Central Baptist Church of Mazabuka - 11/6/08

CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH OF MAZABUKA
Bi-Weekly Prayer Report for the period 6th Oct to 2nd Nov 2008

• Women’s meeting: The monthly women’s meeting for October took place on Saturday the 18th. About 25 women attended. The pastor preached on the theme, ‘Daughters of God’ from 2 Corinthians 6.17-18. He showed why every woman should desire to be a daughter of God. There are many benefits both in this life and in the life to come that accrue to the daughters of God. He also showed the requirements of God for one to become a daughter of God and the folly of trusting in man. Many women trust in man for their well being. And many desire the benefits without submitting to God’s conditions. Two women, Chipo and Gertrude indicated that they would want to be assisted with counseling and helped to find Christ. Pray for all who heard the word and particularly for Chipo and Gertrude so that they make themselves available for counseling and that their individual problems will be addressed.

• School leavers meeting: An attempt was made to recommence the meetings for school leavers after they were disrupted by the funeral of the republican president. But only a handful turned up. We intend to try again this month. Do pray that wisdom will be granted to us to know how we can best catch and sustain the interest of these school leavers.

• Regional conference: The first regional conference for the reformed Baptist churches in southern province took place on Independence Day 24th October at Choma Reformed Baptist Church in Choma. Approximately 80 people were in attendance. 15 came from our church. Pastor Conrad Mbewe preached on the theme, ‘An overview of the doctrines of grace’. The objective of these conferences is to spread the work of reformation by inviting many from non reformed circles to attend. The second one is planned for 1st May 2009 in Livingstone. This one might be more than one day and will therefore require more resources. Do pray for the success and organization of these conferences and that the Lord will use them to the glory of his name.

• Presidential elections: The town was a hive of activity prior to the presidential elections that took place on 30th October. Thank God that the voting process went on peacefully and that although the losing parties were aggrieved, the situation did not degenerate into anything nasty. Pray that the country might quickly pick up from where the late president left off and quickly make progress.

• Baptism and membership: We are planning to conduct our first baptism service early next year and this will also mark the start of our church membership. Before then we need to identify the potential candidates and take them through baptism classes. Pray that grace and wisdom will be given to us so that we do not end up baptizing anyone who will turn out to be a ‘Simon the magician’!