Pastor Nazareth from Tanzania

We had a nice visit with Pastor Nkumbu Nazareth Mwalyego from Mbeya, Tanzania recently. We met him through Reed Terry. He had previously attended the Birmingham Baptist Bible College but had returned to Tanzania and had been church planting there for a while. He came back to Birmingham and has visited some others cities in the US telling about his church and the Lord's work in Tanzania. He told us about how the Lord is blessing his congregation with much growth. They are in an area with many pagan people. The adults do not want to change their way, but they are willing to send their children to the local church....he said the church is growing greatly with the attendance of these children. It seems that the children are believing the gospel story, being baptized, going back into their homes and the parents are noticing changes (i.e. children obeying their parents, prayers being answered, etc) and NOW, guess what, the parents are becoming interested in the church....hallelujah, "a little child shall lead them." He said he is hoping to be able to build a larger church and he is trying to get workers to begin "children's church" ministry. We shared with him a little about liturgical worship, covenant renewal and how children can learn the responses, readings, prayers, etc and can participate in the service with adults. He took one of our TPC bulletins and was interested. Pray that Pastor Nazareth will be able to continue to win these children, that they will mature and there will continue to be rebirth, renewal and our Lord's kingdom will grow through the work of his church in Tanzania.