Ugandan Christians asked to emulate Christ with good deeds and testimony as they celebrate the martyr’s day

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Evangelist and Brother Henry Mugisha(in photo above) a Uganda preacher who was once blind and was miraculously healed has advised the Christian community in Uganda to get serious with God.

Speaking during his sermon to the globe in a Kampala telecast to various social media platforms yesterday, he said Jesus Christ is the first martyr who died to save people from their sinful nature and life.

He also praised the Uganda martyrs for making sacrifices and great commitment to die for their faith in God.

“You will find someone celebrating martyrs’ day when at the same time he trying to steal his neighbours land. We need transformation and testimony so that we become good massagers of Christ” he added.

He also praised President Yoweri Museveni for good leadership and freedom of worship.

He said the Archbishop Rt. Rev. Samuel Kazimba Mugalu the head of the Church of Uganda has also demostrated a great testimony and good leadership values and called on Ugandans to emulate Mugalu and President Museveni.

He said the Archbishop Most Rev. Samuel Kazimba Mugalu the head of the Church of Uganda has also demonstrated good testimony and good leadership values and called on Ugandans to emulate Mugalu and President Museveni as great leaders.

Mugisha is also the Tooke Ambassador working with the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial development (PIBID/ BIRDC). He has been the Tooke Ambassador for the last 15 years.

Henry Mugisha

In his youthful life, Mugisha became blind for 6 years and was blessed to be prayed for to be healed completely by Bishop Onesmus Assimwe who was anointed by God. Onesmus is the 6th Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese of the church of Uganda.

During the time he suffered blindness he studied at the girls (only boy pupil in school (Hornby High school) in Kabale.

Hornby High school runs a section of children with visual disability. Mugisha later remained at the school after he was miraculously healed and studied his ‘O’  and ‘A’ levels and later graduated with a degree at the University.

Evangelist Mugisha has since served both God and Uganda in several capacities. He is married and a father.

What about the Ugandan martyrs;

The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 45 Christian converts (22 Catholic and 23 Anglican) executed between 1885 and 1887 under the orders of Kabaka (King) Mwanga II of Buganda. They were brutally persecuted and killed for refusing to renounce their faith and for challenging the king’s traditional authority.

The Core Story;
Many of the martyrs were young men and pages serving in the king’s royal court in Buganda (located in modern-day Uganda). When they converted to Christianity under the instruction of early missionaries (such as the White Fathers and Church Mission Society), King Mwanga felt threatened by their allegiance to a new religion and their refusal to engage in traditional palace rituals.
The climax of the persecutions took place on June 3, 1886, at Namugongo. A group of 26 Christians, led by St. Charles Lwanga, were bound, wrapped in reed mats, and burned alive. Witnesses noted that instead of crying in terror, the martyrs sang hymns and prayed as they died.
However this year it was not celebrated due to the Ebola outbreak scare. Mugisha said it could be in God’s plan so that next time we celebrate it, all celebrants do it with seriousness. “
“Their is a time i saw some people taking alcohol at the martyrs day celebration in Namugongo, we must be serious with God when attending these services and celebrations” he stated.