Easter at Mberengwa

Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life . . . He who believes in me will never die.” (John 11:25-26)

What a joy it was to fellowship with members from the seven Baptist Churches in Mberengwa which have begun in the last 12 months. About 150 people came together to celebrate Easter together. Some walked for 6 hours or more with their luggage and bedding to get there for the weekend. Our meeting place for the weekend was a large shed, once used by a farmer, but now subdivided into schoolrooms for the local primary school age children. We met in one of the rooms. The other rooms were used for sleeping quarters and places to eat out of the cool misty rain which enveloped us most of the weekend.



From early morning till late at night on Friday and Saturday the believers sang and danced, studied God’s Word together, heard God’s Word preached, prayed, ate and fellowshipped together.




One of the highlights of our time together was the men’s choir! The audience enjoyed them so much they kept getting requests to sing more songs! What a blessing to have so many men in our new churches.



On Saturday, the leaders from all seven churches met together to pray and discuss ways they could carry on the kingdom work together during the next year. They decided to form an association and called themselves the Mberengwa Insiza Association.



About 40 believers from the seven churches were baptized on Sunday morning by Pastors Chiasaru and Green at a nearby pond. The people then re-assembled at the meeting place and the Lord’s Supper was celebrated. After a short time of worship everyone began to head back home.