Creation Care and the Gospel
Extending Creation Care Teaching This year we are trying to reach out to different churches and challenge them in relation to Creation Care and the Gospel. We have had some useful meetings with significant people in some of the main churches in Nairobi and the Kisumu area. Ed Brown, who is one of the movers […]
A Biblical Teaching to Motivate Farmers to Maintain a Living Soil
In REAP (Rural Extension with Africa’s Poor) our work is through local churches, emphasising an approach that we believe plays to the potential of the local church. While there is much potential that we see in the local church, we focus on four main factors in the area that we work, namely eastern Africa. These […]
Working Through the Local Church
NOTE: This analysis relates to evangelical Protestant Churches. The Catholic and Orthodox Churches have a very different structure that leads to different potentials. Relating to the church type There is a tendency to share models that are successful in one place to a different situation where the model that is good for one area may […]
PLOT Analysis: Playing to the Potential of Churches in Rural Development
SWOT is a commonly used tool for helping organisations understand themselves in organisational analysis and strategic planning. We look at the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats that the organisation faces and this helps us to look at its identity, and to decide what needs to be done. A common way of using SWOT is to […]
Guidelines for Teaching on Natural Medicines through the Church
Why are Natural Medicines relevant for the church? They are Biblical. When you are physically sick, your spiritual ministry is affected. The good pastor is concerned about the health of his people. (contrast Ezekiel 34:4) They portray God’s plan for man – working with creation (Genesis 2: 15) They are using what God has given […]