To visit the various sites on the work in Tanzania click on any of the links below:

• Tanzania 2000 Homepage

The Washington Avenue congregation's relationship with Christians in Tanzania began in 2005 when we learned of the Tanzania 2000 project.  As we became better informed of the scope and potential of this mission effort, it became evident that the participation in, and support of, the project would match our overall mission objectives and enhance our international outreach efforts for the Master.  To that end, we began in late 2005 to both assist with funding the project and to lend our hands with personal involvement.

Over the years we have contributed funding for the support of Bible School students, ministers in training, the construction of facilities, the needs of native evangelists, a printing ministry and other outreach opportunities. We believe that this funding has been effectively used in the cause of the Master and continue to be excited about our partnership in the work for the Master in Tanzania.  

Some of our members have visited in Tanzania, taking our encouragement and sharing our care for the efforts of Christians living there.  Our hands-on efforts have included the presentation of a church leadership seminar by one of our ministers that benefited a number of Tanzania congregations and the on site encouragement by one of our elders. As such activities suggest, we consider personal involvement to be a critical and essential element of our partnership in the Tanzania 2000 project.

An overview of the recent work in Tanzania discloses numerous baptisms, new church plantings, Bible campaign efforts in major cities, preacher training camps, the establishment of a new Christian Youth Camp, growth seminars and an increasing number of students graduating from schools of preaching.  The work of the Master is actively moving forward in Tanzania.

The Tanzania 2000 project is under the direction of the Kensington Woods congregation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  Cy Stafford and Ken Upchurch are key contacts and can be reached care of the church in Hattiesburg.  Cy is a resident evangelist in Tanzania and Ken is one of the elders of the Hattiesburg congregation.