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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 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 March 2025

Posted on March 13, 2025 | Leave a comment

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!

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Light In The World Ministries June 2024

Posted on June 5, 2024 | Leave a comment

Psalms 119:114  Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Thank you for your prayers, we graduated schools in the month of April in the following areas.

City                       Country
Kampala              Uganda
Muhanga             Rwanda
Niamey                Niger

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

City                        Country
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.”

“A Mighty Fortress is Our God” by Martin Luther

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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 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.
 Shoshanguve 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.
 Burkina #1
Ougadougou, Burkina Faso Class
Burkina #3
Burkina Faso
Burkina #2Burkina 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
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
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 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”.
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Picture Above: SOC, San Pedro, Ivory Coast
I.Coast-Class#2Picture 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

2014-12 Doala, Ivory Coast

Picture Above.  SOC Ivory Coast

2014-12 Limbe, Cameroon #2

Picture Above: SOC, Limbe, Cameroon

2014-12 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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