The Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Elim Church Romsey has had an association with Challenge Ministries (CM) for several years.
Challenge Ministries is a charity based at Potters Wheel Church in Mbabane, the capital of Eswatini. CM supports many causes including a Men's Centre, a Women's Centre, churches and children's work in remote communities. Most notably they founded and run an orphanage caring for nearly 400 children in Bulembu, an old mining town in the North West of the country.
Eswatini Update
The ministry is over 25 years old and continues to grow as they seek God and listen to his calling. They have just started on a new 5 year plan with a vision of what God wants them to achieve by the year 2030. Click on the picture below to see their inspiring video describing the plan.
Trip to Eswatini
A group from church will be visiting Eswatini from 10th to 25th August 2026, visiting many of the locations where the ministry is working.
In August 2023 a group from the church visited Eswatini and had a great time. To get a flavour of the trip, click on the picture below.
Lavumisa Twinning
Challenge Ministries has a program of In Community By Community (ICBC) church plants throughout Eswatini.
The ICBC’s are in rural and poor areas of the country. Each ICBC consists of a church building, a pastors house with a pastor (usually full time) and a pre-school. It is in the community it serves and it is by the community because the community gets together to help build the church and pastors house. The pastor is not paid a salary, he is supported by his congregation, the community. The target is to get to 60 ICBC’s across the country. This will provide a church and pre-school within reach for everyone in the rural areas. In fact, to reach the whole country with the gospel.
We have a special connection to Lavumisa ICBC. Since our first visit we have sponsored the water project to provide water to the villagers in the dry season. Then installed lights and power into the church and the mission huts. The church is lead by Pastor Sabelo. He is an amazing man. He has totally committed his life to the Lord’s work, and his life is dedicated to running the church and caring for his flock in the village.
Challenge Ministries have a twinning program to link churches with each ICBC and we are twinned with Lavumisa. It enables Pastor Sabelo to share prayer requests and other needs. These are for private prayer when any of you feel called to do so and for other occasions such as church prayer meetings.
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Lavumisa News
It's time to celebrate the Lord's provision of adequate rainfall in Lavumisa this season. It's all green through all the community. The main river is overwhelmingly flooded such that water wells are springing up due to the adequate rainfall. It's the nicest rain showers we ever had for the long time. Praise the Lord.
Pastor Sabelo January 2026 |
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Prayer requests
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