Going to Binga

What does it take to bring biblical training to church leaders in one of Zimbabwe’s most remote and neglected regions? Paul shares the vision, challenges, and strategy behind Heart & Mind Partnership’s work with the Tonga people of Binga District—a place with no paved roads, where pastors walk 40 miles to attend a conference.

Giving Charity Without Destroying Dignity

In our eagerness to help the poor, Western Christians have often created serious unintended consequences—stifling initiative, weakening local economies, and replacing colonialism with patronage. Paul explores why the way we give matters as much as what we give, and how to help without creating dependency.

Trip to visit rural churches- Part 4

The final leg of a seven-day journey: sweet potatoes for breakfast, a ferry crossing, and a church that chased down their departing vehicle to give them a live chicken as a gift. Seven churches, two leadership conferences, and eleven sermons later—Paul reflects on what it means to serve alongside the rural church.

Trip to visit rural churches- Part 3

Greeted by singing children and served the toughest chicken imaginable, the team visits churches along the Shire River. Paul reflects on the challenges these congregations face—no Bibles, frequent floods, and the tension between farming to feed families and time for ministry.

Hope in the Struggle Against Dependency

In a Mozambique village, a group of women—many of them widows—pooled their pennies into a savings club. Two years later, they built their own community center. Paul visits this example of self-reliance in action and explores why emotional ownership matters more than outside dollars.

Trip to visit rural churches- Part 1

A 350km journey into Mozambique’s Tete Province to meet with leaders from 38 churches. From sleeping in tents to watching the Jesus Film on a car-mounted TV, Paul shares raw field notes from a leadership conference where discussions ran past midnight and the questions cut to the heart of church life.

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