CAM - Discipleship Ministry
Discipleship and Spiritual Growth and Development is the core and the purpose of who we are and what we do here in Uganda. All other tasks and projects and ministries are focused to demonstrate God's love and open opportunities for people to know Him better and trust in His grace.
Evangelism. We have a several teams of evangelists who work with us to share Christ in the villages. When the numbers of new believers grows, we work with them to begin a new church (a "church plant") and to train new pastors to be the shepherd of these young sheep.
Spiritual growth happens best in community. As iron sharpens iron, so does one (of us) sharpen another. As we share our spiritual growth process with each other, we glean insights and make progress towards our spiritual goals. This equips us to be useful tools in the Father's hands and deepens the spiritual impact of our lives.
Church Planting. As new believers grow, we have begun 6 new churches and one fellowship group. Due to insecurity, some of the churches cannot meet currently, but we are praying for their safety and the return of peace to the region..
1. Kakingol Community Church. On the back side of Mt. Moroto, this community are of the Tepeth tribe, unrelated to the Karamojong. This tribe fled from the Karamojong and climbed up the mountains as Karamojong took over the area about 200 years ago. The Tepeth people practice alot of witchcraft. They are an unreached people group and their language is on the verge of becoming extinct, together with much of their traditional culture. They have given us a dilapidated building and a small piece of land for the church and Christian Nursery school. Waffle is working to make it usable. Misson Moroto is now helping us with this church and doing a great job.
2. Nakiloro Community Church. Down the Mountain from Kakingol is the Nakiloro trading center. This is an active community, but is mired in alcoholism, which limits development and leads to violence and poverty. Mission Moroto has now built a structure for this church and is mentoring the leaders there. We praise God for their spiritual growth!
3. Naput Community Church. Branching an hour deeper in the bush, you come to Naput gold mining village. They also have good land for growing crops and vegetables, but are very near to the Kenyan border and have raiders from the Turkana tribe attacking them regularly. They have given us land where we are currently building a church/Christian Nursery school building. Mission Moroto is also helping us with this church plant. they are still growing and in need of a full time pastor. May God bring a shepherd for these scattered sheep!
3. Loluung Community Church. These are neighbors to the Naput village, and also mine gold and plant crops. They have a deep mining pit over 100 feet deep, which could be dangerous if it collapses. They have also given us land where we are putting up a church/Christian Nursery school building. Mission Moroto is helping with this church as well. Waffle built a good structure to begin with and they continue to grow in their spiritual walk.
We have 7 other small churches that are just graduating from Discipleship groups to become churches! We praise God for their determination and dedication to be the Body of Christ together. We would like to help them build structures to worship in, to protect them from the rain and sunshine.
Our target is $800 for each church that will be constructed.
$9,000 can put in a borehole for water for the church and the surrounding villagers (3,000 people/borehole)
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE (A tax deductible receipt will be sent to you):
a. For On line giving, Click the Donate Now button above, then click "Credit/Debit Card". Then chose the amount that you would like to give.
b. You can also mail in checks for donations (with a note "for CAM: Discipleship Ministry" or "Christian Adventure Ministry: Discipleship") to:
New Horizons Foundation
5550 Tech Center Drive, Suite 303
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Thanks so much for your interest in our Discipleship Ministry! God is doing amazing things out here. You could even consider coming out and serving with us, helping with mentoring our pastors or baptizing some new believers! See our webpage about Short Term Trips and pray about what God may do in and through You!
