Two years ago, I had the privilege of worshiping with about 150 brothers and sisters in a refugee camp in western Uganda. We met under a tree. It was hot and dry. About 30 people came forward at the end of the service to either commit their lives to Jesus or to commit to the disciple-making mission in the camp.
Last year, Stafford Crossing provided the resources needed to build a church building on that
location. It's beautiful, because the tree that used to be the church is now used for children's classes and the worship gathering happens under a new roof. They have already taken down one wall of the church building to expand and meet the needs of nearly eight hundred people every Sunday morning.
One of the elders was telling me this story and he mentioned the need to expand the building again. I suggested the idea of planting a new church instead. He got a big smile and told me he didn't think the western church thought that way. He then pointed in the direction of two locations they were already praying over for new churches.
Sunday, February 16, 2020 was the inaugural worship service for two new churches in the Kyangwali Refugee Camp. People who have traveled from the Congo, under great hardship and danger are praising Jesus in these two new church plants. One meets under a tree. The other has fashioned a roof out of the tarps that the UN provided when they arrived in the camp.
Healthy disciples make disciples.
Healthy churches plant churches.
This stuff never gets old.
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