The love of God, in a practical way
Welfare and social development into the villages of Limpopo — reaching as far as 160 km, bringing relief, dignity and hope to the poor and needy.
Reaching the villages of Limpopo
Hillside Missions is involved in welfare and social development projects in the surrounding villages of Tzaneen. Limpopo Province is the largest rural province in South Africa, with over 5.5 million people spread across more than 3,000 villages. We are working into many different villages, as far as 160 km away.
Our aim is to spread the love of God in a practical way among the poor and needy. Our goal is the great commission in Matthew 28:18–20 — to bring souls into the kingdom and equip them to wholeness through discipleship, so that they can live in God’s abundance, trusting in his all-sufficiency and reaching out as a blessing to those around them, building into the lives of others.
To this end, Hillside Missions uses various spiritual and practical equipping courses to self-empower the poor and break the yoke of poverty. We have established the Hillside Foundation Training Centre to equip leaders, pastors and individuals with spiritual and practical training. One of our core values is to equip individuals so they can rely on and trust in God, breaking any dependency on man. To see the various equipping courses we run, visit our Training Centre section.
Practical help where it’s needed most
Hillside Missions has done immediate relief work in many surrounding villages — building water tanks and drilling boreholes, building classrooms, constructing jungle gyms, installing septic tanks and putting up fencing.
One of the courses we teach is Farming God’s Way. This is an incredible agricultural tool that equips and teaches the poor how to grow their own food in a sustainable way, with the potential to break the yoke of poverty and to feed the nations. For more on Farming God’s Way, see our Training Centre section.
We also support a local church in one of the poorest villages of Limpopo that runs a daily feeding scheme, providing wholesome meals to the local children. Our model Farming God’s Way garden provides fresh vegetables for the feeding scheme.
5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter — when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.”Isaiah 58:5–8
Reaching the furthest villages
Stand with the work
If you would like to partner with us through prayer or any form of support, our contact details are below. Check out our Facebook page, Hillsidegroup@2020, for more information on upcoming trainings where you can get involved.
Banking details
| Account name | Hillside Missions |
| Bank | FNB |
| Account number | 62911519108 |
| Branch code | 210554 |
| Swift code | FIRNZAJJ |