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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 November 2024

Posted on November 9, 2024 | Leave a comment

Give me the love that leads the way,
The faith that nothing can dismay,
The hope no disappointments tire,
The passion that will burn like fire;
Let me not sink to be a clod—
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God!
Written by Amy Carmichael (missionary to India)

We recently graduated schools in the month of October in the following countries.

1) Ntungamo, Uganda 2) Nyamogita, Tanzania 3) Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

After many years, we were invited back to South Africa to run an introduction class. In years past we had schools in the Pretoria region, but this time we traveled to a town called George located on the coast of South Africa.  Thirty two people gathered to watch the School of Christ lessons that Bro. Clendennen recorded in 1999. it was a great time of praying and allowing the Holy Sprit to speak to our hearts through His Word.

Picture Below: Class, Ntungamo, Uganda


In this little town in Western Uganda, every day for four weeks at 6:30 am, forty five students were gathered to pray and spend the day, studying the School of Christ.  At least twenty of these were church leaders that were pastoring churches in the surrounding towns.  Great was the hunger for reality! How the simplicity of prayer and the Word of God exalting Christ, kindles a fire for God in human hearts!

Pictures Below: Nyamogita, Tanzania


Picture Below: Abidjan, Ivory Coast


Picture Below: SOC Introduction Class, George, South Africa


This month of November we presently have a school running in Luuka, Uganda

Upcoming schools through till the end of December.

City                      Country
Rubavu,               Rwanda
Bukavu,                Congo
Thies,                    Senegal
Mbarra,                Uganda

Please also remember our following facilitators in prayer as they conduct these schools: Richard Kairu, Peter Rwaka, Isaac Rutihinda and Shalom Mawunou

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Light In The World Ministries September – October 2024

Posted on October 2, 2024 | Leave a comment

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your faithful prayers and support. We recently graduated schools in the month of August and September in the following countries. 1) Bamako, Mali 2) Ibanda, Uganda 3) Butare, Rwanda.

For over a decade, we have been running schools in Uganda and Rwanda. I have had the privilege of traveling with our directors to some of the most remote areas, where pastors have come together to participate in the training.  After a month of study, these leaders return to their congregations revived and ready to preach the Word of God.  Two such schools were recently completed in Ibanda, Uganda and Butare, Rwanda.

Picture below, SOC training Ibanda, Uganda

Picture below, SOC training Butare, Rwanda

This month of October we have three full-time schools running. We also have a new opportunity opened in South Africa. We will be holding an introduction class at the end of the month to see if there is enough interest to run a full school in the future. Please pray with us, as we are believing for a move of God in South Africa.

City                        Country
Geita                     Tanzania
Ntungamo          Uganda
Abidjan                Ivory Coast
George                 South Africa

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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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