{"id":21155,"date":"2014-09-12T22:26:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T03:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/africa\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:03:02","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/regions\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1020\" height=\"350\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-36606\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/header_africa.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/header_africa.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/header_africa-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/header_africa-768x264.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"callout-grid style-overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/africa-outline-300x300.png )\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"callout-link \n\t\t\t\tbg-color-yellow\t\t\t\t\" href=\"#countries\" title=\"Countries\"><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">Countries<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-text \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">Countries<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/South-Africa-UCCSA-Ordained-Ministers-Mtg-in-February-2023-photo-1-300x225.jpg )\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"callout-link \n\t\t\t\tbg-color-blue\t\t\t\t\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/africa-partners\/\" title=\"Partners\"><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">Partners<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-text \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">Partners<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eswatini-income-project-5-225x300.jpg )\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"callout-link \n\t\t\t\tbg-color-red\t\t\t\t\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/region\/africa\/?post_type=person\" title=\"Mission Coworkers\"><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">Mission Coworkers<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-text \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">Mission Coworkers<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ghana-Colvins-Spring-2021-225x300.jpg )\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"callout-link \n\t\t\t\tbg-color-purple\t\t\t\t\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/africa-projects\/\" title=\"Special Projects\"><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">Special Projects<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-text \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">Special Projects<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kenya-AACC-IMG-20230623-WA0023-1-300x165.jpg )\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"callout-link \n\t\t\t\tbg-color-green\t\t\t\t\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/topic\/africa_advocacy\/\" title=\"Advocacy\"><span class=\"visuallyhidden\">Advocacy<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-text \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">Advocacy<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/get_involved\/congo_initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Congo-Initiative-banner-1024x205.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52593\" width=\"550\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Congo-Initiative-banner-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Congo-Initiative-banner-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Congo-Initiative-banner-768x153.png 768w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Congo-Initiative-banner-1536x307.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Congo-Initiative-banner.png 2022w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Africa office of Global Ministries shares in the joy of growing ministries with partners in 15 countries across the African continent focused on education, microcredit, health care, access to water, peacebuilding, and sharing the Good News of God\u2019s abundant life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these mutual relationships, we hope to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Strengthen our partnership in God\u2019s mission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop and share spiritual and material gifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote mutual understanding and appreciation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stand in solidarity with victims of oppression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support new church establishment and evangelism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our partners in Africa share with us a powerful witness of the joy found in the Gospel and a firm belief in the promise of justice found throughout Jesus\u2019 teachings. These gifts enrich the church in North America by giving us a new and challenging lens through which we can see alternative ways of living our faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"africa-news\">Africa News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t<div id=\"latest-news-block_4475f311af1826b5b7aba17174820ab7\" class=\"latest-news\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"latest-news-post\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"latest-news-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"thumbnail-link\" title=\"Chuukese Youth Creates Songbook to Uplift Her Community Through Faith and Music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/chuukese-youth-creates-songbook-to-uplift-her-community-through-faith-and-music\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2-1024x384.png\" class=\"latest-news-thumb-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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Through Faith and Music<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"latest-news-excerpt read-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\nBy Kim Free\n\n\n\nOriann Soichy, a youth participant in the HELM (Higher Education and Leadership&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/chuukese-youth-creates-songbook-to-uplift-her-community-through-faith-and-music\/\" title=\"Read more of Chuukese Youth Creates Songbook to Uplift Her Community Through Faith and Music\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"latest-news-post\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"latest-news-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"thumbnail-link\" title=\"AACC General Secretary affirms the international symposium on Global Justice&#8217;s prophetic calls of action to the G20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/aacc-general-secretary-affirms-the-international-symposium-on-global-justices-prophetic-calls-of-action-to-the-g20\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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