Dinner Theater Inspires Church Mission

By Jennifer Riley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, January 23, 2007

An innovative way to inspire church missions to Africa involves two top favorites for most people – food and entertainment.

Seeds International, a ministry helping local churches follow up with new believers, is using its dinner theater production to carry the calls for help in Africa to the local church.

Little One is a free, unique, professional production based on true stories from the life of a Zambian orphan. Audience members are treated to authentic African cuisine while they travel across Africa through real-life footage of life through the eyes of the main character, Namambo, combined with live drama.

The production does not charge churches but asks for a small fee for the dinner. An offering is also collected to support Project Seedbag, a program that provides discipleship materials to schools in underdeveloped countries. Seedbag contains Bible lessons, a New Testament, stationery and crayons, toys, and other items hand-delivered by full-time missionaries or short-term teams to schools and orphanages in needy countries.

Good Soil Mission Dinner Theatre hopes to offer congregations a faith-based theater experience, a deeper sense of community, and God’s heart for missions.