HOW THE CHURCH CAN SUPPORT FARMERS(Part 2)




 HOW THE CHURCH CAN SUPPORT FARMERS(Part 2) by Katharine Norton (Ireland) and Yunana Malgwi (Borno, Nigeria).

11) Praying for rain: In times of drought or flood the church can organise special prayer

meetings to pray for farmers. This can include teaching on the importance of trees to

prevent erosion and other good farming practices that help during drought.

12) Workshops: Churches can host farming workshops during quieter farming periods to teach

and train farmers about godly ways of conducting business, caring for God’s creation on

their farms, and looking after animals in a godly manner etc.

13) Finances: Churches can set up financial help groups to train farmers in business and finances

e.g. how to budget well for the year, when money comes in all at once after harvest. These

groups can also help farmers to have financial stability during the planting months before

harvest.

14) Theology: The church can encourage farmers to share their unique insights into the word of

God. Since there is so much farming mentioned in the Bible, farmers will be able to

understand and explain these truths clearly to others in sermons or testimonies.

15) Farmers support groups: The church can establish farming support groups where farmers

can meet together weekly to share challenges and testimonies and to pray for one another.

16) Music: The church can use scripture based, local language farming songs during worship

times so that farmers can learn them well each Sunday and then sing them while they work

in their fields or with their animals during the week.

17) Audio Scriptures: The church can make audio scriptures available to farmers so that they

can listen to them on their handset when they are working with their fields or animals.

18) Research: The church can investigate why farmers are still going to the shrine with seeds,

tools, sacrifices etc. This research will help pastors to to identify felt needs and preach

helpfully from the Bible for farmers.

19) Conflict resolution: The church has a key role to play in promoting peace between all kinds

of farmers, ministering in love to those within the church and those who are not church

members.

20) Tithe seeds: The church can provide seeds for farmers to grow to bring as their tithe

 

Article by Katharine Norton (Ireland) and Yunana Malgwi (Borno, Nigeria). They are co-founders of the SIL Nigeria program Faith and Farming which encourages the many farmers in Nigeria and beyond to use the Bible in their language to connect their faith in God with their farm work and to care for all of God’s creation as they work the land and care for their animals.   For more information contact info_nigeria@sil.org

                                    

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