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Africa Reformation Overland Mission 2018
We praise God for His provision
and protection over the fifteen
thousand kilometres travelled,
ministering throughout
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi,
Tanzania, Namibia and
Swaziland. Thank you to all
those who prayed for our
Africa Reformation Overland
Mission team (Daniel, Tobie,
Talita, Alieske and myself) and
made this mission financially
possible. In total, we conducted
117 meetings, which included
preaching at 8 Sunday services,
19 outreaches (which included
3 outreaches at Old Age Homes,
3 Jesus film screenings, 3 school
meetings, 6 street outreaches
and 4 open-air preaching
outreaches in market places) and
37 children’s meetings.
Back to Biblical Exposition
Ulrich Zwingli brought
Switzerland back to the Bible
through expository preaching
- by preaching verse by verse
through the New Testament,
starting in Matthew one, verse
one on the first of January
1519. As next year is the 500 th
anniversary of the launch
of the Swiss Reformation by
Reformer Ulrich Zwingli, our
team particularly focussed on
conducting Biblical Exposition
Workshops for pastors. We used
the Gospel of John to practically
teach participants how to exposit
Scripture and also provided
resources to further guide their
study in John. It is our desire
that pastors will be motivated
to preach through the Gospel of
John in the coming year.
We conducted four different
Biblical Exposition Workshops
in Zambia, one in Tanzania
and one in Malawi. The team
also conducted two leadership
training conferences in
Swaziland and one in Zimbabwe.
Participants of these seminars
received copies of our new
Biblical Preaching Handbook,
Old Testament Survey, and
Biblical Principles for Africa, as
well as other books donated to us
for the field such as Nine Marks
of a Healthy Church and Taking
God at His Word. In total, we
distributed 1566 books.
Bibles in African Languages
Also, due to a generous,
specifically designated
donation, we were able to
purchase and wisely distribute
Bibles in Afrikaans, Shona,
At this secondary school in Tanzania many muslims attended our presentation.
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Teaching the Ten Commandments at a Sunday School in Malawi.
Chichewa and Bemba. We
distributed a total of 238 local
language Bibles and 206 English
Bibles. We also donated 39
boxes of World Missionary
Press Gospel booklets in local
languages (550 booklets per
box) to pastors and evangelists.
Including other leaflets
distributed, we distributed a
grand total of 22 450 Gospel
booklets, leaflets and tracts.
Children’s Ministry
It was wonderful to have
Alieske and Talita on the team
and available to do childrens
ministry. There are always so
many children in the rural areas
where we minister and they are
often a neglected field. Alieske
and Talita taught them the Ten
Commandments using pictures,
the days of Creation and got
the children involved by calling
on volunteers to help “act” out
Biblical stories being taught such
as Jesus raising Lazarus from the
dead.
Children's Biblical Exposition
In one rural area of Zambia,
during the three days that we
ministered there, Alieske and
Talita read and taught through the
Books of Esther, Jonah and parts
of Daniel to the children and had
the children acting it out. They
also had times of answering the
children’s questions, looking at
the meaning of the stories in their
contexts and how to apply them
to their lives. Although some of
the children were very young, it
was clear that they were thinking
about what we were teaching.
Teaching the doctrines and application of Bible stories in our lives.
During the last morning, Alieske
was explaining the Marching
Song (based on Romans 6:23) to
the children and they ended up
having a long conversation about
sin and salvation. Earlier they
all said they are good people and
some even said we can be saved
through good works but through
us asking questions, we could
see their understanding growing.
Finally they understood: “We are
not good but sinful,” “We cannot
save ourselves through doing good
things” and “Jesus Christ is the One
Who saves.”
“For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.” Romans 6:23
Children in Tanzania receiving Bible story cards.
Ministry in Tanzania
This was my first time in Tanzania.
I was most concerned about this
border crossing, as one of our
missionaries had experienced
corrupt officials at this border
last year. Yet, by God’s grace, we
arrived there (deliberately) on an
evening when the officials who
needed to give us our paperwork
had already gone home. Despite
a mosquito-infested sleep in the
vehicle at the border post that
night, we got through early the
next morning without our vehicle
being searched!
We ministered in a very rural
area. The thirty pastors who
gathered together for our
seminar were very enthusiastic,
always asking many questions,
expressing their excitement at
what they were learning.
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Acting out the story of Joseph at a school in Tanzania.
Acting out Noah and the Ark in a Tanzanian Primary School.
Our hosts, the pastors of the
church, were poor but sacrificially
generous. They even bought us
soda drinks at the market and
gave it to us every evening with
meals, as a treat. One of the
pastors said to me, “we can see
you love us” because you joke
with us, eat our food with us and
because you don’t act as if you
are more important.
Boxes with Love to Pensioners
Despite Zimbabwe’s new
president, Zimbabweans are
still suffering immensely.
The economy has again taken
another drastic down-turn with
many shops closing in the last
few weeks. In a country with
a corrupt government and a
collapsed economy, the elderly
are among those who suffer the
most. Our team was again able to
deliver 40 “Boxes with Love” (29
different food and medicine items
in each box) to needy pensioners
in two different towns – one of
which was through new contacts
and to elderly folk we have not
ministered to before. By God’s
grace, these boxes again made it
through several border crossings!
Here are some of the grateful
Thank You messages we received
from the old age home that our
team ministered to and from
those who received parcels:
“It was good to meet you and the
team. Our pensioners are still talking
about their visit and how good it was
to have young people visit them. May
our Lord and Saviour continue to use
you mightily.” Manager of Old Age
Home
“Thank you so very much for
bringing the three young people
to us. They thoroughly enjoyed
their time with the residents and
it was great to see the residents
being engaged in one on one
conversations.” Matron
“E suffers from dementia. Her
husband died recently. She is looked
after by his family. This parcel will
give her some nice treats and a
variety of food. A break from the
staple food they live on.
“Our dear W died on Thursday
night after a brave battle with
aggressive skin cancer. Now his
daughter will no longer benefit
from his pension. She is a good
bookkeeper but our tax department
have made it too hard for small
businesses to keep going, so she
has lost most of her clients. I heard
through the daughter’s church that
she was struggling to buy food so
I gave her one of the parcels from
Frontline.”
Swaziland
When our friend Leo from Swazi
Vision invited us for two weeks
of ministry in Swaziland, I could
not turn him down. Leo knows a
good network of church leaders
and last year arranged two
productive leadership seminars
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Shona Christians in Zimbabwe receive Bibles in their language.
for us to minister at. Even though
this ministry would be tagged
on to the end of our two-month
long mission, it was again well
worth the effort. We conducted
two leadership conferences,
ministered at an orphanage and
also at a prison. Pastor C sent us
this encouraging feedback:
“I would like to thank you for
wonderful presentations. I learnt
the following from the workshop:
1. Pastors should point people to
Christ. 2. Passion for reaching out to
the lost. 3. Awareness about human
trafficking. 4. Awareness about
abortion. We really need to teach
our church members the importance
of keeping themselves pure before
God. Thank you so much for leaving
us some tools like the Way of the
Master to use in Evangelism.”
Discovery Bible Method
How do you teach Biblical
Exposition to people from
cultures that learn by hearing
and telling stories? By teaching
them the meaning of the stories
in their Biblical context and
then getting them to re-tell and
learn how to teach the story
with the correct Biblical meaning
and application to those they
are discipling. The tool that we
found most helpful for this task
is the Discovery Bible Method
as presented in the Biblical
Preaching Handbook.
This leader facilitates the
following questions which
members of the group answer by
engaging with the Biblical text:
1. Re-tell the Text in your own
words.
2. What did you like about this
passage?
3. What did you find difficult?
4. What did you learn about God?
5. What did you learn about man?
6. How are you going to apply
this in your life?
7. Who are you going to share
this with?
It has been said that we
remember 10% of what we hear,
30% of what we read and 80%
of what we do. As this tool uses
all three, especially because
it is interactive, I believe that
this is one of the most effective
teaching tools to use in the field.
At all of the conferences, towards
the end, we chose two of the
participants to then lead a Bible
Study using this method. This
especially helped those leading
to master this tool and the
participants seemed to enjoy this
part the most!
Encouraging Feedback
Pastor M from Tanzania said: “We
are asking for prayers as we are now
trying to teach Discovery Bible Study
in our church. It is very helpful.”
Pastor S from Zambia said: “Thank
you for taking your precious time to
labour in our midst. Your ministry
was so timely to the Body of Christ.
We will forever be reminded of the
sweet fellowship and how the Lord
dealt with each one of us as we
together looked into the Word of
God. Our prayer is that the Lord
God Almighty may grant that we
meet again in a similar manner.”
Pastor A from Zambia: “I thank
God for this day. It reminded me
of God's amazing grace to learn
how to stick to the text. You helped
us a lot on how to get back to
Reformation.”
Another Zambian pastor said:
“We have seen that this Bible Study
method you have taught us has
really helped us. Because we have
seen that we must not just go here
and there and get distracted when
we read the Bible; and we can’t
just say what we want the Bible to
mean, but we must ask, ‘What does
the passage actually say?’”
In a two or three day seminar,
we were only able to get through
the first three chapters of John.
At all the locations, the pastors
asked us to come back again and
continue the study in John. They
even asked us to come for 21
days so that we could cover all 21
chapters of John!
Books for pastors.
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Profound & Relevant Insights
As we studied the Word of God
together, I was often impressed by
some of the profound insights that
these rural pastors with no formal
theological training shared with
us. These insights were directly
relevant to needs and challenges
faced by these African churches.
The Word of God is always relevant
to every nation and era!
God Was the First Missionary
On John chapter 1:14: “The
Word became flesh and dwelt
among us…” God was the first
Missionary. We must imitate
Him and be missional.
Humility of John the Baptist
John the Baptist pointed to Christ
and humbled himself, recognising
“I am not worthy to tie His sandals”
John 1:27. This is also what we
should do as pastors. This is in
great contrast to the many African
pastors who call themselves “man
of God” and are full of pride.
Follow Jesus
Two of John the Baptist’s
disciples became Jesus’ disciples
after John declared “Look,
the Lamb of God!” and were
introduced to Jesus. We must
not feel inadequate or be jealous
if we see another congregation
growing. We must be excited if
God’s Kingdom is growing.
SDAs Challenged
At one seminar, some Seventh
Day Adventists participated.
The SDA pastors were very
appreciative. They told us: “We
thought you believed in the Sun
god, because you worship on a
Sunday, but now we know you do
not. We have been challenged to
read the Bible for ourselves and
not just listen to SDA teachers.”
In this case, we did not need to
challenge SDA doctrine directly,
these pastors saw the need to go
back to the Bible themselves.
Jesus is Superior to Mary
At this same seminar, there
were also some Catholic leaders
participating. Simply studying
the Bible, also challenged their
Catholic doctrine. For example,
in John 2, at the wedding in
Cana, Mary says to the servants
of the wedding hosts, “Whatever
[Jesus] says to you, do it.” This is
a direct affront to the Catholic
belief of Mary as a mediator –
Mary told people to obey Jesus.
True Witness for Jehovah
In many of the places that we
minister, the Jehovah’s Witness
cult is a huge challenge to pastors
trying to protect their flocks
from false doctrine. John the
Baptist pointed to Christ and
said “Behold! The Lamb of God
Who takes away the sin of the
world!” John 1:29. Some pastors
pointed out John the Baptist was
the first true witness for Jehovah
as he pointed to Christ as the fully
Divine, sin-atoning, Messiah.
“Your Word is a lamp unto my
feet and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:105
Please Pray
Please pray for these pastors
who have committed to preach
through the Gospel of John. I am
in contact with many of them via
WhatsApp and am encouraging
them to persevere. Please pray
that the resources we left with
these leaders would be studied,
prayed through and would
impact their lives and ministries.
Reformation Fire
There is still a very long way to go
in urging pastors in Africa to go
Back to the Bible. Pray for more
labourers in this endeavour.
Pray that pastors would
continue to be inspired by the
example of the Swiss Reformer,
Ulrich Zwingli and faithfully
preach expositionally through
every Book of the Bible with
Reformation fire!
“‘Is not My Word like a fire?’
says the Lord, and ‘like a
hammer that breaks the rock in
pieces?’” Jeremiah 23:29
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HOW MARXISTS SUBVERT CHURCHES and SOCIETY
The First Battlefield
As Karl Marx declared:
“The first battlefield is the rewriting
of history.”
Hypnotised by Deception
“Modern society is hypnotised
by socialism. It is prevented by
socialism from seeing the mortal
danger it is in. One of the greatest
dangers of all is that you have lost
all sense of danger. You cannot
even see where it is coming from
as it moves swiftly towards you.
Socialism of any type leads to a
total destruction of the human
spirit… to destroy a people, you
must first sever their roots.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
PsyOps
Marxists aim to demoralise
their targeted victims through
psychological warfare (psyops).
Using guilt manipulation,
vilifying the victims and
victimising the villains, their
politics of guilt and pity seek
to undermine Christianity and
nationalism.
Distinguish Good from Evil
“The generation now coming out
of Western schools is unable to
distinguish good from bad. Even
those words are unacceptable.
This results in impaired thinking
ability.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Playing the Victim Card
Marxists employ double
standards to enable them to
always play the victim while
demonising the opponents of
Marxism. Along with demonising
opponents, Marxists seek to
promote hero worship of their
idols of the New World Order.
Ripping Up the Foundations
“In keeping silent about evil, in
burying it so deep within us that no
sign of it appears on the surface, we
are implanting it and it will rise up
a thousand fold in the future. When
we neither punish, nor reproach,
evildoers… we are ripping the
foundations of justice from beneath
new generations. In our country, the
lie is not just a moral category, but
also a pillar of the state. The timid
civilised world has found nothing
with which to oppose the sudden
revival of bare-faced barbarity,
other than concessions and smiles.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Intimidation
Through politically correct
censorship and intimidation,
cyber bullying and cry bullying,
they seek to mobilise hysterical,
spiteful, vindictive opposition
to silence all dissent. Anyone
daring to express a different
opinion will find themselves a
target of malicious slurs and
smear tactics.
“The words of his mouth were
smoother than butter, but war
was in his heart; his words were
softer than oil, yet they were
drawn swords.” Psalm 55:21
Poisoning the Well
They seek to weaponise words
and poison the well, calling free
speech: “Hate speech!” Marxists
seek to silence opposition by
accusing anyone who dares
to introduce facts and reason
into the discussion: Racist!
Anti-Semite! Nazi! Islamaphobe!
Homophobic bigot! and other toxic
labels designed to intimidate
opponents into silence and
retreat.
A Loss of Civic Courage
“A decline in courage may be the
most striking feature that an
outside observer notices in the West
today. The West has lost its civic
courage… Such a decline in courage
is particularly noticeable amongst
the ruling and intellectual elite,
causing an impression of a loss of
courage by the entire society.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gramsci Strategy
The Frankfurt School of
Cultural Marxism utilised the
Gramsci Strategy, otherwise
known as the Termite Strategy
of eating the heart out of every
pillar of Western civilisation
until the entire edifice rots
and collapses. Their goal is the
secularisation of society - to
sideline Christianity and deal
with all issues without reference
to the Bible.
“… ‘Should you help the wicked
and love those who hate the
Lord?’ Therefore the wrath of
the Lord is upon you.”
2 Chronicles 19:2
Marxists identify 5 Primary
Culture Transforming
Institutions for Infiltration
and Subversion:
1. Education
2. Entertainment
3. News Media,
4. Religious institutions
5. Political institutions
Marxist Revolutionaries
identify their Stages of
Operation for Ideological
Subversion:
1. Demoralisation
2. Destabilisation
3. Crisis
4. Normalisation
5. Second Phase of the
Revolution
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Subversion and Slander
Everything is designed to
undermine the strength of
the targeted enemy through
subversion and slander. Straw
man arguments are frequently
used to weaken the resistance of
targeted individuals, or groups.
Smokescreens & Distractions
Distraction is essential to
provide a smoke screen behind
which Marxist subversives can
destroy everything that could be
a strength in the congregation,
community or country targeted.
The issue focused on is
seldom the real concern. Their
motivation is normally the
furthering of the revolution by
discrediting all resistance.
Character Assassination
As Socrates famously declared:
“When the debate is lost, slander
becomes the tool of the loser.”
Those who resort to ad hominem
arguments reveal that they are
unable to deal with the issue
at hand without resorting to
name-calling and character
assassination against their
opponent.
Resist the Lie
“The simple truth of a courageous
individual is not to take part in the
lie. One word of truth outweighs
the world. You can resolve to live
your life with integrity. Let your
Credo be this: let the lie come into
the world, let it even triumph. But
not through me.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Confuse, Divide and Conquer”
If a people can be confused
then they can be divided,
which makes it easier to defeat
them. Hence, Marxists aim at:
Disinformation, Division and
Defeat for the country targeted.
“While they promise them
liberty, they themselves are
slaves of corruption…”
2 Peter 2:19
“Corrupt and Conquer”
Degenerate entertainment,
defiled art and decadent culture
are part of the strategy of
cultural Marxists to rot the soul
of a nation.
Treason from Within
As Marcus Cicero warned:
“A nation can survive its fools
and even the ambitious, but it
cannot survive treason from
within. An enemy at the gates is
less formidable, for he is known
and carries his banners openly,
but the traitor moves amongst
those within the gates freely, his
sly whispers, rustling through
all the alleys, heard in the very
halls of government itself. For
the traitor appears not a traitor;
he speaks in accents familiar to
his victims, he wears their face
and their arguments, he appeals
to the baseness that lies deep in
the hearts of all men, he rots the
soul of a nation, he works secretly
and unknown in the night, to
undermine the pillars of the city, he
infects the body politic, so that it
can no longer resist. A murderer is
less to be feared.”
Vulgar Fads Rot the Soul
“European democracy was
originally endued with a sense
of Christian responsibility and
self-discipline, but these spiritual
principles have been gradually
losing their force. Spiritual
independence is being pressured
on all sides by the dictatorship of
self-satisfied vulgarity, of the latest
fads and of group interests.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Soul of a Nation
“The strength or weakness of a
society depends more on the level
of its spiritual life than on its level
of industrialisation. Neither a
market economy nor even general
abundance constitutes the crowning
achievement of human life. If a
nation’s spiritual energies have
been exhausted, it will not be saved
from collapse by the most perfect
government structure or by any
industrial development. A tree with
a rotten core cannot stand.”
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Who will rise up for Me
against the evildoers? Who will
stand up for Me against the
workers of iniquity?”
Psalm 94:16
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What is Happening in Zimbabwe?
"Rescue those being led away
to death. Hold back those
staggering towards slaughter…
Will He not repay each one
according to what he has done?"
Proverbs 24:11-12
Early Celebrations
Tuesday, 21 November 2017,
Zimbabweans celebrated with
jubilation, cheering, shouting,
dancing and flags waving! The
occasion was the overthrow of,
93-year-old dictator, Robert
Mugabe. It was finally the end
of 37 years of tyranny and
oppression by the Mugabe-lead
Zanu-PF, or so the people thought.
Mugabe’s Replacement
Mugabe was overthrown by
military power, and replaced by
his ex-vice president Emmerson
Mnangangwa. Before his removal
from vice-presidency on 6
November 2017, Mnangagwa was
an ardent supporter of Mugabe
and served, periodically, in ZANU-
PF and its militant wing, ZANLA,
for 55 years. He even served as
the assistant and bodyguard to
Mugabe. He led farm attacks and
bombed a train in what is known
today as Masvingo. Mnangagwa
was the minister of state and
oversaw the Central Intelligence
Organisation. During his
leadership, the infamous massacre
of over 30 000 Ndebele people
occurred. Mnangagwa’s guerrilla
warfare and political tactics earned
him the nickname “Crocodile”.
Zimbabwe’s New President
Mnangagwa was officially
inaugurated as the third President
of Zimbabwe on 26 August 2018
after narrowly winning the
Zimbabwean general election,
2018. The election itself has been
called into question by opposition
party, MDC. But, the clearer
controversy occurred after the
election when MDC supporters
began protesting in Harare and
were met with live ammunition
from military and police, at least
6 were killed. People began to
question whether or not this kind
of behaviour would typify the
reign of Mnangangwa.
Same Party Different Face
After his election as president,
Mnangangwa was asked by
sky news journalist about the
controversial past of Zanu-PF.
The new president responded “I
do not regret; Zanu-PF does not
regret acquiring our land again”.
Here is the lesson which so many
people do not seem to take note
of. Mugabe was never the problem.
Mugabe did many wicked things,
but Mugabe himself was not the
problem. Mugabe was simply the
face of a wicked communist party.
He was the public figure of the
devious, Marxist ZANU-PF.
What Is Going On?
Today, many people are wondering
what is going on in Zimbabwe.
After the great celebrations
following Mugabe’s fall from
power and the cheers of freedom
after the free and fair elections, has
anything changed for the better?
Hope For the Future?
One of our missionaries recently
returned from Zimbabwe and
reported that, positively, one might
believe that Mnangangwa has
made some welcome surface level
changes. The new president has
ordered police not to harass whites
or foreigners at road blocks. He
has said that he wants to reverse
the bad economy. He has made
promises to bring commercial
farmers back into the land.
Life in Zimbabwe
However, life in Zimbabwe is
in a seemingly hopeless spiral
of hardships and poverty. Most
places do not have food. There
is no real money to trade with
because of circulation of “bond
coins”. There are severe electricity
shortages in Bulawayo and
little to no medical supplies for
local doctors. Patients are being
examined with flashlights because
there is no electricity in the
hospital!
One of our contacts has rightly
stated: “politically nothing has
changed” “It is a new face, but the
same government”.
Fake Money
Under Mugabe, the bond-coin
was introduced. It was meant to
be one-to-one promissory money
with the US dollar. The only
problem is that Zimbabwe does
not have the American dollars
to accommodate the amount
of bond-money out there. The
creation of bond-notes has taken
the black market by storm, so that
one can purchase about seven
bond dollars for one American
dollar. This means that technically
one can purchase goods at one
seventh of the actual price - if you
have access to US Dollars..
Bankrupt
Zimbabwe has no investors
and struggles to take out any
more loans. The World Bank
and International Monetary
Fund cannot help Zimbabwe out
anymore until Zimbabwe pays
off more than £1 billion in debt
arrears — money it does not have.
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Where Has the Money Gone?
Derek Matyszak said,
“Overspending by the government
is behind the current downward
spiral in Zimbabwe’s economy.”
“The total budget deficit for
the year is expected to surpass
$2.3-billion – quite impressive
for a country with a tiny national
budget of $3.8-billion.” Add to that
bloated civil services, practically
no established industries or
agriculture, and you have a
disastrous situation. However, all
of this pales in comparison to the
enormous corruption and theft
which is rife throughout the ruling
government. Political leaders and
their friends are living in luxury
homes, driving luxury vehicles,
all while normal citizens are not
being paid salaries and cannot
even afford basic medical and
toiletry supplies.
No Money for the People
People stand in queues for money
almost daily. ATMs limit services
to depositing money only! The
largest bill one can obtain is a
5-dollar bond note. The most
common denomination is 10 and
50 cent coins. Major shops change
prices up to 3 times per day. Many
products are not even priced
because inflation causes prices to
fluctuate too frequently.
Zimbabwean Observer
Cathy Buckle wrote of life in
Zimbabwe, “The nightmare
combination of no fuel, no bank
notes, no medicine and a growing
list of food and toiletries that
aren’t available, has left us wasting
our days in bank, food or fuel
queues, hunting for necessities
and doing outrageous calculations
just to work out how to survive.”
On 26 October 2018, Cathy
explained further, “Going shopping
after a week is frightening; the
prices of almost everything have
gone up, not by a few percent but
by 200 to 300%. In the past three
weeks, rice has gone from $2.40 to
$7.90; a tube of toothpaste from
$1.29 to $3.00; a tin of fruit or
vegetables from $2 to $5; a jar of
coffee: $12 three weeks ago, then
$17 and today $23.”
Marxism is the Problem
Two years ago, people were
rioting in the streets, and
calling for international
attention because of their
immense suffering. At the time,
I commented on these events:
“What we have now in Zimbabwe
is a situation of people who are
sick and tired of tyranny, poverty
and lifeless existence. Many are
finding their voice and crying out
for justice. But, the main focus
of their negative attention
is on a dying dictator-Robert
Mugabe, and not the secular
humanism and Marxist
ZANU-PF he represents.”
Marxist Methods
It is the goal of marxists to keep
people under their dictatorial rule
through suffering, confusion and
false promises of hope. The face
of the political party may change.
New policies may be instituted and
even seem good. Greater freedom
may be granted to people for a
time. But, these are all distractions
from the very real suffering which
the marxist government has
intentionally caused. By creating a
small glimmer of hope, the abusive
government creates a sense of
dependency within the citizens
they are abusing.
Hope for Zimbabwe
Thankfully, there is hope for
Zimbabweans. We praise God for
faithful ministers of the Gospel
who are declaring that there is
peace with God through the Cross
of Christ. In Christ we can have
peace with each other. We can even
have peace when we are persecuted
by evil men and women.
Christian Witness
We praise God for Christian
brothers and sisters who remain
positive and show the love of
Christ to others living in a dark,
sin-soaked world. In Zimbabwe,
I have met some of the humblest
and most peaceful people I have
ever known.
Help for the Hurting
There are still people living
outside of Zimbabwe who are
regularly praying for and assisting
those who are in Zimbabwe.
Frontline Fellowship has been
assisting suffering people and
ministering to confused Christians
in Zimbabwe for over 36 years.
Please continue to keep these
efforts and the important work of
other ministries in your prayers.
Zimbabwe’s Need
It is my hope and prayer for my
friends in Zimbabwe that more
people will find their voice and
react to their situation with
Biblical wisdom and prayerful
action. Their desire should be
Reformation and not revolution.
Godly, discerning leaders are
needed. Those who fear God and
keep His commandments should
be those who have the loudest
voices and be the anchor of
morality and reason in this time of
confusion.
“Blessed is the one who perseveres
under trial because, having stood
the test, that person will receive
the crown of life that the Lord has
promised to those who love Him”
James 1:12
John Clifford
Frontline Fellowship
P.O. Box 74
Newlands 7725
Cape Town South Africa
mission@frontline.org.za
www.FrontlineMissionSA.org
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CHURCH COUNCIL
ZÜRICH
“…Contend earnestly for the
Faith which was once for all
delivered to the saints.” Jude 3
Zürich 500
Christian leaders and Theologians
will be gathering in Zürich,
Switzerland from 15-20 July for
the Reformation 500 Global
Church Council. In celebration
of the 500th anniversary
of Ulrich Zwingli launching
the Swiss Reformation in
Grossmunster, Zürich, with verse
by verse expository preaching,
starting with Matthew 1:1, the
Global Church Council will be
held near Zürich, 15-20 July
2019 to affirm 24 Theological
documents applying the Lordship
of Christ to every area of life.
The Global Church Council
will include a Reformation
Celebration and guided tours of
historic Reformation sites in and
around Zürich. Church leaders,
representing a denomination,
mission, or college, that affirm
the authority and inerrancy of
Scripture and are committed to
working for Biblical Reformation
and praying for Revival are
invited to apply to participate.
Church Council Meetings
Since early Church History,
the global body of Christ has
convened Church Councils
with representatives from
many nations to determine
by the consensus wisdom of
their leaders, which side of the
controversial doctrinal position
was Biblical and true and which
side was false and worthy of
condemnation by the churches’
leadership. The first Church
Council was the Council of Nicea
in 325 A.D. when the full deity
of our Lord Jesus Christ was
upheld. The Church has had to go
through this process throughout
history, periodically clarifying
what it considered to be true
Biblical doctrine, or heresy.
Controversies which Confront
In the 21st century, 24 concerns
have risen to the surface as
controversial issues, all raised by
Evangelical and Bible-believing
sections of the greater body
of Christ worldwide (such as
the Inerrancy of Scripture,
the Centrality of Christ and
the nature of man). Dr. Jay
Grimstead has gathered
together various groups of
Theologians from a wide range of
denominations to discuss each of
these 24 issues as they merged
into church life. The Theological
teams have boiled down each
issue into its own salient points,
then formulated concise creedal
statements of affirmations and
denials as Theological documents
to be presented to the Global
body of Christ for consideration.
Global Church Council Events
Following up on the Reformation
500 Church Council Consultation
held in Wittenberg, Germany,
October 2017, two major Global
Church Council meetings are
planned in the immediate
future, including: Zurich 2019:
on the 500th Anniversary
of Ulrich Zwingli launching
the Swiss Reformation with
expository preaching in Zürich,
Switzerland, in 1519; Worms
2021: on the 500th Anniversary
of Dr. Martin Luther making his
“Here I Stand” speech before the
Emperor at the Diet of Worms
in Germany, 18 April 1521. By
God’s grace and leading, we
are inviting representatives of
denominations, missions and
colleges from around the world,
after having studied all 24 of
these Theological documents,
to apply to participate in these
events.
Reformation 500 Council
At Reformation 500 Zürich,
15-20 July 2019, participants
will discuss these 24 documents
and the effective mobilisation
of Reformation and Revival
worldwide and how to find Godly,
Christian leaders to work for
Biblical Reformation and pray
for spiritual Revival worldwide.
Participation in these events
are only to accredited leaders of
churches, missions and colleges.
The Church Council will include
various discussion groups
working on a global generic
Statement of Faith, Coalition on
Revival’s 42 Articles on Historic
Christian Doctrine and a universal
Biblical Constitution to offer
nations which want to establish
new, more Biblical civilisations.
Topics to be Discussed
If you would like to apply
to participate, you will need
to study and be in general
agreement with all 24 of the
Church Council documents which
can be viewed, or downloaded
from www.churchcouncil.org.
They are also included in the
book, Rebuilding Civilization on
the Bible. These documents were
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accepted at the US Consultation
on Theology hosted by Dr. James
Kennedy at Knox Theological
Seminary in Florida.
Rebuilding Civilisation
For a more thorough
overview of this
entire Church
Council Project, or
the 24 Theological
documents together
with introductions,
explaining each
document, one
may purchase
the Coalition on
Revival book:
Rebuilding Civilisation on the
Bible. This book can be ordered
from www.nordskogpublishing.
com. In Southern Africa, it
is also available from www.
christianlibertybooks.co.za. “To
the Law and to the testimony!
If they do not speak according
to this Word, it is because there
is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20
Resources for Reformation
Also 17 Christian Worldview
Documents are available and can
also be downloaded from our
websites: www.reformation.net
and www.Reform500.org. These
documents offer blueprints for
how the Bible can be applied
to every area of life to rebuild
civilisation upon the principles
of the Bible in the fields of
law, government, economics,
business, education, science,
media, the arts, family, church,
etc. The Coalition on Revival
Reformation 500 FIRE Manual is
also available in print and online.
Reformation 500
If you are on social media, you
can also find our Reformation500
Facebook page.
Audio Visual Resources
Videos of the Reformation
500 Wittenberg events
and the Eurochor concert in
Wittenberg can be viewed on
the www.FrontlineMissionSA.
org website Video Gallery under
Reformation. For copies of the
USA and Europe Reformation 500
Mission audio and video boxset,
contact Christian Liberty Books,
admin@christianlibertybooks.co.za
www.christianlibertybooks.co.za.
95 Theses for Reformation
The 95 Theses for Reformation
Today leaflet can be viewed
or downloaded for printing
in English, German, French,
Dutch, Spanish and Afrikaans
from www.ReformationSA.org
Greatest Century
The inspiring lives and
doctrines of the Reformers are
available in the well-illustrated
Greatest Century of Reformation
book (288 pages with over 200
pictures and maps), available
from www.christianlibertybooks.
co.za.
Contact Us
For more information, or to
apply to participate, contact Dr.
Jay Grimstead of Coalition on
Revival, P.O. Box 1139, Murphys,
California, 95247, USA.
Email: jgrim1776@gmail.com.
“Those from among you shall
build the old waste places; you
shall raise up the foundations of
many generations and you shall
be called the Repairer of the
Breach, the Restorer of Streets
to Dwell In.” Isaiah 58:12
Dr. Peter Hammond
Reformation Society
www.ReformationSA.org
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