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Prayer and Praise for December 2018 and January 2019

28/11/2018

At the end of a year, one tends to look back and think about things that happened.
In such a case there are often “joys and sorrows”, but the conclusion should
always be that the Lord was with us and His Name is to be praised.
That is the thought that is in our minds when we ask you to thank the
Lord with us and pray with us for the following matters.

Thank the Lord for each student who completed a year of study – through contact study or distance mode. Pray that what they have learned will not just be academic knowledge, but that many spiritual truths from the Word of God will be built into their lives.
The following is on the programme for the first part of December:
- Tuesday 4 December: Assessment meeting attended by all faculty members
- Tuesday 4 December: Executive Management meeting
- Friday 7 December: Staff Function for staff and their spouses.
Pray that all staff will have a good time of rest during the period that MTC will be closed (14 December to 3 January). Pray for safe travelling and blessed times with loved ones.
Pray for a good student intake for 2019.
Pray that we may receive the Lord’s strength and wisdom for the activities of 2019. Pray for His protection over the ministry of MTC and that we may faithfully follow His guidance throughout the year.
The following is on the programme for January:
- Thursday 3 January: MTC offices re-open.
- Monday 14 January: Official opening service with Rev David Carmichael (UK) as
guest speaker.
- Monday 14 January: Day conference in Johannesburg with Dr Tom Nettles (USA) as guest speaker.
- Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 January: Orientation for new students.
- Monday 21 January: Faculty Forum.
- Monday 21 January: Executive Management meeting.
- Tuesday 22 January: Classes for full-time students start.
- Tuesday 29 January: Academic Committee meeting.
- Wednesday 30 January: Operations Committee meeting.
Pray that the Lord will provide financially for the College and the students individually during 2019.

Thank you for your precious prayer support!

Prayer & Praise for November 2018

5/11/2018

“He who dwells in the shelter of the
Most High will abide in the shadow
of the Almighty.
I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” …
His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.” (Psalm 91:1-4)

The end of the academic as well as the calendar year is quickly drawing closer. With this in mind, we want to kindly ask you to thank the Lord with us and pray with us for the following matters.

Thank the Lord with us for the students that could study with us during 2018 and pray that they will complete the year successfully.
The Tutor workshop (for the tutors at the distance sites) that was held at KwaMhlanga campus, went very well and was very well received. Thank the Lord for the 30 tutors who could attend it and could sit together to discuss some challenges and work on some improvements in their roles.
Pray the students who study at the Distance sites will persevere in their studies. They often have to fit it in after a long day’s work. Pray that it will be a great blessing to them.
We thank the Lord for two blessed conferences during October – the Pastor’s Wives conference arranged by our team in Johannesburg and the Church leaders conference that was held at KwaMhlanga campus. Attendance at both events was very good and there was much appreciation for the teachings given.
Our full-time and part-time students will start with exams on 5 November. Please pray that they will study well and obtain good results.
Several things are on the calendar for November and we will appreciate prayer for it:Monday
- Monday 12 November – Audit and Risk committee meeting.
- Thursday 22 November – Board meeting.
- Monday 26 to Friday 30 November - Our Principal, Brian de Vries, has been invited to teach a block course at another Bible College in Johannesburg. Pray that this will be a blessing to the students there.
Major renovations are underway at the buildings at our Johannesburg Learning Centre. Thank the Lord for His provision for this project and pray that all involved will render good and reliable service.
Pray with us that the Lord will send applicants to study and Mukhanyo in 2019 – people who will be committed to Christ and the proclaiming of His Word.

Thank you for your precious prayer support!

Prayer & Praise for September 2018

28/8/2018

September is the month when we become aware of Spring, the new summer season, as we notice new life in nature around us. It is our prayer that the ministry of Mukhanyo may have a spiritually life-giving influence on many and that the Lord will continue to use and bless it. Please thank and pray with us for the following:

Thank the Lord with us for His faithful provision that the ministry of Mukhanyo can continue. We receive that from His hand and continue to trust Him for all that is needed.
Our students need our regular prayer support. Some come from families where they are the only Christians and it can at times be a challenge to be a witness for Christ. Pray that they will stand strong and that the Lord will use them to His glory in their spheres of influence.
Several of our students are involved in regular ministry in churches and in the community. Please pray that the Lord will bless and use these efforts to bring many to saving faith in Christ.
We will have two visiting lecturers at KwaMhlanga campus during September, namely Andrew Gilhooley and Sechaba Legoete, teaching one module each. Please pray that their visit to Mukhanyo will be a time of rich blessing to them and the students.
Pray that our students (full-time, part-time and distance) will be successful in their studies and will grow spiritually through what they learn.
Although there are a few options for another building for our Pretoria learning centre, nothing seems to finalise yet. Please pray that the Lord will open the right doors so that we can start the new academic year (January 2019) from our new location.
Thank the Lord for all the staff that are faithfully serving in this ministry and pray that He will keep them united and focused on the key ministry of Mukhanyo, namely to train church leaders who labour towards the spreading of the.

Prayer & Praise for August 2018

27/7/2018

August promises to be a typical mid-semester busy month at Mukhanyo!
Please thank the Lord and pray together with us for:

Our classes resumed on Tuesday 23 July. Thank the Lord for our students who are back and took up their studies. Pray that this semester will be a time of rich blessing for them while they “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Several of our students do experience financial constraints, in spite of partial sponsorships they received for their fees. Please pray that they will learn to trust the Lord, Who called them into His service, for their needs and that they may experience His provision.
Several things are on the programme for August for which we will value your prayers – that the Lord will give wisdom and guidance at the various committee / Board meetings and for His blessing on the conference.
- Saturday 4 August – an Open Day at our Pretoria Study Centre
- Wednesday 8 August – Education Committee meeting (a Board Committee)
- Monday 13 August – HR Committee meeting (a Board committee)
- Wednesday 15 August – Audit and Risk committee meeting (a Board Committee)
- Saturday 18 August – Ladies Conference at KwaMhlanga Campus
- Monday 27 August – Executive Committee meeting
- Tuesday 28 August – Academic Committee Meeting
- Thursday 30 August – Board meeting (the Full Board)
We thank the Lord that our new B.Th. programme was approved by the Council of Higher Education. This programme is an improvement on the previous one and will be taught from January 2019, God willing.
We are looking for a larger location for our Pretoria Learning Centre – a building to rent with more classrooms, offices, and plenty of space for the library. Please pray for the Lord will help us find the best place.
Thank the Lord for all the staff that serve at Mukhanyo. The Lord brought us together from many different areas and backgrounds to fulfil different roles in labouring together for Him. Pray also that He will help us to be complement each other and be a blessing to one another.
We have a few vacancies at Mukhanyo and are trusting the Lord for competent people, who love the Lord and His work, to fill these.

Please join us in prayer. Thank you for being part of this ministry through your prayers!

Prayer & Praise for July 2018

21/6/2018

While this document is compiled the annual Bible College Consultation that is hosted by Mukhanyo is on the go (19 to 21 June). Our hearts are full of gratitude and we ask you to thank the Lord with us for the following:
- Our number of attendees hit one hundred! These people come from about 30 different Theological Colleges and some are from other Christian organisations. We thank the Lord for this good attendance and all the practical arrangements going well.
- Thank the Lord for the spiritual and academic input in the lives of these attendees and in the different ministries. Pray that the Lord will graciously give lasting fruit on this.
Our students are currently enjoying their mid-year study break. Please pray that it will be a time of spiritual refreshment, that the Lord will bless their ministries and studies and that He will use them as witnesses among their friends and family.
We currently have a few vacancies at Mukhanyo. Please pray with us that the Lord will lead the people of His choice to us to serve Him here.
Two seminars on Personal Evangelism will be held on Saturdays 7 and 21 July at our KwaMhlanga campus, God willing. Please pray that many pastors and lay preachers will attend this and learn how to more effectively share the Gospel.
Please pray for the following that is on the programme:
- 19 and 20 July – Two days of Strategic Planning by the Executive Committee and about 10 other senior staff members. Please pray that the Lord will bless those two days and give His guidance.
- 23 July - Faculty Forum. This is an opportunity when all the faculty members spend some time together to discuss different matters relating to the lecturing and receive some training.
- 23 July – Executive committee meeting.
- 24 July – Classes resume for the Theology students at the various campuses.
- 25 July – Operations Committee meeting at KwaMhlanga Campus.
- 31 July – Academic Committee meeting.

Thank you for being part of this ministry through your prayers!

Prayer and Praise for June 2018

31/5/2018

“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” (2 Timothy 2:1-2)

These where Paul’s words to Timothy.

This is also what we are seeking to do at Mukhanyo – through our normal Theological training, but also through events like our Bible College Consultation that is coming up. The following points can be a guide to pray for us please.

Exams for our full-time Theology students will be coming to an end early in June. Thank the Lord for each student who is studying at Mukhanyo.
Please pray for our full-time Theology students who will be enjoying a break from early June until mid-July. Pray that the Lord will use them as witnesses for Him in their homes and communities and that their ministry in churches will be a blessing.
Thank the Lord for His provision for Mukhanyo and for all the staff who are serving Him here. There are also a few vacancies. Please pray for committed people who will share in our vision to join us in this part of His vineyard.
Thank the Lord that the conference on Child and Youth Evangelism on 5 May and the Alumni meeting on 12 May were well attended and went well.
Events on the calendar.
- Saturday 2 June – Youth Conference at KwaMhlanga Campus with theme: “The power and danger of Social Media”.
- Tuesday 5 June – Staff Forum at KwaMhlanga Campus
- Thursday 7 June – Pastors’ Conference (Johannesburg). Theme: “Rediscovering the doctrines that shook the world”.
- Thursday 14 June – General Assessment meeting attended by all faculty as well as an Executive Committee meeting.
Annual Bible College Consultation 19 – 21 June: For the past seven years this is an important event and highlight on the MTC calendar during which we seek to bring people from different Theological schools and colleges together to receive good teaching and to see how we strengthen and support one another. By God’s grace it was a great blessing in the past and was of great help to those in this type of ministry. Please pray with us for:
- That many will register and be able to attend.
- Good progress with all the practical preparations which will take place – especially from around the 13th.
- That those who will attend, will travel safely to and from the event. Several people will be travelling as far as from countries further north in Africa.
- For the speakers, that the Lord will help them in their preparations and bless and use their presentations.
- For blessed fellowship among the attendees as they will be sharing joys, sorrows and ideas. -
- For all the practical matters like: favourable weather conditions (it will be mid-winter), that all the equipment used will function well, good health of speakers, organizers and attendees, etc.

May the Lord bless you as are standing with us through your prayers!

Prayer & Praise for May 2018

3/5/2018

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

The Holy Spirit was poured out on believers to enable them to be witnesses for the Lord. Here at Mukhanyo it is our desire that our students, through the study of the Word of God, will be better equipped to be more effective witnesses for the Lord and to teach others to be witnesses.

Thank the Lord for His provision for Mukhanyo that this ministry can continue and pray that He will continue to provide through our donors and that He will also bless them for their support.
Thank the Lord that our students could return to class after the Easter break.
Pray that the last few weeks of the classes for this semester will be blessed by the Lord and that the students, faculty and Academic Admin department will cope with all the work before the start of the exams on 15 May.
Events on the calendar. It seems as if May will be a month of meetings at Mukhanyo! Please pray for wisdom and guidance for matters that will be discussed in the different committee meetings:
 Saturday 5 May – conference on Child and Youth Ministry in Johannesburg.
 Monday 7 May – Executive Committee meeting.
 Tuesday 8 May – Academic Committee meeting.
 Wednesday 16 May – Audit and Risk committee meeting (a Board committee).
 Monday 21 May – HR committee meeting (a Board committee).
 Wednesday 30 May – Operations Committee meeting.
 Thursday 31 May – Board meeting
Work behind the scenes. There is often much going on in the administrative department which may not be easily noticed, but is very important to keep the wheels rolling:
 We thank the Lord for the shipment of donated books which arrived safely at Mukhanyo. It will take many, many hours of work to process these. Please pray for our librarian, Nurse Nkosi, and assistants in this task.
 We are in the process of updating many of our policy and procedure documents. Pray for good progress with this task.
An event for alumni is scheduled for Saturday 12 May. Please pray for good interest and for the Lord’s richest blessing on this.
Our annual Bible College Consultation is scheduled for 19 to 21 June. Pray for all the preparations that are already on the go and that many people from different Theological colleges in southern Africa will be able to attend.

Prayer & Praise for April 2018

22/3/2018

“He [Jesus] humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…. and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
(Ephesians 2:8-11)
April – the time during which the Church normally celebrates Easter and commemorates the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will indeed never be able to thank Him for the salvation that He made available for us!

Items for Prayer and Praise

Thank the Lord for the students that are studying at Mukhanyo and pray that each one will have personal faith in the saving work of Christ and grow in their walk with Him.
In South Africa many churches hold conferences over Easter weekend which often include services on Good Friday, the Saturday and the Sunday. Many of our faculty, staff and students will be involved with such events – either to attend or to take part. Pray that the Lord will bless them and make them a blessing – especially those who will have opportunity to share the Word of God.
Events on the calendar:
-Thank the Lord with us for a blessed day conference on 10 March on Biblical Counselling by
Bill den Hollander. The Lord used this to encourage and equip those present.
-Pray for the conference for Pastors Wives on Saturday 21 April at KwaMhlanga campus, D.V. We are trusting the Lord for good attendance and His blessing.
-A day of training is planned for support staff – pray for the preparations for this and that it will be helpful and blessed by the Lord.
-There will be a Faculty Forum on 16 April, God willing. Pray for our faculty members who are all expected to attend this that it will serve to encourage, equip and unite them.
-We are planning an event for alumni in May. Please pray for these preparations.
Our students will have a study break of two weeks in April. Pray that they will be able to spend enough time with their studies, but also will get some rest and that the Lord will use them as witnesses for Him among their families and friends.
The second quarter of the academic year will start mid-April. Pray that all the students will be back in time and that the Lord will bless the last 4 weeks of classes before exams will start.
We thank the Lord for a shipment of donated books which is expected to arrive during April. Pray for our librarian, Nurse Nkosi, and helpers who are currently preparing to process this.
We are still waiting for reply from the Council of Higher Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training on outstanding accreditation matters. Pray that we will soon receive a positive answer.
Pray that, amidst our daily labour and activities, each faculty and support staff member will keep their eye on the calling and vision of Mukhanyo, namely to train pastors and church leaders, and that this will encourage and strengthen them.

Prayer and Praise for February 2018

12/2/2018

Items for Praise

Give thanks for the positive results of all the conferences and ministry events during January.
Give thanks for both the new and returning students. Pray the Lord’s blessing on their studies this year.
Give thanks for the new distance learning support centers starting in several locations.

Items for Prayer

Pray the Lord will give wisdom to all the lecturers as they mentor our students this year.
Pray for the collage management as we serve our students and seek kingdom growth.
Pray for God’s blessing of the chapel sermons on Tuesday and Thursday every week during the semester.
Pray for the campuses in downtown Johannesburg and Pretoria suburbs, and for the new students at each.
Pray for financial support of operating costs, student scholarships, and new teaching and support positions.

Prayer & Praise for January 2018

5/1/2018

At the threshold of a New Year, we feel like Moses did – we need the Lord to be with us all the time and we are so grateful that we may trust Him for that! Please thank and pray with us.

“And he [Moses] said to him [the Lord],
‘If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.’”
(Exodus 33:15)

Items for Prayer and Thanksgiving

Thank the Lord that we can enter 2018 and pray that we will experience His blessing and guidance in every aspect of the Mukhanyo ministry.
Pray for the start of the new academic year. That all those we planned to study with us, will be able to do so and that the starting process at all three centres will go well. Pray that new students will soon feel at home in our midst.
Pray for our Distance students - most of them also took a break from their studies during the annual holiday season. Pray for courage and enthusiasm to continue diligently.
Pray for wisdom for management and the finance department as they are currently busy with the auditing of the financial books for 2017. Pray that it will be a smooth process.
The following important dates are on the calendar for January:
 8 – 12: An intensive course at our Pretoria centre for some of our B.Th. students.
 16: Our official opening ceremony with Dr Michael Barrett delivering two messages.
 16 – 18: Orientation week for our new Theology students.
 22: Faculty Forum and Executive Management meeting.
 23: Theology classes starts
 30: Academic Committee meeting
Pray for wisdom and necessary resources for the extension of the ministry of church-based training. Pray for wisdom for those who will manage this area – that they will experience the Lord’s guidance regarding the best way to move forward.
Pray that souls will be saved and built up spiritually during 2018 through the ministry of Mukhanyo – either directly through the work at Mukhanyo, or indirectly through the ministries of our staff and students over weekends.

May the Lord bless you as you share in the ministry of Mukhanyo through your intercession!

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