Africa’s Discipleship Crisis

Many pastors in Africa are leading churches with little or no training. They have few resources to help them understand and correctly apply God's Word.

At the current rate, 42% of the world’s Christians will live in Africa by 2060. A discipleship crisis is growing. There is a desperate need for affordable, biblical resources written by Africans that will resource the spiritual growth journey for Christians on the continent.

How can there be a discipleship crisis in such a vibrant Church?

Good discipleship is a challenge in any context, but when well-trained leaders are few, and biblical resources are hard to find, too expensive, or not designed for local contexts, that challenge becomes a crisis. Consider the dispaerate differences between:

The Church in North America

Many churches have multiple pastors
87% of Americans own a Bible
80% of pastors have formal training

The Church in Africa

Many pastors serve multiple churches
Over 208 million believers don’t own a Bible
80% of pastors have no formal training

A Christian in North America can have the exact resource they want delivered to their house the next day. A Christian in Africa can spend their entire life without ever having access to a Bible. Oasis International has boldly stepped into this crisis to equip the fastest growing Church in the world with discipleship tools.