Last week marked the beginning of three classes that Klint and his pastor in Uganda, Pastor Terry Nester, are teaching. These are discipleship classes using a curriculum called Biblical Foundations.

The first class is at Acacia Community Church on Sunday evenings. It is attended by 13-14 Ugandans that are looking to gain a strong Biblical foundation. Acacia Community Church is located at the former site of a Chinese restaurant called, Ling Ling’s, and the church recently converted the restaurant’s bar into a teaching room. How awesome is it that God’s Word is now being taught in a former bar!

The second class we are teaching is at an organization that ministers to about 250 children from the slums around Jinja. These children live in about 15 different houses while they are getting educated, and each house has a “house manager”. We are teaching this curriculum to these 15 house managers so that they will be equipped to properly minister to the children that live in their house.

The last class I teach is at a village church in a village called Mutai. This class is perhaps my most challenging class because very few of the students speak English so the class is taught through an interpreter. I’ve done evangelism through an interpreter many times, but this is the first time I’ve taught a class with an interpreter. This class is going to take quite a bit longer than the other two because I’m only able to get half (at best) of the material covered since time is taken to interpret the message in Luganda.

The goal of this course is to build a strong Biblical foundation by showing the students what the Word of God says. There is very little commentary, but very much asking the student to identify what God’s Word says about a particular thing. Chapters covered include:  Sin & Salvation, Lordship & Obedience, Repentance & Baptism, The Holy Spirit & Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Hunger & God’s Word, Discipleship & Leadership, Spiritual Family & Church Discipline, Prayer & Worship, Faith & Hope, Prosperity & Generosity, Evangelism & World Missions, and Resurrection & Judgements.

Please be in prayer that the lives of these students will be transformed by the Holy Spirit during this course, that they will take what they have learned and go out and teach others.

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