Igrejas da África Austral de Cristo

Dr. Mark Ottenweller has had a wild adventure in Christ. Here he shares his story, gives glory to God and expresses gratitude for the church that has helped him and his family.

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In January, the Beira church planting took place with the help of Claudio Mavume, Wolf Bila and a six-member team made up of faithful and committed brothers and sisters. The group had 20 at one of their Bible discussions in February. Please continue to pray for God's work in the city.

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.