As this newsletter is being

written, Frontline Fellowship

Mission teams are in the field

involved in ministry to eight

nations. While one team is

conducting outreaches and

Leadership Training courses in

Zimbabwe, another Mission

team is in South Sudan

conducting Way of the Master

and Evangelism Explosion

Workshops for pastors ,

teachers, chaplains and

evangelists.

Page In this Issue 1 Africa for Christ 3 Bibles for Africa 4 South Africa Mission 5 Tugela Valley Mission 6 Living by Faith 8 Serving the Suffering

ISSN 1018 - 144X

Africa for Christ

PO BOX 74 NEWLANDS 7725 SOUTH AFRICA2011 EDITION 4

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel

to all creation.” Mark 16:15

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Africa Overland Worldview Seminars and Evangelism “How beautiful upon the mountains

The Sudan team is involved in a three- Workshops in Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, are the feet of him who brings Good

month, eight-country overland Mission Rwanda and Tanzania. News, who proclaims peace, who

that is involving 20,000 kilometers brings glad tidings of good things, who

driving, across some of the worst roads Pray Without Ceasing proclaims Salvation…your God

in Africa. Despite broken axles on their Please continue to lift our missionaries reigns!” Isaiah 52:7

heavily laden trailer, unseasonably up in daily prayer.

heavy rainfall, muddy roads and Dr. Peter Hammond

swollen rivers, they have already

succeeded in delivering thousands of

Christian books, Bibles, textbooks,

Gospel booklets, audio visual materials

and essential equipment for Christians

to effectively evangelise and disciple

their nations.

Discipling Nations

Three of our team members in Sudan

have recently come down with Malaria,

but they have already accomplished

much in conducting Evangelism

workshops, teaching in Bible Colleges,

ministering in schools, training

teachers, prison ministry, f i lm

evangelism, personal evangelism,

ministry in market places, hospital

ministry, church services, delivering

libraries for pastors, textbooks for

teachers, handbooks for chaplains and

laying solid foundations for discipling

the newly Independent country of

South Sudan.

Lives Changed

They reported participants of the

Evangelism Workshops returning from

the market place with joyous reports of

villagers who had trusted in Christ.

Once they have completed their wide-

ranging ministry in South Sudan, the

team will be conducting Biblical

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By God's grace, just in time to help throughout Cape Town and South Discipleship Handbooks, audio visual

supply our next cross-border Missions, Africa, and across the border to materials , equipment for F i lm

we received a 17 tonne, 20 foot Zimbabwe, Zambia and overland to Evangelism and much Gospel literature,

container packed full of Bibles and Sudan. to supply pastors, teachers, chaplains

Christian books. and evangelists in Zimbabwe, Zambia,

Literature for Africa Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda,

All our men received a thorough work- The newly received Bibles, Study Bibles, Kenya and South Sudan.

out offloading each of the boxes of Devotional, Doctrinal and Discipleship

precious Bibles and books by hand. books, joined other specially designed “So shall My Word be that goes forth

materials produced at our Mission: from My mouth; it shall not return to

Within days, tonnes of the newly Chaplains Handbooks, Chaplains Me void, but it shall accomplish what I

received Bibles and books were being Prayerbooks, Discipleship Training please, and it shall prosper in the thing

collected, delivered and transported M a n u a l s , Te a c h e r s M a n u a l s , for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11

Bibles for Africa

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South Africa MissionOur team drove over 4,500km and Lives Impacted “excellent”; “tremendous impact”; "A conducted 45 meetings in 5 provinces. Some of the written responses great Seminar!"; "It renewed my This included conducting a Biblical received included: "I've learned the confidence in the Bible"; “all so W o r l d v i e w S e m i n a r , g i v i n g importance of the Holiness of God"; amazingly interesting"; "Excellent presentations to 4 school assemblies, "The BWS has broadened my horizons multimedia presentations"; "I am ministering in 4 churches, 3 mission and opened my eyes"; "The BWS made inspired, fired up and encouraged!"; bases, one radio station, a School of me re-think all my positions"; “my faith has increased and I am Missions, a Teacher Training College “awesome“; "I experienced God!"; motivated to action!"and at a university.

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On a recent visit to KwaSizabantu and harvested, pineapples, bananas, (Grandfather) Stegen came, our Mission, Andrea and I had the privilege mangos, and every kind of vegetable. It children have enough food, we have of joining Rev. Erlo Stegen on a visit to was crystal clear where the Mission work, we have money and we have joy their thriving new Mission Outreach at outreaches were, each was an oasis in in God.” Maqhogo in the Tugela Valley. We had the wilderness. to descend over 2,500 feet from Through the initiative and energy of KwaSizabantu to the valley, which was Everywhere we travelled the people KwaSizabantu missionaries, roads have barely 500 feet above sea level. The warmly welcomed Uncle Erlo with been repaired, farms irrigated, and dramatic rise in temperature was great joy and broad smiles. Their much of the wilderness has been startling. respect and affection for Rev. Erlo turned into a paradise. A Thriving

Stegen was overwhelming. The local church has already been established in The Miss ion 's impact on the people told us how Uncle Erlo had this once witchcraft dominated area.communities and landscape in the provided them with jobs, food, hope valley was astounding. In areas where and the Gospel. “The government This year, as Rev Erlo Stegen is the local people said that only thorn promised us so much, but we got celebrating 60 years in Ministry, a new bushes could grow, Erlo Stegen and his nothing. No roads, no electricity and edition of God Among the Zulus has co-workers have successfully planted, no plumbing. Now, since Mkhulu been published.

Tugela Valley Mission

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Living by FaithPioneer Missionary Hudson Taylor West Africa, laying landmines in roads, declared: “God's work, done God's placing limpet mines in shops, way, will never lack God's supply.” restaurants and railway stations and

car bombs in public streets. They were Faith Missioncoming at us with bombs and hate. We Hudson Taylor not only pioneered the determined to go to them with Bibles first Inter-denominational Mission and with the love and Gospel of Christ.Society, but the first Faith Mission.

Convinced that “God's servant is God's Trusting Godresponsibility” and that “The will of Most Christian ministries seemed to God will never lead you where the make a major emphasis on money and Grace of God cannot keep you”, fundraising. We determined to go the Hudson Taylor determined not to other direction. There is nothing

Heart Publishers materials, I needed to engage in fundraising, but to wrong with taking up an offering to

do so by hitch hiking. In the early years concentrate on the Mission God had cover ministry expenses. However, I

of this Mission, I hitch hiked over entrusted him with. have never taken up an offering in the

140,000 km. almost 30 years of our Mission, 30 Years ago, as God laid the vision of

Flying by FaithFrontline Fellowship. Others may have launching Frontline Fellowship upon On one occasion I had to get from taken up some offerings on our behalf my heart, I determined to follow the Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth and we are grateful for that, but we example of Hudson Taylor in launching (1000km) in less than a day. Knowing have never required or requested it. Frontline Fellowship as a Faith Mission.that that was virtually impossible by Nor have we, as a Mission, engaged in

Vision hitch hiking, I went to Lanseria Airport direct fund raising.This was during all-night prayer and asked the control tower if they

Despite conducting speaking tours in meetings in our military base. We were knew of any aircraft flying through to 34 countries on 4 continents, I have praying our way through Operation Port Elizabeth that day. Incredibly a never required speakers fees. “Freely World, particularly praying for our new helicopter was to be delivered to you have received, freely, freely give.”neighbouring countries: Mozambique, PE. When I explained my dilemma to

Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola. These Neither have I taken any royalties from the pilot, he cheerfully offered me a were the, so-called, Frontline states. At any of the books I have written and free ride! So in a matter of hours I was that time they were at war with South published. All proceeds go directly into able to travel in comfort and style to my Africa and supporting revolutionary the Mission. Everything that has been speaking engagement in the Eastern groups which were coming across the accomplished in, and through, our Cape. All this hitch hiking gave me border into South Africa and South Mission over the last 29 years has been opportunities to witness to hundreds

entirely due to God's grace alone. of motorists and to distribute Gospel literature very widely.Some have asked how any individual

can live without a salary and a visible Generositysource of income. Or how any When setting off on my first mission to organisation can operate without Mozambique, funds were so low that I fundraisers? did not actually have sufficient means

to purchase enough fuel to reach Hitch HikingMozambique. At a petrol station at Francis Grim, the Founder of Hospital King Williams Town, the owner of the Christian Fellowship International, fuel station came out and asked taught me how to live by Faith. When questions about the Christian stickers he issued me the call to join his on my heavily laden off-road motor ministry in Kempton Park, I was in Cape

Town, 1,400 km away. Having already been living and ministering by Faith for some months, I no longer had so much as a Rand to my name. I had to trust the Lord for the train fare to reach Kempton Park. When Uncle Francis sent me on a country wide tour to visit all the Christian bookshops and promote

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bike and what I was doing. I explained holocaust in Rwanda erupted. I knew the limited means at our disposal we my Mission to Mozambique and after that I had to go there, but there was no attempt to do our very best to respond he filled my tank, he informed me that way that we had sufficient funds for an to the challenges and opportunities to it was “on the house” and no payment air ticket to East Africa. I investigated fulfil the Great Commission in Africa. was necessary! and found out that I had sufficient The books that we have published go a

frequent flyer miles to earn a free air long way towards financing the fuel for Testing Timesticket to Nairobi. Through missionary Mission teams in the field. But most of Things don't always go quite that easily, contacts and correspondents in the our support comes in from prayer of course. On one Mission to area I was able to get into Rwanda and supporters of our Mission: cheques, Mozambique via Zambia and Malawi, hitch hike with hundreds of Bibles into electronic transfers, direct deposits funds were so tight that I would not South Sudan. There I made contact and envelopes after a meeting. These have been able to reach even with the persecuted Church. are some of the means that the Lord Johannesburg without the books that I

has used to enable our Mission to go sold at a church meeting in forward.Bloemfontein, en route. The

books sold in Pretoria, helped Launching Out in Faithme purchase fuel to go all the Our recent Overland Mission to way through Zambia to Malawi Sudan was another example of and Mozambique. On the way how the Lord requires us to step back, however, I needed to sell out in Faith. It was only after we spare shoes and our spare tyre, had fully equipped and packed in order to have the fuel to get and loaded our vehicle and the back home. team was already on the road to

Sudan, that funds came in from Confirmationsupporters of the Mission to The first two times I received enable the team to reach their invitations to minister in Europe, destination. I re c e i ve d ex t ra o rd i n a r y Macedonian Call

encouragement, (and essential The children of Israel learned to follow That is also when Rev. Kenneth provision) when, just before my the presence of God as it was Baringwa tracked me down and gave departure, I went past our post office manifested by the pillar of fire by night me the Macedonian call: “You must box and found an envelope sent by a and the pillar of cloud by day. Just as the come to Moruland!” But how could I do s u p p o r t e r w i t h h u n d r e d s o f children of Israel were required to step so? The distances were so vast. The Deutschmark in the letter! As there was into the River Jordan before the Lord expenses were impossible for our little no way that he could have known of my parted the waters, we need to be Mission. We trusted the Lord for the impending ministry trip to Germany responsive to the still small voice of resources to drive overland to Sudan. and Eastern Europe, the timing was God's Holy Spirit. We need to stand up, But many of the areas we needed to incredible. This happened twice. At no step out and launch out in Faith.reach were behind enemy lines. The other times did I receive DMark cash in Lord provided for an air charter and we We are determined not to be deterred the mail, except on those occasions smuggled 1,200 Bibles to a remote area by the dangers, diseases and risks that I was en route there! in Western Equatoria. Incredibly, involved in ministering in conflict areas. New Fields through the vision of a blind man, Brent We trust God alone for His provision, When the wars in Mozambique and Noebel, sufficient funds were raised protection, guidance and blessing.Angola came to an end, in 1994, the from Summit students for us to deliver We are most grateful for your prayers,

over 300,000 Bibles and Christian encouragement and support.books in 24 languages to 14 different

Dr. Peter Hammondregions of Sudan. I personally conducted over 1,200 services and meetings training hundreds of pastors, teachers, chaplains and evangelists in Sudan on 27 Missions. All by Faith. Frontline Fellowship conducted over 70 Missions to Sudan.

Fueling the MissionMany ask: How is that possible? With

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