Saturday, February 19, 2011

"Rising to The Challenge From an Agricultural Point of View"

ANESU is grateful for the excellent working relationship already in place with Foundations for Farming. This is an agriculturally based response initiative that shares the vision ANESU has of engaging the Church in Zimbabwe in a redemptive response in answer to the felt need of marginalized and disenfranchised Zimbabweans.

Brian Oldrieve, the founding director of Foundations for Farming is a long-time friend of ANESU’s director, Bud Jackson. Both Brian and Bud worked together in a church planting context in the 1990’s, at a time when Brian was a leading Christian commercial farmer in a community where a new church was being formed.

Clearly, God has used this authentic servant of His in a powerful way thus far. God continues to bless the vision that he gave to Brian some years ago. This is especially evident in the aftermath of a recent call to prayer that was initiated in Zimbabwe through the auspices of Trumpet Call for Transformation, a partnership between the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe and Foundations for Farming.

Since then even a number of government departments have indicated a desire for Foundations for Farming to be included in their agenda.

Clearly, God is at work in this nation.

Please watch and listen to this interview, and hear the testimony of this remarkable servant of Christ as he shares his vision for Zimbabwe.

ANESU team member, Julie Vanzevern, is engaged with Foundation for Farming in a medical and natural medicinal herb-based response. The expansion and broader application of this program is part of the on-going strategy of ANESU in Zimbabwe.


One to one with Brian Oldreive from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.