New Development Director for Africa
Friday 7th November, 2008
This past week Feba UK and Feba South Africa were in strategic planning meetings to update their partnership agreements for radio ministry to Africa.
Bob Bartz has accepted the invitation to become Feba UK's Development Director for Southern and Central Africa with responsibility for South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi as well as the Francophone countries. With effect from 1 December 2008, Bob will absorb his previous work as Broadcast Technology Director for Africa into this new role.
How do you feel about this new opportunity in radio ministry?
Bob says: “This is really an expansion of my role as Broadcast Technology Director. It is going to encourage our associations and ministry centres to not only use technology wisely and well, but also help the broader ministry bear fruit. By looking after Feba ministry in southern Africa, I will be able to influence technology decisions as well as shape the environment so that real fruit results, leading listeners to faith in Christ.
I very much want to see ministry advance and produce lasting fruit and results in listeners' lives. The new role enables me to utilize many other skills of management and leadership beyond just the technical elements. I'm really looking forward to successful and accountable ministry in southern Africa.”
*Audio is an excerpt from Casting Hope Podcast 18; Jon Hargreaves asks Mark Taylor about leadership changes in Africa.
Prayer Points
- Pray for the transition in relationships with the National Directors and heads of ministry centres. They will need to get used to how one another operates.
- Pray for Feba Mozambique as they implement recently established key priorities for ministry projects.
- They have nearly completed a framework for evaluating existing and future partnerships in Feba Radio. Pray that Bob will be able to complete the documentation in a clear and understandable way so that they can do a better job of evaluation.
- Pray for Bob and his wife Barb as they prepare for their upcoming home assignment. They will be going back to the US in December to share ministry news with supporters and garner some new support. (They were recently notified that one of their major supporting churches has terminated their support.) They plan to be back in South Africa in March.
