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Church Leaders in Butare and Gikongoro

9/4/2014

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Theophile introduces Butare church leaders to the resources in their Kinyarwanda Study Bible
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Butare church leaders with their Kinyarwanda Study Bibles, lessons, and certificates
Today we concluded the teaching for the second of two groups this week. The first group was in Butare, home of the first university in Rwanda and known for its educated people. Our host, Hermon, was transferred to Gikongoro, our second location, to help solve some issues in a local church there. Hermon says there are forty denominations in Butare. The large number is the result of many no longer trusting their traditional denominations following the genocide because of their involvement in the genocide.

I am told that Hermon is a strong a well-respected leader. He is asking for Rwanda Challenge to return and teach more church leaders and the people in the church he leads. His desire is that we will teach "Three Lessons on the Holy Spirit" for the leaders we met with on this trip.

As I work with these leaders, I am reminded once again of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8. The eunuch was a literate and competent man. He was in charge of the treasury of the queen of the Ethiopians. He could read. As he was reading from the scroll of Isaiah, "Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. 'Do you understand what you are reading,' Philip asked. 'How can I,' he said, 'unless someone explains it to me?"

There are two foundational things needed by church leaders to lead the local church. Number one is the Holy Spirit. Only God can provide the Holy Spirit. Number two is to understand in a deeper way God's Word. We can help with that. In the United States we have unlimited opportunities to study the Bible and more Bible resources than we can get to. Leaders in places like Rwanda are asking, "Give me anything to help me understand the Bible."

Yes! We can help with that!
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Hermon is a strong church leader 
in the South Province
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Church leaders in Gikongoro 
celebrate their two days of study
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