Blantyre for Jesus

In 1983, the Africa (Evangelical) Enterprise, under the leadership of its founder, Michael Cassidy, entrusted Rev Chienda with the responsibility of coordinating a city wide evangelistic campaign in Blantyre, dubbed "Blantyre for Jesus". It was the first of its kind in Malawi.

Assisted by people like Evangelist Steven Lungu and others drawn from various churches in Blantyre, Rev Chienda and the team organised several rallies to take place in various residential districts of Blantyre. It was a new philosophy in the manner of conducting evangelistic campaigns, in the sense that instead of expecting people to come to a central place to hear the gospel, rather the gospel was taken to where the people lived. For a whole week, evening rallies were held in places like Chilomoni, Chilobwe and Ndirande.

They also involved the local churches by sending preachers to some congregations to preach during the normal church services.

Many people gave their lives to Christ during these campaigns. One of the enduring ones was Gerald Kandulu, who has since been used greatly by God. He subsequently went to a theological college in Zimbabwe, from where he proceeded to carry out his pastoral work in South Africa. Later he came back home and pastored in the Agape Church before rejoining the CCAP.

The following year, 1984, Africa Enterprise made the decision to engage Rev Chienda as a full time worker of the the organisation. Initially he operated from Blantyre but later relocated to Lilongwe, where Africa Enterprise provided a house in Biwi Township.