The ministry in Tanzania was actually initiated by some of our original leadership team in 1997 – about three years before GCI was formally organized. The majority of our efforts have been focused on a partnership with a ministry called “Voice of Victory” headed up by Pastor Unity Msame; and has included the purchase of a 5-acre parcel of ground, and development of a ministry compound in an impoverished, Muslim community on the outskirts of the city of Moshi. Over the past two decades, GCI has provided funding for the construction of a church, a pre-school for about 130 children, housing for staff, and most recently, a medical clinic.
Numerous short-term ministry teams have assisted in many Church leadership, empowerment conferences, support for the care of widows and orphans, training for their school teachers, a micro-loan program to assist rural church congregations, medical clinic outreach through medical teams, provision of a tractor to help start a custom farming business intended to help with payroll for the medical clinic staff, and annual, financial support for two large youth conferences.