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.
We have much to Praise God for! Since our last newsletter, we have graduated following schools in
Nkwenda, Tanzania
Kampala, Uganda
Tomoudi, Ivory Coast
Bukavu Congo
We presently have a school running in Hahotoe,Togo
Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name…
Thank you for your continued prayers and support in the forward movement of the Gospel across the continent of Africa. We have much to Praise God for! The doors are open wide and we are constantly receiving requests to come to remote areas and major cities to train Church leaders through the School of Christ Training. Since our last newsletter, we have graduated following schools in.
Geita, Tanzania
Lome, Togo
Mowe, Nigeria
Mahama, Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda
We presently have two schools running in Ivory Coast and Congo.
Below are the upcoming schools for the month of October and November:
Isaiah 52:1-2 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.(2) Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
We have six schools running during June and July:
Rwanda, Burera Uganda, Kampala Togo, Lome Tanzania, Geita Nigeria, Mowe and South Africa (supported by themselves)
We completed the school in Agbole, Ivory Coast at the end of May. (Picture Below)
In this school, many of the pastors who attended struggled to pray. The primary reasons were wrong teaching and the poor examples that had been set before them regarding ministry. This had formed deep habits that were hard to break due to mental strongholds. But we rejoice in the goodness of God to strengthen our weak areas! By the end of the school, many of these pastors returned home strengthened and with an expanded capacity to seek God. They left, able not only to teach about prayer, but to be living examples of diligent prayer themselves. Praise God!
School in Burera, Rwanda graduated June 5th. (Picture Below)
School graduated in Kampala Uganda June 15th (Picture Below)
As of writing this newsletter we presently have three schools running in Tanzania, Togo and Nigeria.
Psalms 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
In this month of April, we have finished two more schools located in Mahama, Rwanda and Kampala, Uganda. We thank God for the interest shown by the pastors in these trainings. We have also started our school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast this month which will graduate on May 9th.
In Kampala, Uganda we had forty students, twenty-four of whom were senior church leaders. One of the pastors wrote to the school after graduating.
“I sincerely thank you for your great support during our time at School of Christ Uganda. Thank you for teaching us faithfully, feeding us for these weeks, and for commissioning us into the work of the ministry.
Your investment in our lives has made a lasting impact on me. By the help of the Holy Spirit, I promise to put everything I have learned into practice and to allow the Holy Spirit to take more rule and control in my life each day.
May the Lord richly bless you and reward you abundantly.
With heartfelt gratitude,”
Below, Uganda school graduation day
In Mahama, Rwanda, The Assembly of God church in the district allowed us to use their premises for the training, thirty-three students completed the training.
Below, Mahama School
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, we started the class 14th April. It will run for four weeks
Upcoming Schools for the month of June. Togo Nigeria Uganda Rwanda South Africa (Self Supported)
Throughout these schools the constant emphasis is for the student to become the Truth they are learning. Christ must be made real to the heart and in our yielding to His purpose, he must be allowed to live His Life through a human vessel.
In each school the day begins with one hour of prayer and closes with another hour of prayer after eight lessons. The training lasts approximately four weeks.
Isaiah 12:5-6 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
In the months of January and February we have completed two full-time trainings in Goma, Congo and Nakivale, Uganda.
Picture: Goma, Congo
Picture: Nakivale, Uganda
We are presently running schools in Kirehe, Rwanda and Lome, Togo
Picture: Lome, Togo
The next schools start in April, in the following countries.
Ivory Coast Uganda Rwanda
Throughout these schools the constant emphasis is to become the Truth they are learning. Christ must be made real to the heart and in our yielding to His purpose be allowed to live His Life through a human vessel.
In each school the day begins with one hour of prayer and closes with another hour of prayer after eight lessons. The training lasts approximately four weeks.
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.
Thank you all for standing with us in prayer and faithful support during 2025. It has been another great year! We rejoice in the goodness of our God and His faithfulness to His Church.
In December of 2025, we finished the year off with two schools in the following countries:
Nyabihu, Rwanda, 30 students (27 Pastors 3 evangelists)
Rwamwanja, Uganda 51 students (42 Senior Pastors and Bishops)
We were able to run and finance 22 full-time schools across the following countries (listed by area / country) in 2025:
Act 26:22-23 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Below are the schools completed in the month of October.
Bwanga, Tanzania: 31 Students
Nakasongola, Uganda: 32 Students
And another school was Kaolak Guingineo, Senegal
We are thankful for the opportunities the Lord has opened this year for the training of these pastors. When at all possible, I travel to make sure the school is functioning in accordance with what we know to be the Will of God. Our directors travel ahead to various locations, renting halls and accommodation or using church buildings to run the schools. Because we are mobile, we are not limited to major cities, but we take the Gospel of Christ to remote locations in the ends of the earth. We are thankful for the local cooperation of the body of Christ and the many pastors across Africa that have opened wide their hearts to receive the training.
We are coming to the end of the year and below are our last two Schools for 2025.
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Below are photos of recently completed schools from August.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast: 34 students
Rweminyafu, Uganda: 32 students
Kabarondo, Rwanda: 28 students
October Schools presently in session:
Bwanga, Tanzania – 31 students Nakasongola, Uganda – 32 students Senegal
Most of our students that come through the School of Christ training are presently pastoring with some of them overseeing several churches under their care.
Repeatedly we have seen the great need for a True foundation (which is Christ), and a life of prayer coupled with obedience to God’s Word.
Many of the pastors we have recently trained have mentioned the great assault of the devil to compromise the Word of God and lives of those in the ministry. However, the Word of God is true. The description of the Christ’s church is that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. This signifies to me that the Church of Jesus Christ is not holed up, cowering away trying to survive another day, but it is marching forward in the battle against sin and the devil to rescue the captives!
Many of the students from these classes have testified to a renewal in prayer, correction of wrong doings, and repentance from error. Thank you for your prayers for these schools.
In one of the recent schools that graduated in Uganda, a student testified of abuse in the home. During graduation, after repenting before the class, there was reconciliation, and all were praising the Lord in the congregation.
It has been amazing to see the restoration of marriages through the school, as incidents like this have taken place time and again. We thank God for his victory through the Word of God!
(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.
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.
