ABC Ministry
A VISITOR BRINGS A SHARP RAZOR - Letters home in 2003
MINISTRY AT AFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGE
As missionary faculty of African Bible College (ABC) - Malawi, we have the opportunity to disciple committed, Christian, African leaders. Our specifically assigned tasks include:
MUSIC:
- Beginner and Advanced Bands
- Music Theory
- Music Appreciation
- Private Lessons
- Choir
- Jazz Combo
- Music in Worship Leadership
GENERAL:
- Freshman Math
- Freshman English
THEOLOGY:
- Biblical Ethics
- Expressions in Music (new 2009)
- Marriage and Family
- Discipleship
OUTREACH:
- Music Outreach - The Jazz Combo periodically performs in local schools and the prison.
Flexibility is the keyword for all missionary teachers. As was noted when we first arrived, “You do what you have to do!”
MISSIONS (Quotes):
"The story of the Gospel makes sense of our indelible religiousness, so Christians do evangelism, pointing the way to forgiveness and reconciliation with God through Jesus. The gospel makes sense of our profoundly relational character, so Christians work sacrificially to strengthen human communities around them as well as the Christian community, the church. The gospel story also makes sense of our delight in the presence of beauty, so Christians become stewards of the material world, from those who cultivate the natural creation through science and gardening to those who give themselves to artistic endeavors, all knowing why these things are necessary for human flourishing." Timothy Keller - Reason for God
"Do not regard it as your task, and do not bring any pressure to bear on the peoples, to change their manners, customs, and uses, unless they are evidently contrary to religion and sound morals. What could be more absurd than to transport France, Spain, Italy, or some other European country to China? Do not introduce all that to them, but only the faith, which does not despise or destroy the manners and customs of any people, always supposing that they are not evil, but rather wishes to see them preserved unharmed." the Pope in 1622.