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Des étudiants burkinabè écrivent l’histoire de l’Église africaine
Des étudiants burkinabè écrivent l’histoire de l’Église africaine Un étudiant burkinabè regrette que l’Église d’Afrique soit « comme une pirogue qui part sans laisser de trace ». Anicka Fast s’est engagée à changer cette réalité, en enseignant aux étudiants de l’Université chrétienne Logos de Ouagadougou à collecter l’histoire orale et à rédiger des biographies de
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New bishops in Tanzania plan for revival
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – The church in Tanzania underwent revival in the 1940s–1980s and the leaders of Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (KMT) are ready to welcome it again. The newly elected bishops have cast a vision to expand the Mennonite church in Tanzania by one million people. In January 2017, several retirements caused turnover of
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East African Churches strengthen leadership training for rural pastors
Mwanza, Tanzania – Bishops in the Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (Tanzanian Mennonite Church) and Kenya Mennonite Church are working to meet the need for local, affordable training for village pastors. To do so, they have partnered with Eastern Mennonite Missions workers Joe and Gloria Bontrager, originally from the United States, who are developing and implementing
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East African Mennonite churches form mission board
Nairobi, Kenya – Mennonite bishops from Kenya and Tanzania formed a mission board during their annual meeting, held in August at the Mennonite Guest House. “We are no longer churches which just receive missionaries, but churches which send missionaries,” the church leaders stated. EMM has a 78-year history of working with churches in East Africa.
