God at Work in Uganda: Training Leaders, Strengthening Churches, Multiplying Hope

Three men from our church recently traveled to northern Uganda as part of our ongoing missions partnership focused on pastoral training, church strengthening, and spreading the gospel. What they experienced confirms something we continue to see year after year: God is building His Church.

Across this region, 73 church leaders from Uganda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo have now completed a ten-course Bible Curriculum Training Program. Our church provided caps and gowns for the recent graduates. These graduates have been equipped with sound doctrine, theological foundations, and practical ministry training to shepherd churches and disciple believers in some of the most spiritually and economically challenged areas of East Africa.

Each graduation is more than a ceremony; it is a commissioning. Many participants have never had the opportunity for formal education, making this achievement especially meaningful. But the greater celebration is what comes next: trained leaders returning to villages, refugee communities, and border regions prepared to faithfully teach God’s Word. When local believers are equipped to reach their own people, the gospel multiplies in sustainable and culturally rooted ways.

The team also visited ministries serving refugee camps near the South Sudan border, where hundreds of thousands have fled violence and instability. Resources are limited, schools are overcrowded, and daily life is difficult. Yet even in these communities God is on the move! Indigenous Ugandans and South Sudanese refugees gather together, boldly united in Christ, demonstrating that hope is not confined by circumstance.

At Bright Angel Primary School, founded by Pastor Joseph and Jessica, children are receiving both quality education and biblical instruction. In regions where access to clean water and school resources remains a challenge, Christian education becomes both a practical investment and an eternal one.

The team also visited with Brian Arimpa of Refugee Charity Initiative as he plants a church and works to build a school in another underserved area. These efforts reflect a shared commitment to long-term discipleship rather than short-term relief.

The needs are great, but so is the love of our African brothers and sisters in Christ. Their joy, gratitude, and unwavering faith stand as a testimony that Jesus is alive and at work in Uganda. God is raising up leaders. He is strengthening families. He is expanding His Kingdom.

We are grateful to be part of what He is doing!