Mission to Middelburg

Our Savior has partnered with St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Church in Middelburg, South Africa, since 1989 for mutual encouragement, prayer, and support in sharing the Gospel.
Our Savior Lutheran Church and School has had a mission partnership with St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Church in Middelburg, South Africa, and their schools (Bethel Preschool and St. Peter Christian College Grade School & High School) since 1989. The first team from OSL went to Middelburg in 2006 (the baseball trip). In 2016, 2017, and 2018, Our Savior Lutheran School sent teachers to Middelburg to build relationships and share education resources (Kylie Allen & Kate Miller). Mission teams from OSL went in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024. Larger teams typically go every two years.
St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Church was founded in 1989 by Pastor Mandla Khumalo, a graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN. Their congregation reaches out to their community through social ministry, missionary training, vocational training, Bethel Preschool, and since 2011 through St. Peter Christian College, a school serving Kindergarten through grade 12.
Pastor Khumalo and his wife Lindiwe lived in Lansing with their grandson Nklaga (NK) for a two-year missionary stay in 2019-2020. They encouraged and taught the people of the LCMS Michigan District about evangelism, witnessing, and racial recognition, while spurring us on to greater zeal for the Great Commission. Our Savior served as a church home for them during their stay.
Pastor Khumalo was called home to the Church Triumphant March 1, 2021, but his legacy of missionary zeal continues through the Confessional Lutheran Synod in South Africa and the ministries he started.
Through prayers, encouragement, personal relationships and financial support, Our Savior has been richly blessed by the two-way partnership with our friends in Middelburg. St. Peter Christian College, Bethel Preschool, Amajuba Children’s Home, Caring Friends, and the satellite churches of the Confessional Lutheran Synod in South Africa are near and dear to our hearts. May the Lord build up the Kingdom in Michigan and Middelburg as we make disciples of all nations!
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What YOU can do:
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PRAY

  1. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ at St. Peter Confessional Lutheran Church, that the Holy Spirit would continue to fill them and use them for the sharing of the Gospel.
    2. Pray for the students and teachers at Bethel Preschool and St. Peter Christian College, as they learn, live and share Christ with their community.
    3. Pray for a mutually beneficial partnership with Our Savior and St. Peter, that we would encourage one another and grow together in faith, love, and witness.
    4. Pray for members of Our Savior who are traveling to Middelburg on their ambassador’s trip.
 

LEARN

About St. Peter Christian College by clicking here.