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Cope Gritter of the Wellandport Orthodox Reformed Church (WORC) in Fenwick, Ontario, Canada writes:

WORC is working with Word and Deed to build up the churches in Malawi. The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) is a large federation of 124 churches each with a dozen or more preaching stations.  One quarter of the churches have no minister and of those that do, the minister cannot adequately cover the dozen or so preaching stations scattered in the area.  This leaves the local elders, who are poorly trained, to do the preaching. This is why the idea of Logos Ministries was born.  The purpose is to teach the local leaders Reformed theology in order to deepen their understanding, build up their faith, and strengthen the churches there.

The teaching of the local leaders consists mainly of a travelling tour by Manuel Kamnkhwani (a Malawian and Westminster Theological Seminary graduate and acting director of Logos Ministries) and Martin Thondolo. They arrange a meeting with the leaders of a group of preaching stations and spend several days teaching them theology and supplying meals.

WORC is looking for ministers or trained teachers to volunteer to spend a few weeks in Malawi, at an arranged seminar, to teach and encourage the ministers there. Our hope is that the volunteers will be funded by their local churches. The ministers of the churches in Malawi do have formal training and understand English but in a church that seems to be a mile wide and an inch deep, they are stretched to their limit.