Awana Outreach Ministires
This is a kids ministry where ABC students meet with kids from the community
around ABC every Saturday. They have game time, pray with the kids, and memorize
Scripture. They encourage the kids to attend Sunday School with friends as well as
to share Christ with their parents.
Youth Care Ministry
This is an outreach program that targets street children. ABC students work together
with Youth Care Ministry which was started by an ABC graduate to provide street kids
with a home and educate them. They teach them the word of God as well as regular
school subjects.
Invest Inc. Friday Outreach
The ABC students go to the surrounding villages to visit widows and orphans, to share
Christ with them, and to provide encouragement. They also have a feeding program.
Students in this ministry work with some ABC graduates.
Area 49 Children's Ministry
This is a Child Evangelism ministry where they tell the children Bible stories using
pictures and story books provided by Child Evangelism Malawi, whose director is
Steven Mupata (a graduate of ABC and a lecturer at the College).
Chitipi Orphanage
African Bible College students to to Children of the Nations Orphanage at Chitipi to
cheer them up, play games with them, and share Christ with them. They also do
different crafts with the Children.
Ministry of Hope
This is a Saturday outreach program where students go to Mponela and Matapila villages
to minister to the kids through sharing the word with them and playing games. Ministry
of Hope has a feeding program at both places. They also have a crisis nursery, where
abandoned children are raised and placed in suitable homes through foster care and
adoption.
Puppet Ministry
This is a chilren's ministry where the Gospel is shared through the use of puppets.
We go to several villages around town every Thursday afternoon.
ABC Workers Ministry
This is an outreach to ABC laborers and support staff, where ABC students share the Word
of God with them every Friday morning before they start work. This provides an
opportunity for those closest to the ABC students to also hear the Gospel.
Invest Inc. Friday Outreach
The ABC students go to the surrounding villages to visit widows and orphans, to share
Christ with them, and to provide encouragement. They also have a feeding program.
Students in this ministry work with some ABC graduates.
Kachere Prison Ministry
This is a prison outreach program. Students go to share the Word with the prisoners
every Thursday afternoon and encourage them that all is not lost as they can begin
afresh with Christ.
Maula Prison Ministry
Students go to the central prison where they share the Word with their inmates, play
games such as soccer, volleyball and encourage them to turn to Christ for a lasting
transformation of their lives.
"Participating in Prison Ministry Maula has been a remarkable and enriching experience.
Sharing your faith to people who are behind doors and whose lives are dejected is quite a
big challenge. Most prisoners are hopless and are bound in sin. It is encouraging to
share the Gospel to them knowing that it is only Jesus who can save them, set them free,
and give them hope. Those who have been released from prison, having received Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior, are becoming respectable members of their societies and role
models to other people that there is a new lease on life in Jesus Christ." --Vincent Kalua
Caddy Outreach
Students go to the golf club and share the Word of God one on one with the caddies.
They help them to get affiliated to a church or encourage those who already have a
church to be active members, pursuing spiritual growth.
Volleyball Team Outreach
The African Bible College Volleyball Team goes to secondary schools in town every
Thursday to teach students volleyball skills and to share the love of God with them.
S.O.S. Orphanage Youth Care Ministry
This is an outreach program that targets street children. ABC students work together
with Youth Care Ministry, which was started by an ABC graduate to provide street kids
with a home and to educate them. They teach them the Word of God as well as regular
school subjects.
Action for Behavior Change
This outreach targets the youth in secondary schools to encourage them to change their
behavior and avoid contracting HIV/AIDS by abstaining from premarital sex. They also
They also encourage them to depend on God in every aspect of their lives and accept
Jesus to be Lord over their lives. They also train Peer Educators.
"Taking part in Thursday outreach ministry has been both a challenge and a blessing. It's
been a challenge in that I've had to re-examine my own growth and check my attitude towards
being a role model--my words and actions have to match. It's been a blessing to see the
secondary school kids grow in the Word of God and have their hunger satisfied, and seeing
them share their faith with others." --Jane Nthenda
Navigators
This group goes to secondary schools in and around Lilongwe where they do discipleship,
lead Bible Studies with students, and teach them to memorize Scripture and lead studies
themselves.
Open Air Evangelism
This group goes to preach to the masses and is usually comprised of senior students.
They go to markets, villages, and many other locations to share the Word and preach
Christ.
Evangelism Explosion
This is a personal evangelism outreach. This photo is comprised of 38 freshmen who are
training to share their faith one on one. They go to different places where they target
individuals with whom to share their faith.
How does one campus make a difference?
ABC Malawi is a place where education impacts peoples lives and an environment where Christians breathe life into ministry. Our missionaries tell us that taking students to share the gospel can be absolutely amazing. In Malawi weekly outreaches take place to other schools, prisons, orphans and widows, surrounding poverty stricken villages and workplaces. Lives are being transformed! Professors Bob Stauffacher and Sam McDonald have been overseeing those outreaches and, at present (October 2008), 170 students are sent out each week to impact Malawi.
