Village Bible Church || Aurora | Indian Creek | Sugar Grove | IL

Yesterday, January 11, I talked with a local youth worker named Aaron. He is in Kapchurwa for a pastor's conference, but he came with us to the youth conference because his passion is for young people. As we drove, I asked him questions about the church andministry here in Uganda. He told me that one of the greatest needs of the church in Uganda is training in the Scriptures. He told me pastors here are often untrained. As such, they lack a firm foundation in the Word of our Lord. 
 
They receive salvation and the calling to ministry, but there is no one to mentor them and study the Scriptures with them. They often fall into the trap Paul warns Timothy about in 1Timothy 3:6–7. They preach what they hear, which is often laced with the deception of the prosperity gospel, which is no gospel at all. It has a form of godliness, twisting the Scriptures, yet it lacks true power to change and convict or preserve. They need a firm foundation in the Word.
 
I then asked him what the church in America, Christians and churches… can do to help. First he told me that they need people to come and teach the Word. He said they need people to come and teach their leaders and pastors the truths found in the Word of Lord as well as how to study the Scriptures themselves. They need us to send people to teach the Word. Secondly, he said they need resources such as Bibles.
 
Aaron continued and said there needs to be a partnership between the church in Africa and the church in America. He praised our knowledge and study of the Scriptures, and accurately pointed out that we have weaknesses too. Many of the strengths of the believers in Africa, correspond with the weaknesses of the believers in America, and many of the strengths of the believers in America correspond with the weaknesses of believers in Africa. If we build a partnership, form and develop lasting relationships with each other, we can begin to act as one body encouraging and edifying one another as we learn from each other. His vision corresponds with our vision. How great is the God we serve, that He can burden hearts around the World for His Kingdom, for His glory. Praise our Lord!