Greater Kampala Mission

“Pray for me! I am looking for a way to get saved,” a Ugandan student implored his roommate a couple of weeks before AE’s Greater Kampala Mission in July. Thankfully for his student, Stephen Lungu, AE’s International Team Leader, went to Kampala to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ to every sector of the city.  Stephen’s passionate preaching convicted both the Ugandan student and his roommate such that they gave their lives to Christ with joy and thanksgiving. One of them had been involved in armed rebel activities in the past and so Stephen’s story of having found forgiveness in Christ for his own violent past spoke powerfully into this young man's life.     

The enthusiastic response to the Gospel demonstrated by these two young men was characteristic of the many thousands of Ugandans who found Jesus because of AE’s outreach efforts. One of the mission committee members, Benoni Mugarura-Mutana, noticed a young man listening intently to Stephen’s message and fiddling with the strap of a bag hanging from his shoulder. When, at the end of his message, Stephen invited any who wanted to give their life to Jesus to come forward, Benoni smiled as he watched this young man bolt forward, running up to the platform to find Christ.

Several police officers, who were asked to guard the mission platforms and equipment at
night after the evangelistic rallies were over, asked AE’s David Masiko, “Why don’t you
tell our boss so that we could come earlier and listen to the message?” David did just this
and, after the mission, received a request from the police for Bibles, which he gladly took
to them so that they could read God’s Word.

Prior to the evening evangelistic rallies, AE organised medical outreaches to provide vital health services to
citizens of Kampala, many of whom stayed around afterwardto hear the Gospel and participate in the rallies.

On top of this, AE partnered with Scripture Union and other student ministries to evangelise the schools and universities around Kampala in the month leading up to the mission. As a result, thousands of students have come to know Jesus.