Hamia Parish

St Paul's Church 

The parish.

The Pastor is Rev. Stanley Habeli Bira. There are five churches in the parish in Hamia, Mpama, Mbuyani, Magawa and Zenzela.

• Hamia - Cat. Matthias Ngalya
• St Luke's at Kidogobasi - Cat. Jackson Yohana
• Magawa - Cat. Stankey Bira
• Magombwe - Cat. Zena Henery 
• Zenzela   Cat. Zena Heneli

 Rev, Habeli Bira and his wife Rebecka.  

Community development.
Hamia is one of seventeen parishes that have taken part in the Church and Community Mobilisation Programme (CCMP). The CCMP has been funded by St James Church in the Diocese of Rochester, UK, since 2028. From 2026 to 2028 another nine parishes are taking part in the education and training which is delivered by the Department of Development at diocesan headquarters.

CCMP impacts.
Hamia is one of the prominent villages in the area and has rich fertile soil that allows a variety of crops to grow well. But the people living here had been renting out their land and either living off the rental income or working as casual laborers.

The CCMP bible-studies taught people about using their God-given natural resources to help improve their lives. This teaching changed perceptions, and people are now farming the land themselves and have more income.

The church has become stronger as people’s faith has increased. Church members are helping to meet the financial cost of running the church and contributing to the pastor’s stipend. They have also constructed a modern house for the pastor.

The self-help groups are: Tobai. Magawa, Tumaini, Mbuyuni and Mkombozi. These are helping people to save money together to invest in farming and livestock projects and start small businesses.

The pastor's new house below started as a result of the CCMP and Rebecka Habel, the pastor's wife, has put the CCMP training on climate-smart agriculture into practice, by extending their land and growing a wider variety of crops. 

The increase in economic independence means that Individuals are improving their homes, or building new houses, and are able to pay their children’s school fees.


Contacts.

Please ask the pastor about baptism, marriages, funerals, and Sunday services.

Written correspondence to:
Kanisa la Anglican 
Hamia Parish - Dinari ya Mpendo
Dayosisi ya Kondoa 
PO Box 7 
Kondoa 
Tanzania