Last year I wrote, “Well what a year!” We could say the same about 2021. Trouble seems to be everywhere and there is a melee of competing voices and agendas. I’ve seen the confusion and fear that a lack of truth brings to the lives of many rural ...

Wow! Thank you to everyone who joined in the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Together with our match funding we’ve received £14,324 to raise up 10 Mission Pioneers. They will help hundreds of people to know Jesus within community and to fight poverty ...

Tiwonge* lives in Petauke, Zambia, where traditional dancing for chiefs and the men of the community is common. For an outsider it can look overtly sexual, that’s because sometimes it is. The young girls who participate in the dancing often have no ...

Take One Step! Be Church at the heart of your community! Being a missionary in your own village is both tremendously daunting and exciting. Everyone has a call to reach their community for Jesus. With others, Jon, a missionary and the founder of ...

Over the last weeks in Zambia, hundreds of people have adorned red and green t-shirts, hats and fabrics proudly displaying the colours of either UPND or PF, the two main political parties in Zambia. Election season has seen cadres (political ...

We are growing our Digital Team with two new volunteer roles. As part of Dignity’s Digital Team you will be able to use your skills and passion for communication and tech to help people know Jesus through community and to fight poverty in all ...

Have you ever planted a seed and then waited, hoping to see a sign of life break through but not sure if anything is happening under the soil? The incredible story of Nseluka, Northern Zambia, is one of seeds seemingly lost, but now miraculously ...

**Apply by 9am on Thursday 22nd April!** Enjoy languages, committed to excellence, naturally inquisitive and have an eye for detail? Raise your hand if that’s you! Dignity is hiring a team member with all of the above, plus you’ll get ...

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor” – Luke 12:33 (NIV) Remember Miyambo? Here he is back in 2018… *To the observant amongst you, yes, we’ve learnt to spell his name correctly since then! 2 years on Miyambo and ...

Least-First X is evolving! The next chapter in the story of Least-First X is being written. Building on it’s conversational format, Least-First X will become a podcast making it available on more platforms and at any time. Plans are being& ...

“Perfect love drives out all fear” 1 John 4:18 Imagine that back in March 2020 you heard about a disease called COVID-19. You heard that it could kill you but you never heard how you could protect yourself. How would you feel? For many ...

    Dignity is a movement of people that are making a difference in their communities, wherever they are. We believe that the best people to make the change in a community are the people who are there. We want to empower them and ...

For such a time as this Small groups have always been the foundational building block of the church. Life Groups are an expression of these that help everyday people to become beacons of hope in their community. Life Groups bring people to Jesus ...

We’re delighted to share the stories of Life Groups in 2020: Dear Friend, Well what a year! For many 2020 feels like a year to forget. The whole world seems to have entered a strange alternate reality where a pandemic, political chaos and ...

In this uncertain year we have seen the power of trusting and equipping people to carry the work of God in their own communities. Through Life Groups people are coming to know Jesus and are being loved and supported in practical ways in a year of ...

We recently caught up with Rabecca (pictured right) who leads a Life Group in central Zambia and is part of the local team there. She explained that during the time of COVID it has been important for the groups to encourage themselves to keep ...

Father Zulu, the Anglican priest, and Vincent have been planting Life Groups over the past few months in Chalata, Zambia where they live. A year and a half ago Chalata was on our ‘watch list’ of areas where Life Groups need some extra ...

Happy birthday to us! This month we turn 13 years old! The biggest of thank yous for being part of our journey. What has been achieved through the work of Life Groups really has been a product of people working together and pioneering to share the ...

Life Groups Small groups have always been the foundational building block of the church. Life Groups are an expression of these that bring people to Jesus and teach a new way of living, build unity and transform communities holistically; bringing ...

We are delighted to announce that Foundations 4: Life Matures is here, completing the Foundations series! Foundations is a course that helps people explore and grow in their relationship with God and encourages them to serve their community. We ...

We are super excited to tell you about our new course: Journey. Equipping people to pioneer and work together to advance the gospel, Journey will ‘send people out’ to villages, communities, provinces and nations… Apostles were‘ ...

Elias and his wife live in Havana, a high density area of Windhoek in Namibia. Elias is a pastor of a small church in the Havana slum area. He earns an income by working as a cleaner in Kleine Kuppe, 20km and a world away. Late in 2019, Jon and ...

Did you see us publishing Love Your Village on social media recently? Did you think it would make a difference? We decided to publish it freely without knowing what impact it may have, if any! As we’ve been keeping in touch with teams, we are ...

Whether you know them as robots (as they’re called in sub-Saharan Africa) or traffic lights (as they’re called in the UK), how can they help us right now? A question we have all been asking is, “How do we emerge from lockdown?& ...

What holds back the growth of Life Groups? Where are we accidentally restricting the multiplication of Life Groups by putting barriers in the way? These are the questions we were asking last year by way of reflection to sharpen ourselves and the ...

Imagine that back in March you heard about a disease called COVID-19. You heard that it could kill you but you never heard how you could protect yourself. How would you feel? For many people in rural villages of Zambia this is what they. ...

In Musonda Falls, Zambia, a Life Group has just begun to meet. How in a time of uncertainty and with restrictions on travel has this form of ‘church’ sprung up in the middle of a community? Day to day life in Zambia at the moment varies ...

Be the good news 2020 needs!   Be a star… Set your challenge Tell your friends Ask them to join you Raise some money   Your influence will bring people together, unite them to love those around them and bring good news in 2020! What ...

It’s been a busy few months for everyone involved in Dignity. Here’s 3 months summed up in 3 minutes! Why not share it on social media or with your church? We would love you to help us reach more people with the amazing story of Life ...

As we listened to feedback from Life Groups who received our COVID-19 information sheets, we were struck by something really simple and really important. These leaflets did more than share information, they created connection and reassurance. ...

At the start of May Dignity Trustee Malcolm and staff member Jo bravely volunteered to complete our collective journey ‘across’ Zambia. With 744km to cover they need to travel an average of 24km, 7 days a week! Malcolm and Jo didn’ ...

If you’ve spent any time with us, you know that we are all about people! We are always seeking the people that God is calling to become ‘Oaks of Righteousness’ and who will display his splendour (Isaiah 61:3). What on earth does ...

How can modern technological advances be taken advantage of to reach those who are not ‘tech-savy’ and, in many cases, do not have smart phones or any phone at all? A great question! We began exploring this question before COVID-19 ...

The current situation does not change our aims, what we do or the purpose of what we do. We remain committed to bringing people to Jesus through community and, by doing so, eradicating poverty in all its forms. But how can we do that in the current ...

In April we created and distributed 3 leaflets about COVID-19 to our Life Groups and Impact Teams. We’ve been hearing that these leaflets are proving powerful as they give knowledge to people. The leaflets ‘What is COVID-19?’, ‘Life Groups: ...

24-7 May: Completing the Journey Last year we began a collective journey across Zambia, walking the distance from the most westerly Zambian Life Group in Mwinilunga, to the most easterly one in Nakonde. We successfully made it almost half way and ...

We recently caught up with Joseph in Kenya about the reality of COVID-19 for Life Groups. Joseph is concerned for his nation. Kenyans, like many others around the world, are no longer allowed to attend events with groups of people, including church ...

“As Christians we know that nothing can separate us from the love of God but we have to keep others who feel helpless or hopeless encouraged.” Beatrice lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya. Since meeting Jo and Frank in the summer of 2019, ...

“The people who attend Life Groups are ideally placed to make a huge difference to thousands of people throughout sub-Saharan Africa.” Dignity founder Jon Paul Witt has some words of encouragement for you and an update about 2 key ...

Let’s start from a place of peace, reminding ourselves of whose we are and who we are. 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; ...