God’s Design for the Church in Africa

The Book that Is Changing Pastors and Churches in Tanzania

In 2024, Crossway collaborated with Ekklesia Afrika to translate God’s Design for the Church by Conrad Mbewe into Swahili. Since then, church leaders and congregants, like those at Kweli Baptist Church in Katesh, Tanzania, have received this book that is helping them learn what the church is actually meant to be.

One Way to Correct False Teaching in South Africa: Plant the Seed of Good Literature

Did you know that the word seminary comes from the Latin word seminarium, which means seed bed? The process that occurs in a seminary is remarkably similar to that of planting and tending to a garden, beautifully exemplified in one institution in South Africa.

The Great Commission: A Command for the African Church Too

As of 2020, Africa is the continent home to the most Christians in the world, with 26.1% of the African population professing faith in Christ. As it grows, many Christians in Africa are beginning to see that they aren’t just recipients of the Great Commission; they can take part in it too.

Back to the Basics: African Pastors Being Saved Leads to Churches Transformed

There’s something you and I take for granted when we go to church each Sunday and sit under the preaching of God’s Word: that, Lord willing, each of us is taught by a pastor who is saved.

Preach the Gospel, and If Necessary Use Soap

Through the creation and manufacturing of soap, gospel work was allowed to continue, even when the devil attempted to destroy their efforts. And what missionary James Cameron did in making the Bible available in Madagascar has led the way for gospel growth and additional ingenuity in sharing it across the country.

Why One Angolan Stopped His PhD Program to Operate a Bookstore

No matter how much we might try to convince ourselves that we live in a “you do you” culture, we’re all heavily influenced by what we read and watch, and who we spend time with.

How Unbiblical Practices in African Churches Are Changing for the Better

A church in Kenya recently caught the attention of the news for wrong, unbiblical reasons. But there are other churches who are teaching proper biblical theology due to the impact of a Crossway book.

Serving Least-Resourced Church Leaders in Africa

If you’re visiting South Africa, it won’t take long to notice the undercurrents of its history still painfully surfacing. . . . And one place this is most evident is in the church.