This sponsored post was written by Phil Hunt and Ben Straub on behalf of Central Africa Baptist University in Kitwe, Zambia, a university I have visited and believe in.
When you hear the phrase “missions in Africa,” what image comes to mind? For previous generations of Americans and Europeans, this phrase stirred up visions of a lone pioneer in a pith helmet and safari shirt, hacking his way through the uncharted bush to reach tribes who had never heard the name of Christ. Nowadays, our collective imagination is just as likely to conjure up images of energetic young people flying out in large groups on short trips, eager to address social ills such as poverty, hunger, and AIDS, driven by a longing to be the hands and feet of Jesus. But how many of us immediately imagine an ambitious young Malawian, Zambian, or Sudanese believer with a Bible in his hand, a passion for God in his heart, driven by a commitment to the Great Commission and motivated by a love for the souls of his people?
For far too long, the Western Church has operated as if missions is something that flows “from the West to the
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