About Mount Pleasant CCAP
Mount Pleasant CCAP formally known as Mudi CCAP started as a police prayer house and later became Mudi Prayer House under St Michael and All Angels CCAP Church in 1978. On 9th September 2002, Mudi became a full congregation and changed its name to Mount Pleasant on 16th December 2007.
Mission Statement
To lead and win souls to the saving Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and to facilitate spiritual growth individually and collectively as a church.
Vision
To become a vibrant spiritually alive and CCAP congregation and a centre of worship in the City of Blantyre.
Objectives
Consistent with the mission of the Synod, its Mission Statement and the foundations of reformed Christian Faith, the Church shall have the following as its principal objectives:-
- To present the claims of Jesus Christ leading mankind to repentance and the acceptance of Jesus as Saviour and Lord.
- To be Christ's faithful evangelists by going into the world, making disciples if all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to observe all that God has commanded;
- To demonstrate by the love of its members for one another and by the quality of its common life the new reality in Christ through worship, fellowship and the practicing of a deepened life of prayer and service under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
- To participate in God's activity in the world through its love for others, by ministering to the needs of the poor, the sick, the lonely and the powerless;
- To engage in the struggle against evil forces so as to free people from sin, fear, oppression, hunger and injustice. The Church shall thus give itself totally, and its substance to the service of those who suffer;
- To participate in the development of the youth and the total integration of the youth into the Ministry of the Church in accordance with Christ's ordinance. As such the Church shall ensure that there are programs deliberately put in place for youth to develop leadership skills within the Church. The youth shall be involved at all levels of the Church including the establishment of a youth desk at the level of the Blantyre Synod Secretariat;
- To intensify its mission in the proclamation of God's Gospel both at home and abroad. The Church shall ensure that this is done in a coordinated and properly planned manner, and accordingly the Church shall put in place programmes and institutions including appropriate resources in support of the mission work. This will include establishing a mission desk at the Blantyre Synod Secretariat;
- To develop and put in place programmes, policies and infrastructure for the general and skills training and education of the people of the Church in order to adequately equip them to fully utilise the "Open Book" Principle as one of the Church's fundamental principles of faith, and/or to participate fully in the development of the holistic Ministry;
- To undertake any work promoting the physical, moral and spiritual welfare of the whole community. This is in full recognition that in carrying out its mission work, the Church cannot confine itself solely to the preaching of the Word and the administration of religious ordinances and sacraments. The Church believes that it is entrusted with a ministry not only to the souls of men, but also to their bodies and minds following the example of its Master Jesus Christ in the way He went about doing his work. The Church shall remain willing to cooperate in the promotion of the physical, moral, spiritual and educational welfare of the people.
- To coordinate its activities so as to ensure that as a Church, it speaks with one voice on issues of national interest.