Ministering in East Africa


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MINISTERING in East AFRICA takes the reader deep into the heart of the Dark Continent. It's filled with 12 chapters that bring alive the places, cuisine, lifestyle, etc. of the Africa people. Dr. Harris began a ministry of training, equipping and empowering pastors and Christian leaders four years ago in Eldoret, Kenya. His ministry, with the support and valuable input from his wife Amy, has expanded from Kenya to Tanzania and Uganda. This book will make you laugh, cry, and look with amazement at how the miraculous hand of God is moving across East Africa. The photos alone are worth price of the book. Regardless of your background, you'll enjoy the heartwarming and hilarious stories contained in each chapter. The book is also a great source of illustrations for pastors and public speakers.










The East African Revival


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From the 1930s, the East African Revival influenced Christian expression in East Central Africa and around the globe. This book analyses influences upon the movement and changes wrought by it in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Congo, highlighting its impact on spirituality, political discourse and culture. A variety of scholarly approaches to a complex and changing phenomenon are juxtaposed with the narration of personal stories. This book provides a helpful introduction and a new perspective on the influences of the movement.




Africa is Not a Dark Continent


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Gentle Wind Of God


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While many Mennonite churches in mid-20th-century North America tried to maintain their spirituality through orthodoxy and prescribed behavior, missionaries they had sent to East Africa often returned home with a new vision of revival: Walk with Jesus Christ and allow nothing to disturb that relationship. Call sin sin and repent of it quickly, they proclaimed. Then enjoy the infusion of the Holy Spirit in all of life. This book tells the story of how this movement ultimately provided Mennonites and others a way to reignite the smoldering fires of revival. Imbedded in the story is the message of God's redeeming and sanctifying power. The story describes the mystery. It is a mystery of God's grace. It is the mystery that is revealed in every authentic movement of God's Spirit in the world.




East African Expressions of Christianity


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Tanzanian and US historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and church people challenge the assumption that Christianity in the region represents colonial and capitalist powers that helped subdue Africans. They show instead how Africans have spread the religion among themselves, have seized control of their own spiritual destinies, and used their religious beliefs to improve their individual and collective lives. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




African Churches Ministering 'to and with' Persons with Disabilities


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This book engages with Christian church traditions and disability issues in Africa, focusing on Zimbabwe in particular. It critically reflects on how the church has not done much to intentionally minister ‘to and with’ persons with disabilities. In the context of this volume, ‘ministering to’ is concerned with creating worshipping space for persons with disabilities; while ‘ministering with’ is connecting and identifying with persons with disabilities to meet their needs from the material life of the church. The author considers a stewardship model of disability as an appropriate ministerial response to transform lives in poverty-stricken postcolonial contexts. The argument put forth is that the church is a living organism endowed with spiritual and material resources, and that these resources should be appropriated to marginalised stakeholders.