Friday 30 October 2020
BKB is built on three pillars: Prayer, Presence and Projects. Prayer and Projects continue. However, during this time of COVID, our ability to address Presence is greatly reduced. Most people…
Read PostWednesday 14 October 2020
As the leaves turn from green to yellow, red, and orange, the members of the Scholarship and Education Working Group of the Iringa Committee begin to think about how your…
Read PostMonday 05 October 2020
Together and apart, we are told the Apostle Paul and company received the good news of the faith and love of the people of Thessalonica from Timothy – an ambassador…
Read PostFriday 18 September 2020
Dear Members of the BKB Community, Following a meeting of the Iringa Executive Committee on Monday, September 14, I’m writing with some news concerning upcoming transitions in the BKB-SPAS office…
Read PostThursday 10 September 2020
Where September marks the beginning of the school year for students and families in the United States, it signals the start of the homestretch for their counterparts in Tanzania –…
Read PostFriday 14 August 2020
In a typical year the months of June, July, and August are abuzz with activity in Iringa as congregational delegations from the United States visit their companion parishes and we…
Read PostThursday 23 July 2020
As school districts plan for how to safely resume face-to-face learning this fall, the question of physically returning to the classroom is still up in the air for many students…
Read PostFriday 10 July 2020
On June 26, nearly 40 leaders from companion synod relationships across the United States and Tanzania gathered via Zoom to continue the discussion around the impacts of the coronavirus in…
Read PostMonday 29 June 2020
“One of the biggest mistakes that North American Churches make – by far – is in applying relief in situations in which rehabilitation or development is the appropriate intervention.” …
Read PostFriday 05 June 2020
On Sunday, May 31, I joined others in the global community for a time of prayer for our companion church bodies in Africa. The focus was on the threat of…
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