Expanding Church

In our initial meeting with Santos we briefly shared with him our methods for discipling believers and training them to begin small groups, and he requested to meet again in the near future for more details. We were humbled that by the end of our second meeting he was graciously inviting us in to train some of his key church leaders in our methods. 

After a few weeks of partnering together we were really encouraged by the leaders' activity and new found confidence in leading others in discovery Bible study. Santos not only felt like he now had the tools to reach Gulu and his congregation’s relational network, but actively started sharing with other pastors this vision and method.

Santos is the pastor of a local church in Gulu, and is dedicated to sharing God’s love with his congregation. He had been unsatisfied with the typical methods of outreach in Uganda. He found evangelism crusades costly and ineffective in making lasting disciples for Jesus. 

By the end of 2019, we had trained 27 members of his church and prepared them for taking the Gospel out to their villages as they traveled home for holiday break. We had also seen multiple Bible sharing groups started, and one of those groups had birthed into a second generation.

Santos has helped us try out new ideas and continue to refine our methods. It has been a blessing to have him working with us. Santos’ vision for 2020 is to help other pastors learn our methods, starting groups in new towns, seeing another 50 people trained within his church, and generally leading leaders in taking the gospel out of the four walls of the church building.