All articles in category Tanzania
May 2011
Tanzania
Gospel work among the Datooga
Gospel work among the Datooga In 1998 a church adopted the Datooga people group in Tanzania and covenanted to pray for them. Today, the Datooga are coming to know who Christ is and how he can change their lives. ‘It was some experience to sit under the trees with the villagers and hear them talk of their openness to the gospel and to see the changes brought to the village as the result of the gospel coming to them’. These were the words of a church group after a recent visit to the Datooga in Tanzania. Why did they go? Because in 1998 they had...
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May 2011
Tanzania
Tanzania fact file
Tanzania fact file Area: 365,000 square miles, including the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar. Environment: The climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate in the highlands. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa (5,895 m). Borders: Tanzania is bordered by Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo. Also on its borders are three of the largest freshwater African lakes — Victoria (world’s second-largest), Tanganyika (world’s second deepest) and Nyasa. Population: Over 40 million. Life expectancy: 53 years. Languages: Swahili (official), English (official), Arabic (Zanzibar), many local languages (many of which do not have a Bible). Ethnic groups: African...
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By Stephen Nowak
May 2011
Tanzania
An open door in Tanzania
An open door in Tanzania I left for Tanzania on 15 February 2011 and returned to UK on 11 March. It takes three days to travel to and from Mbeya, so that left me 19 full days for ministry. During those days, the Lord opened the door for me to preach eight times on the radio and 25 times in churches, and spend six whole days at Utungule Bible College. There was also opportunity to lead morning devotions at two other Bible colleges. Another part of my work was distributing books to pastors and Bible college lecturers and students. Banner of Truth, Evangelical Press and...
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By Stephen Nowak
July 2010
Tanzania
With Moravians in Tanzania
With Moravians in Tanzania Some time ago I met a student from Tanzania studying here in the UK. His name is Willey Mwasile. He is a member of the Moravian denomination. When he returned to Tanzania he was appointed principal of Utungule Bible College. He invited me to spend a couple of weeks teaching theology in the Mbeya region (South-West Province of Tanzania). Tanzania has a population of about 45 million people. The number of Christians ranges from 50-70 per cent. There have been no official statistics for many years. The country is very poor with the average wage being between one to...
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