Church Members in Cado Sing with Joy to Drum AccompanimentThe Christians of Cado, Mozambique, paid dearly for pastoral services, struggling under the tyranny of a pastor who mandated a substantial cash payment for each visit. Their community was remote, some 45km from the nearest town, and it wasn’t until villagers started going to town to find a market for their goods that they realized that not all churches operate in the same way. When the possibility of life together under a different model came to light, the congregation took action to learn more. Two youth were sent by bicycle the 45km to Villa de Sena to make inquiries of the churches there. In Villa de Sena on the banks of the Zambezi River, those two youths met Pastor Mateus Sifa and Pastor Manuel Jambo and eagerly began to interrogate them about the Lutheran Church’s beliefs and practice. Pastor Jambo hosted them in his home as they continued in discussion. Responding in joy, the Lutheran church in Cado gave us gifts when we visitedOf particular interest to these Cado villagers were the teachings on stewardship, offerings, and the matters of financial administration in the church. Through these avenues, Pastor Jambo shared with them the clear Gospel proclamation and the church’s focus on the Word and Sacraments that convey that Gospel. On Sunday, the youth from Cado attended São Paulo Lutheran Church in Villa de Sena and saw those things of which Pastor Jambo had spoken. By the end of the worship service their path was clear. They stood when invited and introduced themselves as visitors to Villa de Sena who had a single task of finding a parent church body for their congregation. In what they had seen and heard they were convicted that this Lutheran Church is the very church they had come to find. Knowing the challenge of reaching Cado and that for São Paulo to share their pastor would mean they would go without their pastor some Sundays, the Cado representatives requested the blessing of the São Paulo congregation to send a pastor to support a Lutheran Church in Cado. The Christians of São Paulo affirmed the request unequivocally for the sake of God’s people in Cado and the Gospel. A few weeks later, three Lutheran Pastors traveled to Cado. The first Lutheran Service in Cado was attended by 50 villagers meetings under a tree. Within the year the congregation had grown to 80.