2 2 Table of Contents MANI Welcome 5 WENSA Welcome 7 Acknowledgements 9 Africa map 10 Introduction 11 Join in the Conversation! 13 Finishing the Task Can it be done? 15 Section 1 African National Initiatives 21 How African National Initiatives Develop 23 The Evolution of a National Initiative Lessons from Moses and Nehemiah 27 MANI Overview 31 ANI National Mobilisation Strategy 39 The Challenge of Unreached Peoples Groups 45 The Challenge of Unchurched Communities 51 The Challenge of Nominalism 57 How to Reach Unchurched Villages 61 Denominations and the Unfinished Task 65 Section 2 Assessing the Unfinished Task 69 MANI Research: MANI Research Vision 71 Research and National Initiatives 77 MANI Southern Africa Research Update National Church Survey 85 Ghana Case Study 89 Section 3 Country Assessments and Regional Summaries 97 Country Assessments: Lesotho 99 Malawi 101 Namibia 105 South Africa 111 Zambia 117 Zimbabwe 119 MANI Regional Summaries: Anglophone West Africa 122 Francophone Central Africa 125 East Africa and Horn of Africa 129 Indian Ocean 133 3 Section 4: MANI SA 08 Working Group Profiles 137 National Mobilisation and Research 138 Mobilisation, Training and Sending of African Missionaries 141 Mobilisation/Empowerment of Women for Ministry 142 Media Ministries 145 Sport Ministries 147 HIV/AIDS 151 Church Planting Movements 155 Leadership Development and Mentoring 157 United Prayer Mobilisation for Transformation and Mission 161 Oral Communication of the Gospel 165 Ministry to and through Children 167 Challenge of Islam and Hinduism 169 Discipleship 173 Community Transformation 175 Ministry to and through Youth 177 Partnership 181 Membercare for Christian Workers 183 Migrant Peoples 185 Integration in Mission: Old and New Sending Mission 187 Section 5: MANI SA 08 Articles 189 Effective Principles of Partnership in Mission 191 Compelling Reasons for Partnerships 195 Mission Mobilisation in Southern Africa 197 Malawian Missions Rise Above Limitations 201 Media Ministries 205 Sports Ministry A Unique Opportunity for the 21st Century Church 211 HIV/AIDS and the Great Commission 217 Churches Planting Churches 223 Developing Biblical Leaders 229 Filling the Leadership Gap 235 Sharing Gods Word with Oral Peoples 241 Children: A Strategic Gateway to the Unreached 245 Discipleship and the Advance of the Gospel 251 Transformational Discipleship: Going a Mile Deep 255 Community Transformation 259 The Genesis of a City-wide Youth Network 265 Caring for Missionaries 269 Mission to Migrants 271 Section 6: Joshua Project Country Lists 277 Section 7: Operation World Country Profiles 305 4 Movement for African National Initiatives [email protected] www.MANIAfrica.com Private Bag X09, Suite 168 February 2008 Weltevreden Park South Africa 1715 Dear MANI SA 08 Delegate, Continental Coordinator: Dr Reuben Ezemadu It gives us great joy to welcome you to MANI Southern Africa 2008! This is an reuben.ezemadu historic occasion drawing together cutting-edge leaders from a vast array of @gmail.com denominations, organizations and networks representing 13 nations, the International Liaison: continent and the world. Ross Campbell Ross.Campbell.MANI @gmail.com We are drawn together by our love for the Lord Jesus Christ and a common Regional passion to complete the commission that He gave us 2000 years ago. We Coordinators: recognize that God is mightily at work in the African Church. He has given us Anglophone the resources necessary to disciple our nations and to play a major role in West Africa reaching the least-evangelised peoples of the world. During these days may we Rev. Godfried Bamfo Ghana take a bold step forward in "Working Together to Finish the Task." [email protected] Francophone The vision for this gathering emerged two years ago at the MANI 06 Continental West Africa Consultation in Nairobi, Kenya. In our regional discussions, we determined to Mr Younoussa Djao Cote dIvoire that a catalytic gathering would help strengthen national movements in Southern [email protected] and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Such an event would solidify ties across both Central Africa regions and allow for the emergence of ongoing resource networks. Since then, Mr. Anatole Banga significant planning, prayer and collaboration have been invested, and by God's Central African Republic [email protected] grace, that day has arrived! Horn of Africa [email protected] We have come together at MANI SA 08 to: East Africa Celebrate what God is doing through His Church in the nations of Africa. Dr Stephen Kabachia Kenya Focus on the challenge of the unfinished task in Africa and the African Stevekabachia church's role in global evangelization. @yahoo.com Connect with fellow leaders whom God is using so that we might know in Indian Ocean greater measure the mind of God. Dr. Mario Li Hing Mauritius Assess where each nation is at in the: [email protected] ¾ development of an effective National Initiative; ¾ Portuguese-speaking penetration of its least evangelized people groups, geographic areas Africa and classes of society; Rev. João Barbosa ¾ development of indigenous missions to the unreached at home and de Oliveira Mozambique abroad; [email protected] ¾ saturation of every community of population with healthy Southern Africa communities of faith. Dr Dean Carlson Learn from innovative and effective African models for missions and South Africa [email protected] evangelism. Face up to critical challenges to the Church in Africa. Pray together for the evangelization of Africa and the world. 5 Let us dare to dream what God has in His heart to do in and through our nations. Let us think beyond what our own denominations and organizations can achieve individually and consider the possibilities of partnership. Let us discern His voice as we listen to one another. It is our hope that you will return home with a deepened commitment to work with others to see: every unreached people group, geographic area and class of society penetrated with the gospel; the involvement of a significant number of African churches in global missions; healthy churches working to transform in every community; the Body of Christ working in strategic partnership to achieve these goals. Let us imagine what the Lord has planned for our nations and receive from Him the courage and capacity to advance His purposes in every community across the land. On behalf of the national delegations and the MANI Continental Team, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the World Evangelisation Network of South Africa (WENSA) for hosting MANI SA 08. Special recognition is due to Every Home for Christ and OC Africa for their instrumental role in the coordination of this event. Gratitude is owed to national delegation leaders, working group facilitators and all co-workers for their love of the Church expressed through servant ministry. We hope you enjoy your stay with us and are blessed by South African hospitality. Please let us know how we make your visit as comfortable and rewarding as possible. For His glory in the nations, Dr. Dean Carlson Rev. Joao Barbosa de Oliveira MANI Regional Coordinator MANI Regional Coordinator Southern Africa Portuguese-speaking Africa 6 Dear Brothers and Sisters This is an exciting day for us in the history of WENSA (World Evangelisation Network of South Africa). We have been praying for this consultation for the past eighteen months. We warmly welcome you to MANI SA 08 being held here at the Good News Convention Centre. It is our prayer that this will be a special time when we as a community from Southern Africa, as well as our other Continental and Global guests, will have a sense from God as to what it is we ought to be about. We have so much to celebrate and to be thankful for but we also realise that there are some mega challenges awaiting us. Besides the business that we have to do during these days, I trust that we will connect first and foremost with God and that we will connect with one another. It is my prayer that solid relationships will be forged, providing the basis for future ministry together. May we sense the blessing of God upon us at this consultation as we seek to endeavour to be a blessing to the nations around us. I want to express deep appreciation on behalf of the WENSA leadership to Dean Carlson for carrying such a big load as well as to Every Home for Christ for taking responsibility for the logistics on our behalf. They have served us well. Yours for the salvation of the nations, Peter Tarantal WENSA Coordinator 7 8 Acknowledgements ... No one person can embrace the baobab tree." - African Proverb grand vision cannot be accomplished alone. It requires people joining hands and hearts together. This is certainly true of the Great Commission. And in a small way, it is true of A this handbook. The resource you hold in your hands is the fruit of the combined effort of leaders from different countries. We are bound together by a common vision that of seeing our nations discipled and a flood of Africans sent in mission around the world. We share a passion for God's glory in and through the African Church. I wish to thank each of the authors for their unique contribution. Writers include MANI Continental Team members, national delegation leaders, working group facilitators, researchers and ministry practitioners. We are grateful to Operation World for providing country profiles and for Joshua Project's invaluable assistance with people group information and maps. Special thanks goes to Bryan Grove for his untiring editorial work and to OC Africa's Madalena Gomes and Ria Wilson for their capable assistance with translation and formatting. It is our prayer that this handbook will serve as a resource to mobilize the Body of Christ. Thanks to each one who has joined hands with us around "the baobab tree".