Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name…
Thank you for your continued prayers and support in the forward movement of the Gospel across the continent of Africa. We have much to Praise God for! The doors are open wide and we are constantly receiving requests to come to remote areas and major cities to train Church leaders through the School of Christ Training. Since our last newsletter, we have graduated following schools in.
Geita, Tanzania
Lome, Togo
Mowe, Nigeria
Mahama, Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda
We presently have two schools running in Ivory Coast and Congo.
Below are the upcoming schools for the month of October and November:
Isaiah 52:1-2 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.(2) Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
We have six schools running during June and July:
Rwanda, Burera Uganda, Kampala Togo, Lome Tanzania, Geita Nigeria, Mowe and South Africa (supported by themselves)
We completed the school in Agbole, Ivory Coast at the end of May. (Picture Below)
In this school, many of the pastors who attended struggled to pray. The primary reasons were wrong teaching and the poor examples that had been set before them regarding ministry. This had formed deep habits that were hard to break due to mental strongholds. But we rejoice in the goodness of God to strengthen our weak areas! By the end of the school, many of these pastors returned home strengthened and with an expanded capacity to seek God. They left, able not only to teach about prayer, but to be living examples of diligent prayer themselves. Praise God!
School in Burera, Rwanda graduated June 5th. (Picture Below)
School graduated in Kampala Uganda June 15th (Picture Below)
As of writing this newsletter we presently have three schools running in Tanzania, Togo and Nigeria.
Psalms 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
In this month of April, we have finished two more schools located in Mahama, Rwanda and Kampala, Uganda. We thank God for the interest shown by the pastors in these trainings. We have also started our school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast this month which will graduate on May 9th.
In Kampala, Uganda we had forty students, twenty-four of whom were senior church leaders. One of the pastors wrote to the school after graduating.
“I sincerely thank you for your great support during our time at School of Christ Uganda. Thank you for teaching us faithfully, feeding us for these weeks, and for commissioning us into the work of the ministry.
Your investment in our lives has made a lasting impact on me. By the help of the Holy Spirit, I promise to put everything I have learned into practice and to allow the Holy Spirit to take more rule and control in my life each day.
May the Lord richly bless you and reward you abundantly.
With heartfelt gratitude,”
Below, Uganda school graduation day
In Mahama, Rwanda, The Assembly of God church in the district allowed us to use their premises for the training, thirty-three students completed the training.
Below, Mahama School
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, we started the class 14th April. It will run for four weeks
Upcoming Schools for the month of June. Togo Nigeria Uganda Rwanda South Africa (Self Supported)
Throughout these schools the constant emphasis is for the student to become the Truth they are learning. Christ must be made real to the heart and in our yielding to His purpose, he must be allowed to live His Life through a human vessel.
In each school the day begins with one hour of prayer and closes with another hour of prayer after eight lessons. The training lasts approximately four weeks.
Uganda April. When it was suggested we run the school training in the capital city of Kampala Uganda, I was hesitant because it is notably difficult to get pastors in the capital cities to come to a four-week training daily from 6am to 7pm. So, I was surprised at the response. We had 63 students who started the training, and 53 of them finished. 43 of them were senior pastors from the surrounding areas. There has been an increased desire among the church leaders for the training we offer and a great hunger for God’s Word. We thank the Lord for what He did in the lives of these leaders!
Niger April. We continue to run this once yearly school in this country. We had 31 graduates, 17 of them are senior pastors. Many of these pastors are leading churches in difficult situations.
Pictures (Kampala, Uganda)
Picture (Rwanda, Muhanga)
This month of June we are running schools in
CityCountry Rwampara Uganda Bukavu Congo Ngara Tanzania
Thank you for your continued prayers for the success of these trainings.
“Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing, were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing. You ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he; Lord Sabaoth his name, from age to age the same; and he must win the battle.”
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