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Light in the World Ministries Update January 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 | Leave a comment

1 Corinthians 15:55-57
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
(56)  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
(57)  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank you all for standing with us in prayer and faithful support during 2025. It has been another great year! We rejoice in the goodness of our God and His faithfulness to His Church. 

In December of 2025, we finished the year off with two schools in the following countries: 

Nyabihu, Rwanda, 30 students (27 Pastors 3 evangelists)

Rwamwanja, Uganda 51 students (42 Senior Pastors and Bishops)

We were able to run and finance 22 full-time schools across the following countries (listed by area / country)  in 2025:

Abeokuta, Nigeria:  Gisenyi, Rwanda :  Kampala, Uganda:  Lome, Togo:  Nkwende, Tanzania:  Goma, Congo:  Mahama, Rwanda:  Maradi, Niger:  Mbarara, Uganda: 
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso:  Runzewe, Tanzania: Rwenjeru, Uganda:  Bamako, Mali:  Oudtshoorn, South Africa (Locally Supported):  Abidjan, Ivory Coast:  Kabarondo, Rwanda:  Rweminyafu, Uganda:  Bwanga, Tanzania:  Kaolak, Senegal:  Nakasongola, Uganda: 
Nyabihu, Rwanda:  Rwamanja, Uganda

We are planning, Lord willing, to run schools in the following locations in 2026:

LITWM Calendar 2026
Month / Countries

February:         Congo, Togo, Rwanda, Uganda

April:                Ivory Coast, Uganda, Rwanda

June:                Togo, Rwanda, Uganda

July:                 South Africa (Locally supported)

August:            Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda

October:          Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Uganda

December:      Togo, Tanzania, Uganda

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Light In The World Ministries Update November 2025

Posted on November 27, 2025 | Leave a comment

Act 26:22-23 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Below are the schools completed in the month of October.

Bwanga, Tanzania: 31 Students

Nakasongola, Uganda: 32 Students

And another school was Kaolak Guingineo, Senegal

We are thankful for the opportunities the Lord has opened this year for the training of these pastors. When at all possible, I travel to make sure the school is functioning in accordance with what we know to be the Will of God. Our directors travel ahead to various locations, renting halls and accommodation or using church buildings to run the schools. Because we are mobile, we are not limited to major cities, but we take the Gospel of Christ to remote locations in the ends of the earth. We are thankful for the local cooperation of the body of Christ and the many pastors across Africa that have opened wide their hearts to receive the training.

We are coming to the end of the year and below are our last two Schools for 2025.

Nyabihu, Rwanda
Kamwenge, Uganda

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Light in the World Ministries Update October 2025

Posted on October 9, 2025 | Leave a comment

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Below are photos of recently completed schools from August.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: 34 students

Rweminyafu, Uganda: 32 students

Kabarondo, Rwanda: 28 students

October Schools presently in session:

Bwanga, Tanzania – 31 students
Nakasongola, Uganda – 32 students
Senegal

Most of our students that come through the School of Christ training are presently pastoring with some of them overseeing several churches under their care.

Repeatedly we have seen the great need for a True foundation (which is Christ), and a life of prayer coupled with obedience to God’s Word.  

Many of the pastors we have recently trained have mentioned the great assault of the devil to compromise the Word of God and lives of those in the ministry. However, the Word of God is true. The description of the Christ’s church is that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.  This signifies to me that the Church of Jesus Christ is not holed up, cowering away trying to survive another day, but it is marching forward in the battle against sin and the devil to rescue the captives!

Many of the students from these classes have testified to a renewal in prayer, correction of wrong doings, and repentance from error.  Thank you for your prayers for these schools.

In one of the recent schools that graduated in Uganda, a student testified of abuse in the home. During graduation, after repenting before the class, there was reconciliation, and all were praising the Lord in the congregation.

It has been amazing to see the restoration of marriages through the school, as incidents like this have taken place time and again. We thank God for his victory through the Word of God!

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Light in the World Ministries Update August 2025

Posted on August 5, 2025 | Leave a comment

(Mat 16:16-17)  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Recently completed schools:     
Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso:
As we said in our previous newsletter, this has been our twelfth year running the school here. During this time, we have been able to reach many pastors and leaders in different parts of the country. Please continue to remember the graduates from Burkina Faso in your prayers. 

Runzewe, Tanzania: This school graduated in July with 22 pastors present and 6 evangelists. The Lord continues to open doors for future schools in Tanzania. (picture below)

Oudtshoorn, South Africa: This was one of the best schools I have ever had the privilege of running. The students were spiritually minded, receptive and asked very perceptive questions. We thank God for their spiritual hunger, the Lord’s provision and the people in leadership who carry a burden to see the school established in their country.  (Picture below)

Bamako, Mali. We have trained many former Muslim converts that are pastoring churches and daily hazarding their lives for the gospel.  It is a difficult environment, and we thank God for our director, who has traveled there to help oversee the schools over the years.  We had a total of 43 graduates in this school.

Schools presently running this August   
Rwanda – Kabarondo
Uganda – Rweminyafu
Ivory Coast – Abidjan
Thank you for standing with us in prayer and concern for the training of these pastors and leaders. It is a privilege to be a part of what God is doing in His church all over Africa.

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Light In The World Ministries Update June / July 2025

Posted on June 24, 2025 | Leave a comment

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Recently completed schools:     
Rwenjuru, Uganda:
This is our fourth school that we have run in this particular region of Uganda. We had been invited by a Church organization to train their pastors (over 400 leaders).  The head overseer was greatly blessed and challenged by the school. 

Schools in session:        
Ouagadogou, Burkina Faso:
This school will graduate on the 28th June. This has been our twelfth year running the school in this country.  We thank God for the privilege of training many pastors over the years.  This is our final school, for the moment, in this country. Prayerfully, we will return at a later date.  Remember this country in your prayers.

Runzewe, Tanzania:
School started the 16th June. We have 22 pastors present and 6 evangelists.

Oudtshoorn, South Africa:
School starts the 28th June. It has been a while since we were last in South Africa running the school. We are expecting 18 students. The school is mostly self-supported. We thank God for the provision and the people who carry a burden to see the School established in their country.

Bamako, Mali. This class starts at the beginning of July.

Upcoming schools for August    
Countries:
Congo 
Uganda 
Mali 
Rwanda

Thank you for standing with us in prayer and concern for the training of these pastors and leaders. It is a privilege to be a part of what God is doing in His church all over Africa.
To God be all the Glory!

Photo Above: Rwenjuru, Uganda graduated school June 12th 2025

All schools (unless stated otherwise) are financially supported through Light in the World Ministries.

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Light In The World Ministries Update May 2025

Posted on May 16, 2025 | Leave a comment

Acts 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.

1 Peter 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

“A rising tide raises all boats.” The open doors we have in the continent of Africa have given us the signal opportunity to affect individual pastors and churches, which further affects a change in the Body of Christ at large.  We must not undervalue the effectiveness of the preached Word through the power of the Holy Spirit.

We have recently completed full-time schools in the following countries:

Mbarara, Uganda: 40 Students graduated.  This is the second time we have been invited to run the training for an extensive pastor’s fellowship in this area.


Mahama, Rwanda: 36 students graduated, outside of Mahama refugee camp (60,000 refugees from Congo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan). Most of the pastors in this school operate churches within the camp.

Maradi, Niger: 26 students graduated, many of them come from very dangerous situations, pastoring under the threat of persecution from Islam.

Goma, Congo: 23 students graduated, after the recent distress and killings in this area we were able to take advantage of a season of peace and run the school.

Picture Above Mbarara Uganda SOC April 2025

There is a young man who recently graduated from the school. He was living on the streets, a Rastafarian drug addict. He got wonderfully born again and went through the School. After a season of fasting and prayer, the Lord convicted him about wasting his time scrolling on his cell phone. He repented, gave his phone away and is now using his time learning skills to provide for his future.  He is on fire for Christ, and ready to preach the gospel on the streets, churches and in the whole world.

Picture Above SOC Graduation Mahama, Rwanda April 2025

Our next schools in June and July:

Rwenjeru Uganda
Tanzania
Bamako, Mali
South Africa (we have been invited to come run the school for a group of believers who are self-supporting the training)

Thank you for standing with us in prayer and concern for the training of these pastors and leaders. It is a privilege to be a part of what God is doing in His church all over Africa.
To God be all the Glory!

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Light In The World Ministries March 2025

Posted on March 13, 2025 | Leave a comment

Isaiah 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

It has been a busy six weeks. We have run five schools in five different countries.  I believe the Lord has been greatly glorified and shown forth His Truth and Life in the midst of His people that have passed through the schools.

The following schools have been run this year so far.

Kampala, Uganda where we had 33 students graduate. One of the great testimonies, and one that is recurring in the schools, was a restoration of a broken marriage.  Thank God for His Life that cures all ills!

Picture Above: Kampala, Uganda

Gisenyi, Rwanda
Our second school was in Gisenyi, Rwanda. During this school fighting broke out in the neighboring city of Goma, but we were able to continue the School of Christ training.

Picture Above: Gisenyi, Rwanda

Lome, Togo, is in West Africa.  We had 66 students graduate from three different countries represented (Benin, Togo and Ghana). Many students were senior pastors.

Picture Above: Lome, Togo

Abeokuta, Nigeria. We had 16 students graduate from the training. This is the second school we have run since our restart in this country last year. We appreciate your prayers for Nigeria.

Nkwenda, Tanzania. We had 31 students graduate. This is one of the many rural areas in Tanzania where there is a real hunger to receive the Word in fulness. We thank the Lord for the lives that are being changed as they give themselves to the Word of God and prayer!

Picture Above: Nkwenda, Tanzania

Our next projected schools start in April in the following countries.
Uganda
Rwanda
Niger
Congo

Thank you for standing with us in prayer and concern for the training of these pastors and leaders. It is a privilege to be a part of what God is doing in His church all over Africa.
To God be all the Glory!

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Light in The World Ministries January 2025

Posted on January 8, 2025 | Leave a comment

1 Thessalonians 2:4-6

(4)  But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. (5)  For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:  (6)  Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Happy New Year! At the beginning of this new year, I have been meditating on a statement that is made during the SOC training that we run.  It is the lesson, “Laws of Power” in the Series of the Holy Spirit,

“Prayer brings power, for the Spirit of power is given to them who pray.”

Keep praying! Keep the fire on the altar! Stir up! Hold fast! Press forward! Diligently seek!

Our next schools start on the 20th of January in Rwanda and Uganda.  Then, in the month of February we start in Togo, Tanzania and Nigeria.

To God be all the Glory!

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Light In The World Ministries December 2024

Posted on December 19, 2024 | Leave a comment

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until my will is one with yours,
to do and to endure (Edwin Hatch)

We are ending another year and rejoicing in the faithfulness of God in providing for the running of the schools in Africa
We presently have two schools that will be finished in the last week of December.
1.Thies, Senegal
2. Mbarara, Uganda
We also completed another two schools this December in Bukavu, Congo and Gisenyi, Rwanda.

Picture: SOC Gisenyi, Rwanda, December 2024

Picture: SOC Mbarara, Uganda, December 2024

  I was present with the school in Mbarara, Uganda. We were invited there by a church organization that has over five hundred branch churches. The lead Bishop invited us and provided the facilities to run the School of Christ. He testified during the class that many of his church leaders (Bishops and Pastors) had been through many other schools, some graduated with PHD’s in Theology and Ministry, but they had not brought life. He publicly shared that the SOC had affected a change of life in many of His leaders and as a result, he invited us to come back and train the rest.

Below is the list of twenty-three completed schools this year, including two introduction classes: (Equatorial Guinea and South Africa).

In Christ and for His Glory

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Light In The World Ministries November 2024

Posted on November 9, 2024 | Leave a comment

Give me the love that leads the way,
The faith that nothing can dismay,
The hope no disappointments tire,
The passion that will burn like fire;
Let me not sink to be a clod—
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God!
Written by Amy Carmichael (missionary to India)

We recently graduated schools in the month of October in the following countries.

1) Ntungamo, Uganda 2) Nyamogita, Tanzania 3) Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

After many years, we were invited back to South Africa to run an introduction class. In years past we had schools in the Pretoria region, but this time we traveled to a town called George located on the coast of South Africa.  Thirty two people gathered to watch the School of Christ lessons that Bro. Clendennen recorded in 1999. it was a great time of praying and allowing the Holy Sprit to speak to our hearts through His Word.

Picture Below: Class, Ntungamo, Uganda


In this little town in Western Uganda, every day for four weeks at 6:30 am, forty five students were gathered to pray and spend the day, studying the School of Christ.  At least twenty of these were church leaders that were pastoring churches in the surrounding towns.  Great was the hunger for reality! How the simplicity of prayer and the Word of God exalting Christ, kindles a fire for God in human hearts!

Pictures Below: Nyamogita, Tanzania


Picture Below: Abidjan, Ivory Coast


Picture Below: SOC Introduction Class, George, South Africa


This month of November we presently have a school running in Luuka, Uganda

Upcoming schools through till the end of December.

City                      Country
Rubavu,               Rwanda
Bukavu,                Congo
Thies,                    Senegal
Mbarra,                Uganda

Please also remember our following facilitators in prayer as they conduct these schools: Richard Kairu, Peter Rwaka, Isaac Rutihinda and Shalom Mawunou

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