relevance

We believe that our name Mavuno is a specific call to go and bring the harvest. Jesus, ‘the Son of Man’ came to seek and save the lost. Just as Jesus’ main task was to be an agent of reconciliation between God and a lost and rebellious humanity, our main task as a church is to bring lost people to God and to through discipleship to turn them into radical followers of Jesus Christ.70% of our continent is under the age of 35, but few churches are set up to deliberately reach this demographic! This is a ‘sight and sound’ generation.

It’s not just important to have the right message but to communicate it in their language; using symbols, media and music that they can relate to.

Our target is not people going to other churches but those who are not in church at all. We thus use all possible means to engage them. The reason we do this is not to look cool or to fit in but as Paul says, we ‘become all things to all men in order to bring them to God’

AUTHENTICITY

Without authenticity, there is no transformation. We believe that Christianity does not need any hype on our part as the gospel is God’s power. We thus need to be real in our interactions with each other and with those outside the church.

This means that we seek to always be genuine, sharing from not just our strengths but from our weaknesses, never seeking to pretend that we are anything that we are not.

This ‘real-ness’ needs to extend through everything we do including our services, our ministry interactions and our day to day lives. In this however, we will seek to be sensitive to others first and always ensure that our sharing does not cause a hindrance to others spiritual growth.