Posts Tagged ‘Uganda’
‘I was only 7 when Idi Amin arrested my father’: the Christian man using education to make disciples in Uganda
By Shadrach Lukwago I was just seven years old when Idi Amin’s soldiers arrested my father. He was a pastor in a small village in Luweero, Central Uganda and during that time, Christians were seen as a threat to Amin’s regime. His government persecuted believers, arresting, torturing, and even killing those who stood firm in…
Read MoreShadrach’s Mission to Transform Uganda – Langham Live July 2024
In July 2024’s Langham Live event hosted by Simon Foulds, Shadrach Lukwago from Uganda shared his remarkable journey of faith and his efforts to spread the Gospel in Uganda. This insightful conversation covered his personal testimony, his work with Kiwoko Hospital, and the establishment of the Kiwoko Bible Institute. Read the full article here.
Read MoreEmpowering Pastors in Uganda through the Langham Literature Grant Scheme
Shadrach Lukwago leads the Kiwoko Bible Institute in Uganda, an institution that has served as a beacon of hope and learning for the past 17 years. Specialising in training pastors through a modular programme, the institute capitalises on school holidays to educate pastors using the facilities of local primary and secondary schools. This innovative approach…
Read MoreUgandan Scholar equipped to relieve poverty and bring good news
God’s Word brings good news to the poor. But what does that mean for a Ugandan widow unable to feed or shelter her children? Or to any number of the 422 million people across Africa living below the global poverty line? There are many relief and development organisations working to end poverty. But for pastor…
Read More‘Your generous library grant equips students to transform our society’
A Christian university in Uganda says it is “deeply honoured” to receive over 100 theology books through Langham Literature’s ‘Large Library Grant’ scheme. This year, Langham freely sent 113 books to Africa Renewal University (ARU) for its recently renovated library. An ARU staff member said: “It is with great joy to let you know that…
Read MoreA reflection from Uganda
Emmanuel Mukeshimana, Langham Scholar, Rwanda/UgandaMarch 2020 I am now speechless, I do not know how to begin with my reflection, but in times like this, it is where we see God at work. This last Sunday was the first day of family service due to the ban of public gathering. Our service went on very…
Read MoreDisplaced South Sudanese students build own classroom to finish Bible College course
Students at a Langham Literature member college who were forced to flee South Sudan were so determined to complete their course last year, that they ended up building their own classroom. The seventeen students were in their third and final year at the Anglican ‘Bishop Allison Theological College’ (BATC) in southwest South Sudan, when civil…
Read MoreConsecrated on a football pitch
Not every football pitch gets a crowd of 10,000 spectators. Nor does every bishop have 10,000 people singing at their consecration. But that was the scene on a Sunday in August last year, in the bustling town of Lira in central Uganda, when Langham Scholar Reverend Canon Doctor Alfred Olwa was consecrated as the new…
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