Isaiah 12:5-6 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
In the months of January and February we have completed two full-time trainings in Goma, Congo and Nakivale, Uganda.
Picture: Goma, Congo
Picture: Nakivale, Uganda
We are presently running schools in Kirehe, Rwanda and Lome, Togo
Picture: Lome, Togo
The next schools start in April, in the following countries.
Ivory Coast Uganda Rwanda
Throughout these schools the constant emphasis is to become the Truth they are learning. Christ must be made real to the heart and in our yielding to His purpose 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.
(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.
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.
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!
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!
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.”
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.
Above: 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).
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.
Above: SOC Hammanskraal, South Africa
Above: Graduation Meal, South Africa
In Impfondo, Congo we graduated our second school with twelve students.
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)
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 asmentioned 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.
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./
Above: SOC Maroua, Cameroon
Burkina Faso, Graduation
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