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Bemvu and Netherlorn

Bemvu and Netherlorn. Striking up Partnership. Why Partnership?. Church Global as well as local Church draws life from connectedness Netherlorn Churches Gathering 2010 led to group looking at global dimension One initiative - let’s form a partnership with a church in a different context.

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Bemvu and Netherlorn

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  1. Bemvu and Netherlorn Striking up Partnership

  2. Why Partnership? • Church Global as well as local • Church draws life from connectedness • Netherlorn Churches Gathering 2010 led to group looking at global dimension • One initiative - let’s form a partnership with a church in a different context

  3. Why Malawi? • Long-standing links with Scotland, in particular Argyll • Links currently rejuvenated at national level • One of the world’s poorest countries • Malawi-addicted minister (?)

  4. Netherlorn and Malawi • Donald Fraser’s Ardfern visit 1922 • Craignish – Mary’s Meals; Malawi rice • Lindsay and Kate Robertson of Kilninver working in Malawi 1957-86 • Kilbrandon and Kilchattan – Malawi mission partners Andy and Fliss Gaston 1997-2009 • Kilbrandon and Kilchattan – links with Raven Trust, Strachur

  5. Bemvu Congregation • Located in a hilly district of central Malawi • Enthusiastic about partnering with Netherlorn • 905 communicant members • Covers 26 villages in an area with high levels of poverty • 3 “prayer houses” (additional church buildings serving outlying areas)

  6. Bemvu Congregation

  7. Rev Picklen and Mrs Edith Chafulumira

  8. 84 Elders on Kirk Session

  9. Very Active Women’s Guild

  10. Primary School with 1,136 pupils

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