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Candido
Mafumo in Mozambique |
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Newsletters
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June
2008 - Visit by Gareth and Malou
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Dear friends
I was born in Manhiça a
District of Maputo Province Southern of Mozambique, (Maputo City is
Capital of Mozambique) in October 7, 1960.
I am married to Percina António
Cumbe Mafumo, father of 6 children, 3 girls and 3 boys, the first born
(girl) is 24 years old and the last one (boy) is 10.
My dad died while I was 1 year
old, I didn’t know my father’s face. I was brought up by my mother.
She was a Roman Catholic believer; consequently I grew as a Catholic up
to the proclamation of the independence of Mozambique in 1975. |
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After the independence the
government adopted communism system, as it is known that communists
don’t believe in the existence of God, so the churches were shut down
and the Christians were persecuted. That time I was a school boy, in the
school we were forced to follow and obey the communism system and to
forsake our Christianity.
I was born again in 1986, the
year that the first President of Mozambique Samora Machel (communist)
died and the politics changed. I went to a Bible College for four years
and I graduated in 1991, and in the same year I was ordained Pastor. As
soon as graduated from the Bible College I realized that God has called
me to serve Him in the leadership training. Then I sought a way which by
I could work as a trainer, thank God in 1995 I was invited to the
Evangelism Explosion III clinic (training) in South Africa. When I came
back home I started to train others. I witnessed the growth of many
churches in different places of the Country. When I saw that people were
getting saved through the Evangelism Explosion came to me another
concern that was about the people who came to Christ, because of the
situation of the leadership, as many Pastors are not Biblically trained.
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So from the year 2000 I turned
all my attention to the Pastor training, beginning with small group of 5,
and many Pastors joined the training. The work continues to grow. On the
left is a picture of a graduation party.
People
are now involved in evangelism and church planting countrywide, many
people are brought to Christ.
Our
problem has been that we have no base for this work. At present the
classes are being held in many different places, and this results in a
lack of effectiveness and reduces the number of people we can accept. |
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We
have known Gareth Bolton and AMEN for many years. Thanks to the help of
AMEN we now have some land and some finance to start building a school
which will act as a base for our training. We
plan to build a four roomed property with three teaching areas, an office
and two toilet cubicles. We will keep you informed of the progress of the
building but also of the ministry through our newsletters
Blessings and thank you
Pastor Cândido Americo Mafumo
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