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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 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 April 2024

Posted on April 4, 2024 | Leave a comment

Acts 3:26

(26)  Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers, we recently graduated schools in the following places.

City                        Country

Lome,                   Togo
Sengerema,        Tanzania
Masha,                 Uganda
Bukavu,                Congo

Pictures Below (Lome, Togo)

Sengerema, Tanzania       

Masha, Uganda

This month of April we are running schools in

City                        Country

Kampala              Uganda
Muhanga             Rwanda
Niamey                 Niger

Yours in Christ and for His Glory.

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Light In The World Ministries Update August / September 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 | 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.

August was a busy month for the ministry.  We had schools running in five different countries.  The first was in Northern Cameroon in a place called “Maroua”. The purpose of this school was to draw pastors from the neighboring countries of Central Africa Republic (CAR) and Chad.  Due to civil unrest in the country of CAR it made it difficult for some of the pastors to travel into Cameroon.  The areas highlighted above are places of intense persecution for Believers. We pray that the pastors who went through the school were fortified in their lives to go back to their homes and take the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to those that don’t know Him.

2016-08 Maroura, CameroonAbove: SOC Maroua, Cameroon

Other schools that we ran in August were in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where we sponsored one school in Kinshasa (West DRC) and another in Bukavu (East DRC).

2016-08 SOC Kinshasa   Above SOC Kinshasa, Congo

I visited a new school we were running in Ghana on the eastern side near to the border of Togo. This is the first time we have run a school in this region.

In Hammanskraal, South Africa we graduated a school on the 8th August.  The next school that I had planned to run in South Africa was booked for October.  However, such was the demand from the pastors to run another school,  I agreed to run two more concurrently in the same area.  Both of these schools graduated on the 5th September after completing three weeks training.

SOC Hamanskraal, South Africa

Above: SOC Hammanskraal, South Africa

Preparation of Cow for Graduation Meal

Above: Graduation Meal, South Africa

In Impfondo, Congo we graduated our second school with twelve students.

2016-08 Impfondo, Congo August

Above: SOC Impfondo, Congo

In this month of September, we have great openings in the country of Kenya.  Our director, Joseph, has been able to introduce the school to 70 pastors in the Kisumu area of Kenya.  The school will be running there this month.

The mark of a life governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more and more occupied with Christ, (T.Austin Sparks)

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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
Pretoria, South Africa
Benin Republic, Bohicon
We had 15 leaders graduate a full-time school in the town of Bohicon, Benin.
Bohicon, Benin
Bohicon, Benin (2)
Bohicon, Benin (3)
Bohicon, Benin (4)
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

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
Burkina Faso Gradaution Burkina Faso
Picture Below: Togo
SOC Togo
Picture Below: Kenya
SOC Kenya
Picture Below: DR Congo
SOC DRC
Picture Below: Congo (Brazzaville)
SOC Congo R

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Light In The World Ministries April 2014

Posted on May 13, 2014 | Leave a comment
We just completed three schools in the month of April in Nairobi, Kenya; Rwamagana, Rwanda; and Mubende, Uganda.  I count it a great privilege to witness the great hunger there is amongst the Lord’s servants in Africa.  There is a priceless sobriety, discipline and yearning to seek the things of God. May God continue to water, give life and minister to His leaders in that continent.
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Picture of Graduation: Mubende, Uganda. April 2014
Whenever I visit the schools, my work is mostly overseeing and making sure that the schools are functioning in the lines of discipline, adherence to Biblical truth, and accountability in the finances.  We have native directors on the ground that see to the actual daily running of the schools. I try to spend a few days with each class in most countries, during which time I see how the director is doing and how the school is functioning.
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Picture of Graduation: Rwamagana, Rwanda. April 2014
 The job of these directors is more than just playing videos.  They have to answer questions, keep the discipline in the class, and make sure the cooks are not siphoning off the food to somewhere else.
Most importantly, they set the example for the class. That means they have to be present for the prayer meetings and ensure that no heretical teaching creeps in.  They have to understand that the position they hold is not for the propagation of their own ideas (the school is not a platform for their own personal ministry.)  Not every pastor or preacher can be one of these directors. We carefully choose them.  Not all the directors have stayed with us, some have been like Judas, some have had their own ideas and so we let them go their ways – but we continue forward.  Knowing what the Lord has placed in our trust is vitally important to us. We take seriously the charge and seek to hold that stewardship for His Glory and Kingdom.
Other schools that have finished recently and some presently running are as follows:
There has been a youth session in Brazzaville, Congo Republic; and regular schools in Togo and Ivory Coast.  In Democratic Republic of Congo they are starting a school in a place Kasaji, which is a completely new area.

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