Churches of Christ Volunteers Serve at Amazon Christian Academy in Filabusi, Zimbabwe, as Disaster Relief and Dual Enrollment Also Feature

The Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort recently responded with aid following Hurricane Ian, which flooded parts of Florida and the Carolinas. The faith-based organization, founded in 1990, has responded to more than 535 natural disasters, according to its website. Its supplies are sorted and shipped from a warehouse in Nashville, Tenn., where volunteers help prepare items for natural disaster sites, a practice that reflects the charity and hospitality the ministry describes in its work (Isaiah 58:7).

In Filabusi, Zimbabwe, Amazon Christian Academy, which the article notes has no connection to the online retailer, has delivered sadza, a thick cornmeal porridge that is a dietary staple in the country, along with faith-based education, to more than 200 students since it opened in February. The school is directed by principal Progress Ncube and vice principal Vusa Ncube.

More than 40 members of Churches of Christ in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and Kentucky have traveled to the school to work with it. Mars Hill Bible School in Florence, Ala., donated supplies to the school, including desks, chairs and basketball uniforms.

The school is supported by Partners4Africa, a ministry launched 13 years ago by Dorian Flynn, a native of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and his wife, Cheri. According to the article, the ministry digs water wells, feeds children, ships medical supplies and supports church-planting efforts across southern Africa.

Separately, Riverside Christian Academy, a K-12 school in Fayetteville, Tenn., and Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., recently partnered to offer dual enrollment classes for students and graduate program opportunities for faculty and staff.

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