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Integral Mission Conversation

Tanzania

Report

Transformation: an integrated response

10th

March 2015

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Micah IMC Tanzania Report March 2015

Background

As a global Christian Network / Movement, one of the key attributes of Micah Global is the

facilitation of platforms for mutual learning, sharing and discussions, around important contextual

issues of concern, reflecting on these topics together through the lens of integral mission. To foster

greater access and participation of organisations, churches and training colleges, these platforms are

implemented at three levels: Global, Regional and National.

The distinct hallmarks of Micah Global meetings are:

• Global: Bringing Christians from around the globe (N-S-W-E ) together in a spirit of equality

• Holistic: Integration of theology and practice in all our gatherings and consultations

• Inclusive: Bring together aid and mission organisations, colleges, business as missions and

local churches. The network is interdenominational. Current operating languages are:

English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Where needed / requested material is placed in

other languages.

• Integral Discipleship: Integration of devotion to Christ and ministry, leading by example

• Church Focused: Recognising that sustainable change needs to take place at grass root level

we call our churches to take responsibility

• Integrated Response: Promotion of partnerships, shared resources, networking, joint

approaches – so as to foster a holistic multifaceted response

• Focused: Committed and passionate about integral mission, with community transformation

we address issues of poverty, injustice and conflict.

Every three years Micah Global facilitates a Global Consultation, bringing together members from all

around the world to share learning. On an annual basis Micah Global seeks to facilitate and or co-

facilitates a regional consultation which focuses on issues of concern in the relevant regional

contexts. However, at the heart of Micah and where grass roots impact will be seen is in the

facilitation of National Integral Mission Conversations (IMC).

About Conversations

A conversation is an informal gathering of Christians from organisations (aid agencies, mission

organisations, local congregations, colleges, businesses, networks, alliances, denominational

secretariats and individuals) who meet to exchange thoughts, opinions, feelings, testimonies and

teachings around a specific topic / theme. It creates the opportunity to discuss development(s) and

thinking and explore together the theological perspectives, the good practice and the learning so as

to challenge and support one another in our desire to be relevant and fruitful.

A central question that anchors the conversation is “what does integral mission look like

operationally at the grass roots, in our local communities?

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Strategic Approach

In each country where there are 3 or more members Micah seeks to work with members to facilitate

conversations. During these initial conversations Micah will explore with members whether there is

a need to have a national expression of Micah. This will entail research into what networks and

movements currently exist in each country and whether there is a need and request for a national

expression. If yes, then a national coordination group (NCG) will be established to help ensure

ongoing networking and advocacy activities are coordinated for members and interested

organisations.

Tanzania Background

Micah has a number of members in Tanzania who have over the years actively engaged in regional

and global consultations, but as yet we had never held a national conversation. In 2013 to 2014 we

had attempted to explore possible dates to initiate a national meeting. We were thrilled to be able

to commit to hosting our first integral mission conversation in Arusha, Tanzania in March 2015.

Funding constraints meant we had to limit this to a one day meeting, but we believed it was

important to start.

Micah Statistics in Tanzania and at IMC

The number of participants attending the Conversation was as follows:

• Number registered: 92

• Number attended: 68

• Number requiring accommodation: 8

• Number of countries involved: 5 (Tanzania, Burundi, Denmark, Finland and UK)

The rationale given for the absence of 24registered participants varied, but shows a level of risk with

regards to preparation of food, conference facility size and materials prepared.

Breakdown of Organisations Attending

Type Number Type Number

Aid Organisation 9 Mission Organisations 24

Local Churches 34 Colleges 2

Businesses 3 Networks 3

Denominations 11 Alliances 1

Individuals 8

Gender breakdown:

• Male: 49

• Female: 19 (28%)

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IMC Participates Arusha, March 2015

The overall contact list for Micah in Tanzania pre and post IMC is as follows:

Description Pre IMC Post IMC (March 2015)

Members 8 8

• Full members 6 6

• Associate members 1 1

• Individual members 1 1

International members 3 3

Contacts 33 117

There have been membership enquiries and the participant from Burundi has become a member.

Possibly language may be a barrier as the conversation as carried out in Kiswahili and English but

membership application forms are only in English at present.

Annex: Participant list, with contact details

Overview Tanzania

Location: Tanzania is located on the East coast of Africa and comprises of the main land Tanganyika

and the offshore islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Capital is Dodoma, with Dar-es-Salaam the largest

city

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Statistics:

• Population: 44.9 million

• Urbanites: 26.5%

• People Groups: 150 indigenous ethnic groups

• Main language: Swahili (with 127 other languages)

• Poverty rate: 65.6% (29 million)

• HDI: 151 (out of 187 countries

• Literacy: 69%

• Public Debt: 23.2%

• Religion: religious freedom for all. Christian 54%, Muslim: 31%

History: Colonised initially by Germany in 1884 and then by Britain in 1916. Tanganyika gained

independence from Britain in 1961 and Zanzibar in 1963. The two countries united in 1964.

• The first president of new Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, issued the 1967 Arusha Declaration, which

called for self-reliance through the creation of cooperative farm villages and the nationalisation

of factories, plantations, banks and private companies. This had limited impact, with corruption

seen as a major hurdle

• Current President: Jakaya Kikwete (since 2005 and re-elected in 2010)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

During the IMC, time was set aside for reflection on how well Tanzania had been responding to the

MDGs. Here is a summary:

The limited impact on poverty

reduction is a major concern.

Micah called participants to

engage in supporting and

holding the Tanzanian

government to account for its

commitment to reduce poverty.

Limited data requires a

concerted effort to help with

research and action on findings

Statistics don’t tell the whole

story as we have seen in

exploring education. Though we

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celebrate many children being in

primary school the quality of

education remains a major

concern.

Maternal death rates remain

extremely high and further

research and action is required

to address this.

Prevalence f HIV has only

slightly reduced.

The limited access to clean

and safe drinking water has

improved well in urban

settings but remains very low

in rural settings.

Information of trade

partnerships and investments

was not addressed. Two

concerning notes:

• Lease of land to Middle

east businessmen for

hunting

• Lack of transparency

regarding involvement of

China

In Post 2015 discussions, Tanzania has released the following priorities they wish to tackle:

1) Eradicate extreme poverty, hunger and inequality

2) Achieve decent and productive employment

3) Ensure quality service delivery

4) Eliminate Gender inequality

5) Combat diseases

6) Reduce child and maternal mortality

7) Promote Sustainable development

8) Improve governance

9) Enhancing effective development cooperation

10) Promoting peace and security

Of concern:

• No mention of education

The question we asked participants to

answers is: What would Tanzania look

like if God answered our prayer for it?

Describing this will help us

development important

transformation goals in the Post 2015

agenda.

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Tanzania Conversation: 10th

March 2015

Invitations were sent out to all members, contacts and to network links of members in Tanzania. A

list of organisations, denominations and missions to invite was compiled by Stephen Owino

(Individual member and focal person on ground facilitating the Conversation), with support of Allan

Kamnde (IAS – Full International member). The combined contacts of Stephen and Allan were added

to the Micah contact list and e-mail, web and phone call invitations were made.

Location: Canossa Spirituality Centre, Njiro Hill Arusha, Tanzania

The reception and care given by the Catholic sisters was excellent and facilities were much

appreciated.

Funding and Finances: Micah seeks to facilitate national conversations on a costs recovery basis,

working out the exact budget costs then charging a registration fee that seeks to cover these costs.

However in countries where actual costs vs registration costs would create limited access, Micah

raises a blanket grant to reduce registration fee to an accessible amount. The participant registration

fee was reduced to: TZS 5,000 = US $ 2.75. This was sent to cover the meal and facilities.

A further TZS 5,000 per night accommodation was requested for those needing this.

No Description TZS USD

1 Income from Registrations 335,000 $ 184.00

2 Canossa Conference Costs:

• Participants needing accommodation

• Day participants

• Conference room

• Meals (extra)

• Printing

• Internet

1,780,800

520,000

1,080,000

140,000

22,000

13,800

5,000

$ 978.00

$ 286.00

$ 593.00

$ 77.00

$ 12.00

$ 8.00

$ 5.00

3 Expenses:

(Includes fuel, banner, musicians, speakers,

admin, printing, bus hire, translations)

1,776,500 $ 976.00

Micah Global Input** 3,222,300 $ 1,770.00 ** Not included is airfare of International Director. To reduce costs the flight was linked to Kenya IMC which ran from 5

th to 6

th March

2015)

Programme Overview

Tuesday 10th March 2015

Time Session Speaker Theme

08:45

(late start)

Opening

Worship

Devotion

Stephen Owino

Bishop Leonard L.Daffa

Topic: The Kingdom of God

09:15 Discussion Group What would Tanzania look like if God

answered our prayer for it?

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Tuesday 10th March 2015

Time Session Speaker Theme

09:30 Plenary Sheryl Haw

Integral Mission

An Integrated Response

10:00 Discussion Group Engaging in the Public Square

10:30 Refreshment Break

11:30 Plenary Bishop Nickson J. Kallinga Acting Justly in an Urban Setting

Social Justice and the role of the Church

12:15 Discussion Group / Sheryl Haw Courage for Change:

Exploring social action

13:00 Lunch Break

14:00 Plenary Emmanuel Isaya Church and Community Mobilisation

Umoja and church engagement in community

14:45 Discussion Group

Celebration and Sorrow

Exploring impact of MDGs in Tanzania and

Post 2015 agenda

15:30 Refreshment Break

15:45 Plenary with

Group work

Facilitators:

Stephen Owino / Sheryl

Haw

The Way Forward

17:00 Closing

Outcome and Conclusions

The general feedback was that the Micah Conversation was much needed all around Tanzania and

that an ongoing need for follow up.

National Coordination Group: It was agreed that a second IMC would be required in which more

understanding of Micah and how their vision can be expressed and worked out in the contact of

Tanzania could be discussed. Stephen Owino was thanked for his effort in supporting the IMC to

happen, along with Allan Kamnde who assisted in logistics and administration. It was proposed that

Stephen acts as Interim Micah National Coordinator until the next IMC in which a steering

committee can be elected.

Global Consultation: all participants were informed up and the Micha 6th Triennial Global

Consultation which will be held in Lima, Peru from the 14th to 18th September 2015.

Material from IMC: all presentations were collated and made available to participants. Stephen

Owino agreed to translate what he could over the coming months.

The IMC was mainly limited to participants coming from Arusha and as it was only one day, it made

it difficult for those who wished to attend from around the country, though a few participants came

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from Mwanza, Iringa and Dar-es-Salaam. However, the positive impact and the opening of the door

for Micah in Tanzania have been made and we will continue to explore how we can be a blessing in

this amazing country.

Sheryl Haw

Interim International Director

Micah Global

21st

March 2015

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Annex: IMC Tanzania Participant List

Name Organisation E-mail

Sheryl Haw Micah Global [email protected]

Joseph Mgomi Anglican Church of Tanzania

Diocese of Ruaha [email protected]

Lars Udsholt DMCDD [email protected]

Musa Elias Ludeng'hemya Tanzania Assemblies of God [email protected]

Anders Jacobsen International Aid Services [email protected]

Aristide Yves Nahangame DIACONIA BURUNDI [email protected]

Nicholaus Jastin Ebenezer Apostolic Mission

Church [email protected]

Levis Lewis Mbise African Vision Safaris Ltd (AVS) [email protected]

Isaac Mpingwa Zion City Church/Eastwind

Christian Outreach [email protected]

Isaac R. Sui Usa River Baptist Church (URBC),

Arusha [email protected]

Rebecca Wellia Sui Usa River Baptist Church (URBC),


Onesphorus Massawe Miracle Assemblies of God (MAG) [email protected]

Mery O. Massawe Miracle Assemblies of God (MAG) [email protected]

Neema Richard Msalaba Wa Neema (The Cross of

Grace)

Evelyne Tebbs Bethel World Outreach Ministries

Int'l/The Wailing Women [email protected]

Grace R. Mukoyogo Wailing Women Ministries,

Arusha - Tanzania [email protected]

Kanankira S. Mungure

Tanzania Assemblies of

God/Redeemed Assemblies of

God

[email protected]

Lucy K. Mungure



God

C/o [email protected]

Elibariki P. Nnko



God

C/o [email protected]

Luke Mroso African Vision Safaris Ltd (AVS) [email protected]

Augustine Mwaimu Arusha Prayer And Bible Study

Group [email protected]

Abiyudi Msumeno Arusha Prayer And Bible Study

Group [email protected]

Nuhu Mkirumi Shalom Church [email protected]

Nicholas O. Kissetu Shiloh Pentecostal Ministry [email protected]

Elieka M. Kissetu Shiloh Pentecostal Ministry [email protected]

Namnyak Arnold Bethel Assemblies of God Full Life

Centre, Arusha C/O: [email protected]

Pascal Azaza Ebenezer Apostolic Mission

Church [email protected]

Nicholas Gumbo Evangelistic Assemblies of God

(EAGT) [email protected]

Zachariah Mushi Jesus Assembly International

Ministry [email protected]

Edmund Brown Ntwale Arusha Community Church (ACC)

and IYEPM

[email protected] ;

[email protected]

Jane Sision International Youth Exchange [email protected] ;

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Program Ministry [email protected]

Nai L. Felix International Youth Exchange

Program Ministry

[email protected] ;

[email protected]

Emanuel Sanare Laizer Free Pentecostal Church of

Tanzania (FPCT) C/o: [email protected]

Eliamani Tumaini Ngutto Migorepea Vision Centre,

Sanawari - Arusha [email protected]

Maura Tellis Jerry Savelle Ministries (JSM) [email protected]

Emmaculate E. Karumuna Moshi University [email protected]

Aroun Luhamba Voice of Holy Trinity Ministry,


Aminieli S.J. Kaaya Christian Foundation Church

(CFC) [email protected]

Gabriel Wariaeli Kaaya Kanisa La Pentekoste Arusha

(KLPA), Sasi Church [email protected]

Mary Kinabo VOICE ATTORNEYS (VA) [email protected]

Emmanuel Elisamia Nnko Evangelistic Assemblies of God

Tanzania (EAGT) [email protected]

James H. Ng'itu Free Pentecostal Church of


Eliaika J. Ng'itu Free Pentecostal Church of


Richard A. Molely Tabernacle Gospel Assemblies of

God Church C/o: [email protected]

Martin Afwande Believer's Faith Embassy (BFE) [email protected]

Edgar Peter Fernandes International Youth Exchange

Program Ministry [email protected]

Penina Naftali Free Pentecostal Church of

Tanzania (FPCT) [email protected]

Leonard L. Daffa Africa Ministries Network

(AFMIN) [email protected]

Nickson J. Kallinga Macedonia Empowering

Ministries Network [email protected]

Orche Mgonja Lift Him Up Church, Sanawari

Arusha C/o: [email protected]

Simon Philip Denmark / Tumaini University

Makumira, Arusha [email protected]

Virdi Mesiaislenhto Fida International, Arusha

Tanzania [email protected]

Johanna Korpela Fida International, Arusha

Tanzania [email protected]

David Owens Arusha Vineyard Church [email protected]

Samuel Anthony Muniko Mountain of Fire and Miracles /

Shalom Primary School [email protected]

Consolata W. Geoffrey Shalom Primary School [email protected]

Emmanuel Isaya

World Vision International

Tanzania / Africa Inland Church

Tanzania (AICT)

[email protected]

Nemes Sangawe Tanzania Assemblies of God

(TAG) Calvary Temple Church [email protected]

Solomon Ng'imba Free Pentecostal Church of

Tanzania (FPCT) [email protected]

Anna Ng'imba Free Pentecostal Church of


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Frida Jesse Evangelical Lutheran Church of

Tanzania (ELCT) C/o: [email protected]

Christopher Tony Pallangyo Christian Life Church [email protected]

Olais Saitire Lift Him Up Church, Arusha C/o: [email protected]

Stephen Owino

East African Christian Leaders

and Prayer Intercessors Network

(East Africa and Beyond.....);

Delta Force 33K Prayer Vision for

the Rhondda Valleys of Wales, UK

[email protected] ;

[email protected]

Mary Owino Bethel Assemblies of God Full

Life Centre/Shalom Schools

[email protected] ;

[email protected]

Allan Kamnde International Aid Services (IAS –

Tanzania) [email protected]

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