Historically, Africa has been a continent that receives missionaries rather than sends them. For six centuries, European and American churches have sent evangelists and aid workers to serve in Africa, to offer help and hope in the name of Jesus Christ. Sometimes these efforts were ill conceived, accompanied by imperialism, or otherwise failed to serve the needs of indigenous populations. Nonetheless, the western church has left a vast legacy and imprint on the spiritual and social development of Africa. The modern secularization of the West, however, has led to a paradigm shift in the church. In the light of the changing shape of world Christianity, Africa needs to be prepared to take leadership in global mission and cross cultural service.

Since its inception in 1954, Church Army Africa has trained and deployed nearly 500 evangelists and missionaries for ministry across Africa. Traditionally, these missionaries have not been deployed across cultures or tribal or ethnic barriers. At this stage in world history, Church Army Africa is committed to birth a new mission movement within the Anglican Church, aggressively seeking to fulfill the great commission and extend God’s Kingdom through praying, identifying, training, commissioning, deploying and supporting called, capable men and women to cross cultural barriers in order to transform societies across Africa and beyond; reconciling individuals and communities to God and one another. Two such Kenyan evangelists have been commissioned and sent to Madagascar fully supported by the Kenyan Church. Through Kenya Connection, Dave had the privilege of working to send these two as the first full-time missionaries from the Anglican Church of Kenya serving outside the country. Below is their first ministry report from Madagascar. At Church Army Africa, our goal is to send another 1000 such missionaries in the next 7 years!

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