Malawi (MNN) — A new partner with World Missionary Press is spreading God’s Word in some of the darkest places in Malawi: their prisons.
Malawi prisons are known for overcrowding and violence. Its 23 district prisons and other facilities are meant to hold only 7,000 people yet currently hold more than 16,500.
Helen Williams with World Missionary Press (WMP) explains that a new local partner has forged a positive relationship with prison officials just this year. They visited the Zomba and Domasi facilities, where they shared worship songs, teaching, preaching and testimonies, plus WMP scripture booklets with inmates.
“The prison authorities, chaplain, and those in charge of the prisoners took [our partners] aside and told them the best way to interact with the prisoners. It was well organized,” Williams says. “There was a foundation to build on for this. It wasn’t just ‘walk in and hand out something.’”
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At the Zomba prison, the team met with 350 inmates, and 210 of these men accepted Christ!
“When they were finished there, the authorities that had let them come in and share said, ‘You’re welcome to any prison in Malawi to reach out and win souls, because your help is urgently needed where the inmates are desperate to get a hold of God’s Word.’”
Talk about an open door!
“These opportunities to take God’s Word and put it in [inmates’] hands, spend time with them, and then leave it (Scripture booklets) there for the Spirit to do the work is a stark example of sharing the light in the darkness,” Williams says.
Would you pray for WMP’s partner as they move forward with this opportunity to serve?
“My understanding from the communication we’re getting is that they are establishing Bible studies in these prisons, which their team members will help monitor. It will be recurring trips, but they will also now have an open door to other prisons,” Williams says.
Pray for this growing work in Malawi, that God will call more people out of darkness into the light of Jesus.
“This is a time to really ‘take advantage,’ if we will, of the ministries that are there that are willing to go,” Williams says.
“Pray that the Lord would send the harvesters, bless them, and use His Word to establish a strong work for the gospel in Malawi.”
Header photo is a representative stock photo courtesy of Ehsan Habashi via Unsplash.
