Igrejas da África Austral de Cristo

Four months since his appointment as the first biblical teacher in our Zimbabwean family of churches, Thabani Mashava is enjoying his role in fostering spiritual growth among believers in Harare and the rest of the Southern African region of churches. His teaching centres around an African context.

The Botswana International Church of Christ hosted its first Swamp Camp, had a groundbreaking ceremony for a missions hall, revived teen Bible Discussions and hosted a marrieds retreat.

The church in Madagascar focused on deepening our relationships with the Fathee and one another. We delved into Bible study, and mentoring and hosted our third youth camp.

Updates from the friendly city of Gqeberha, otherwise known as Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape where 2024 has been an encouraging year with a campus and young pro retreat, three baptisms, two restorations, and an annual church camp, amongst so much more.

Highlights of 2024 from the church in Angola included baptisms, a missionary trip by campus students to Benguala, churchwide collective dates, their first youth camp and "Bible Olympics" for new followers of Jesus.

The annual Southern Africa Encounter Campus retreat took place from 12-14 July, bringing together 172 campus students from eight countries across Southern Africa. This was our biggest retreat since Covid. The theme was Revolutionary and we had Perrie Keeve and Dominic Camerino from Columbia, South Caroline as special guest speakers. It was wonderful to cap off the retreat with a baptism.

2024 Highlights: Bulawayo

The theme of the conference was "BUILDtogether" and the speakers and discussions challenged the Elders, Evangelists, Teachers and lay leaders to love God, love people and allow the Spirit to lead the building of the church.