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Raymond's Sorrow - Ten Days for Jesus

2008-08-25T21:05:10Z

Raymond's Sorrow - Ten Days for Jesus
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Hi,

I just received a message from Raymond on his way back from a weekend in Mozambique. Four churches were started with over a 150 new believers just two months ago. Raymond went back to encourage the believers and to appoint leaders. That is not particularly unusual news in Africa, but it is unusual when the people are disciples not just decisions.

Actually, these simple churches were birthed in SORROW. Raymond went home to Mozambique to plant a church in his birth-village. You see, Raymond was an orphan. His parents died when he was 1 year old. Or so he thought.

That was 30 years ago. Raymond returned to his birth-village only to find out that his family was alive. Raymond's father had simply decided to give him away. He discovered his whole life was built on a myth, a lie. He discovered things about his father that he didn't want to know. Raymond was shattered, heart-broken. He was consoled by his team members. He spent weeks grieving.

Meanwhile the team carried on. They persevered without him. His wife, Delina, 18 year old Thandi, and young Petrus and Eric were soldiers, going hut to hut, traveling on harrowing roads to outlying villages, leading people to Christ, gathering the new believers in Bible studies, and teaching them the basics of simple church life. Older papa Abram stayed with Raymond to comfort him, to steady his shaky world.

Raymond came through. The team grew. And four new churches were born.

So... to hear from Raymond that he is encouraged, that he went back home and is coming back excited, well, I'm deeply moved. And grateful. And confirmed to keep on pouring my life into young men like Raymond.

Raymond leads our work in Limpopo, the northern part of South Africa. It is men like Raymond and his young band of disciples that are the hope of Africa. They live sexually pure lives, a miracle in Africa today. They openly share about AIDS/HIV and how to prevent it, they care for widows and orphans, and they disciple others to follow in their footsteps. Raymond and Delina, Eric, Petrus, Abram and Thandi attended CPx, our leadership school. They learned they could start simple churches. They are on fire now.

Thanks for caring, for standing with us in our work in Africa.

Floyd and Sally

P.S. TEN DAYS FOR JESUS .... If you are between 18 and 30 years of age, join us for TDJ - Ten Days for Jesus - December 5-15, Cape Town. A multi-cultural, awesome outreach of prayer, worship, teaching and serving the poor. Give away ten days for Jesus, won't you? If you are interested, write to allnationssa@gmail.com.

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Four Lives, Four Stories...and Simple Church

2008-07-24T09:02:58Z

Four Lives, Four Stories...and Simple Church
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Hello,

What is "simple church?" It is church reduced to it's most basic biblical ingredients: a few people building community, obeying Jesus, studying his word, and gathering where they can as they grow in their love for Jesus and their desire to tell others about Him.

The story below about four women's lives touched by violence and oppression but rescued and nurtured by Jesus was written by Tonya Stanfield. Tonya works with Youth With a Mission. "YWAM" and All Nations partner in our commitment to do holistic discipleship and start simple churches in the disadvantaged communities of Cape Town where we serve. Tonya is on the left in the picture below of the girls being baptized.

Yours,

Floyd and Sally McClung

Four Lives, Four Stories…& Simple Church

Everyone living in Masiphumelele has a story…a tragic one. But, once in a while, things work out beautifully and you are reminded that God does remember. God does provide. He is big enough. He is good enough…even for Africa. And, these are the finer moments of simple church.

PORTIA is a refugee from Zimbabwe who fled because there is no safety, food or jobs to be had there. She bribed a border official to enter South Africa. She was pregnant and alone.

CATHRINE was a youth member of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe. (Opposing the current, corrupt regime.) Her life was threatened, so her parents encouraged her to flee. She gained legal assylum in South Africa, but had to leave behind her 6 year old son.

NOSOVIWE is a teenage girl living in Masiphumelele, being raised by her Sangoma (witch doctor) mother.

PHENDI is a key member of my women's simple church. She's a survivor of domestic abuse and a believer of unending passion.

Cathrine and Portia met each other in Masiphumelele. In Zimbabwe, they both had real homes and real jobs. In Masi, they rented a shack together, despite the fact that their landlord was prejudice against foreign Africans and charged them 2x the going rate. To survive they were hitting the streets daily, asking anyone for any work at any price.

Nosoviwe met a short term missions team we hosted, gave her life to Christ and began attending the simple teen girls church.

Catherine and Portia were also met by a different short-term missions team we hosted. They both gave their lives to Christ as well.

The Xenophobic attacks against foreign Africans swept through the townships of South Africa. Over 50 lost their lives. Hundreds were hurt and looted. Tens of thousands were put in shelters. Cathrine and Portia found shelter, along with 25 other refugees, at our team house. That's where I met them, and they became connected with my women's simple church the very next week.

Masi was different from all other townships across South Africa. Within one weekend, the Xenophobic unrest ended in Masi and the foreigners were welcomed back with open arms. However, Cathrine and Portia's landlord, still feeling prejudice toward foreigners, sold their radio she was supposed to be protecting. And, upon the 1st day of the new month, kicked them out on the street. Portia now had a baby in tow.

I received a text message about their predicament and contacted all the women in my simple church. Whithin a few minutes, Phendi responded. By the end of the day, we secured Portia and Cathrine a new shack to rent. However, Cathrine's phone was broken, and I had no way to find them to let them know the good news. As I stepped outside of the new shack with Phendi, we were wondering how we could ever find these two women in the maze of shacks that is Masiphumelele. I love the little ways God confirms that HE is the one who is ultimately working it all out. Just at that moment, Cathrine and Portia with baby walked around the corner. We introduced them to their new landlord, who hugged them and assured them they would be welcome on her property.

A few days later, Nosoviwe's mother discovered Nosoviwe visiting her boyfriend's house. Nothing untoward was happening, but for the more old fashioned in the Xhosa culture, a boyfriend is not acceptable, much less being alone with him! Her sangoma mother fell into what my co-worker described as a demonic rage. She literally burned everything Nosoviwe owned and tossed her out on the street.

Because our different house churches are often loosely connected, Portia heard of Nosoviwe's predicament and invited Nosoviwe to stay with her until things blew over with her mom, which they eventually did.

I found out that Cathrine makes exquisite bead work bowls and animals and such. I opened a tiny shop in our team house which sells her crafts. A few days after I set up the shop, I handed Cathrine 500 Rand. That's the equivalent of 5 full days of work as a maid. Her dream is to sell her crafts full time and no longer have to clean peoples' homes.

Phendi, the woman who found Portia and Catherine a new shack, has made Portia her honorary daughter. (Portia was orphaned by the age of six.) Phendi has helped her find a position in a Masi hair salon and at a daycare centre. Just a few weeks ago, Phendi and I baptized Portia together at the beach. At our house church, Portia squeezed Phendi's hand and said, "I'd like to thank God for giving me another mother." There wasn't a dry eye around.

God does remember. God does provide. He is big enough. He is good enough…even for Africa. And, these are the finer moments of simple church.

Blessings to you all,

Tonya and Kevin Stanfield

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WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS

2008-07-21T08:38:42Z

WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS
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Dear Friends,

We are at a major crossroads in our ministry. We just graduated 65 church planters from CPx, our leadership school. I was overwhelmed with joy as I heard the testimonies from the students as they told of starting nine churches and baptizing many more people during their outreach phase. We believe that in order to graduate they must be part of plating a church through winning and discipling new believers.

Many of the students are young Africans who are called to serve God full time, like 19 year Thandi, who is on fire for Jesus after leading many people to Christ and helping start a church of 120 people in Mozambique. Then there is Munyaradzi from Zimbabwe - a powerful man of God who is dedicating his life to serve Africa.

Here is the crossroads we are at: we desperately need facilities for classrooms and housing for the young men and women we are equipping to go into Africa. We are meeting this Monday morning with the owners of a property we believe God wants us to buy. I would appreciate you covering this meeting in prayer, would you please?

There are 2 "sticking" points to working out a contract to purchase, besides the funds! This is a walk of faith for us. The owner, his realtor, Floyd, and lawyers for both sides will be meeting together to talk this through. Please pray for wisdom, for a heart to work things out, for flexibility.......and anything else the Lord shows you to pray for. These are "deal breakers" so it's very important to find solutions.

Sally and I have found our destiny in Africa. We love equipping workers for the harvest. Africa desperately needs leaders who are servants, leaders who are disciple makers, and leaders who are men and women of integrity. We will train them to plant churches and give them vocation skills to be self-sustaining. Please, please pray for the birthing of the "All Nations Leadership Training Center."

We are at a cross roads in our work...if we can get established in permanent facilities it will take our work to a new level of stability and effectiveness.

Yours,

Sally & Floyd

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Baby Safe for Baby Dumping

2008-07-07T16:40:55Z

Baby Safe for Baby Dumping
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When the storm drains are cleaned twice a year in our area, the city's waste management reports seeing small, dead, baby bodies. This is traumatic for the city workers, and its reported that a psychiatrist is on staff to debrief the workers. "Baby Dumping" is officially undocumented by officials, but it is not uncommon.

What is more alarming than mothers literally throwing their newborns away, is that no one is doing anything about it in our area. Until now. "Baby Safe" is a ministry to rescue unwanted babies. A team working under the auspices of All Nations has come together from various ministries and churches to make the project a reality - including caring for the mothers who are struggling with poverty, fear and abuse. We have prayed, done "due diligence" research, and now we ready to launch the ministry. Through Baby Safe we will be able to help mothers who choose life over death for their babies.

One baby's life was radically changed when he was found in Masiphumlele, one of the poorer communities where we work. He was tossed aside, still in his mother's placenta, abandoned in a black garbage bag. He was left for dead, but thankfully found by a group of children. This little boy is now a thriving 5 year old. He was adopted by a wonderful couple found through a local church. Through Baby Safe we aim to save other baby's lives like little Luke.

Baby Safe is committed to presenting an alternative to abortion, and we hope to prevent children from being abused and severly neglected by presenting mothers with an alternative.

Children rescued through Baby Safe will be placed in loving, Christian adoptive families. The precious hope of Jesus will also be presented to women in crisis as well as other social service resources meant for women and children in need.

When the little boy mentioned above was rescued and brought to his new home, this verse was read over him: "On that day you were born, your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean...no one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather you were thrown into an open field, for on the day you were born, you were despised. Then I passed by and saw you kicking in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood, I said to you, "Live!" (Ezekiel 16:4-6 NIV).

We believe that God will rescue the helpless through Baby Safe and make a life long covenant with the children who will be saved.

If you would like to learn more about Baby Safe, contact Bethany at bethanyallnations@gmail.com Bethany is a graduate of CPx, the All Nations training program. If you would like to receive information about CPx, write to allnationssa@gmail.com

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Why I Believe Africa Can Be Changed

2008-07-05T00:13:47Z

Why I Believe Africa Can Be Changed
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Hello,

I feel like I am re-living Luke chapter ten. In a few days I will meet with 70 disciple/leaders we sent out all over Southern Africa, just like Jesus sent out the seventy disciples in Luke 10.

When Jesus sent out the 70 they came back with joy because of what God did through them. Jesus affirmed them, he taught them, and he corrected them. And he invited them to be leaders in the movement he started to change the world.

Jesus didn't come to waste his time or life for nothing. When we debrief the 70 we sent out we will invite them to give their lives for the same cause Jesus lived and died for. We believe in the power of the gospel to transform lives, but it only works if we lay down our lives like Jesus did.

Our 70 disciple/leaders are students in CPx, a discipleship/leadership training program. Many of them are enlisting with All Nations full time to keep on making disciples and training leaders and planting churches. Others will return to their home churches or movements to do the same thing. Others are going into the market place to make disciples and start simple churches.

Doing what Jesus did is the most important thing a person can do with their life. It's the most important thing a person can do to help change Africa. The non-Muslim parts of Africa have been evangelized many times over. But they have not been discipled.

The world doesn't need more decisions - it needs disciples, and disciple making leaders. It needs men and women who have had their hearts and minds transformed by the gospel, men and women who don't ask what they get out of it, but what they can do to give their life away.

In CPx we teach principles and practices to start disciple making, simple church planting movements, just like Jesus did. We do it in the market place and in the nations.

If you are looking for a way to make a difference with your life, come join us. Consider taking out 6 months of your life to learn how to be the sold-out, disciple-making, servant leader God wants you to be.

Yours for a transformed Africa,

Floyd McClung

PS. If you would like to learn more about CPx go to www.all-nations.info or write to allnationssa@gmail.com. CPx is operated in two location, Kansas City in the States, and Cape Town in South Africa. If you would like to see recent pictures of one of the communities that has begun to experience transformation click here.

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Violence Rips Apart South Africa

2008-05-30T20:33:38Z

Violence Rips Apart South Africa
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It is a sober time in South Africa. Violence has swept through the nation like a wild fire.

I have to tell you about the terrible events unfolding in South Africa, and what God is doing in the midst of tragedy. But it is a long letter. I understand if you are in a rush....

You've seen the news: Unbelievable racial violence has broken out all over the country. There are xenophobic riots taking place in every major city of the nation. Much of the violence has actually been under-stated for a change. It is worse than any one TV network can cover.

It is a case of the poor attacking the poor in the townships and shantytowns and squatter camps. No one knows how it actually started, but it has spread from one part of the country to the other, until tens of thousands of people are homeless and hundreds of people have been killed.

It is mainly jobless, homeless poor people turning against political and economic refugees from Zimbabwe, Malawia, Mozambique, Angola, Somalia and the Congo. There are 3,000,000 refugees from Zimbabwe alone in South Africa! South Africa is looked upon as the breadbasket of Africa, a safe haven for the destitute and oppressed. There are ruthless dictators in Zimbabwe and the Congo and other countries close to us that squash any sign of criticism or freedom of speech. So people come from those countries to South Africa looking for jobs so they can survive and send money back home.

Massiphumelele, or "Masi" as we call it, was spared from the violence. Many people worked tirelessly to stop the violence from breaking out. We held prayer meetings, worked with the local pastors and community leaders and police, and did what we could to help.

Community meetings were held in Masi, foreigners from neighboring countries were invited back to the community (many had fled in fear for their lives), and people went door-to-door recovering the stolen property of the refugees who had left in haste, fearful for their lives.

I spoke with some of our Malawian friends in Masi, and they were frightened for their lives. About 25 Malawians, Somalians, and Zimbabweans fled Mai and spent the weekend sheltered in our team house. Vuyo, who is part of one of the little churches we have started in Masi, got assaulted - he is a local but was in the wrong place at the wrong time - he got hit twice on the jaw and head.

Last Saturday night there was a joint community and police effort to recover all stolen property by going door to door, and Sunday morning people were still spontaneously bringing stolen stuff back. A national Television news station reported on how local Masi community pastors and leaders acted to stop the violence. In effect they were saying the violence was not acceptable in their community. They condemned the violence, acted proactively to stop it, and set an example for the rest of the country!!

Sun afternoon the premier of Western Cape Province arrived in Masi to congratulate the pastors and community leaders. A deputation took a memo to the refugees to invite them back to Masi. More than 70 foreigners were welcomed back to Masi with a KFC supper late last Sunday evening!

But things were much different in the refugee camp just a few minutes walk from where Sally and I live. This is the camp for the foreign refugees driven from other communities by the violence.

I would like to quote from a report I read about what the conditions were like in the camp:

"There was Alvin from Angola, whose brother was killed on Friday, and who was so traumatized by the guilt of leaving the body to save himself, he could barely speak. There was Maria (not her real name) from the Congo, who was raped on Thursday, didn't know where her teenaged son was and just wanted to be given a pair of panties and a place to sleep. There was Noor-Ali from Somalia, a very smart young man in a stylish leather jacket, who had spent years working his way up from cleaning cars for change to owning his own business, only to have absolutely everything he owned snatched away from him in minutes. They, and most of the estimated 1500 people there, were in an extreme state of shock…

"…, two more buses arrived, offloading yet more shell-shocked people. Tensions amongst those who had been waiting 24 hours already without a single word from the authorities on what was going to happen to them began to mount. Sharp words were exchanged between Somalians and Congolese, each feeling more vulnerable than the other… many of the refugees have survived genocide once already in Rwanda and the Congo…

"...Unlike the foreign residents of Masiphumelele, who were evacuated by the police on Friday as a precaution, these people - from Phillipi, from Du Noon, and from Khayelitsha - had been violently chased from their homes…"

The camp where the refugees are staying is a few-minute walk from where Sally and I live. These people are homeless and without hope.

Please pray for us, and more importantly, for the refugees as we try to serve them.

If you want to give financially to help in the relief efforts for those suffering from the violence, you can send your gift to - please mark "Crisis Relief Fund" in the reference.

All Nations Crisis Relief Fund
Standard Bank
All Nations account:
Account number: 072 110 619
Fish Hoek branch - Address: 77 Main Rd., Fish Hoek, 7985
Branch code: 03600980

Being here in Africa reinforces to me how great the need is for leadership training. There is a desperate need for honest, servant hearted leaders, for leaders who seek to find significance in God's eyes, not success in man's eyes. Leaders who want to make a difference like the leaders in Masi did this last weekend.

All Nations Leadership Institute is involved. The students from the All Nations CPx leadership school are involved in Masi and in the refugee camp. They have been serving the Zimbabwean refugees for months, feeding them, bringing them blankets, and sharing the good news of Jesus. I am proud of them for serving without recognition.

These are the men and women who are the hope of Africa.

Yours,

Floyd and Sally McClung
All Nations
Cape Town, South Africa

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Did We Fail Red Hill?

2008-04-25T14:56:08Z

Did We Fail Red Hill?
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Hello,

I sat with a group of our leaders yesterday, debriefing our efforts for the last three months to plant churches in Red Hill, and other communities where we work among the poor and needy. It was an honest discussion about whether our efforts have really made a difference.

One leader said, "If we had sown more seed of the gospel we would have definitely reaped more fruit. Did we do enough?" Another commented, "You encouraged us to reproduce our church with new converts in the last three months. I think we may have failed."

Around the circle set some of the most awesome, Godly, dedicated people I have had the privilege of working with in the last 45 years of ministry. Their humility and passion challenge me deeply.

The one leader who felt she may have failed to reproduce themselves as a church, was the team leader for our work in Red Hill. Red Hill is where we have done the emergency relief work the last three months (all of the shack homes in Red Hill except two were burned down in terrible wildfires three months ago). We have rebuilt 78 homes in three months, held several out door celebrations, prayed with countless people, developed very deep and meaningful relationships, been a voice for the people to the government and to citizens groups, and prayed for deliverance for people fearful of harassing demons and "spirits." Many in Red Hill live with continual fear and hopelessness.

One lady in Red Hill commented that she never thought Jesus would take her back because she ran a "shabeen" from her home. A shabeen is a township beer hall, and usually a center of violence and prostitution in the community. After seeing a drama about a father forgiving his daughters for their drunkenness, this lady had hope that God will be merciful to her.

The battle to plant a church through holistic discipleship amongst the poor is a tough battle. One key, the most essential key, is leaders who are trained with the skills and attitudes to know how to overcome the cultural and spiritual obstacles of working with the poor.

Africa will not be changed without developing a new generation of leaders who are not fixated on authoritative, hierarchical power over people. That's what CPx, our training program, is all about. And by the way, we graduate 68 leaders today from the teaching phase of CPx!!

As we held our debrief with the leaders, I helped them gain perspective on how well they had done in Red Hill.We asked the question, "If our goal is to plant a church that produces lasting fruit in Red Hill, when do our relief efforts start counting? Only when the church is up and running? Or do all the hundreds and thousands of hours of love, prayer, fasting, hammering nails, listening to the people tell their stories, does all this count as well?"

On a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of amazing success stories, Red Hill is probably a 5 or a 6 - now. But the story is not over. In terms of faithfulness, love, service, wise and humble leadership, I would give our efforts a ten.

Not just a ten for good works, but a ten for wisdom and skill in working with the people. The people of Red Hill were blown away by the fact that our team is a multi-cultural team of whites and blacks. Our team members speak local languages. They took time to listen. We did a lot of things right – and it is turning the community around.

And of course, the story is not over. A long-term team now takes over the work in Red Hill and is deeply and passionately committed to see a movement of churches born in Red Hill. The team has the same ministry philosophy of servanthood, holistic discipleship, and avoiding dependence on us as outsiders. They are determined to see a number of little churches gathering in the newly-built shack homes in the days and weeks to come, led by new believers as they learn to lead Bible discussions, pray, worship and gain confidence and commitment to take the good news of Jesus to other communities near and far away.

No, we didn't fail Red Hill. In fact, knowing that it was a deeply divided community before we got involved, that it was filled with fractured half-families and scores of single parents living together (only one or two couples were married in the whole community), knowing the people had learned with good reason not to trust anyone who said they would help them, our efforts in Red Hill have been effective.

The community is starting to come together. The Red Hill Attackers soccer team has been re-birthed after we donated new uniforms. We were cheering like crazy when the Attackers won the first annual All Nations Red Hill soccer tournament against six other very good teams.

The people of Red Hill have become friends. They listen with open hearts when we proclaim the gospel in open air meetings and at celebrations.

I was deeply proud of our leaders as we debriefed the last three months of ministry in Red Hill, Bo Kaap, Masiphumelele and Ocean View. You would have been proud of them as well.

Thanks for your part of making Red Hill a story in the making of God's transforming power.

Yours,

Floyd and Sally McClung

PS If you would like to donate to the work in Red Hill or one of the other communities where we serve the disadvantaged and plant churches, we have started the All Nations Crisis Relief Fund. If you are interested, write to us for a list of projects you can help sponsor.

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Red Hill By Headlights

2008-04-11T14:39:02Z

Red Hill By Headlights
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Hi,

Last night we were in Red Hill, the community where we have been working to do relief work after the fires that swept through there. One of our teams did a gospel drama by the light of cars shining on the actors. The wind was whipping sand in our faces, but the people of Red Hill were drawn into the simple drama story portraying a father who drove out his daughters for prostituting themselves (a big problem in disadvantaged communities: very poor people do desperate things), then took them back at the urging of a man with a message of forgiveness. Several people accepted Christ.

Our teams have labored long hours in Red Hill, but they now near the end of "Phase Four" of the relief work. We are transitioning to longer term development work and to planting simple home based churches. We are dreaming about Red Hill experiencing transformation.

One man in Red Hill named Sydney was convinced there were demons or spirits under his shack home. He believed these spirits were more powerful that God. His little son work up every night screaming from bad dreams. The local sangoma (witch doctor) promised to take care of the problem for a lot of money. But one of the couples on our team offered to pray with Sydney, and since that day his son has not experienced one bad dream. Sydney has opened his heart to Jesus in a new way, and poured a concrete floor in his shack home!

One of the keys to transformation in Red Hill is servant leadership. It is the key to changing Africa. There is a desperate need for a new generation of leaders and a new expression of the church of Jesus Christ, making disciples, training servant leaders, and planting holistic church planting movements that preach good news and live good news to the poor and needy.

Thank you for standing with us to make a difference in Africa,

Yours,

Floyd and Sally McClung

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