After Moses received the command and pattern for the Sanctuary on Mount Sinai (Exodus 25:2,8-9,40), he commissioned two craftsmen chosen by the Lord-named Bezalel and Oholiab to design, create and supervise the Ark of the Covenant and the furniture for the Tabernacle of Moses. The Lord is speaking in Exodus 31:2-5: See, I have called by name … [Read more...]

One hundred eighty one years ago (February 5, 1837), there was born of poor parents in a humble farmhouse in Northfield, Massachusetts, a little baby who was to become the greatest man, as I believe, of his generation or of his century—Dwight L. Moody. After our great generals, great statesmen, great scientists and great men of letters have … [Read more...]

The East African Revival is over; however reading Bowe’s analysis in our previous post is very sobering. On almost every issue that Bowen raises, we have to ask ourselves if we are repeating the same mistakes. The pattern of acquiescence with evil has continued as the clergy support many evil actions of the Kagame regime. Cantrell Phillip in his … [Read more...]

We are told that the Lord is a jealous God. Just as it would be appropriate for a man to be jealous if another man took his wife, it is right that God should be jealous for his people when they follow other gods. Once a person has entered the kingdom of God and has wholeheartedly accepted the lordship of Christ, no other culture or tradition may … [Read more...]

Africa is a place where Christian missionaries invested more than a century of effort, labouring in obscurity and laying the foundations of faith among many Africans. They sacrificed their lives to scatter the gospel seed to many regions of Africa long before the invention of tools modern evangelists use to harvest massive crowds today. However, … [Read more...]

The great interest that is being stirred in the church to study history is the grace of God to help us to do it right if He revives us again. We shouldn’t neglect so great a grace. However, as much as we learn from these past revivals and how God moved in the hearts of His people, I must express in the fullest terms that the whole lesson from these … [Read more...]

The East African Revival Fellowship, as it came to be known, was as controversial as it was transformative for those who became saved through the message that came from the lips of those who preached Christ, His death and resurrection. Therefore, before we look at the controversies surrounding how it ended, we need to briefly establish how … [Read more...]

Many historians agree that the East African Revival had the farthest-reaching and longest-lasting impact of all the renewal movements in Africa. It began within the Anglican Church of Uganda through a remarkable partnership between Joe Church and several Ugandan evangelists and quickly spread to other churches in Kenya and Tanzania in the 1940s and … [Read more...]

Christianity came late to Uganda compared with many other parts of Africa. Missionaries first arrived at the court of Kabaka Muteesa in 1877; almost a century after the missionary impetus from Europe had begun. And yet within 25 years, Uganda had become one of the most successful mission fields in the whole of Africa. What were the causes of this … [Read more...]