White Fields has a long history of working in Africa. In our early years, our focus was on Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Today, we work in East Africa in the Southwest region of Uganda, which gives us access to train pastors from across the border of Congo and Rwanda. Thanks to partnerships with individuals and churches, such as the Shadow Mountain Mission Committee, our Field Director for Uganda, Onesimus Ngoboka, graduated with his M. Div. from Southern California Seminary in El Cajon, CA.
The Library is Nearing Completion
We have a cargo container with nearly 15,000 theological volumes nearing the port in Mombassa, Kenya. Over the next three months, our Short-Term Mission teams will work with our Ugandan Librarian to set up the library and arrange all the books on the shelves. The container should arrive by the end of May. Pray for continued safe journeys and that all will go well moving by truck from the port all the way to Rukungiri.
Once the books arrive, they will find a nice home in the Library. Upstairs, there are four new classrooms, and downstairs, there is space for the library books and offices for the Bible College Professors.
The Uganda Bible College provides a tremendous setting for pastors to gather and fellowship, pray together, study the Word of God, and learn to better shepherd God’s flock.
Stephen Wheeler and Pastor Onesimus teach a class on hermeneutics at the Bible College.
Taking a break from classes for lunch.
A View in the beginning just when construction was completed.
White Fields Ministry has committed to training and raising new pastors to serve the darkest and most forsaken villages with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Since opening the Uganda Bible school in August 2019, we have continued to educate our pastors and leaders in the church. James Fazio Th.M., D. Min. Dean of Bible and Theology, Professor of Biblical Studies, and Jeremiah Mutie Th.M, Ph.D. Professor of Theology and Church History from Southern California Seminary traveled to Uganda and taught our church leaders during the first week of the grand opening of the Bible school.
Burdened for his people and blessed with a gift of teaching and training young men and their families to become pastors, Onesimus leads our church planting efforts in Africa. Onesimus is pictured with his wife, Betty.
Our pastors may not serve in large cathedrals surrounded by crowds of admiring church attendees, but they are diligent ministers going right into the villages to the homes of people who need the Lord. They stand up to persecution and boldly proclaim biblical truth against all opposition. Through our faithful partners in prayer and finances, we see how God has blessed this area with our gifted leaders who will have the opportunity to keep growing in their biblical knowledge, and in turn, go out and keep preaching the gospel.
White Fields Ministry looks to transform an entire community, and as part of the local church’s outreach to the community, they have created a government-certified school in their district. Graceland Elementary School. The school has Bible-based courses that teach children the word of God as well as traditional classes like science, reading, math, English, etc. This investment in the future will allow correct theology, discipleship, and Bible teaching to continue for years to come. Some of the children that attend our Elementary school will be our future leaders!