Angus Buchan was originally a Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

n maize and cattle farmer of Scott

Scott

- Companies :* H. H. Scott, Inc., vintage tube hi-fi company* SCOTT Sports, a producer of bicycles and sportswear* The Scott Motorcycle Company* The Scott Paper Company, brand of paper towels and toilet paper owned by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation...

ish descent who started farming in Zambia but was forced to sell everything and move to Greytown

Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal

Greytown is a town situated on the banks of a tributary of the Umvoti River in a richly fertile timber-producing area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.-History:...

, KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 in 1978 due to political unrest in that country.

In 1980 he started the Shalom Ministries to preach in his local community. Over time he has become a full time evangelist

Evangelism

Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....

 while the farm is now being run mostly by both his sons.

In 1998 Angus wrote a book about his life, Faith Like Potatoes, the book was turned into a film of the same title

Faith Like Potatoes

Faith Like Potatoes is a 2006 South African biographical drama film based on the 1988 book written by Angus Buchan, "Faith like Potatoes." It is written and directed by Regardt van den Bergh, and stars Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Wilhelm, Hamilton Dhlamini, and Sean Michael Cameron...

 in 2006.

Shalom Ministries

In 1980 Angus and Jill started Shalom Ministries.
The main purpose of the ministry is to go out and preach in South Africa and Africa.

Beth-Hatlaim orphanage

Beth-Hatlaim (House of the Lambs), is a children's home for 25 orphaned and abandoned children.

Halalisani Farm School

Halalisani Farm School is a Christian farm school also administered by Shalom Ministries with approximately 200 pupils.

Mighty Men conferences

The Mighty Men Conference, organised by Shalom trust, is a Christian gathering of men. In recent years the number of men has grown from a few hundred to over 200,000 in April 2009

Current work

Angus presents a 30 minute religious show, Grassroots on e-tv

E.tv

e.tv is the fifth terrestrial television channel in South Africa, following three channels operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net, operated by Multichoice...

, at 8:00am mostly filmed from his own farm.

He is also a full time evangelist going around South Africa and Africa drawing very large crowds.

Publications

• Faith Like Potatoes: The Story of a Farmer Who Risked Everything for God. (ISBN 978-0825461118).

See also

• Faith Like Potatoes
  Faith Like Potatoes
  Faith Like Potatoes is a 2006 South African biographical drama film based on the 1988 book written by Angus Buchan, "Faith like Potatoes." It is written and directed by Regardt van den Bergh, and stars Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Wilhelm, Hamilton Dhlamini, and Sean Michael Cameron...
  
   (2007 Film).
• Mighty men conference 2009.