One of the great joys of my life over the past six or seven years has been developing friendships with a number of pastors in Zimbabwe. In that troubled country I have experienced such hope, faith and love – and joy – when with the church of Jesus Christ.
Mbonisi is a dynamic church leader and preacher, who leads New Creation Church in Bulawayo. He is a preacher I always love to listen to!
When & where was this sermon preached?
On the 29th of August at New Creation Church
Was it a special occasion or regular Sunday?
It was the start of a 5-part message series titled "Love Bulawayo"
Why did you choose this subject/text?
We were preaching through the book of Acts, and came to Acts 16 - 19 in which Paul pretty much sequentially hits 5 major cities in his second and third missionary journeys. We felt it would be fun to do a "series within the series" by looking at each of these cities in turn, using each narrative to inspire, instruct and equip us for our church's mission in Bulawayo. The objective in this particular message was to show the church that God changes cities by changing one life at a time - as evidenced through three snapshots of the gospel in action in Philippi
On average, how long does it take you to prepare a sermon?
15 - 20 hours
On average, for how long do you preach?
45 - 55 minutes
What do you find most challenging about preaching?
1) Keeping it short 2) keeping it evangelistic and 3) ensuring I communicate one big idea through the message
What do you most enjoy about preaching?
Bringing people into a life-changing encounter with Jesus through the word
Unfortunately no mp3 for this sermon is available. However, you can hear Mbonisi preaching at last years Together on a Mission conference here.
And here are his sermon notes. Mbo says, “If I take a manuscript into the pulpit, I try not to use it like one!!”
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