An Inside Look: Mission Teams

If you’ve been looking around our website much, you may have noticed a common thread: discipleship. Thrive Africa is all about guiding people to become fully-devoted followers of Christ and equipping them to be leaders who are highly competent and strong in character. Each year we have hundreds of people come to serve alongside us on mission teams, so how do they play into our mission statement?

One of the main types of ministry our mission teams do is a type of cultural exchange. We call it relationship evangelism. Teams are split into small groups and paired with an interpreter. They visit with the Basotho people in their homes, getting to know the family and building a relationship with them.  As a people group, Basothos are very relational. They love having visitors and sharing life with those that we would consider “strangers”- someone they just met. As our team members get to know the people they’re visiting, they are able to help meet their spiritual and practical needs-through conversation, prayer, helping with chores and even planting a garden.

The goal of relationship evangelism is to have the opportunity for mission team members to share Christ with people through relationship and then get them connected with a Bible believing church in their neighborhood, where they can grow and be discipled. Many times we are able to get them into one of our LaunchPad classes, where they are able dig into the word under the direction of Thrive staff and interns.

As we approach our busiest season of the year with hosting mission teams- we wanted you to have an “inside look” at what they’ll be doing as they minister alongside of us.  If you’d like to read some stories from teams that have been with us in the last few months, check out these: More Than A Coincidence, We’re in the Hospital, or Go With God.

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