The Makhuwa Nahara of Mozambique
Scripture: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Pray the Nahara would hear this good news and believe.
Population: 323,000
Location: Northern coastal Mozambique
History: Arab influence a century ago
Culture: The Nahara are a subgroup of the Makhuwa, which is the largest ethnic group in Mozambique comprising 40% of the population. They are fishermen. Modern education is not valued and illiteracy is very high.
Religion: Folk Islam and ancestor worship
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Radio
Our team had to re-record the Bible teaching this week. As ex-Muslims they tend to fall back on Koranic verses when they haven’t prepared properly. This leaves listeners with the false idea that the Koran is authoritative scripture on par with the Bible, when in reality it is a highly deceptive book! Training these young leaders about the importance of preparation in the scriptures is one of my greatest tasks. Please pray for them as they prepare and record weekly Bible lessons.
Bible recording for the Makhuwa Nahara
Making the recordings for these players is quite an involved process. It requires finding people who are literate and able to meet regularly, translate, record and transcribe the scriptures from other languages such as Portuguese, Makhuwa or even in our case Koinonia Greek! The current Nahara team leaders are all literate ex-Muslims. Such people have been hard to find, but over the years, the Lord has graciously brought them across our path. After several years of sowing the word and
walking long roads of discipleship we eventually have a most capable team.
Praise The Lord for this team and pray that they would shine the light of Jesus and many more would come to The Lord through their life.
