Category Archives: Africa

Trauma Healing

Lament traditions are common in African cultures. Harriet Hill, director of the American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute, found that when African Christians understood the structure of lament Psalms in the Bible, they eagerly embraced the use of their own lament traditions to express their pain to God. When words alone did not suffice, the believers…

Mwani worship

Wendy Atkins, who works with Africa Inland Mission, led a songwriting workshop with believers from four people groups in Mozambique. One of those, the largely unreached Mwani, previously had no Christian songs in their language.To create new songs, the workshop participants first spent their mornings in worship and Bible study. In the afternoons, they composed.…