The Kwang Lim Chapel was the site of the Morning Worship
Service on Sunday, March 22, 2015, with Bishop J. Nanhala, Resident Bishop of Mozambique
Episcopal Area, bringing the message.
She was baptized and raised in the Catholic faith (her father was
Catholic), but later the whole family joined the Methodist Church (her mother
was Methodist!) She received her BD
degree from Trinity College in Ghana, and her M.Div. in Biblical Studies from
St Paul’s Seminary in Kenya. She was
serving one of the largest congregations in Mozambique when she was elected the
first UMC woman Bishop in Africa by the African Central Conference in
2008. During her ministry she has been
extremely active in ecumenical endeavors in Mozambique as well as throughout
southern Africa.
Bishop Nanhala’s message was based on Exodus 33:12-23, of
Moses leading his people in the promised land, and all the challenges and conversations he had with
God! She challenged Prof. Furusa to
always put God first and to keep all the promises he made during his installation
as VC on Saturday. It was a powerful and
moving service, and was a very fitting conclusion to the Inauguration weekend!
Indeed, the Dream is Alive and moving forward with new direction and a new leader who understands that AU needs to move from a "start-up mode" to one of building infrastructure and preparing for expansion!! Watch for many changes in upcoming years as AU continues to be a leading educational institution in training Pan-African leaders to Learn, Live, and Lead on this continent!!
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