For the final leg of his tour in the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division, (SID), Elder Ted Wilson visited the Republic of Angola. During his stay there, he met with the President of the country, His Excellency João Lourenço. Ted Wilson was accompanied by his wife Nancy, the SID President Pastor Solomon Maphosa, and the officers…
The Botswana Union Conference Children’s Ministries Department, under the leadership of Sonita Seligmann, recently launched the One Child, One Bible Project. This project aims to ensure that at least one Bible is placed in the hands of children who are considered less fortunate or from non Seventh-day Adventist homes. By partnering with organizations, churches, and…
Elder Ted Wilson’s visit to the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division, SID, led him to Malawi Union Conference. On this trip, he was accompanied by his wife Nancy and the SID officers, Pastor Solomon Maphosa, Pastor Gideon Reyneke and Elder Hopekings Ngomba. On arrival, Malawi Union Conference President, Pastor Frackson Kuyama welcomed the delegation together with…
The General Conference President of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Elder Ted Wilson accompanied by his wife Nancy, jetted into South Africa for a five-day visit. The Wilsons were welcomed at Cape Town International Airport, by the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID) President, Dr. Solomon Maphosa and the Southern Africa Union Conference officers, to mention a few. …
With economic challenges and high unemployment rates that some countries are facing, it is always encouraging to see sustainable projects that some communities have not only started but maintained. In Zimbabwe West Union Conference (ZWUC), Evimileni SDA Church, in Emakhandeni, has a fledging bakery project which has grown from strength to strength over the past…
Ten Days of Prayer is an annual initiative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The days are set aside to encourage the world church to start the year with prayer while being revived by various themes shared each day. The South Malawi Conference ended the ten days on a high note by hosting a day of…
The Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID) Publishing Ministries Department held its third Literature Evangelist Congress at Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, South Africa. This event, which is held every five years, was attended by over 800 delegates from the 23 countries. The congress ran under the theme “In His presence: Onward In Service”. This theme was chosen…
I currently work as a part-time Bible volunteer for the Voice of Prophesy (VOP). In essence, my job description entails enrolling people in one of the many courses from VOP and conducting regular Bible studies with them as they go through the courses. Doing this work has been thoroughly fulfilling, yet very challenging at the…
The Northern Zambia Union Conference Women’s Ministries department held a mother and daughter mentoring seminar at Kamanya Church, Kitwe. The event which was attended by over a hundred women with their daughters ran under the theme; “Iron sharpens iron” based on Proverbs 27:17 which states, “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Mrs….
The North-Eastern Angola Union Mission (NEAU) held a Children’s Ministries Conference in Luanda, Angola. The purpose of the meeting was to pass on information that the department had received during the SID Children’s Ministries convention that was held earlier this year. This session was crucial in order to equip the leaders with the necessary tools…
Church leaders from all over the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division are gathered in Harare, Zimbabwe for their 2019 year-end Executive Committee (EXCOM) meetings. The meeting gives the leaders a chance to deliberate on various issues pertaining to the work that is being done in this region. The organizers of the meeting have also ensured that…
West Zimbabwe Conference held its first-ever Young Adventist Women’s retreat from 25th to 27th October 2019 at Solusi University, Zimbabwe, where over 500 young women attended. The theme of the conference was ‘At Such A Time Like This’ According to Mrs. Thandazile Dube, the West Zimbabwe Conference Women’s Ministries Director, the objective of the retreat…
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.
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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