Video link: Community Outreach Beyond Denominational Boundaries
Community Outreach Beyond Denominational Boundaries
A place where people can come, be equipped, and return to transform their communities.
Everyone belongs to a church or denomination, and we respect the different churches and traditions God has established. But I believe God has also given us a vision that reaches beyond denominational boundaries—a place where people can gather for a season of learning, prayer, training, fellowship, and empowerment before returning to their churches and communities.
The biblical inspiration for this vision comes from Exodus 33:7, where Moses established the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. People came there to seek the Lord and then returned to their respective camps.
This is the inspiration behind Beyond Four Walls, an NGO established to help us move beyond the four walls of the church and reach people where they are—especially those facing vulnerability, dependency, and poverty.
A TENT WITH A PURPOSE
We are currently constructing an open-walled tent structure that will serve as a community empowerment and training centre.
Our plan is to:
Build a half-wall around the entire perimeter.
Install windowed tent coverings for protection during heavy rain, extreme cold, and intense heat.
Create a practical space for training, community meetings, workshops, spiritual nurture, leadership development, and other empowerment initiatives.
Equip individuals, families, churches, and communities with knowledge and skills that can help them move from dependency to dignity, vulnerability to resilience, and poverty toward greater self-reliance.
This will not simply be a building.
It will be a place where lives can be equipped, families strengthened, communities empowered, and people inspired to become part of the solution to the challenges around them.
WOULD YOU JOIN US?
The construction is already underway, but there is still much to be done.
If God enables you and places this vision on your heart, we invite you to become part of the journey.
You can participate through:
Prayer • Financial Support • Building Materials • Equipment • Professional Skills • Practical Labour • Partnerships
No contribution is too small when it helps advance a God-given vision.
We are not simply building a structure.
We are building a platform for transformation.
We are building Beyond Four Walls—a place where people can come together, be equipped, and go back to their communities with renewed hope, knowledge, skills, and purpose.
If you would like to partner with us in this project, please reach out and let us know how you would like to participate.
“Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.” — Exodus 33:7
Dr Lawi Mshana, Beyond Four Walls, +255-712924234, Tanzania
Huduma za Jamii Bila Mipaka ya Kimadhehebu
Kila mtu ana dhehebu lake na tunapaswa kuheshimu maamuzi yake. Miaka ya 90, Mungu alinipa maono ya kufanya huduma isiyobagua madhehebu na ambayo inawakusanya watu kwa vipindi vifupi kisha wanarudi kwenye madhehebu yao. Andiko la msingi wa huduma hiyo likawa ni Kut 33:7 “Basi desturi ya Musa, ilikuwa kuitwaa ile hema, na kuikita nje ya marago mbali na hayo marago; akaiita, hema ya kukutania. Hata kila mtu aliyekuwa akitaka neno kwa Bwana, akatoka, akaenda hata hema ya kukutania, iliyokuwa nje ya marago.” Watu walikusanyika kusikia Neno la Mungu na kisha kurudi kwenye marago yao (vituo vyao vya kudumu). Miaka ya hivi karibuni nimesajili NGO inayoitwa Beyond Four Walls, kwa ajili ya kusaidia tutoke nje ya kuta nne za kanisa na kufikia jamii. Kutoka kwenye comfort zone na kwenda kule wahitaji walipo. Huu ndio msingi wa ujenzi wa hema hili lenye kuta za wazi. Bado ujenzi unaendelea ambapo tutajenga ukuta nusu kuzunguka jengo zima. Kisha tutanunua mahema yenye madirisha ambayo tutayatumia kuzunguka sehemu za kuta zilizo wazi nyakati za baridi kali, mvua au jua kali.
Ukumbi huu utatumika kwa masuala mbalimbali ya kujengea uwezo jamii ishinde uhatarishi, utegemezi na umaskini.
Mungu akikuwezesha karibu ushiriki katika ujenzi huu kwa namna yoyote unayojaliwa na Mungu.
