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Transformational Discipleship
African Congresses on Discipleship — forming disciples who make disciples.
MANI’s Transformational Discipleship track exists to see “a contagious transformational Christianity” spread across Africa and beyond. It organises the African Congresses on Discipleship and develops shared models and materials.
1st African Congress on Discipleship — Nairobi, 1–5 May 2017
Held at the Dimesse Sisters Retreat Centre in Karen, Nairobi, as adopted at the 2016 Addis Ababa consultation. Theme: Initiating a Transformational Discipleship Revolution in the Churches of Africa and the World. It drew 95 delegates from 11 countries; the keynote was given by Dr. U. Obed. Models presented included the Purpose-Driven Movement, Alpha Course, Disciple-Making Movement, Scripture Union, home-based spiritual nurture, the African Strategic Discipleship Movement and the Acts 2:42 Initiative.
2nd African Congress on Discipleship — Redemption Camp, Nigeria, 6–10 May 2019
Theme: Life-Transforming Discipleship and the Next Generation. 82 delegates from nine countries. The congress concluded that the Church in Africa risks losing the next generation unless it disciples it intentionally — and that methods used by the past generation will not be effective for the next. Read the communiqué →
Abidjan 2026
The sixth strategic priority of the Abidjan Declaration calls for discipleship that produces Great Commission disciples, direct theological confrontation of the prosperity gospel, and genuine inclusion of youth.