Central Baptist Church of Mazabuka - Update 12/3/08

Bi-Weekly Prayer Report for the period 17th to 30th Nov 2008


Book launch: We give thanks to God that we were finally able to launch a total of seven booklets as supplementary readers for secondary schools. This is a project we have been working on close to five years now. The objective is to get into our schools using literature which addresses various topics that affect the youths. This first series is on male female relationships and the set of booklets has been approved by the ministry of education for use in schools. The launch took place on the evening of 28th November with the blessing of the Minister of Education who was supposed to attend had he not been out of the country at the time. Those who attended included representatives from schools; the media; and members of both reformed and non reformed circles. Our prayer is that this project will encourage more reformed brethren to write and thus provide resources for our institutions of learning as well as for non reformed readers. Pray that the Lord will bless this project to the benefit of many and the extension of His kingdom. Pray for our writing ministry that wisdom might be granted to us to know how to proceed.

Membership and baptism drive: We had planned to have our very first baptism service on New Year’s Day but we have now postponed it to a later day. This is to give us more time to scrutinize and teach the potential candidates. Some who had shown much promise have of late given us cause to doubt their profession of faith. Pray that the Lord might lead us to his true sheep. Pray for us as we seek with the coming baptism to constitute our first membership. Pray that the Lord establishes his work in the town of Mazabuka.

Home bible study: The Thursday bible study at the home of Mrs. Musonda has continued and we are now looking at the Lord’s Supper. Mrs. Musonda continues to show a lot of interest but we are still not persuaded that she is converted yet. Do pray for her spiritual well being that she might experience genuine conviction of sin and repentance. 

Kennedy: This is the young man the church is sponsoring at a secondary school in the town of Monze. Recently there was a riot by some pupils at his school. This happened in the night and he and some other boys ran into the bush to get away from the rioting pupils. They came back at sunrise but were implicated as having been amongst the trouble makers. About 45 were locked up at the Police station and were later chased from school pending suspension. Pray for Kennedy so that justice might prevail in this matter and that his school should not be disrupted.

Chipo: We have continued counseling sessions with her and she testified that she is already seeing light at the end of the tunnel and she feels energized to go and end the illicit relationship she has been entertaining with a married man. Pray for her as she will need much grace to turn away from a relationship which has been going on for a number of years.

Mr. and Mrs. Kalonga: This couple recently started attending church having come from Lusaka. The husband has a Catholic background and the wife a Pentecostal one. They got married outside church and they are now seeking to have their marriage ‘blessed’ in church. We have a pending appointment to discuss this matter and we hope to take this opportunity to discuss matters of salvation with them. Pray that the Lord will open doors.