Introducing Live Connection & Live Connection Aid

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Introducing Live Connection & Live Connection Aid

Paul and Renee Ravesteyn are ministers at Northgate Church of Christ in Belrose and founders of Live Connection & Live Connection Aid. They have a heart for Africa. Renee grew up in the bush of Zambia until she was 18. Paul, at the age of 22, found himself in Africa building hospitals, schools and churches.

Live Connection Website

Live Connection is a 'not-for-profit' organisation established in 2000. It has grown rapidly since then. Whilst Western missionaries have their place in overseas evangelism, the cost of one Western missionary equates to approximately 80 rural pastors. More importantly, rural pastors are best placed to relate to their own culture and they do not need to maintain a costly Western lifestyle.

Live Connection's vision is to assist in the release of God’s resources to enable local pastors to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. By financially supporting rural pastors and providing leadership training opportunities, they are partnering with what they perceive as the 21st century approach to world-wide mission.   Their goal was to sponsor over 200 pastors by the end of 2012.

The following is the list of pastors that are currently sponsored –

•         South Africa              19
•          Zambia                       8
•          Uganda                      20
•          Philippines                 19
  
•          Indonesia                   9
•          Cameroon                  1
•          Zimbabwe                  14
•          Sudan                         24
•          Malawi                       3
•          Kenya                         12
•          Total                           129

Pastor Mvovo

At the moment, Rivergum is sponsoring one pastor in South Africa. His name is Phuthuma Mvovo, 21, from the town of Flagstaff. You can read more about him here.

Map Showing Flagstaff

Live Connection Aid Website

Live Connection Aid seeks to assist with agricultural training skills in South Sudan. Decades of civil war have resulted in people lacking even basic farming skills. The response to this problem is not to provide expensive mechanical equipment & amalgamate land holdings to create large farms, but rather to teach the local people how to farm sustainably on a small plot in their own village. This approach has already seen success elsewhere. Foundations for Farming, based in Zimbabwe, has achieved amazing results in that country and others in Africa.

The Land Near Bor

Live Connection has been granted two blocks of land in the Republic of South Sudan, one being 60 acres near Bor, 200 km north of the capital Juba. Development is planned to take place in two stages –

Sustainable Farming

     

      1.    The creation of an Agricultural Training Centre in partnership with Foundations for Farming.

      2.    The development and construction of a medical clinic & education centre

We'll be proving more detailed information and updates in later posts.

Rivergum Missions Task Group  (email us)