Rwanda
Focus: To work with Indigenous Pastors and Church Leaders in Rwanda to host various types of discipleship and Theological conferences aimed at evangelism and strengthening the church. Currently we have 40 Bible Study groups operating through-out Rwanda with an average attendance of 277. These groups do not include all of the churches that are using our materials for Bible study. It only includes the ones under our one paid staff member. Currently churches are facing many challenges with government regulations preventing their assembly. While such regulations may keep some very heretical churches from taking advantage of poor communities, the good churches are not separated from the requirements to assemble. The regulations include: a pastor with seminary education (there are no seminaries in Rwanda, some pastors only have a 6 grade education), churches cannot use rented spaces, pastor's must own the land and church building (so church plants are basically not possible), no meeting in homes with more than one other family, churches must have sound insulation, modern bathrooms, and paved parking (even if the surrounding roads are unpaved). These regulations have shut down 95% of Baptist churches in Rwanda because all of these regulations have to be met for assembly.
Equip Youth and Young Adults Conferences
Our teams lead large group and small group sessions designed to disciple. Topics include: Discipleship training, small group Bible Study, Biblical history and chronology, special topics, evangelism, addressing false teachings, basic Bible doctrines, teacher preparation, and teachings on the Christian disciplines.
Equip Women Conferences
Our goals are always to lift the value of women in society and also in the church. We host women's conferences to teach them in areas of Theology, sharing the Gospel, Christian living, family life, and in personal evangelism and discipleship.
Equip Pastors Conferences
We bring together a Multi-national pastoral panel to discuss current needs and challenges in their various ministries. In addition, our team leads topics related to dealing with false religions and false teachings, How to interpret the various books of the Bible, Basic Theological training, leadership training, and small group discipleship training.
Equip Deaf Conferences
One of our team members helped to start a deaf ministry at Rugerero Village Baptist Church in Rwanda. Since that time, the deaf people coming to the church increased. Another ministry helped to build a church just for them on the same campus. The church is operating indigenously and on their own budget. We thank God for the work He is doing among the deaf in Rwanda! We have also had weekly Bible studies for the deaf and a deaf choir. Members of the deaf choir have participated in some of our music video projects. I The deaf are bringing others to know Christ, even among the hearing community.
Equip Worship Ministry
Music is part of the glue that connects us all together in worship and spirit. We try to have Multi-National Singers, Musicians, and Sound Tech friends join together to lead our conferences, attend Special Topic Sessions, and perform Evangelical Concerts. Our teams have also produced cross-cultural music videos for evangelical purposes. The videos have been shown on Rwandan MTV.
Equip Kids Ministry
We believe children also have a great capacity to learn and understand spiritual things. So we invest time in developing Bible conferences for the young ones among us. We use Bible Stories, Theological training, theological drawings, drama, and kid's concerts to disciple and train up the next generation of leaders.
Equip Biblical Literacy Training
Our training is aimed at teaching others how to be literacy teachers in their churches, homes, and communities. We also work with people at all stages of reading ability to help them improve their reading skills. The Bible is our reading text book, and serves as a motivation to those being taught.