Emerging Africa

I have written a general post about the upcoming Amahoro Insititute at the Rocklands Conference Centre in Simon's Town, on July 21-24, but want to specifically repeat here for Cape Town folks.

AMAHORO INSTITUTES were born out of our first Amahoro Gathering when Dr. Mabiala Kenzo, an African theologian, prophetically stated: “The church in Africa is at a crossroads, poised to become a major force in the world. But we will only be successful in this if we have the courage to differ; to innovate…there is a need for Africa to move from intuitive or secondhand faith and theology to a critical first hand faith and theology.”

The Amahoro Institute was developed to convey the content of the larger Amahoro Conversation by creating small interactive seminars where local leaders can participate in a time of learning, conversing, connecting and dreaming together. This is a time to consider ideas that fall under three categories: theology, context and praxis. We will discuss a fresh understanding of the Story of God, take a look at our own local context and then begin to imagine what the Story of God looks like in our own communities. In particular, we would like to engage the question: How does following Jesus in our community bring about transformation, in accord with His gospel of peace, reconciliation and love?

If you are interested in joining us please contact me at marius@amahoro-africa.org.