Sola 5 Conference starts in Livingstone

The 7th Annual Sola 5 conference started today in livingstone in Zambia. The theme of the conference is 'living God's way in God's world: Christians impacting culture. Bruce Button from the Sovereign Grace Theological Seminary in Lusaka, Zambia delivered the first sermon on the Cultural Mandate Expounded and Illustrated: the biblical basis for the cultural mandate. Bruce noted that the climax of the creation native in Genesis 1 was the creation of man. Bruce gave eight reasons why the creation of man is significant. Some of the reasons were: the space given to the narrative (Genesis 1:26-31) and the commission given to man, which was described as the climax of the climax of the creation narrative. Bruce also pointed out how the cultural mandate was restored in Christ as seen in Ephesians 1:21-2 and Colossians 1:15-20. The application of this was illustrated in Ephesians 6:5-9. Bruce emphasized that exercising dominion over creation was a very spiritual thing.

Earlier Michael Bwembya, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, the hosts of the Conference welcomed all to Livingstone. He appealed to delegates to enjoy the preaching of God's word and the mighty Victoria Falls in Livingstone. Livingstone is a historic colonial city and present headquarters of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls lying 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls. In the last ten years, although manufacturing industry has continued to decline with the closure of textile businesses unable to compete with Chinese imports. Livingstone has enjoyed a influx of investment in the industry from modern and sophisticated hotel chains like Sun International, local guest houses and lodges to modern shopping centres and restaurants.

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