Ngorongo from East Africa River Mission on Vimeo.

*Ngorongo – is a Rufiji village half way down the bush road (40kms) before reaching Mloka village (80kms); Mloka, being where Baker & Sons Safari Company is located deep in the heart of the wild Rufiji. From our beginning (2012), East Africa River Mission through Baker & Sons have been active in Mloka, bringing the Word of God into local lives and building up a small church with a thriving children’s Sunday School outreach to the village. Within an 80km radius there are only two Tanzanian churches, the one we have partnered with in our own village of Mloka, and the one in Ngorongo 40kms back up the bush road. Although there are thousands of native Rufijians scattered in villages along this bush road, between these two churches – Mloka and Ngorongo – there is a combined congregation of roughly 20 believers. Almost exclusively these believers, though Tanzanian, are not native to the Rufiji and as such are treated as outsiders in their villages for their tribal and religious differences. However, Baker & Sons Safari Company – our mission’s hosts – are established as an important part of the local village economy – therefore an insider. One of our important functions as we see it is to spend the favour of the company and lend it to the church; to be a bridge in that tribal/religious gap and integrate the church with the village for Kingdom purposes, TO THE GLORY OF GOD. We have done so and continue to do so in Mloka. East Africa River Mission (EastARM) is growing in many respects and new ministry opportunities are presenting themselves in the once unreached Rufiji. The church in Ngorongo with its handful of believers is one such opportunity. Their pastor is living with his family, before the eyes of the village, in poverty and squalor. His house is falling apart and living conditions are not suitable for his wife or children. We want to construct a new house, a pastor’s parsonage on the existing church property. Together with the believers at our partner church in Mloka, we believe this is an important step in building up God’s work to our sister church Ngorongo.

Scroll down to the bottom for the attached posts to learn details of the Ngorongo project, give financially towards this with the form provided. Email projects@eastarm.net to contact an EastARM rep.