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Light in the World Ministries July Update

Posted on July 29, 2015 | Leave a comment

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

God’s truth is marching on. He is not defeated. He is still on the throne. He is still saving, healing and delivering people. Praise His Name!

In my last email update, I mentioned about new doors of opportunity for the ministry in South Africa.

Picture Above: Graduation Soshanguve, S.Africa

After the graduation of the full-time school in June, we started a day school with 21 students in a place called Soshanguve.

One of the pastors in attendance testified that his life had been changed and that he had met Christ in a very real way. The simplicity of knowing Jesus and making Him real worked deeply in his heart. He was stirred to take the message back to his church: that the answer to everything in life, is a fresh revelation of Christ. It is a testimony like this that keeps us encouraged in our labors.

At the graduation groups of pastors from different districts met with us desiring us to come and help teach their leaders.

It is not often we witness such a hunger, desire and willingness to help facilitate the training. We started another school on the 20th July, in a place called Hammanskraal near to Pretoria, with 55 leaders present.

Ougadougou, Burkina Faso – This is the first time I had ever visited this country. During the month of June we had forty students attend the training but due to disciplinary issues only twenty graduated. Those that did not graduate will be able to attend again in the future.

Ougadougou, Burkina Faso Class

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, Graduation

Shinyanga, Tanzania – The host for this school was the vice-president of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (Canada) in Tanzania. He allowed us the use of his church and facilities and was also a student in the school himself. He stated that many years ago in his district, the message of the Church used to be Biblically sound and God confirmed His Word with signs following. That message seems to have been lost in recent times as new preachers have brought in unstable doctrines to the church. He greatly rejoiced that in the school there was a return to the truth – the sure foundation of what the Church was to be built upon. Jeremiah 50:4-6

Shinyanga, Tanzania

This month of July, we have started a school in South Africa as mentioned above. In Kenya our director met with over 200 pastors in an area called Kisumu to introduce the school.

In August we have two schools running in Democratic Republic of Congo one on the east side in Kinshasa and the other in a place called Bukavu on the west side. In the same month there are also schools running in Ghana and Kenya.

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Light In The World Ministries June Update

Posted on June 17, 2015 | Leave a comment

Throughout the Bible we see God is jealous of life; He is infinitely concerned with the life of His Son, expressed through His Church. We are in a battle of life, the fight that we are involved in is; shall God’s life be expressed through us as individuals and the Church corporately, or will it be hindered. The psalmist stated in Psalms 17:15

(15) As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

As we continue to run schools across the continent of Africa, we find much that tries to hinder the forward movement of the gospel. I am so thankful the battle is not ours but it is the Lord’s.

South Africa,

We just finished a full-time school in South Africa. We had over 20 senior pastors gather, some have been ministering the gospel for over 30 years. There was great humility, discipline and desire to know the Will of God. We are trusting God that this is the beginning of a great breakthrough in this country. After this school we made plans to run day schools in different localities, gathering pastors together from that area. The day school has the same discipline as the full-time school, the only difference is we do not accommodate them overnight, which reduces the cost. We started a day school on the 15th June and will graduate the 4th July.

Pretoria, South Africa

Benin Republic, Bohicon

We had 15 leaders graduate a full-time school in the town of Bohicon, Benin.

Above Pictures from School in Bohicon, Benin

Congo, Impfondo

Impfondo is located in the northern regions of Congo, this was the first time to run the school in this area. We had a very receptive response from the pastors and they received the word with all readiness of mind.

Impfondo, Congo

In this month of June we have schools running in Tanzania; Burkina Faso; Uganda and the day school in South Africa./

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Light In The World Ministries Update April and May 2015

Posted on May 10, 2015 | Leave a comment

Picture Above: Bujumbura, Burundi SOC Class

Romans 15:4-5 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (5) Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

In the schools we run we strive to produce a spiritual climate. This will reproduce in the hearts of the students, as they yield their will to God, a spirit of faith and love in Christ Jesus. As the Word of God and prayer have central place they learn, not just in theory, but in practical application that the purpose of their existence is to be conformed to the image of Christ.

I recently returned from a trip to check on the schools we have helped sponsor in Kenya and Burundi.

In this month of May we have one school presently running in Impfondo, in the northern part of Congo with 20 pastors in attendance. On the 18^th of May we have schools starting in Pretoria, South Africa and Bohicon, Benin Republic.

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Light In The World Ministries Update March 2015

Posted on March 16, 2015 | Leave a comment

SOC Class Mubende, Uganda

SOC revision class Uganda

Uganda SOC Army Chaplains testifying about how the school changed their lives.

2 Corinthians 8:1-2
(1) Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
(2) How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Returned from my latest trip to Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Uganda where we graduated schools and held revision classes in Uganda and Rwanda.

Uganda: While I was there on this last trip I met with approximately 100 former students to gather to pray and review some of the school of Christ teaching and seek God’s direction for the future in Uganda. On the second day of the revision class, something very wonderful happened. With no prompting from myself, the students suggested to run another school this year in Uganda and that they should be the ones supporting it. In a period of 20 minutes over $500 was given for the running of the next school in the month of June. That might not seem like a lot of money, but when you consider that their income can be from $100-$200 per month, it is miracle. This giving attitude brings joy to my heart to see that we are laborers together to help forward the gospel in that nation.

Rwanda: We graduated a school in a town called Rwamagana and held a revision class in the district of Kirehe with 50 former students. During the revision class we listened to former students testify about how their lives had changed through and after the school as they went back to labor in their ministries. To equip these soldiers for Christ with the Word of God and prayer is to give them the tools to overcome in the battle of life.

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Light In The World Ministries Update February 2015

Posted on February 9, 2015 | Leave a comment

“The Lord’s purpose for all His church, which may only be realized by the few, is that it should remain the testimony of life which has conquered death and will conquer death right until the end.” except from School of Christ. Series Conflict, Lesson #1 “The Testimony of Life”.

Picture Above: SOC, San Pedro, Ivory Coast

Picture Above: SOC, San Pedro, Ivory Coast

Thank you for your prayers. I had a very blessed and encouraging trip to Ivory Coast via South Africa. The update on each country is below.

South Africa – At the beginning of my journey I passed through South Africa to meet with a former student who is a pastor of a church in the townships surrounding Pretoria. He ran the school in his church in 2012 and saw a move of God that brought a number of the young people from his area to faith in Christ. This group of young people then became students through subsequent schools that were conducted in his church. He has run the school on a part time basis in some of the other churches around the capital city of Pretoria. We have committed to help support the gathering together of the local pastors during the next six months to introduce the school and afterward assess the possibility of running a full-time school with these pastors.

Ivory Coast – This was the main purpose of my trip. I spent some time with the present school to make sure everything was in place and done according to the discipline and training we have set in place. Sometimes it is easy for things to get lax and wrong teaching to enter in; however, in this school I was very impressed with the fidelity and aptitude of the directors. The school was in a place called San Pedro about a six hour car journey from the capital – Abidjan. We will be sponsoring another school in Ivory Coast in December, but the brethren there have plans to run more schools that will be self supported during this year.

Gabon – In January our director for Togo went to Gabon to make preparations for the running of the school in May. There were over 200 pastors gathered for the introduction of the school in that country. Several of them were so interested, they traveled back to Togo with our director to get more information for their school in May.

This month of February, we presently have two schools running in Uganda and Rwanda.

Thank you all for your prayers and support.

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Light in the World Ministries update January 2015

Posted on January 10, 2015 | Leave a comment

I am excited about the opportunities set before us for this year of 2015.
Below is a schedule listing the places we plan to run the school during the year. I want to be careful to preface this with as God wills and directs.

January: Ivory Coast

February: Rwanda, Uganda.

April: Burundi, Kenya, Nigeria,

May: Gabon

June: Tanzania, Burkina Faso

July: Cameroon (Chad & Central Africa Republic)

August: East & West Congo, Congo (Brazzaville)

October: Ghana, Benin Republic, Togo

December: Cameroon, Ivory Coast

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Light In The World Ministries 2014 End of Year Update

Posted on December 29, 2014 | Leave a comment

Picture Above. SOC Ivory Coast

Picture Above: SOC, Limbe, Cameroon

Picture Above: SOC Limbe, Cameroon

I returned from checking on schools that were running in Cameroon and Ivory Coast. I’m so thankful for caliber of the directors that are working with us to see the school move across the continent of Africa. In each of the schools there was spiritual life and understanding of the Truth of the Word of God. This worked itself into the anvil of daily prayer, fasting for each of the leaders that attended, seeking God for a move of His Spirit within their own respective families, ministries, communities and countries where these ministers are working in the gospel.

I have been reflecting since I got back on what has taken place this year. My heart is full of gratitude toward God to see His hand provide and forward the work of training leaders across the continent of Africa.

To quote the late B.H. Clendennen from the lesson “The Church is A Prophet”

“Prophetic ministry is in its totality, the ministry of spiritual interpretation. It is the interpretation of everything from a spiritual standpoint. There never was a time when there was a greater need for such ministry. That is, the need for a voice of interpretation – a spiritual voice interpreting things from a spiritual standpoint. Millions are deceived today as the word of God is being interpreted from a carnal view. Men have taken the scriptures and twisted them into lies.”

I may sound repetitive in saying this but this is the great need of the church in Africa and all over the world. There is a desperate need to have the mind of God brought to His Church. I believe that, in the schools that we are running, there is an awakening of the leaders to come back to the foundation of God’s Church – which is Christ. To once again let everything be done decently and in order, that is, to be patterned after Christ.

During 2014 we had plans to run the school in seventeen different countries across the continent, we managed to run it in fifteen of them. In some of the countries we were able to run more than one school. Listed below are the full-time schools we financially provided for. The countries are in bold script.

Gabon

Wau, South Sudan

Goma, DR Congo

Nairobi, Kenya (three schools, April, August, December we covered the cost of one and partially provided for the other two.)

Mubende Nebbi Uganda (three schools, April and August in Mubende and then one school in Nebbi which we covered the director’s expenses and someone else sponsored the school.)

Rwanda,

Malawi,

Geita, Tanzania (Two schools)

D.R.Congo (We have been helping the school go forward in this country through partial support all year long, running schools in different areas of DRC.)

Congo (Brazzaville) (We have been helping the school go forward all year long.)

Burkina Faso

Togo,

Benin Republic,

Ivory Coast,

Cameroon

In some of these countries the directors have been helping to sponsor additional part-time classes.

LITWM is presently sponsoring a translation project in India, updating the Hindi version of the SOC.

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Light In The World Ministries Update November 2014

Posted on November 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

On the day of Pentecost men who were dead in sin and transgressions were brought into a living relationship with Christ Jesus. Jerusalem, the place of intense religious dogma and tradition, the place where Christ was crucified, was now the chosen place for God to bring forth men and women of spiritual life and understanding. What was seemingly a small number of disciples left after the crucifixion of Christ, exploded into three thousand being added to the Lord (Acts 2:41). The fruit was there because of the death and resurrection of Christ.

Someone recently asked me what is the greatest miracle I have seen in running these training programs for pastors and leaders? There have been times during the schools where people have been healed physically of sickness and disease, and that is wonderful. But, the greatest miracle I have witnessed, is people who have come to the school with dead tradition and religion and have been brought forth unto life eternal, into a living experiential life with Christ to be lived out day by day and hour by hour. This is a work that only Christ can do in a man’s heart and life and it is a miracle!

I came back three weeks ago from a trip to Togo and Benin Republic, where the school was being run. In both places it was a great encouragement to see the spiritual life of the leaders being changed and transformed.

In December we have full-time schools running in Cameroon and Ivory Coast.

Thank you for praying and supporting the work we do in Africa. We certainly know we are in this work together.

Pictures Below: Togo Class

Togo #2

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Light In The World Ministries Update October 2014

Posted on October 17, 2014 | Leave a comment

Matthew 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.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support,

During the month of September I traveled to Uganda and Tanzania to be with Schools that were running. It’s a great encouragement to see people’s lives changed and equipped to go forth and preach the gospel in all the world.

In our troubled times, we have to believe and know that we do have the answer. It is not a new church program, new singing group or “new revelation,” but the answer is in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why we must seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33), that in all things he may have the preeminence (Col 1:18.)

We presently have schools running this month of October in the countries of Togo and Benin Republic in West Africa. I will be leaving on Monday 20th October to work with the schools and directors in these areas and to plan for the future of the ministry there.

In the face of Ebola and militant Islam pray with us that out of these students a vanguard would rise up to live and demonstrate the power of God across West Africa. We do have the answer!

Picture Below: Geita, Tanzania SOC Graduation

Picture Below, SOC Mubende, Uganda

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Light In The World Ministries September 2014

Posted on September 12, 2014 | Leave a comment

1 Thessalonians 2:4

(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.

I am thankful for the Lord’s reminder through the Word of God, that it is His Gospel, His Church, His Word and in His infinite wisdom He has entrusted the care of such to men. So Paul states that his desire is to please God with that trust.

As the ministry moves forward in Africa, it is my desire that we would indeed please God with the work that He has entrusted to our care.

I just recently returned from Africa where schools were running in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo.

A school was planned for Nigeria, but it was canceled due to improper organization. We have now postponed that school until November.

It was our first time to run a school in Burkina Faso. We had 45 pastors in attendance from different organizations but mostly from the Assembly of God church. During the second week of the training we lost twenty of the pastors due to the discipline and teaching of the school. Some of the pastors did not agree with the teaching, which caused disruption and confusion to the class, so they were asked to leave. Thankfully, those who were hungry for truth and reality came through refined and ready to go back to their churches seeking to please God and be a blessing to God’s Church.

In Democratic Republic of Congo I met with the present class and former students of the School of Christ. There is great team of workers in DRC who throughout this year have sought to take the school into other cities in their country.

Other schools that have graduated during this past couple of months are in Congo Republic (Brazzaville) and Togo.

We are presently running schools in this month of September in Uganda and Tanzania.

I do request your prayers for the the brethren on the ground in these countries who help us in forwarding the work of the Lord across Africa. Please also remember me in prayer, that I would have wisdom in proceeding forth with the ministry across Africa.

Picture Below: Burkina Faso