Surrounding Districts Request Training
MOVEMENT
Churches outside Buyende begin requesting training as transformation becomes visible
"The fire will burn the whole village through this program"
50 people give their lives to Christ at a trading centre
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.
A pastor who had been preaching for years gives his life to Christ after hearing Philippians 2
Pastors' Preaching Transformed
TRANSFORMATION
From stories and topical talks to letting the Bible speak for itself
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
A man learns to think about consequences before sinning
48 pastoral couples covenantally restored as pastors submit to Scripture
The Churches That Renamed Themselves
TRANSFORMATION
Congregations shed their old names to signal a break from false movements
"The greatest opportunity that has ever come to Buyende"
"This verse has changed my entire perspective on leadership"
A 67-year-old pastor who stopped witnessing takes the gospel door to door for the first time in years
"Learning about meekness helped me trust God's timing with my anger"
57 people give their lives to Christ in a single Jesus film showing
"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
The Nakabembe Group on Romans 6
WORD TAKING ROOT
A group commits to living as weapons of righteousness after studying sanctification
A man who believed God only heard prayers at specific hours reads Acts 10 with his group
27 at Church of Christ Nangala
GOSPEL FRUIT
27 people give their lives to Christ at a single film showing
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
Pastor Charles Okello on Anointing
TESTIMONY
A pastor discovers that the anointing of the Spirit is not reserved for special people
The Parable of the Sower Group
WORD TAKING ROOT
A group discovers why different people respond so differently to the same Word
"I am no longer alone in my walk with God"
"I cannot go back to how I was teaching before"
Pastor Sebastian — Wife's Father Dies
TESTIMONY
A pastor's wife loses her father during training week — he stays until the last session
"I promise to always take the Father's way"
A pastor stops a class of 100 to confess he has never been born again and gives his life to Christ on the spot
Pastors Freed from Demonic Fear
TRANSFORMATION
Pastors who feared demons more than God discover their security in Christ
26 at Busumba, 18 at Namusita
GOSPEL FRUIT
44 professions of faith across two churches in a single week
The Kidera Group on Obedience
WORD TAKING ROOT
Members are reminded that success follows obedience even when it seems irrational
“I realized I had been giving poison” — a pastor who resisted training opens Scripture for the first time and repents before his congregation.
From cultic congregation to the largest listening group in the program
Four pregnant mothers give their lives to Christ during a care visit
82 people come to Christ across seven film showings in ten days
The team expected 30 church leaders — over 500 showed up
Pastors Resolve to Visit Each Other Monthly
MOVEMENT
After evangelism week, pastors resolve to do community outreach together every month
$1.50 in coins — "you are a savior who has come to save me from ignorance"
"My congregation will be set free from the bondage of works-based salvation"
Pastor Igaaga Peter Kikoma
TRANSFORMATION
A pastor who once carried everything alone now raises others to carry with him
317 Churches with Proclaimers
MOVEMENT
317 churches across Buyende now have audio Bibles — EBC following up with all of them
4,000 villagers gather and an district official gives his life to Christ the next day
A woman pastor ends a secret affair and resigns her position after training
Four lead pastors kneel on the floor to confess sexual sin before their class
Uninvited Guests at the Training
MOVEMENT
116 leaders expected — more than 300 show up including uninvited guests
Pastor David — El Shaddai in Grief
TRANSFORMATION
A pastor grieving his son for a year finds comfort in learning God is El Shaddai
Mercy, Ndibaisa and Lovisa
WORD TAKING ROOT
Three women commit publicly to becoming peacemakers in their community
"There is no priority above the priority of sitting under this training"
Victory Church Bukungu Group
WORD TAKING ROOT
Members learn that God can turn routine struggles into life-changing encounters
A pastor confesses he has been an absent father and commits to telling his children he loves them
A man about to be married finally gets answers to questions no one had ever given him
A pastor who turned his home into a war zone apologizes to his family
20 at Kingdom Life Faith Church
GOSPEL FRUIT
20 professions of faith including prayer for a demon-possessed man
The host pastor voluntarily surrenders his title of Bishop
17 at Spring of Life, 7 at True Witness
GOSPEL FRUIT
24 professions of faith across two film showings in one week
Pastor Philemon and Joseph Double the Outreach
MOVEMENT
The field outreach doubles as Philemon joins Joseph in the villages
96 professions of faith in a village long ruled by a witch doctor
Joseph shows the Jesus film at a funeral ground and 11 people come to Christ
Hundreds of pastors learn for the first time that a believer cannot lose their salvation
Two pastors who could not look at each other are reconciled after months in class together
Three years of silence ended by God's Word
The Young Mothers of Bugaya
TRANSFORMATION
Young mothers who cannot read hear Matthew 1 and see themselves differently
"I realized I am poor in spirit — and that is where God's power begins"
A pastor who tried and failed a marriage seminar before now wants to try again
A young husband learns that marriage is about what he gives, not what he gets
90 three-person groups sent out into the community — 123 professions, 4,500 reached
The district overseer writes to personally ask the team to keep coming
A former drunkard decides to start testifying publicly about what God did in his life
Pastors kept discussing what they had learned long after class ended
34 professions of faith across two churches in one week in Ikanda
25 years old, crippled in both legs, walking on one stick — he has not missed a session
A witch's daughter hears God's Word in her own language and gives her life to Christ
An elderly woman who cannot read learns the gospel chapter by chapter
Seventeen church leaders give their lives to Christ in a single session
Pastors Who Were Hunting Satan
TESTIMONY
Pastors who used to chase and stone Satan discover the biblical way to resist evil
A pastor who called himself Apostle lays down the title after studying what an apostle actually is
200 Proclaimers Distributed
GOSPEL FRUIT
150 new churches receive their first Proclaimer — the Word now playing in 317 villages
Pastor Kirya Plants a New Church
MOVEMENT
A pastor leaves a network of false teaching to plant a church on biblical truth
Born with a disability, she planted three churches and stood before a class of pastors
Pastors Abandoning Fortune Telling
TRANSFORMATION
Pastors who practiced divination under cover of prophecy commit to teaching God's Word alone
A pastor discovers his salvation is doubly secure in both the Father and the Son
Pastor Philemon on the Motorbike
TESTIMONY
"Thank you EBC for shading away my tears"
Pastor Charles Fired for Standing on Truth
MOVEMENT
A pastor is dismissed by his overseer for refusing to compromise Scripture
33 at Miru Trading Centre
GOSPEL FRUIT
33 professions of faith as over 350 people gather at a trading centre
A man walks forward holding a bottle of local wine and addresses the crowd
337 hands went up in repentance when he stood before his peers and said “we have been lost and misleading God’s people.”
A pastor preaches on the mind of Christ and the room weeps
"Am I a true pastor or just pretending?" — a pastor reckons honestly with his calling
Evangelism Week — Philemon's Village
GOSPEL FRUIT
123 souls in one day, and 8 women who came back the next morning
She had no money for transport — so she walked 60 kilometers
A blind pastor walks to a neighboring church every week to prepare his Sunday sermons
A group leader's struggling marriage becomes the group's prayer — and Pastor Philemon schedules a meeting
The Women Pastors of Buyende
REPENTANCE
"We are under spiritual surgery and it is painful, but it is the truth that gives life"
Pastors on the Floor in Serere
MOVEMENT
342 pastors show up for training — 78 sleep on the floor without complaint
"I have been in several trainings, but none has transformed me and my family like this one"
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.
Three scenes from the Prodigal Son stop a listening group in their tracks
"I never knew the significance of Jesus' baptism and temptation until now"
"There is no better place to be than where God wants you to be"
A pastor who was beating his wife commits to building his marriage on Scripture
Eastern Uganda Pilot Trip
MOVEMENT
In six districts across Eastern Uganda, every leadership team unanimously embraced the vision
