New Missionaries to Malawi

Two new missionary couples have been appointed to Malawi.

Rev. Mike and Debbie Burns set out for Blantyre, the capital of the country’s southern province, on Feb. 7. Mike will serve as associate minister at the historic St. Michael and All Angels’ Church. Missionary couple Rev. Ed and Jackie Hoekstra will return to Canada in June after three years in Malawi. Ed has been serving as associate minister at St. Columba, another prominent church in Blantyre.

Rev. Todd Statham, who will be awarded his doctorate in May, and his wife Annika Voeltz headed to the African nation from Germany on Feb. 18. Statham will be a lecturer in church history and theology at Zomba Theological College. – C.Purvis