Team Leader: Enoch Phiri
Location: Lilongwe
Primary Activities: Evangelism, Tailoring School Outreach to Women, Well-Digging Project
Contact Information:
PO Box 30332
Lilongwe 3
Malawi
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AE Malawi sponsored a National Prayer Breakfast at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Friday morning, May 8, 2009. Dr. Bingu Wa Mutharika, the president of Malawi, was present, along with most of his cabinet, and more than 120 prominent church leaders, parachurch organizations and NGO representatives, traditional authorities, civil servants and media personnel.
Church leaders then spent over half an hour leading the gathering in prayer for peace and security, free and fair general elections, unity and co-existence, the proper conduct of political parties during campaigns, the HIV and AIDS pandemic, the judiciary and legal practitioners, the Malawi Electoral Commission, sustenance of democracy and national development, food security, unity and the prophetic role of the church, bribery and corruption. They set a shining example for unity amongst a diverse group as many different denominations and persuasions were amongst the organizers.
Presidential candidates were then asked to comment on their commitment to a free, fair and peaceful election which they all unhesitatingly did. Then President Mutharika and the other presidential candidates were invited to stand together in front of the high table while the officiating clergy gathered around them. Led by John Senyonyi, the main speaker, all prayed for God’s blessing on the candidates. During the prayer President Mutharika put his arms around the two candidates standing, heads bowed, next to him. It was a special moment when leaders raised by God were united by a common goal which was more important than party lines or squabbles. As the prayer ended, one man said, “This is beautiful!” After this, President Mutharika said that it was very clear that the Holy Spirit had been present during the event, and asked that the blessing which had been pronounced on the attending presidential candidates also be extended to the absent candidates. 