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The Base of Impact Global Strategy

Impact International means what its title suggests. It is an international organization. To be truly international (not an easy task), the structure of the organization must be carefully planned.

 

Currently the board of Impact is comprised of three Americans, one European and one African. The future of Impact International rests with the fact that it is unlikely that more Americans will be added to the deciding body, but rather the international flavor will be extended by including other nationalities as board participants.

 

With the return to Zimbabwe of board member Ngwiza Mnkandla, the dynamic of Impact will shift somewhat to center on Zimbabwe as the nation at the center of the Impact strategy of global transformation.  Ngwiza returns to Africa to wear multi-hats as he pursues his God assignment.  Along with serving Impact to further the transformation model, he is the President of DAWN Africa – his passion to plant churches and disciple nations. DAWN fits well into the Impact model, as a local church is the center of any community transformation.  Ngwiza also serves as an overseer with Faith Ministries (the ministry founded by Alastair in 1976). Faith Ministries today has grown into an effective ministry with a large number of churches, but also the church leadership are well positioned to see national transformation through their already successful businesses.

 

There are plans underway in Zimbabwe to develop a leadership training center with the key participation of Shingi Munyeza spearheading the effort and Ngwiza participating as a teaching leader to the program. Impact has requested it participate in the center and offer ‘schools’ of leadership in biblical entrepreneurship, agriculture, health etc. This center would be the global place for Impact partners to learn how to take the Impact model and duplicate it in their own respective communities and nations.

 

Zimbabwe is strategically placed within the global community. It is accessible from Europe, America and Asia. It sits in the center of Africa and although landlocked it has a shared border with South Africa, a strategic neighbor to the south. Already Impact is participating in a community development project in Zambia which also shares a border with Zimbabwe to the north.

 

The church leadership in Zimbabwe is strong and mature. Its leadership is respected worldwide. Christian leaders in Zimbabwe in general and Faith Ministries in particular have in their ranks men and women who are spiritual giants.  The national church leadership are not only qualified spiritually, they are among the smartest intellectuals in the nation.  Faith Ministries has among its leaders medical doctors, dentists, hoteliers, farmers, bankers, entrepreneurs, board executives, company owners, doctors of psychology and more.

Impact has a strong relationship with Faith Ministries and the above mentioned leadership and naturally wishes to leverage this relationship for the good of the mission and vision – the legacy continues through a new generation and many of them are Zimbabwean.