AFRICA’S TIME

When God is visiting a country or continent there are always components that brings this about. In Acts 4:30-31 we see God manifesting himself at a powerful prayer meeting. It was the prayer, "Now Lord, stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through you Holy servant Jesus Christ".

God is visiting Africa for several reasons. Here are a few factors to take note of:

• Africa is strong on prayer! Every Friday night there are thousands upon thousands of all-night prayer meetings all over Africa. You just need to attend one of these to realize they are getting God’s hand stretched out.

• Poverty drive people to become dependant upon God. He becomes their source instead of being just a crutch.

• The aids pandemic and various illnesses and diseases like malaria cause Africa to live on the edge of death. People that stare death in the eye become very responsive.

• Africa has lived with the occult "spirit world" for many centuries. They are disillusioned with a spirit world that only brings tragedy. It is a religion of fear. Christianity introduces them to the peace of God.

• Africa is filled with a people of simple faith and has no religious background like Europe. Faith is easy for Africa. Reasoning and approaching God on the basis of philosophical ideas does not exist.

• For many decades they thought that Christianity is the white man’s religion but they are now discovering that God is "black" (He takes on the color of the ethnic group)

• There is a new breed of leadership that is African in origin and practice. It is no longer governed by the missionary from the West with western traditions and concepts. The church is maturing very fast.

• Africa is taking up its role in world missions by sending missionaries to the West, sometimes by default but with great success.

These factors all contribute to the fact that it is Africa’s time! It is harvest time!
- Written by Danie Vermeulen

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