{"id":663,"date":"2015-07-25T10:49:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T09:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/?p=663"},"modified":"2015-07-25T10:48:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T09:48:50","slug":"open-air-preaching-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/open-air-preaching-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open air preaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Open-air preaching in Malawi seldom fails to attract a crowd. While some make a nuisance from time to time (mostly drunks)&nbsp; usually people listen carefully and reverently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437816123467.jpeg?w=1408\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;max-width:300px;\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437816123467.jpeg?w=1408?w=300\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A large crowd of people listened as we preached and have out Seed Sower texts at Thondwe market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437815958748.jpeg?w=1408\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;max-width:300px;\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437815958748.jpeg?w=1408?w=350\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A small boat was the pulpit when we visited Kachulu, a small fishing town in Zomba district.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437815563228.jpeg?w=1408\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;max-width:300px;\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437815563228.jpeg?w=1408?w=350\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Still more listening to the Word of God at Njuli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open-air preaching in Malawi seldom fails to attract a crowd. While some make a nuisance from time to time (mostly drunks)&nbsp; usually people listen carefully and reverently. A large crowd of people listened as we preached and have out Seed Sower texts at Thondwe market. A small boat was the pulpit when we visited Kachulu, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[22,21],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-literature","tag-open-air-preaching"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wpid-wp-1437814979009.jpeg?fit=250%2C167&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6pE8C-aH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1011,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/open-air-preaching\/","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":0},"title":"Open air preaching","author":"Stephen","date":"7 November 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Please pray for the many who heard the Gospel preached and received tracts at Thondwe and Dzaone this morning.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446888757472.jpg?fit=359%2C202&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/prayer-request-malawi-visit\/","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":1},"title":"Prayer Request &#8211; Malawi Visit","author":"Stephen","date":"11 June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'd like to request your prayers for journeying mercies and blessing upon a further visit to Malawi. Last evening I completed an enjoyable series of Ministry Meetings with the assembly at Saltash, Cornwall and set off this evening from London Heathrow. There are a number of practical issues to sort\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1766,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/mgo-2018-water-the-seed-with-your-prayers\/","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":2},"title":"MGO 2018 &#8211; Water the Seed with your prayers","author":"Stephen","date":"30 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We have just returned from our latest trip to Malawi, when we were delighted to be joined by an excellent group of volunteers for two weeks of open-air preaching and Seed Sower text\u00a0 distribution.\u00a0 Thank you sincerely for your prayers \u2013 the Lord was exceedingly gracious and gave many opportunities\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Malawi Gospel Outreach&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Malawi Gospel Outreach","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/mgo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC_3840.jpg?fit=1200%2C677&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC_3840.jpg?fit=1200%2C677&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC_3840.jpg?fit=1200%2C677&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC_3840.jpg?fit=1200%2C677&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSC_3840.jpg?fit=1200%2C677&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":544,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/the-curse-of-false-doctrine\/","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":3},"title":"The Curse of False Doctrine","author":"Stephen","date":"22 July 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I snapped this while passing through the centre of Zomba last month. \u00a0This huge billboard overlooks the bus depot where we have had a number of very fruitful times of open-air preaching and Seed Sower\/tract distribution. Malawi is awash with the destructive, demonic Word-Faith \"Prosperity Gospel\" which diverts attention from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DSC-0035","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC-0035-e1437679840157-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1401,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/dont-lose-your-head\/","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":4},"title":"Don&#8217;t lose your head!","author":"Stephen","date":"10 August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday we were at P.I.M., infamous as the home of the early 20th century political activist, Rev John Chilembwe, who became a national hero after decapitating one of David Livingstone's descendants and preaching a sermon with his head on the pulpit as a protest against the colonial powers. No one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1751139753jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1434,"url":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/back-to-p-i-m\/","url_meta":{"origin":663,"position":5},"title":"Back to P.I.M.","author":"Stephen","date":"16 August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We returned to PIM today for a second bite of the cherry :) Last week we were very frustrated when the PA system's battery went flat early in the open air (nobody's fault but mine) , so we decided to go back another time. It was such an encouragement to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Outreach 2016&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Outreach 2016","link":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/category\/mgo\/mgo2016\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1541496359jpg.jpg?fit=500%2C281&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodnewsmalawi.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}