Muslim Convert and Radio Respondent Building Churches

When LHM – Uganda office conducted our recent ETS workshop for in Bugir, attended by 7 churches, we cought up with Buddallah Mugoya and Wilberforce Batabaire both LHM referrals to the Lutharan Church in the past.

We found out that Mugoya Abudallah born in 1973 at Nakavule – Bigiri District into a Muslim family of 43, came to faith after attending the Equipping the Saints Workshop organized by LHM – Uganda in February 2009. Mugoya Abudalla (now Samuel) is married to Namukose Gorreti with 3 children. and is a teacher d at Nakavule Primary school where the workshop was conducted.

After the ETS workshop in February this year, Abdallah enrolled for the Bible Correspondence Course (BCC) and was referred to Evangelist Moses Kyaterekera for follow-up and connection. He was connected to Nakavule Lutheran Church and stated attending worship at the congregation. He was enrolled into the Catechism Class that very month. Abudallah continued with his BCC studies offered by LHM – Uganda as well as the Luther’s Small Catechism for the next six months. He was baptized in August 2009 as Mugoya Samuel by Rev. Jacob Gillard an LCMS missionary in Uganda.

Bugiri – Nakavule Lutheran Church was started as a result of LHM – Uganda office programming through the “Lutheran Hour” – a family Based Radio program on NBS 89.4 FM Radio, based in Jinja, 50 km west of Bugiri. The congregation was started in 2006 by Mr. Wilberforce Batabaire, a resident of Nakavule village. When the LHM _ Uganda office Director Charles I. Bameka talked to Mr. Wilberforce Batabaire during the ETS workshop in December 2009, he told him that, “….after listening to the ‘Lutehran Hour’ talk-show for a number of months, and examining the Bible based teachings on the program, I concluded that this was the right Christian message and I requested that your LMMU activities be extended to my village and a church be opened in Nakavule. I am happy that you responded and referred me to Nakabango Lutheran Church, where I met Pastor AaronBamuwamye, who visited our community and worked with me under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to start the Lutheran Church here. Over the past three years, our church has been able to reach out to five other villages, and as we speak today, we have established two more Churches – Izira Lutheran Church and Itakaibolu Lutheran Church and three more mission stations of Naigoma, Namuganza and Buwembula Lutheran Stations, I thank God for all that.happened”

In December, Mr. Wilberforce Batabaire and Mr. ‘Samuel’ (former Abudallah) Mugoya were offering their time and skills in building Nakavule Lutheran Church Building. The two were happy and looked fulfilled men, serving God and serving their community. They were also involved in building temporary worship structures for Izira and Itakaibolu Lutheran Churches As the LHM – Director, I see these two men a living testimony of how the Gospel message transforms life and gives meaning to the ministry we are involved in. Thank you Jesus for making me part of this ministry. Amen

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