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Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG)
Macedonia Gospel Centre (MGC)
P. O. Box 542
Kisasa
Dodoma
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Ministries
There are various ministries at MGC organized to reflect different departments. They include the Christ Ambassodors (Youth), Utukufu
Choir (Children), Macedonia Voice (Praise and Worship), Prayers and Intercession, Women
as Servants of Chirst & Men’s Organisation.
Church Planting
So far, MGC has planted two churches one located at Mapinduzi Village and the other one at Chinyoya
Village both
of which are located in Dodoma Municipality. It is the desire of MGC to
plant at least one church every year. The goal is to make sure that we
bring to Jesus as many souls as possible knowing that the night is
coming, and then no one can work (John 9: 4).
Programmes
MGC has various projects which
are currently under implementation. They include: (1) Preschool
Programme; (2) Adult Education Programme; (3) Programme for Orphans and
Vulnerable Children (OVC) and (4) Makedonia
Development Foundation (MAKDEF). The main purpose of all these
programmes is to improve the church and community welfare. Although MGC
is still at infancy stage in terms of the number of years of its
existence and consequently, state of its programmes, there
is much hope in the future that God will uplift us in ways that will
glorify His name.
Publications
1. MGC Strategic Plan 2013/2014 – 2017/2018
This is a crucial working document that guides all MGC activities.
From this document, individual departments prepare annual action plans
that are implemented, monitored and evaluated on regular basis. The
2013/2014 – 2017/2018 Strategic Plan
has 9 objectives targeting to have:
- A lively Department of Prayers with the capacity to strengthen God’s ministry at MGC, Tanzania and the world in general;
- A Praise and Worship Department that qualifies to praise and worship the living God;
- A Department of Men’s Organisation which is aware of its responsibilities at MGC;
- A Department of Women as Servants of Christ which prepares women to become a mighty army of the living God;
- A strong Department of Youth with demonstrable strategies and actions;
- A Department of Children that prepares children to master the environment in which they live;
- A Department of Missions and Evangelism that fulfills God’s great commission of making all nations to become Jesus disciples;
- A Department of Church Development and Community Welfare that enhances church development and community welfare;
- A Department of Finance that handles financial matters professionally.
2. Child Rearing is Creation: Raising Children who Will Reign Over the Country
This is a document that offers parents with skills in child rearing
for the purpose of ensuring that the church raises children who will
become faithful Jesus disciples and competent enough to reign over the
country. The document was prepared following
a request made by parents to provide them parenting information for
successful child rearing. It includes teachings on: (1) Perspectives on
Childhood and the Child; (2) Major Theories of Child Development; (3)
Child Rearing Styles and (4) Child Rearing in
the Age of Globalisation. The whole content reflects the cultural
settings in which children live.
Management
Organisation of the Church
Currently,
MGC has one Senior Pastor (Pastor Vicent S. Malenda) and two Assistant
Pastors (Pastor Julia Malenda and Pastor Esther Msuya). The Senior
Pastor oversees all activities at MGC while the Assitant Pastors have
been entrusted with specific assignments. Pastor
Julia is responsible for the supervision and care of different
departments at MGC. There are currently nine (9) departments: (1)
Department of Praise and Worship; (2) Department of Prayers; (3)
Department of Missions and Evangelism; (4) Department of Finance;
(5) Department of Children; (6) Department of Church Development &
Community Welfare; (7) Department of Youth (Christ mbassadors); (8)
Department of Women as Servants of Christ and (9) Department of Men’s
Organisation. Pastor Esther Msuya deals with
matters related to management of the various zones which constitute
MGC. All matters at MGC are discussed in formal meetings that are held
quarterly from the department through the Central Committee and
ultimately General Meeting.
There are six (6) church elders who work
closely with pastors in the building process of the Kingdom of God.
These are: (1) Mrs Ernesta Mpiga; (2) Mr. David Gumbo; (3) Mr. Sita
Masala; (4) Mrs Aksa Kisumo; (5) Mrs. Evelina Chigoji;
(6) Dr. Lyabwene Mtahabwa.
Establishment
MGC officially started on 15th
June 2006 following Pastor Vicent S. Malenda’s vision to plant a church
in the area of Kisasa. In its early stages of life, the church had a
total of 3 believers constituted by the pastor himself, his wife (Mrs.
Julia Malenda) and their son, Immanuel Malenda. All services were held
in a sitting room rented by the pastor for residential purposes. Under
God’s grace, two years thereafter; that
is by 2008, the church had grown reaching a total of 70 believers. In
addition to this quantitative growth, the church witnessed significant
spiritual growth as well as managed to secure one hactre where the
church building is now located. Construction of
the temporary service building commenced immediately in 2008 and in the
same year the construction process was completed thus enabling running
of all services in the new building. Up to January 2013, the church had a
total of 217 believers (122 adults; 95
children).
Vision, Mission, Motto and Core Values
Vision, Mission and Motto
Vision
The Vision of MGC is to “Make God’s kingdom come and His will
be done on earth as it is in heaven”.
The Mission of MGC is to “Improve people’s
whole lives through prayers, good deeds and overall clean life”.
MGC
conducts its services based on specific core values which are believed
to provide direction and serve as basis for success. These core values
were derived
from the features of the Macedonia Church so famous in the Bible
stories owing to its kindness and willingness to support other servants
of God even during times of serious resource scarcity.
The MGC Core Values are:
- Love and kindness: The church believes in the power of love and kindness to all. Each believer strives as much as possible to serve all people as whole beings.
- Unity: All believers at MGC believe in the power of unity anchored on a solid foundation of love as the main weapon for victory.
Church Location
Macedonia Gospel Centre (MGC)
is a local church affiliated to Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG). It is
located 3 km East of Dodoma Municipality and 1 km as one moves
Southwards from
Kisasa Petrol Station, Morogoro Road. The church prides itself of being
located on a vast tract of land (1ha) situated in a fast growing street
and flanked by important institutions including the University of
Dodoma (UDOM), DORETA Secondary School and Kisasa
Secondary School.
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