history of tanzania ministry in karansi: what can happen in 11 years?

7/29/2019 History of Tanzania Ministry in Karansi: What Can Happen In 11 Years?

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Who is Imara? Imara is a swahili word meaning Firm Foundation

and their vision is Strengthening the Church in TZ


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Why are WE There? God has called each of us for a specific

purpose to serve Him in TZ

1. Church Growth unity among the churches in TZ

2. Life on Life Missional Discipleship

3. Care for People Living with AIDS (PLWAs)

4. Enable Transformation of a lost village


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What Can Happen in 11 Years?

Church Growth unity among the churches

In 2002 Imara was doing 4 seminars per year with a

network of approximately 500 pastors

Today they complete approximately 30 seminars per

year with a network of somewhere between 2000 and

2500 pastors and church leaders.


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Life on Life Missional Discipleship

In 2002 the people in TZ saw that we were different and

asked why

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Completion of LOLMD seminars over 4 years teaching

pastors and church the answer to this question and

how their lives and the lives of the people in theirindividual domains can be changed.

2010 2012 we are now coaching them to do the

same with approximately 200 small group leaders.


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Care for People Living with AIDS (PLWAs) In 2002 it was and had been clear this was a major issue

and the church in TZ did not believe they had a role to

play in addressing this.

By 2005 through the Church Growth Seminars pastors

began to understand the truth vs. the myths and the role

of the church

Today Imara has trained over 370 volunteers who serveover 8,000 PLWAs


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Enable Transformation of a

lost village

Karanse or Karansi in2002

Forgotten by the government

Extreme Poverty

Little if any Education (only 2 children in 6 years wereable to go beyond Primary School

Very little if any influence of the local church in the

village (some in the village attempted to drive thepastor out by poisoning his children

1 in 5 newborns died before the age of 4

Number of widows increasing and left alone with no

care and/or support


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What Can Happen in 11 Years Karanse or Karansi today Attractive and Growing

Local Church

Grown from 40 to over 200

Planted 4 new churches of 30-40 members

Local Pastor promoted to Bishop and oversees 14 other churches

Local Pastor one of the most respected men in the village

Widows ministry

Grown from serving 20 to over 120

Many now provide for themselves

They serve one another

Mens ministry started in 2006

Children

Over 100 in the last fouryears have qualified and now attending Secondary

School

Infant mortality decrease from 20% to less than 2%


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2009: First Graduating Class From the Karansi School

history of tanzania ministry in karansi: what can happen in 11 years?

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