D. Hammett

Missionaries to Southern Africa

6/7/2026

What a blessed month... Our Great God has opened so many doors for us here, and I would ask that you pray with us about several of these matters.

Live Classes on Whatsapp? 

About two months ago, I began testing a new program. Over the years I have written many Bible studies and worked with men long distance by written lessons and their replies. That has been useful, but it is just not the same as being there in person and interacting with them. At the same time, being there in person with everyone is difficult and sometimes impossible.

I am now working in eight different countries. In these places we have Gospel groups still going through the gospel, Growth groups made up of those who have gotten saved and are learning what a Baptist church is, and, Lord willing, some of those will begin taking steps toward becoming church missions. Those missions become part of our home church as they prepare to become independent Baptist churches.

But how do you do that with people spread across eight countries?

A couple of months ago, I started a WhatsApp group with short audio teachings. We meet live in the group, listen to a five- or six-minute audio lesson, and then communicate back and forth with questions, answers, and discussion.

I was not sure how it would go, but we now have 48 people in the group from different countries. About 40% join on any given Thursday. Others catch up during the week when they are able. The interaction has been invigorating, and the feedback has been exciting. Several men have told me privately that they know of no one else doing this, but that this is exactly what they have longed for. I am thankful for the opportunity.

Right now, we are studying the Big Picture of Scripture. I believe God is going to use this to unlock Bible truth in real ways for these men and women. This teaching ministry also gives me a better opportunity to see into their lives, recognize the serious ones, and separate out those who are only idle or looking for things.

To be in the group, they must have already finished the gospel lessons and given a testimony of being born again the Bible way. Some have given a testimony, but honestly, their salvation is still doubtful. Please pray that I will be able to get to the heart of the matter with individuals, and continue directing them in ways that will help them grow spiritually, become sound in the faith, establish strong Baptist churches in their villages, and then reach the regions beyond with the gospel.

Bible Baptist Reference Library... 

The second project is the Bible Baptist Reference Library. For years I have tried to find ways to make good materials available to men. I can give individual books here and there, but for them to have a real library to draw from has been impossible. They would like printed books, of course, but the cost is extremely prohibitive. I am printing some of the more necessary books, but the rest will be digital.

I have over 300 books and booklets that I have written and am now putting into this library. My intention is to make them available to the men on a memory card they can insert into their phones. They will have an index at their fingertips covering salvation, baptism, what a church is, how to plant a church, sound biblical doctrine, and much more.

I am excited about this. We will be able to send these cards by courier into the different countries and then distribute them to men who have already shown themselves faithful. This is not something I will hand out to the average person. They must show themselves serious and busy reproducing themselves by carrying the gospel to others. That is who I work with.

Many of the men are very excited. When I told them about the coming library, they began pressuring me to have it done yesterday, of course. I still have some work to do, but I am about 75 to 80% finished. Please pray that we can complete this work.

Probably 35 to 40% of the men have phones that do not accept a memory card, so I am also preparing an online database with links where they can download the books directly to their phones as needed. That will be our workaround for men whose phones do not have memory slots.

Our desire is to give these men sound teaching, help them grow into all that God wants them to be, and see them organize in their localities. A Baptist church is more than an assembly point. It becomes an outpost of the kingdom of God, carrying the gospel to the world around them.

It is a joy to see these men so engaged, and to hear every week of people coming to Christ because of their efforts and the work of God through them.

Ministry in the Prisons of Zimbabwe... 

Please also pray for the outreach in Zimbabwe. We have had an amazing response from the prison system. Those in authority have been very receptive, and the chaplains in the various prisons have been very helpful. Shepherd has been able to go into many prisons carrying the Gospel Lessons, preaching the truth, and seeing lives changed.

As some of these men are released back into the public, we hear from time to time of them carrying the gospel back to their homes and telling family and friends about Christ. There are real opportunities for churches to be started.

But we need your prayers. Pray that God would continue opening the prison doors for the gospel to go in, and also opening heart doors, so that these men do not merely make a verbal profession, but a heart profession that transforms their lives in prison and later in their villages.

This is winter season here, and the men in the prisons are struggling. The prisons are overcrowded, and many of the men are not able to sleep on beds. They sleep on the floor, whether dirt or concrete, and you can imagine how difficult that would be. Yet in the midst of that, God is faithfully using the gospel lessons so these men can hear the truth and put their eyes on what matters most... their relationship with God.

Please pray with us about these matters. There is much more to report, but I will stop here.

For the Souls of Men, 

Douglas Hammett 

South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Kenya and Beyond 

5/18/2026

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Yes…I am going to tell you of some trials…but there is great joy if you read to the end… 

You may remember Alex…he has a Growth Group he is preaching to outside of Lilongwe, Malawi. This is a village work…and attendance runs about 150. 

God has been so good to him in the work…first he got saved…then he began to realize so few of the ‘church people’ he knew had any idea of the gospel as it is in the New Testament. 

He got a burden and began to gather groups…give them the gospel and eventually gathered each week to preach them. 

Then… his wife had trouble with her pregancy and was put on strict bed rest so she had to move back in with her parents in a village far away. 

He visited as he could…but stayed faithful preaching and teaching… 

Then… he had a house fire and was forced to repair the house or be taken to court. 

Then… the unfinished warehouse he was meeting in with the Growth Group was told they must move… the owner wanted to finish the warehouse for his business. 

Then… he found a room they could rent and Mrs. Emily, a businesswoman he had led to the Lord offered to pay the rent…which she did for 3 months… 

Then… on Saturday night she was killed in a traffic accident. 

Alex is traveling tonight to be in the northern part of the country for the burial and to preach Christ. 

He has remained faithful… through everything. 

What if YOU had not been faithful in praying and giving…the gospel would not have gotten to Alex…and if Alex had not been faithful the gospel would not have gotten to Mrs. Emily and her death would have been a great tragedy. Instead she is with the Lord! 

Would you pray for Alex…for his family…for the Growth Group that will eventually form into a church and for Mrs. Emily’s family in their time of sorrow? 

Thank you! The prayers of a righteous man or woman do avail much!!  

For the Souls of Men, 

Douglas Hammett 

South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and Beyond