Brief Look into East Africa 2025

Tanzania

In Arusha, our GNN team gave a week of advanced training to 52 pastors gathered from different provinces of the country. According to them, 3000 copies of the Sunday school manual called Mwanga (Light) were distributed. We had ordered a copy to be distributed to 2800 workers trained in the previous 22 regional seminars.

We challenged them from now on to be responsible for the rest of the seminars in the country. GNN would only support Pr. Francis, who coordinates the events and holds the training materials they received from us.

In May-July, Pr. Francis first traveled among the Maasai nomads, then he organized a children’s ministry training week for pastors in the Kilimanjaro region. Soon after, the children’s ministry in the congregations began to show growth.

Children’s ministry is key to homes and new tribes!

A children’s conference was held in Kigoma, a heavily Muslim area, for 2,500 children. It was broadcast nationwide on TV.

– The coordinator was a pastor who had been inspired by the GNN 2022 mission course.

The seminar, led by the Tanzanian GNN team, Pr. Francis, led to a children’s camp in Bunju before school started and another one in December.

West-Uganda

In Mubende, further training for pastors in areas of UPG work* and a follow-up seminar for young workers. Inspired young Dr. Jordan organised a campaign targeting students at Kampala University.

(*UPG = Unreached  People Groups)

In the same week, we participated in radio programs that we have supported for years. Bishop John reported 461 conversions recorded during 2025. The broadcasts reach 30 million people in East Africa. After each broadcast, the studio receives about 25 calls a week, many of them Muslims. Those who convert are directed to local churches.

We also supported Bishop John’s conference series in the Karamodja and Northeastern Uganda regions.