Uganda Ministry Updates

My family and I, Pastor Jackson Senyonga, just returned to the United States from our summer long trip home. It was a glorious time of ministry on several fronts.

On the church front, I worked to cast the vision to plant 400 additional fellowship campuses accommodating 100 people each. By 2012, we are called to have greater Kampala saved. The people at Christian Life Church were very receptive to the vision. Their prayers for guidance turned into a line out the door of people volunteering to step up and lead these fellowships. Leadership training has commenced, and a leadership training manual of 200 pages is in print. I expected to have people step up, of course, but I thought there would be around 300 or so people. Surprisingly, we have over 700 people coming forward to commit to leading a fellowship. Wow!! Glory be to God! I started training these mighty men and women of God in the making for about 8 hours per week. We are planning to make hell smaller and heaven bigger by planting our first 100 of the 400 fellowships by December this year, Lord willing. If each fellowship can accommodate 100 people, we might as well have heaven throw a big party because the Lamb of God will again win the rewards of his sufferings.

Please help us pray for this Kingdom work and this project, specifically for these leaders, the training process which is still going on, and of course, the resources that will be required to launch this assault. Christian Life Ministries will seek help for Christian Life Church in this vision launch. Again, thank you for praying and supporting our ministry.

If you are interested in supporting this project, please let us know by calling our office at 972-307-5433 or emailing info@christianlifeministries.org. You can read more about our ministry by visiting www.christianlifeministries.org

Thank you for your love of our ministry and more importantly, your love for Christ.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Senior Pastor and Founder
Christian Life Ministries

Women’s Conference

As many of you may know already, we hosted a large women’s conference in Uganda at Christian Life Church, the sister church of Christian Life Ministries in the United States. We were so privileged to have American visitors to speak and attend the conference. It was such a Jesus-glorifying conference.

I am so proud of my wife, Eve Senyonga, for all of the hard work she put in not only hosting for the conference, but also leading it and speaking at it. She put so much heart and effort into the event, and it showed as it was such a powerful time for all in attendance.

One of our key-note speakers was Pastor Joy Headley from Texas. She is the wife of Pastor Gregg Headley of Gospel Lighthouse in Dallas, a personal friend of mine. I first met the Headleys when Pastor Gregg first invited me to speak at an area-wide Pastors of North Dallas Assembly of God churches conference. Then, he invited me to speak at the Gospel Lighthouse Sunday Services, and also at their annual Big Pentecostal Sunday Joint Services for the whole area. Pastor Joy’s warm heart shined through her friendly smile and great sense of humor. The Ugandan women loved her, and her presence was a blessing to all that had the opportunity to hear her speak. Her good friend, Karen, was also in attendance, all the way from Texas. We loved to host you both in Uganda! Thank you for coming all that way, and thank you for being a blessing to all that you encountered!

At the Pastors’ Wives event, we also had some other American guests. Pastor Andrea from the Oaks Fellowship in Red Oak, Texas spoke. In attendance were Tracy Houston and Amy Noelck. I hear they prophesized that Amy would be marrying a pastor someday. Need some contacts, Amy? ;) Andrea’s words definitely empowered the women. That day, God cracked open many hearts, healed many wounds, and revived many relationships. Testimonies are still pouring in to this day.

Thank you to all that was in attendance and to all that spoke and blessed the women there. You will never know the gratitude Uganda feels for your ministry here.

Finally, if you would like to attend next year, we are considering having another women’s conference next summer. Contact Tasha in our offices to get information about visiting this beautiful country: t.lucas@christianlifeministries.org. You can also go to our website, www.christianlifeministries.org to find out more about our ministry in Uganda or www.theugandaexperience.com to find out more about our mission teams.

Thank you for reading. Your prayers and support are highly appreciated.

Because of Him,

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

Uganda Update #3 -- A Must Read! -- Friday through Wednesday Night of Week 1

Friday Nights’ Church Service

The Friday after I arrived in Uganda, the Friday before Christmas, I attended a church gathering. Over 10,000 people were in attendance! Praise Him! The service ended up lasting from 7pm to 6am!

When I walked in, I unintentionally interrupted the services. Members of the choir stopped and ran down to greet me. People from all around gathered to give hugs and hellos. I would have to say that even though I have experienced so many amazing things while at Christian Life Church, this moment will remain in my mind as one of the most memorable for me. In an odd way, this moment made me feel more humbled than ever!

It was a night (and morning) of intense worship and celebration. We had a top national gospel artist in house to make the evening strong and powerful. I talked, preached, shared stories, and prayed for people. We prayed and prayed and prayed! I preached and preached and preached. I could really see what I was missing while away. How powerful it was to see thousands of people worshipping and praying in a house of God. If I had to count the hugs, I would have to say that I got at least 2009 hugs for the year 2009, and I can only imagine what will happen in 2010! I was overwhelmed by god’s love and what He’s doing in our church. I was humbled and reminded of what God is doing on the ground and how to strengthen Him and move forward!



Tuesday Night w/ the Evangelism Team

Tuesday night, I met with a group of energetic evangelism team members and church planters. I expressed how proud I was to see how much they had done in my absence and my confidence in their capability to start so many new works. We set forth a continued plan of soul searching. We are invigorated and ready to turn so many more hearts to God.



Work with TOP Radio

I have spent quite a few hours this trip strengthening mass communication efforts via our radio station, TOP Radio. We are working for better reach and more conversion. I would love to invite some of our missions team to help this aspect of our ministry while in Uganda. Any takers?



Wednesday Night Service

I am just flabbergasted at how many new and interesting people I have met while here. Tonight was no different. I taught evening classes, spoke at the services, and taught some more.



I will write more about the Christmas celebrations when I get time. I have to prepare for the New Years Eve Celebration!! I am so excited for this!! HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE! I LOOK FORWARD TO PRAYING FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!

Uganda Update #2 – Meeting with the CL staff

After getting in and taking a little while to recoop, Eve and I got together with the Christian Life staff at our house in Uganda. It was an event of celebratory moods and a very good dinner! We spent the hours sharing stories and the staff brought me up to speed. It was a refreshing time of fellowship, complete with fun and excitement. Uganda is such a unique place in terms of the people there and the attitudes they share.

Please remember that we will be having a huge New Years Eve Celebration and prayer. Please send in your prayer requests as soon as you can so I can add them to my list. Estimated attendance is in the tens of thousands! What a wonderful event to get that many desperate intercessors praying at one time!! Praise Him!

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

New Year’s Celebration

New Year’s Celebration

We are having a huge New Year's Celebration in Uganda on December 31st. We are expecting tens of thousands of people to turn out on this day. The president has allowed us to use the private airport, which is a huge honor!! We will definitely be bringing in the New Year in style.

We are having a huge prayer and taking prayer requests for new year promises, resolutions, plans, etc. It is a powerful thing to have so many passionate and desperate Ugandan intercessors praying for you. Please email me your prayer requests: pastor.senyonga@gmail.com. We will keep prayer requests anonymous because we only use first name (unless otherwise requested). Please get all prayer requests in by December 26th.

I look forward to being a part of your life in this way!

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

Christmas in Uganda

Christmas is the biggest church day in Uganda. During this time, even Muslim and witch doctors come to church. Therefore, it is a very evangelistic time. We are happy we can turn more hearts to God on this special holiday!! Please pray for evangelism and keep in mind that secular people in the U.S. may be attending your church service on Christmas as well! Use this opportunity to change lives in a powerful way!

Also...

If you haven’t already, please consider donating for our orphan Christmas. We are short quite a few gifts for the children. A $20 donation will allow us to buy a gift and throw a party for one special child! That is a low cost to make a child smile on Christmas, isn’t it? Please call or email us for ways to donate.

972-307-5433
info@christianlifeministries.org

Thank you for considering this donation.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Back to Uganda for Christmas!

I am excited to be going back to Uganda for Christmas! I will be staying through the beginning of the year, too, to make sure things are going well for all of the parts of Christian Life Ministries and Christian Life Church. I will be working on Christian Life Church vision, media ministry, the continuation of raising leaders, evangelism, church planting, our new vocational campus, etc. I will have a lot to do in my short time there. Please pray that all goes well in my travels.

God bless,

Pastor jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

National Celebration

We are praying and preparing for our end of the year National celebration. We have a few strategic decisions to make. As the leadership team of Christian Life Church, we are seeking God for wisdom to accommodate God’s expectations for His Kingdom. We know He has an agenda and our duty is to get on His agenda. We appreciate your prayers for this strategic even that happens for year on New Year’s Day.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

Church Planting

Our prayers for next year include having lots and lots of churches planted. We have plans for many American pastors who visit Uganda in the summer of 2010 during the Transforming Uganda Short Term Mission Trip to plant churches with us. What a beautiful feeling to know that we will continue to spread God's light throughout Uganda and the world!

Please pray with us for this beautiful mission.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

If you are interested in helping us plant churches in Uganda, please email me at pastor.senyonga@gmail.com. For more information about our ministry, please visit our website at http://www.christianlifeministries.org.

Partnership with Alpha USA

Can you imagine what marrying with a ministry that is doing nothing but reaching out through evangelism and discipleship can do? That's exactly what Christian Life Church is doing with this wonderful ministry called Alpha USA. We have a lot of people praying everyday through the week that Alpha will be successful on all fronts. As they train churches and organizations on how to reach their communities and cities for Christ. Our prayer teams in Uganda are really pumped up for this, and from one of my last conversations with one of the Alpha leaders, they are excited to see that good things are happening within the ministry.

Thank God for this type of relationship and partnership.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

We need your prayers!

We continue to solicit your prayers for God's wisdom of where He wants to take our ministry in the near future. We continue to perform kingdom ideas for next year's mission trip and our vision for church expansion, church planting, leadership training, and our children's/orphan's ministry in Uganda.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga
Christian Life Ministries

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Christian Life Church in Uganda

Evangelism continues in Uganda. Leaders are focusing on winning more souls and establishing God's kingdom.

It is amazing how many people can come to the Lord if one would just reach out to him/her.

Please make an effort to reach out to one person today. Even if the person is not receptive immediately, your words will remain in their heart.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

Duke University Training

The hospital in Uganda is excited about the Duke University training they have been receiving.

For those of you that don't know, I spoke at a church in Raleigh NC a few years ago. There, Dr. Michael Haglund was moved by my message and was interested in helping Uganda. I took him to Kampala where he attended Christian Life Church and visited the hospital there. His eyes were opened to the struggle of these people. He then devoted himself to helping improve the hospital system there and in other struggling nations of the world. He donated millions of dollars worth of equipment and regularly helps with training personnel and staff there to provide better medical care to a nation that greatly needs it!

For those of you that know Dr. Haglund, please remind him everyday that he is apreciated. We cannot say enough great things about Dr. Haglund and the work he has done to help others. Thank you, Dr. Haglund for helping us achieve God's will.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

Overview of Mission Trip to Uganda

Here are some of the mission outreaches we have in Uganda though Christian Life Ministries:

- Medical Outreach
- School Outreach
- Church Planting
- Orhpan Ministires, including building, painting, Vacation Bible School, etc.
- Leadership Training

You get to participate in a prayer conference by African leaders for all international guests, church service participation, and an exciting short safari. So, you get to work and play while there. And all this happens in only ten days, including travel time.

Please let me know if you are interested.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

Inspiration from Job

I was reading Job this morning, and I was inspired. There were a few things that really put me back in my chair.

I admire Job's:

- tenacity to not deny his integrity in midst of his calamities

- resistance of negative influences even from his closest friends

- faith in God to see better days even after his challenges

These three characteristics should be part of our lives everyday. This month, let's strive to create good habits and use Job as an example for our fortitude and faith.

Happy Wednesday!

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

We will be in Wichita Falls, Texas this Sunday!

We invite all the people in Wichita Falls and surrounding areas to join us this upcoming Sunday, August 9th at the Evangel Temple at 3800 Barnett Rd, Wichita Falls, TX 76310. They can be reached at (940) 691-5501.

We anticipate God to do amazing things the the hearts of those in attendance. We invite you to be one of those people.

I look forward to meeting you all!

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

Planning for Next Year at CLM

Christian Life Ministries is praying for next year's visions and project implimentations. We would appreciate any prayer requests and suggestions. We pray for more orphan homes, more land, vocational and educations schools, hospitals, etc.

We need God's priotiry and wisdom!

Please pray for us and with us.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

Uganda's Elections

A lot of things are happening in Uganda politically. As I wrote before, we need to pray for the nation's future as Uganda begins to prepare for elections down the road. Every thought and plan should be submissive to God's will.

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

Intimacy with God

The other day I heard a speaker talk about intimacy with God and how we need to give him a full sway to rearrange our lives, motives, and destiny. He siad this word "intimacy" means "into-me-see." It reminds me of what I usually say with I challenge God's people in the areas of prayer, purity, and destiny.

I challenge them to pray a prayer like this: God, what do you think when you think about me? I am sure he has good thoughts about you. Reference Jeremiah 29:11-12.

I also believe some of these thoughts include rearranging your life according to His priorities.

Let that be your prayer today!

Pastor Jackson Senyonga

We need your support!

Christian Life Ministries is fervently praying for life giving partners that will join us in both prayer and support to take the Gospel to the world and to care for orphans, widows, and vulnerable children. Please join us each day as we wait on the Lord to stir up the hearts of His for His cause.

To learn more about the Christian Life Ministries and how you can help, please visit our website at http://www.christianlifeministries.org. Or, leave us a message with you email and we will add you to our email list so you can receive periodic updates on the great opportunities we offer to the suffering souls of the world.

May God Bless and Keep Everyone of You!

Pastor Jackson Senyonga