Transforming the Nations of Africa

During the past 10 years the Judea Harvest concept has proved that it has the potential to make a major impact on the continent of Africa, to uplift empower and transform our nations.  The strategic process of Judea Harvest enables the satellites to implement a holistic ministry in order to complete the great commission in its own area.  Tents are an extremely cost effective and mobile way in Africa to penetrate the previously disadvantaged areas and positively impact the lives of those affected.

Judea Harvest now has 269 satellites across 17 Southern African nations and 10 East African nations and has implemented 1900 tents in these satellites.  There are approximately 6,500 churches involved in these satellites.  More than 10,734 crusades have been conducted in this tent network and approximately 4,864 churches have been planted.

It is our submission that the Church is a major role-player in creating the right climate for sustainable peace, stability and development in Southern Africa.  According to Johnstone in operation World, the 11 countries of Southern Africa had a total population of 118 million people in 2000, and now stand at 137 million.  The economy of Africa has stagnated for the last 40 years and therefore the people of Africa remained behind in the development race of this world.

Africa is plagued by many problems, such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Poverty, Corruption even in governments, Civil wars, Natural disasters like drought and floods, Political instability and Diseases such as malaria and cholera.  We believe that the church has the answer for many of Africa’s problems.  Although 48% of all African people profess to be Christian, most are nominal Christians.  We have found that the traditional African religions with many of the demonic activities still play a key role in the lives of many African people, and hence these traditional religions still have a significant influence in their lives.  Churches and individual Christians should take ownership for what is happening in their respective communities.  Evangelism and discipleship will act as a catalyst against crime and sin in the community.

Helping Vulnerable Children

During the past 3 years, Judea Harvest has been establishing programmes to extend its ministry to include a more holistic approach. This means that its future focus will not only be on evangelism, and the dispatching of tents in the field of ministry for church planting, but also on meeting the basic needs of the communities it serves.

A major need that has been identified is for literacy and basic education for thousands of children – many of them AIDS orphans – in the townships, informal settlements and rural areas.  By entering into a partnership with accelerated Christian Education (ACE), Judea Harvest wants to carry out the vision to take basic education to the people.

The mission is to take basic education to underprivileged pre-school children who may never enjoy the opportunity of enrolling at a school with a formal academic programme, as well as adults who cannot read or write, by establishing Literacy Centres within the Judea Harvest satellite network.  We also provide much needed meals to the children in the tents every day.