Zion Evangelical Ministries of Africa is a mission with a long history, but a fresh outlook and approach to ministry. ZEMA is not planting new or Western churches. Rather, ZEMA ministries focus on evangelizing and discipling often syncretistic church leaders. ZEMA focuses on sharing the Gospel, and God's Word with self-proclaimed pastors who often have no Biblical training. We seek to equip these leaders to bring Biblical truth into the African context. The amaZioni are 80% of the African Indigenous Church movement. The 6000+ denominations range in size from 50- to 10,000’s congregants. Working with the amaZioni, we are together becoming mature disciples of Jesus Christ, serving Him as He grows His kingdom in Southern Africa.
Though most often syncretistic, the amaZioni are open to studying the Word of God through ZEMA’s ministries because ZEMA has a shared history and is able to affirm the church context without compromising Biblical beliefs. The amaZioni want to study God’s Word! With this as our foundation, ZEMA missionaries affirm what it is to be both African and Christian in the local context.
An overview of ZEMA Ministries can be viewed on our website’s “ZEMA Work” tab (zema.org). On the website, particular pages of interest including videos may be:
- About Us, An overview of ZEMA and the amaZioni: https://zema.org/about-us/
- Bible Schools: https://zema.org/zema-work/bible-schools/
- Radio ministry: https://zema.org/trumpet-of-zion/
- Campus Ministry: https://zema.org/campus-ministry/