Thursday, October 12, 2006

Evangelism and Church Planting Deep in the Heart of Africa

Church planting and evangelism are alive and active in the countryside of Uganda. The picture at the left shows Rev. Balise Sospeter in a church he built next door to his home. Pastor Sospeter is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Uganda. He has a ministry of church planting. Pastor Sospeter enters a village and develops a relationship with the leaders. Then he starts to evangelized the people of the village. Rev. Sospeter then starts a church with the believers.

The church you see at the right was started on Christmas Day 2005. When we visited the church many people came from the village. One man stood and stated that before he came to the Lord the Bible was not important to him. He now is in adult Bible classes and wants to know all he can about God's Word. Rev. Sospeter says that he knows the importance of all his church members being in God's Word every day. This church that was started on Christmas now has a weekly attendance of 40-50 people.

Pray for the Jores as they travel to Uganda to join this exciting work.