The number of disciples of Christ is growing throughout southern Africa. This is a place that is not just looking for people to come and evangelize, but for people who can help them start to evangelize!

The church is at a place where they are ready to start reaching out in their own communities and surrounding countries. People are being trained and living as missionaries around the world. Base has been invited into this movement of preparing the next generation of Christians to be a mission force!

In partnership with the Awana Ministry we are able to see our ministry training effectively used in churches around the region! If you want to know more about what is happening in Southern Africa with our partners see the countries listed below. If you’re ready to help us prepare church leaders in Southern Africa for ministry and provide them with the resources they need to become a mission force see our project page here.

Zambia - One of the missionaries at the original sports ministry training in Zimbabwe was Joseph Mbange. His role in Awana has continued to grow thanks to the grace of God and his faithfulness in serving the Lord. This has led to more opportunities throughout Zambia!

• In 2022, during a casual meeting with MissionConnect, it was realized that Zambia could be an ideal location to raise funds for ministry. This would allow more ministry and training to happen so that more missionaries could be sent through both Awana and Base Ministry. Quickly, a 6-person team from the church led by Pastor Mbange began to form what is now the “Umodze BAM Center.” (Umodze is the local word for Unity).  This center is preparing to build their BAM model in order to raise funds within Zambia for effective missions training and sending!

• In the summer of 2024, the current Director of Awana in Zambia, Jeff Kantumoya, invited a team of Base trainers to join his team for further training in using sports as a ministry tool. This team was able to train in both Lusaka and in the more rural Copper Belt area. This training led to multiple churches being prepared with sports ministry and leadership training while also helping the Awana Zambia team to be ready to do the training on their own. This is a step to building the potential mission force that is in Zambia!

Zimbabwe- In 2014 the very first sports ministry training happened alongside of our Awana partners. Awana missionaries from Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe all came together. This training included access to the sports ministry material, that used to be called High Power Soccer. These missionaries took the concepts back to their countries and saw many churches get behind the opportunities to use sports as a ministry tool. There are still camps happening today and we are looking forward to continuing our work with Awana in Zimbabwe.

To see updates on what is happening in these countries between Base Ministry and Awana please subscribe to our Epistle page!