Hello Everyone:
UP AND RUNNING!
This is my very first attempt at writing my own blog. I hope to keep this updated and welcome your input. I hope I don't get too radical! This seems a lot simpler than Facebook!!!
REPORT - UPDATE
Wayne Drewry (Impact Board Member) and myself recently returned from a fantastic trip to Zimbabwe (I also visited South Africa). To see God at work in a nation devastated by a corrupt regime is extremely exciting. (It brings me to my first radical thought - God is NOT dependent on any government to extend His purposes on the earth!! - Will follow this theme in a future blog).
The Impact model 'leave a legacy for the generations to come' is in full swing in Zimbabwe.
It is always humbling to see what God has done and is doing through the work I founded in 1976.
(It would seem to me that the church should learn how to grow, develop leadership that in turn will pass the baton on to the next generation). Faith Ministries (the church founded in 1976), is growing, extending its borders and picking up the mantel of community development and national transformation (see home page www.impactworl.org ) Within Faith Ministries we see three generations of leadership - Alastair Geddes, Ngwiza Mnkandla and Shingi Munyeza. How exciting is that - I founded the ministry in 1976, passed the baton to Ngwiza in 1983, he passed the baton to Shingi in 2006 - the baton to three generations and each generation is respectful and working together for 34 years.
The Church Is Growing in Zimbabwe
The church in Mbare (Harare) has grown from a few hundred earlier in the year to 1,000 adults and 1,000 children. It is fulfilling the community development model in reaching out to the community and using the building during the week for a vast variety of community needs.
Wayne and I attended a leadership conference where the church leadership 'huddled' to determine the theme for 2010. There were more than 400 leaders from around the country.
Zambia Receives Grant From Impact
Zambia is the country immediately to the north of Zimbabwe. The received $5,000 this year to advance the community development model. Jerry Kafuna who is spearheading the effort is a graduate of ACTS (Africa Christian Training School) which I founded in the late 1970's. He has purchased bee hives and greenhouses and building businesses to meet the needs of his congregation and the local community. He is a local pastor who is adopting the Impact model of community development and national transformation
Ezekiel Guti Builds A Hospital In Harare
During our visit to Zimbabwe, we met with a man I consider as a spiritual father. Now in his 80's Ezekiel Guti has founded thousands of churches around the world - Africa, America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia are only a few of the areas where Guti has planted a church. During our visit he took us to see the hospital being built in the capital. All this in a nation so devastated from years of tyranny. The hospital will be completed in 2010.
Craig Geddes and Alastair Geddes Meet In South Africa
There is no greater joy in the heart of a father than to see his own son pursue the destiny God has placed on his life. Craig has a huge responsibility with JAM (Joint Aid Management) an NGO (Non Government Organization), and he travels often to Mozambique, Sudan and other African countries checking on the programs offered by JAM to as many as 500,000 children each day.
It was good to spend time with Craig and Angela (his new bride) and see them on their 'home' soil. We visited a number of the JAM feeding projects and also Door Of Hope the orphanage where Angela and Craig are volunteers. To pass on the baton of legacy to one's very own children is so very meaningful.
I will continue to post information, updates and maybe even some of the thoughts I get that come my way, that I can pass on to you. If you have any comments please let me know.
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Impact Zimbabwe
Political unrest remains in Zimbabwe and clouds the run-off election pending for later this month. The opposition leader is back in the country but in and out of detention at the whim and fancy of Mugabe! Many NGO's are being expelled as Mugabe seeks to maintain control and keep his reputation as one of the world's most tyrannical leaders.Despite all of this Impact International along with its partners in Zimbabwe is in the process of forming Impact Zimbabwe which will spearhead a national transformation movement. The Kingdom of God does not retreat in the face of the kingdoms of this world made by man - it advances! That is our intent. Plans are underway for orphanages, feeding programs, church planting, health clinics etc. that will form the basis of a national transformation and leave a legacy for the future.The Kingdom Endowment model is moving forward and we see clearly how the national transformation of Zimbabwe can be funded with substantial financing from Kingdom Add-On (see marketplace on our web site). Funding is not only forthcoming from US partners but largely our Impact Zimbabwe Trust and key business entrepreneurs within the nation. Our funding effort towards national transformation is unique, in that it is expected that large volumes of money for the initiative will come from within the nation.As a part of our funding for the national transformation effort, the Impact Zimbabwe Board along with Impact International will form the Zimbabwe Academy Of Entrepreneurship. An alliance (partnership) has been established with The Nehemiah Project and its courses on Biblical Entrepreneurship. Regent University also partners with us to offer certification for all students in the entrepreneurship academy. This business school will train suitable entrepreneurs who will be financially assisted by The Kingdom Endowment Fund with seed and start up costs. This model offers jobs for the new business executive, jobs through employment, funds for the local church through tithing AND also these new business leaders will be taught the mission of Impact - leave a legacy and add to The Kingdom Endowment Fund for national transformation.We believe we have a God given assignment, an exciting concept and a firm belief of success! 'With God, all things are possible'.We have hired a graphic designer to assist with the weekly updates for our web site, so we will shortly be able to add photos and more graphics to our site to serve you better. Stay in touch, we need you!
Blessings!
Alastair
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Impact Zimbabwe
Political unrest remains in Zimbabwe and clouds the run-off election pending for later this month. The opposition leader is back in the country but in and out of detention at the whim and fancy of Mugabe! Many NGO's are being expelled as Mugabe seeks to maintain control and keep his reputation as one of the world's most tyrannical leaders.Despite all of this Impact International along with its partners in Zimbabwe is in the process of forming Impact Zimbabwe which will spearhead a national transformation movement. The Kingdom of God does not retreat in the face of the kingdoms of this world made by man - it advances! That is our intent. Plans are underway for orphanages, feeding programs, church planting, health clinics etc. that will form the basis of a national transformation and leave a legacy for the future.The Kingdom Endowment model is moving forward and we see clearly how the national transformation of Zimbabwe can be funded with substantial financing from Kingdom Add-On (see marketplace on our web site). Funding is not only forthcoming from US partners but largely our Impact Zimbabwe Trust and key business entrepreneurs within the nation. Our funding effort towards national transformation is unique, in that it is expected that large volumes of money for the initiative will come from within the nation.As a part of our funding for the national transformation effort, the Impact Zimbabwe Board along with Impact International will form the Zimbabwe Academy Of Entrepreneurship. An alliance (partnership) has been established with The Nehemiah Project and its courses on Biblical Entrepreneurship. Regent University also partners with us to offer certification for all students in the entrepreneurship academy. This business school will train suitable entrepreneurs who will be financially assisted by The Kingdom Endowment Fund with seed and start up costs. This model offers jobs for the new business executive, jobs through employment, funds for the local church through tithing AND also these new business leaders will be taught the mission of Impact - leave a legacy and add to The Kingdom Endowment Fund for national transformation.We believe we have a God given assignment, an exciting concept and a firm belief of success! 'With God, all things are possible'.We have hired a graphic designer to assist with the weekly updates for our web site, so we will shortly be able to add photos and more graphics to our site to serve you better. Stay in touch, we need you!
Blessings!
Alastair
MORE ARCHIVE ARTICLES
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