Pastors Freed from Demonic Fear
TRANSFORMATION
Pastors who feared demons more than God discover their security in Christ
A man walks forward holding a bottle of local wine and addresses the crowd
She had no money for transport — so she walked 60 kilometers
A Group Commits to Feed the Widows
WORD TAKING ROOT
A listening group hears Paul on widows and decides to act that week
106 Listening Group Leaders in One Day
MOVEMENT
On the same day 17 pastors gave their lives to Christ, 106 listening group leaders were registered
Pastors kept discussing what they had learned long after class ended
A blind pastor walks to a neighboring church every week to prepare his Sunday sermons
Three years of silence ended by God's Word
60 pregnant mothers receive mama kits — 40 people including escorts give their lives to Christ
A man who believed God only heard prayers at specific hours reads Acts 10 with his group
Four lead pastors kneel on the floor to confess sexual sin before their class
200 Proclaimers Distributed
GOSPEL FRUIT
150 new churches receive their first Proclaimer — the Word now playing in 317 villages
A young husband learns that marriage is about what he gives, not what he gets
337 hands went up in repentance when he stood before his peers and said “we have been lost and misleading God’s people.”
Pastors Abandoning Fortune Telling
TRANSFORMATION
Pastors who practiced divination under cover of prophecy commit to teaching God's Word alone
$1.50 in coins — "you are a savior who has come to save me from ignorance"
Mercy, Ndibaisa and Lovisa
WORD TAKING ROOT
Three women commit publicly to becoming peacemakers in their community
A 67-year-old pastor who stopped witnessing takes the gospel door to door for the first time in years
A pastor confesses he has been an absent father and commits to telling his children he loves them
Pastor David — El Shaddai in Grief
TRANSFORMATION
A pastor grieving his son for a year finds comfort in learning God is El Shaddai
The district overseer writes to personally ask the team to keep coming
317 Churches with Proclaimers
MOVEMENT
317 churches across Buyende now have audio Bibles — EBC following up with all of them
The Beatitudes move a woman to plan a prison outreach
"My congregation will be set free from the bondage of works-based salvation"
"I cannot go back to how I was teaching before"
A pastor stops a class of 100 to confess he has never been born again and gives his life to Christ on the spot
Born with a disability, she planted three churches and stood before a class of pastors
The Nakabembe Group on Romans 6
WORD TAKING ROOT
A group commits to living as weapons of righteousness after studying sanctification
A pastor who had been preaching for years gives his life to Christ after hearing Philippians 2
A witch's daughter hears God's Word in her own language and gives her life to Christ
The host pastor voluntarily surrenders his title of Bishop
48 pastoral couples covenantally restored as pastors submit to Scripture
20 at Kingdom Life Faith Church
GOSPEL FRUIT
20 professions of faith including prayer for a demon-possessed man
"I never knew the significance of Jesus' baptism and temptation until now"
82 people come to Christ across seven film showings in ten days
The Young Mothers of Bugaya
TRANSFORMATION
Young mothers who cannot read hear Matthew 1 and see themselves differently
A pastor who lost his sight five years ago walks every week to a neighboring church’s listening group because it is the only source of Scripture he has to prepare his Sunday sermons.
96 professions of faith in a village long ruled by a witch doctor
The Parable of the Sower Group
WORD TAKING ROOT
A group discovers why different people respond so differently to the same Word
Surrounding Districts Request Training
MOVEMENT
Churches outside Buyende begin requesting training as transformation becomes visible
"There is no priority above the priority of sitting under this training"
Four pregnant mothers give their lives to Christ during a care visit
Pastor Sebastian — Wife's Father Dies
TESTIMONY
A pastor's wife loses her father during training week — he stays until the last session
From cultic congregation to the largest listening group in the program
The Night the Power Went Out
GOSPEL FRUIT
A Muslim man's sound system fails, and over 100 people come to Christ in the dark
The Churches That Renamed Themselves
TRANSFORMATION
Congregations shed their old names to signal a break from false movements
90 three-person groups sent out into the community — 123 professions, 4,500 reached
Joseph shows the Jesus film at a funeral ground and 11 people come to Christ
"Over 100 People Give Their Lives Every Week"
MOVEMENT
Pastor Philemon reports that over 100 people give their lives to Jesus every week through the film outreach
25 years old, crippled in both legs, walking on one stick — he has not missed a session
Pastor Philemon on the Motorbike
TESTIMONY
"Thank you EBC for shading away my tears"
"I promise to always take the Father's way"
"Am I a true pastor or just pretending?" — a pastor reckons honestly with his calling
A pastor discovers his salvation is doubly secure in both the Father and the Son
A pastor who was beating his wife commits to building his marriage on Scripture
"I realized I am poor in spirit — and that is where God's power begins"
"Many times we say we are sinners, but we fail to name the specific sins"
The Women Pastors of Buyende
REPENTANCE
"We are under spiritual surgery and it is painful, but it is the truth that gives life"
Pastors Who Were Hunting Satan
TESTIMONY
Pastors who used to chase and stone Satan discover the biblical way to resist evil
33 at Miru Trading Centre
GOSPEL FRUIT
33 professions of faith as over 350 people gather at a trading centre
Victory Church Bukungu Group
WORD TAKING ROOT
Members learn that God can turn routine struggles into life-changing encounters
The team expected 30 church leaders — over 500 showed up
A former drunkard decides to start testifying publicly about what God did in his life
Pastors on the Floor in Serere
MOVEMENT
342 pastors show up for training — 78 sleep on the floor without complaint
Seventeen church leaders give their lives to Christ in a single session
"This verse has changed my entire perspective on leadership"
An elderly woman who cannot read learns the gospel chapter by chapter
17 at Spring of Life, 7 at True Witness
GOSPEL FRUIT
24 professions of faith across two film showings in one week
A group leader's struggling marriage becomes the group's prayer — and Pastor Philemon schedules a meeting
Eastern Uganda Pilot Trip
MOVEMENT
In six districts across Eastern Uganda, every leadership team unanimously embraced the vision
A single mother finds hope after a breakup through a listening group on marriage
36 professions of faith across four film showings in four days
“I realized I had been giving poison” — a pastor who resisted training opens Scripture for the first time and repents before his congregation.
A pastor preaches on the mind of Christ and the room weeps
She had nothing to give but firewood, and she gave it
A pastor who called himself Apostle lays down the title after studying what an apostle actually is
"I am no longer alone in my walk with God"
"There is no better place to be than where God wants you to be"
A man about to be married finally gets answers to questions no one had ever given him
Pastor Igaaga Peter Kikoma
TRANSFORMATION
A pastor who once carried everything alone now raises others to carry with him
Pastors Resolve to Visit Each Other Monthly
MOVEMENT
After evangelism week, pastors resolve to do community outreach together every month
27 at Church of Christ Nangala
GOSPEL FRUIT
27 people give their lives to Christ at a single film showing
4,000 villagers gather and an district official gives his life to Christ the next day
Pastor Philemon and Joseph Double the Outreach
MOVEMENT
The field outreach doubles as Philemon joins Joseph in the villages
50 people give their lives to Christ at a trading centre
Pastor Kirya Plants a New Church
MOVEMENT
A pastor leaves a network of false teaching to plant a church on biblical truth
Pastor Charles Fired for Standing on Truth
MOVEMENT
A pastor is dismissed by his overseer for refusing to compromise Scripture
Evangelism Week — Philemon's Village
GOSPEL FRUIT
123 souls in one day, and 8 women who came back the next morning
The Kidera Group on Obedience
WORD TAKING ROOT
Members are reminded that success follows obedience even when it seems irrational
"Learning about meekness helped me trust God's timing with my anger"
Hundreds of pastors learn for the first time that a believer cannot lose their salvation
Pastor Charles Okello on Anointing
TESTIMONY
A pastor discovers that the anointing of the Spirit is not reserved for special people
Joseph arrived at a village to find everyone at a funeral, walked to the grieving father and asked to show the film there, and 11 people gave their lives to Christ.
The Bishop Who Demanded 25 Million
REPENTANCE
A Kampala bishop threatened to curse Buyende unless paid 25 million shillings
A woman pastor ends a secret affair and resigns her position after training
A pastor who turned his home into a war zone apologizes to his family
A pastor who tried and failed a marriage seminar before now wants to try again
34 professions of faith across two churches in one week in Ikanda
Three scenes from the Prodigal Son stop a listening group in their tracks
"The fire will burn the whole village through this program"
