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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 28^th 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 16^th June. We have 22 pastors present and 6 evangelists.

Oudtshoorn, South Africa:
School starts the 28^th 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 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 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