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In a memorable speech which he delivered in Cambridge on 3 December 1857, David Livingstone ended with a ringing challenge: “I beg to direct your attention to AFRICA. I know that in a few years I shall be cut off in that country which is now open – do not let it be shut again. I go back to Africa to try to make an open path for commerce and Christianity. Do you carry on the work which I have begun. I leave it with you.”
LOOKING BACK Over the past 33 years Africa has been on my heart and believing that the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is the answer to the desperate needs of Africa, I have given my life to serving this magnificent continent. In 1987 I founded the KwaZulu-Natal Missionary and Bible College for the purpose of training pastors and missionaries for Africa. Over these 24 years over 300 have now passed through our College and our students are serving in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Cameroon even as far as Indonesia and Pakistan. It has been wonderful to see the students coming from all over Africa to be trained at KMBC.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO During the school holidays I have made missions trips into Africa to make new contacts, see the new churches which are being planted and most recently to assist in the establishing of a new bible college in Lumbumbashi. The D.R.C. was a most amazing experience and we hope for exciting developments in the future especially as we seek to bring a new Bible College into being.
MALAWI Down South in the Ngabo district are 2 of our students in the outlying rural areas. What an experience to suddenly arrive out of the bush and see their faces when we arrive, it’s amazing. Funds are being raised for a bore hole and one day to put a building for the school which at the moment meets under a tree.
MOZAMBIQUE Visiting our past students in ESBUNGABERA area was humbling. From small beginnings we have now seen 11 new churches planted and regular trips are made to encourage this work. One will never forget being summoned to the magistrate and being told we should not be there and could face being arrested only to be rescued hours later by our Missionary!
ZAMBIA In the Musonda area on the outskirts of KITWE a new church is being planted. The area has over 200,000 people with NO churches in the area, 98% are un-employed and the situation is desperate but an active church in the area, preaching the Gospel and reaching out in love will be a beacon of love and hope. CONFERENCES On these trips Pastors and Leadership conferences are held in Namibia, Malawi and Zambia. We long to train up a generation of servant leaders and Bible teachers for Africa,
ZIMBABWE Besides being the Principal of K.M.B.C., I am the Chairman of I.M.S.A. (Industrial Ministry in Southern Africa). The vision of this organization is to reach the workers in the workplace for Christ. Once a year we assist in the Conference where workers come from all over South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Netherlands. On a weekly basis we have trained workers teaching the Bible in many factories and once a year we organize a training day for the workers. It is critical work for the Gospel.
NAMIBIA I have been visiting this lovely country for over 20 years now. We have 5 churches in the Ovamboland province and every 6 months I will be visiting to encourage them. Together with other denominations and colleges I hope to run leadership conferences in the future.
Congo Library
BOOKS FOR AFRICA This small venture was started out of a deep concern for so many pastors in Africa who have no resources to assist them in their ministry. We seek to give a New Bible Commentary, a New Bible Dictionary and a Systematic Theology book to men we come into contact with. Towards the end of the year a
4x4 will be traveling to the Congo with hundreds of books to assist the new Bible College being formed. This is a small venture at the moment but one which is so important to the pastors.
Floyd McClung has said “the greatest growth, the greatest openness and the greatest moves of God’s spirit are happening in Asia, Africa, Latin America and increasingly in the Middle East.
THE PURPOSE We need to build our work among the people we want to reach and mobilize. There are 100’s and 1000’s of teachable, dedicated, emerging leaders in the nations of Africa who are crying out for TRAINING and MENTORING.”
NOW I am establishing “FOOTPRINTS INTO AFRICA” to which I want to give the rest of my life to, for the express purpose of …. SO HOW CAN YOU HELP US?
OUR COMMISSION 1.
TRAIN up a new generation of preachers and missionaries for Africa. Men
and women who are passionate for the Gospel and who believe the Bible to be the Word of God. This makes the work at our College of critical importance.
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MENTOR these pastors and missionaries by regularly visiting them in Africa,
living with them and encouraging them in their great work.
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PLANT NEW CHURCHES which are based on the Bible and not hampered by
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PRAY:
This is critical because Jesus said “without me you can do nothing.” Pray especially for our College, KMBC as we go into our 25th year next year celebrating God’s goodness to us, it has been the most amazing and thrilling story.
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HELP FINANCIALLY:
tradition, churches which are self-supporting, self governing and self propagating.
All this takes money. We need to:
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Continue providing tuition and accommodation to our students who come to us with no financial help at all.
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Continue to be visiting into Africa.
preached, God’s voice is heard.
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Help provide a borehole for Malawi.
Don McClure a missionary into Africa for 50 years wrote:
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Establish the College in the D.R.C..
“I am filled with an undying ambition to do something worthwhile in the great land of Africa.”
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Plant a new church in Kitwe and Lumbumbashi
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Keep training pastors for Africa.
ARRANGE CONFERENCES to continually be equipping God’s people for the
work of Gospel ministry. These have been great blessings to many.
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PREACHING where invited across Africa believing that when God’s Word is
Yours for Africa Warwick Cole-Edwardes
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10 Cross Road, Pelham, Pietermaritzburg 3201 P O Box 22864 Southgate Pietermaritzburg 3200
Bank: Standard Bank
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