SEPTEMBER 2025
Report
INTRODUCTION
We send greetings to you brethren in the name of our Savior and only Lord Jesus, as we send this report for the month of September, we are so happy for what the Lord has done in our lives as the Institute even as we interact with the world. We have exciting news concerning the leadership meetings that we have had both locally (as Luanshya District and as a Province on the Copper belt), a survival skill being taught to our students and practical work is also yielding much fruit.
We have also included more exciting news on what our Alumni are doing at present and congratulating one of them for his achievement in education.
AGRICULTURAL SKILLS
Our current student body has continued to show their earned skills in Agriculture by working at our school garden. We have planted cabbages, tomatoes, onions and maize. We sold some cabbages and the money was used to expand the field. The second field for cabbages is now ready. Thanks to the students who are working so hard beside their busy schedule in class.
The other two evangelists (our former students Rodrick and Mainza) are also working and sustaining their lives as they preach from the same field. What is more interesting is people in the community are coming to learn more on Tomatoes, cabbages and winter maize growing.
Then slowly and quietly people have began to attend church services. In Mikomfwa some young men have been baptized as a result of the meetings which always began by preaching the gospel.
MEETING WITH LEADERS IN LUANSHYA
We often have quarterly leadership meetings in our district and they are held from one congregation to the other. We begin in rural places or villages and rotate the meetings, sometimes these meetings are held at our institute premises. As Preachers we learn from the Bible in 1 Cor.1:10 “…and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought”.
We now have the same doctrine in 6 of the congregations out of the 7 planted in our district; one is swept by Pentecostalism and we are doing the best we can to preach sound doctrine, by this our meetings are bearing fruit. We have attached to this report the pictures of these meetings.
MEETING WITH LEADERS ON THE COPPER-BELT PROVINCE
We have continued to meet with leaders on the Copperbelt Province in order to foster unity in the body of Christ. This year the center of this meeting was in Chingola district where also gospel meeting is expected to take place in 2026. We meet with about twenty – forty leaders representing churches on the Copperbelt Province and in these meetings we as teachers of the gospel are making headway in attaining the unity.
We also anticipate a good gospel meeting being planned for next year to be a success.
GRADUATES AT BVBI-LUSAKA
We witnessed a colorful graduation ceremony in Lusaka Province at BVBI-Lusaka were Brother Fred Kanangu was the Guest of honor. It’s their first ever graduation in four years time since the Institute began. Twelve students graduated and the new intake has since begun, we just wish our sister Institute a great success.
BAPTISMS AND RESTORATIONS
We have recorded nine (9) baptisms: Four in Copperbelt Province and three from Southern Province where Daniel and Gershom preach. We also recorded 2 from the Northern Province where Ishmael Kanyangala is preaching.
We have recorded a total number of twenty-four (24) restorations for the month of September.
CONGRATULATIONS
We are so happy to announce the graduation of our former student by the name of Simon Nkhazi who graduated with a best student’s award. Simon graduated from one of the reputable University in our country in registered medicine; he has been a very active person in evangelism in Lusaka Province and wherever he had gone for practical work in his field. All that remains is his glorious conduct in the service of Christ which he has promised.
Conclusion
When we remember Christ’s glorious love and His immeasurable sacrifice for our sins! That graphic display of sacrificial love should ever overshadow any excuse we might ever be tempted to make to fail to do what He commands us to do. Calvary showed us in no uncertain terms that He earned that right! Let’s go and do the preaching. Take up your cross and follow Him.
Thank you brethren for your commitment to His work! Indeed the way of the cross leads home! Blessings always in His Name.
In His service,
Cephas and Fred