Ministries
Establishing Fellowships of Churches
Zambia – Martin and Grace Mulyata are our Zambian partners, overseeing the establishment of churches among the under-churched Lozi tribe in western Zambia and throughout the country. Through this partnership, over 20 churches with over 800 disciples have been established among this resistant people group. Other churches have been established in Chipata, Kabwe and Livingstone. The Followers of Christ Fellowship now has over 25 churches in the country.
Zimbabwe – Through the work and encouragement of Allen and Janelle Avery, a fellowship of churches has been developed in western Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Christian Fellowship now consists of 30 independent, self-governing churches.
Mozambique – In 2008, AOM established a team in Inhambane. Scott and Lisa Harris and their children are guiding that team. By January 2010, two Brazilian families and a young single Brazilian woman will have joined the team. The goal is to make disciples that form simple house churches throughout the Inhambane Province and the nation.
South Africa – Allen and Janelle Avery are serving as disciplers and coaches for other Christian leaders in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Their goal is to form simple house churches through making disciples in their area.
Beyond – Our desire is to look next, with God’s leading, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and Botswana. Our goal is to partner with national Christians for establishing churches among the under-churched peoples of these countries.
* AOM is starting a new fellowship of churches among the unreached Tonga and Tswa peoples in Mozambique. This ministry was begun in mid-2007.
* AOM is assisting related churches in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi to continue planting new churches. Through coaching their leaders, over 50 churches are being encouraged to plant daughter churches. Nine new churches were planted last year.
Leadership Training
The establishment of viable churches takes committed and trained evangelists and church leaders. To raise a body of these leaders, AOM works in the following areas:
- AOM has moved to a new paradigm for its leadership training, i.e. training only key leaders in Zimbabwe and Zambia. These men assign goals for themselves as to how they will train the various church leaders under them. All materials are taught in a reproducible format. The key is re-teachable lessons that cascade throughout the churches.
- In South Africa, AOM has launched a program of training qualified pastors from Bible believing churches to teach an extension seminary course called BTCL (Bible Training Center for Leaders). The vision is to see training centers established in all the provinces of South Africa presently without the BTCL program.
- AOM will continue to participate in the development of contextualized leadership training materials. This biblical curriculum faithfully teaches God’s Word and speaks to the concerns of African peoples. These materials are being prepared in four local languages.
- AOM assists in the training of English speaking evangelical pastors in a non-accredited international theological course.
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