This Saturday (18th May 2024) Nsangi Christian fellowship will be making 18 years of existence and serving God in glory and power under the able stewardship of Dr. Pastor Busuulwa Kayongo.
This church like many Pentecostal churches globally started in a very humble way and the senior Pastor Dr. Kayongo will on Sunday during a special thanksgiving service share the moving testimony of their humble beginnings.
But briefly what he has shared before, the first church structure which was made of papyrus and some old wood because it was weak and old and because of poverty broke down. Do you when a church structure breaks down what it means?
According to Dr. Kayongo he decided to take time off to ask God if he had been called to the ministry and specifically to start and Pastor a church in Nsangi and God assured him he had been called but had to walk through hard times as God prepared him for great service and ministry.
During the service where various choirs will be ministering the organizers will also host other groups of partners that work with Dr. Kayongo and testimonies will also be shared.
“We will host representatives of various groups that we work with both in the church and in the sphere of development
We will also as usual share the amazing love of God for human kind and the need to embrace salvation for non-believers” he said.
Dr. Kayongo is also an international coordinator of Saemaul project in Uganda. Saemaul Undong project in Uganda is implementing development projects between the governments of South Korea and Uganda in Various districts of Uganda.
The service is essentially to thank God for the various achievements the church and Dr Kayongo and his partners have made over the years moving from Grace to Grace but having started in a very humble way, poor but called of God.
Dr. Kayongo is also the Director and Dean of California River Of Life University in Africa the University which recently established its roots in Uganda and has more than 7 campuses in Uganda with close to 500 students.
The California River of Life University students in Uganda will hold its first graduation this September.
The thanksgiving service will also attract friends of Wycliffe University (Nsangi) which he founded with some international partners some years back. The University has spread country wide and has campus in some parts of Africa.
What is Saemaul project?
Saemaul Undong is a South Korea model of development which started way back in 1970 in Korea and it was introduced in Uganda in 2009 to eradicate poverty basing of the three developmental principles of Self-help, diligence and cooperation. Villages mobilize themselves and develop their communities. Currently Uganda has over 365 Saemaul Undong Self-help villages and 7 current pilot Saemaul Undong villages in Kayunga district with over 20,000 members in 45 districts of Uganda.
Speaking to the eastafricanwatch.net today, Dr. Kayongo said the function to be held at his church in Nsangi town, Wakiso district will also be attended some church leaders that have benefited from his Wide Love World project.
He explained that under Wide Love World project, he (Dr. Kayongo) and his Partners and family friends abroad some from the US have constructed about 17 Pentecostal churches(church buildings) in Uganda and these total to 42 churches that they have constructed countrywide over the years.
Dr. Kayongo and his fight against the Biwepe (papyrus) church buildings in Uganda;
He started that the project of fighting Biwepe (papyrus) churches in Uganda so that the temples of God should express God’s glory with good looking physical places of worship that give honor and glory to God.
Some other achievements that Dr Kayongo has made by God’s Grace include launching a Primary school at the church headquarters in Nsangi which is offering nursery and Pre -primary education.
Dr. Kayongo has also established a Primary school in Kalagala (Mpigi) and a Vocational school of Fashion and design (Mpigi) for especially empowering the girl child.
