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Dr. Heather Marten

Dr. Heather MartenDr. Heather Marten is a missionary pediatrician to the nation of Zambia in south-central Africa. She has served as the medical director of both a local HIV clinic (Zambia is in the midst of an HIV/AIDS epidemic) and a rural clinic, co-taught classes at the local Bible school, participated in a mobile cervical cancer screening clinic, taught nutrition classes with a Christ-centered development program, and participated in regular evangelistic outreaches.


You can find out more about Heather by visiting her blog Zambia Adventures, following her on Facebook, and/or stopping by her official Assemblies of God World Missions web page.


Photo courtesy of Dr. Heather Marten. Used by permission (personal correspondence).

Bringing God’s Healing Touch to the People of Zambia

By Frank Johnson on January 9, 2020 0

Dr. Heather Marten

Dr. Heather Marten is a missionary pediatrician to the nation of Zambia in south-central Africa. As the director of both a local HIV clinic and a rural clinic, a participant in a mobile cervical cancer screening clinic, and the coordinator of a program focused on helping new missionaries discern who they might be involved in compassion ministries in Africa, she uses her knowledge and experience in pediatrics and tropical medicine to bring both spiritual and physical hope and healing to the Zambian people.

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Pentecostal and Charismatic Spiritualities and Civic Engagement in Zambia
Pentecostal and Charismatic Spiritualities and Civic Engagement in Zambia
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Using interviews and historical analysis, this book provides valuable insight into how Pentecostal and Charismatic churches have effectively engaged matters of civic concern in Zambia dating from colonial times.

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God's Patchwork: Stories of a Missionary Nurse in Rural Zambia
God's Patchwork: Stories of a Missionary Nurse in Rural Zambia
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Working as a nurse for 25 years in rural Zambia, 500 miles from the nearest town, Sandra's faith was tested to the limits. Sandra's story is one of growth, change and joy that will encourage you to know God's love in the lowest times and delight in His provision in the best.

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  • Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia: A Unified Body of Evangelicals Reaching Out With the Gospel Through a Holistic Ministry
  • The Bible Society of Zambia: God's Word, Life for All
  • Evangelical University: Excellence in Christ-Centered Training That Glorifies God
  • Zambia Fellowship of Evangelical Students: Evangelism, Discipline (Nurture), Missions, Fellowship (Community)

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  • The Church & Family Life Podcast — God's Work Alone: The Life Story of Conrad Mbewe
  • Ligonier Ministries: Spurgeon in Africa with Conrad Mbewe
  • Bible League International — Craving God's Word in Zambia: A Story of Hope and Perseverance
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  • Shifting Expectations: Hope is Flourishing in a Community Marked by Spiritual Hunger and a Desperate Need for God's Word
  • Power of Unity: 4,900 Zambia Churches Partner with Luis Palau to Reach Over 730,000 People
  • Local Pastor Witnessed God's Love in Action on Recent Mission Trip to Zambia

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  • An Introduction to Proclamation Institute Zambia: An Expository Preaching Bible College in Zambia
  • President of Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia Bishop Musus's Speech at Deeper Christian Life Ministry Jubilee Celebrations
  • HeartCry Missionary Society: Training Champions of the Faith in Zambia

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Lord Jesus,

This day, we cast our souls upon Your sacrifice as our only hope for purpose, meaning, and fulfillment here on earth and for life in the age to come.

This day, we swear allegiance to You, our King.

This day, we pray that You would set our hearts aflame for Your cause and for the over 3 billion people in this world who have yet to hear Your name.

We long for the day that we will stand before Your throne, surrounded by the most diverse community ever formed — from every tribe, every tongue, every people, and every nation — those whom You have purchased with Your blood — as we cry out together “Worthy is the Lamb!”

Until that day, we commit ourselves to loving our brothers and sisters in Christ — no matter what their people group, no matter what their language, no matter what their race, no matter where they are from — and to living in community with them — that the world may know that the Father loves them and that He sent You to save them.

This day, we devote our lives — our time, our money, our passion, our mind, our strength, our everything — to see Your gospel proclaimed in every corner of this world.

And we thank You for the astounding privilege of playing a small part in carrying Your name to the nations!

Pray for the Tsukuba Express Church Planting Team

Tsukuba Express Line

  1. Please pray for the areas surrounding these twenty rail stations: Akihabara, Shin-Okachimachi, Asakusa, Minami-Senju, Kita-Senju, Aoi, Rokucho, Yashio, Misato-chuo, Minami-Nagareyama, Nagareyama-centralpark, Nagareyama-otakanomori, Kashiwanoha-campus, Kashiwa-Tanaka, Moriya, Miraidaira, Midorino, Bampaku-kinenkoen, Kenkyu-gakuen, and Tsukuba
  2. Pray that God would raise up church planters and send forth laborers into the harvest fields surrounding these stations (Luke 10:2-4).
  3. Pray that God would help these church planters identify persons of peace in the areas surrounding these stations (Luke 10:5-8).
  4. Pray that God would enable these church planters to speak the word of God with boldness in these areas (Luke 10:9b).
  5. Pray that the proclamation of God’s word in the areas surrounding these stations would be accompanied by demonstrations of God’s compassion and power (Luke 10:9a).