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TWR Africa 2 (Sub- Sahara Africa) Satellite TWR MINISTRY UPDATE AFRICA • 54 Countries • 1.2 billion people • 3705 people groups • 987 unreached people groups • 1500-2000 languages • Christian: 50.9% (610,800,000) • Muslim: 43.3% (519,600,000) • Other: 5.8% (69,600,000) 1 Aari 21 French [African] 41 Lingala 61 Shangaan 2 Afar 22 Fulfulde 42 Lomwe 62 Shona 3 Afrikaans 23 Fulfulde, Nigerian 43 Luchazi 63 Sidamo 4 Amharic 24 German 44 Luganda 64 Siswati 5 Arabic Juba 25 Hadiyya 45 Lukpa 65 Somali 6 Baatonum 26 Hassaniyya 46 Luo 66 Songhai 7 Bambara 27 Hausa 47 Luvale 67 Swahili 8 Baoule 28 Ife 48 Maasai 68 Swahili [Tanzanian] 9 Bete, Guiberoua 29 Igbo 49 Makhuwa 69 Taita 10 Chewa 30 Jula 50 Malagasy 70 Tamasheq 11 Chokwe 31 Kabuverdianu 51 Mina 71 Tigre 12 Dendi 32 Kambaata 52 Moore 72 Tigrinya 13 Dholuo 33 Kanuri 53 Ndau 73 Tumbuka 14 Ditammari 34 Kikuyu 54 Ndebele 74 Turkana 15 English 35 Kimbundu 55 Oromo 75 Twi 16 English [African] 36 Kinyarwanda 56 Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji 76 Umbundu 17 Ewe 37 KiRundi 57 Portuguese 77 Wolof 18 Fiote 38 Kotokoli 58 Portuguese [African] 78 Yao 19 Fongbe 39 Kunama 59 Pular 79 Yoruba 20 French 40 Kwanyama [Oxiuambo] 60 Serer 80 Zulu CURRENT BROADCAST LANGUAGES (80) SW/MW Platforms • WATS MW – 100 kW • SWZ MW – 100 kW • SWZ SW – 50 & 100 kW • GRI SW – 300 kW • Middle East SW – 250 kW Satellite • TWR Africa 2 (Sub- Sahara Africa) Satellite • TWR Africa (Southern Africa) Sifa FM - Kenya • Lodwar • Lamu • Marsabit • Garissa • Wajir • Voi • Mandera Malawi FM Network • Blantyre • Lilongwe • Mvera • Ntchisi • Chikangawa • Dedza • Zomba • Mtengo Country Medium Transmitter Name Country Medium Transmitter Name 1 Angola FM Radio 2000 31 Kenya FM Biblia Husema Broadcasting 1 2 Angola FM Radio Eclesia 32 Kenya FM Biblia Husema Broadcasting 2 3 Benin MW / AM BEN MW #1 33 Kenya FM Biblia Husema Broadcasting 3 4 Benin FM Radio Maranatha FM 34 Kenya FM Biblia Husema Broadcasting 4 5 Burkina Faso INT Burkina Faso: Radio Lumiere Vie 35 Kenya FM Biblia Husema Broadcasting 5 6 Burkina Faso FM Radio Alliance Chretienne 36 Kenya FM Biblia Husema Broadcasting 6 7 Burkina Faso FM Radio Evangile Development 37 Kenya NTWK KBC Provincial Network 8 Burundi NTWK Burundi National Radio and Television 38 Kenya NTWK Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) 9 Burundi NTWK Burundi Network 39 Kenya NTWK KBC (Central Station) 10 Burundi NTWK National Radio Burundi 40 Kenya FM Nam Lolwe FM 11 Burundi NTWK Radio Ivyizigiro Network (Burundi) 41 Kenya FM Radio Imani 12 Burundi FM Radio Voice of Hope: Manga 42 Kenya FM Radio Maria Kenya 13 Cameroon FM Radio Sawtu Linjiila 43 Kenya FM Sayare FM 14 Cape Verde NTWK Cape Verde FM Network 44 Kenya FM Sifa FM 1 15 Chad FM Radio Voix de I'Esperance 45 Kenya FM Sifa FM 2 16 Congo FM Radio Sango Kitoko 46 Kenya FM Sifa FM 3 17 Congo, Democratic Republic FM Lemera Community Radio 47 Kenya FM Sifa FM 4 18 Congo, Democratic Republic FM Radio Sauti Ya Injili Goma 48 Kenya FM Sifa FM 5 19 Cote d'Ivoire FM AFR Local FM Cote d'Ivoire 49 Kenya FM Sifa FM 6 20 Cote d'Ivoire FM Frequence Vie 50 Kenya FM Sifa FM 7 21 Cote d'Ivoire FM Radio Elite FM 51 Lesotho FM Harvest FM - Maseru (Lesotho) 22 Cote d'Ivoire FM Radio Leboutou 52 Liberia FM Hope FM -Bujumbura 23 Cote d'Ivoire FM Radio Sinai Cote d'Ivoire 53 Madagascar FM Radio Madagasikara Ho An'i Kristy 24 Ghana FM Light FM LTD 54 Malawi FM Channel for All Nations Radio 25 Ghana FM Nkunim FM 55 Malawi FM Living Waters Radio 26 Ghana FM Sunny FM 56 Malawi NTWK Malawi FM Network 27 Guinea-Bissau FM Radio Comunitaria Voz De Quelele 57 Malawi FM Malawi Network: Buzi FM (Ntchisi) 28 Guinea-Bissau FM Radio Jovem 58 Malawi FM Malawi Network: Dedza FM (Dedza) 29 Kenya FM AFR Local FM Kenya 59 Malawi FM Maziko Radio Lilongwe 30 Kenya NTWK Biblia Husema (BHB) Country Medium Transmitter Name Country Medium Transmitter Name 60 Malawi FM Radio ABC Lilongwe 90 South Africa FM Radio Kragbron 61 Mali FM Radio Espoir Africa 91 South Africa FM Radio Laeveld 62 Mali FM Radio Espoir FM 92 South Africa FM Radio Lichtenburg 63 Mali FM Radio Guintan 93 South Africa FM Radio Namakwaland 64 Mali FM Radio Rurale 94 South Africa FM Radio Orania 65 Mali FM Radio Tahanint 95 South Africa NTWK Radio Pulpit 66 Mali FM Radio Yeelen 96 South Africa NTWK Radio Valley - Langeberg 67 Mozambique FM Mozambique: Radio Capital 97 South Africa NTWK Radio Weskus - Vredenburg 68 Mozambique FM Radio Chiure 98 South Africa FM SA Radio Kaboesna 69 Mozambique FM Radio Communitaria de Sussundenga 99 South Africa FM Umgungundlovu FM 70 Mozambique FM Radio Pax FM 100 South Africa FM Waterberg Stereo FM 71 Mozambique FM Radio Vida - Nampula 101 Swaziland NTWK SWZ FM VOC NETWORK 72 Namibia NTWK Channel 7/Media for Christ 102 Swaziland MW / AM SWZ MW #6 73 Namibia NTWK NBC German Service 103 Swaziland SW SWZ SW #1 74 Namibia FM Radio Ecclesia 104 Swaziland SW SWZ SW #2 75 Niger FM Radio Lumère 105 Swaziland SW SWZ SW #3 76 Nigeria MW / AM Kaduna State Radio 106 Tanzania FM Alive FM 77 Rwanda FM Umucyo Community Radio: Kigali 107 Tanzania NTWK Dodoma Network 78 Senegal FM Radio Dunyaa FM 108 Tanzania FM Radio Okoa 79 Senegal FM Radio RTS FM 109 Tanzania FM Radio Uzima 80 Senegal FM Radio Sine Saloum 110 Tanzania NTWK Sawtu ya Linjiila Network 81 Senegal FM Radio Sud FM 111 Tanzania FM Tanzania Safina Radio 82 South Africa FM Good News Community FM 112 Tanzania FM Upendo FM 83 South Africa FM Hope FM Vaal - Vereniging 113 Tanzania FM Zenj FM Radio 84 South Africa FM Kasie FM 114 Togo FM Radio Missionaire 85 South Africa FM Life FM Klerksdorp 115 Uganda FM Central Broadcasting Service 86 South Africa FM Radio Alpha FM 116 Uganda NTWK Radio Uganda Network 87 South Africa FM Radio Helderberg FM - Stellenbosch 117 Uganda FM Voice of Life Uganda FM 88 South Africa FM Radio Khwezi 118 Zimbabwe FM StarFM 89 South Africa FM Radio Kingfisher LISTENER INTERACTIONS • Letters responded to within 24 hours. With WhatsApp and other social media depending on capacity it can be a matter of minutes; • Visits – to and from listeners…walk ins are popular, listener groups; • Online platforms – websites, social media, TWR360, Facebook; • Phone calls; • Sms/text messages; • Roadshows – expensive but when funds are available can be very effective; • Giveaways; • Engagements with the local church – direct listeners to church for further counselling and discipleship. EAST AFRICA Countries Presentation: History, Society and Ministry Needs Featured countries: 1. Burundi 2. Djibouti 3. Ethiopia 4. Eritrea 5. Kenya 6. Rwanda 7. Somalia 8. South Sudan 9. Tanzania 10. Uganda A history of unrest in some countries Major Languages • English • Amharic • French • Oromo • Kiswahili • Tigre • (Juba) Arabic • Tigrinya • Luganda • Somali • Kirundi • Afar • Kinyarwanda Some Secular governments: Freedom of worship In some other countries: No or limited freedom of worship: Church or media activities forbidden or strictly monitored Challenges: • Gospel of prosperity (False Gospel) • Traditional religions TWR’s Response Programs: • Devotional • Social welfare (E.g. Foundations for Farming) Islam, a major threat to the spread of Christianity: • East Africa host the largest Islamic university that train preachers to East and Central Africa. • Initially located at the African coast of the Indian Ocean, but now making aggressive entry inland. • Initially using Arabic and located in towns, now using local languages, building mosques in remote villages and using media (radio) • Doing humanitarian work to entice people. • In some areas, confrontation between Muslims and Christians South Sudan: • Formally part of the (Islamic) Republic of the Sudan. • Fought for 22 years for independence from the Republic of Sudan. • Second civil war erupted in 2013 due to power struggle between Dinka and Nuer South Sudan: • Population: 12,862,000 • Professing Christians: 57.9% • Evangelicals: 11.4 % • Ethnic religions: 4,469,400 or 34.7% South Sudan Programs needed • Evangelism to the Ethnoreligionists and other non Christian groups • Social welfare: Peace and reconciliation, health, economical empowerment. Somalia: • Civil war since 1991 right after toppling of president Mohamed Siad Barre. • Population: 11,356,000 • Largest religion: Islam (99.5%) • Christian work is prohibited in the country. • Little church is underground. • Christians: 0.3% • Evangelicals: 0% Somalia: • Birthplace of “Islamic courts”, later transformed into “Al Shabaab” terror group. • Al Shabaab has pledged allegiance to the IS. • Though flushed out of capital Mogadiscio, Al Shabaab still carries deadly attacks civil and government targets. Resistance to the gospel is present as in the following slides but also some good news: Somalia: “You people are alienated from God and his religion. Come back to Allah while you are still alive, and repent the apostasy; for you know that the way of righteousness is Islam. You are exchanging the religion with worldly pleasure that has no value. For you, hell isn’t far off. The minute you die, you are in hell. If you left Islam, reconvert again to Islam to be safe from hell.” Somalia: “…. You, an apostate rebel, and a condemned atheist. You left your pertinent religion, while you know very well that Islam is good, and then chose to become Christian? I swear, if I get you, I will kill you, polluted and impure lot.” Somalia: “I am greeting you, the Rajada Dumarka (WoH) ladies. I am happy to hear the Somali women who have no fear to preach the word of God – thank you, God! Sisters, even if I do not know your names, I encourage you not to fear to preach to Somali ladies, those who are in the dark.
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