four of the five buildings have been completed and the fifth building has been staked out, “ said Darrell Hardy, Maranatha Volunteers International Manager in Angola yesterday. “If all goes as planned the floors will…

The Race is over but the Lessons linger on

The Race is over but the Lessons linger on

About a year ago, my family and I completed the 5km Fun Run during the General Conference Session.  The race itself was exhilarating, but the TEN spiritual lessons linger on. 1. Emails were sent to tell us about the 5km run during the 60th GC session on the 5th of July. We registered and waited…

Total Member Involvement: One Member – One Soul

Total Member Involvement: One Member – One Soul

It is a foundational principle of Christian Leadership that It has to be in you before it is in them. The leadership Summit of the Southern African Indian Ocean Region (February 16-20, 2016) is an annual strategic investment of SID to affirm the mission and focus of the church. The strategic plan of the SID…

Sunday Gets Baptised on Sabbath

Sunday Gets Baptised on Sabbath

“Seven years ago Sunday was lifted up from sleep, dragged outside the house. He lifted up his head and saw heaven open. He heard a voice speak to him telling him to see what will happen sometime in the future. He was shown his Lord’s second coming and how dreadful it will be for the…

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