Steadfast in the harvest
Pastors
in Pakwach
students equipped
the Gospel
Between late August and late October, the pastors you stand with preached in markets, refugee settlements and remote border villages. They saw people come to Christ, trained new leaders, and carried one another through grief, sickness and loss, in prayer.
Through the HHN Community and our smaller Discipleship Groups, they now pray, study Scripture and sharpen one another every day. Your partnership makes this possible.
What your support made possible
In October the pastors shared testimonies for their Network Partners. Here is some of what your monthly support did, in their own words.
I have successfully ministered gospel to hard to reach remote areas along the border of Uganda and Congo … 30 souls have believed Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.Pastor Jino Kuluse · Pakwach, Uganda
I've experienced an unmerited favor of God in all my endeavors for the Lord … This year has been hard but I have seen God's hand of provision.Pastor Aita Seith · Uganda
It came at the time I really needed it.Pastor Thomas Adda · Kiryandongo
- Pastor Roselyn Chikwasha — support arrived just as her church needed its sound system repaired before a revival. It is fixed, revivals are running and the church is growing.
- Rev Morris Okumu — visited his branch church in Guruguru, Amuru district, and helped it buy grass for its roof.
- Pastor Ochola Bosco — “It will mean a lot to my family.”
The Gospel going out
Your pastors are taking the good news to people who rarely hear it — on football pitches, in hospital wards, at farm trainings and in hostile border communities.
- Pastor Paul Ocaya rode about 260 km by motorcycle from Agago to Agoro in Lamwo, on the South Sudan border, to preach and teach groups of churches. He encouraged small evangelical congregations who face pressure from their neighbours, and now leads group counselling to bring reconciliation.
- Pastor Jino Kuluse serves remote areas on the Uganda–Congo border. In Pakwach district, 30 people have put their faith in Christ. His team taught over 300 children about Jesus in two schools and counselled couples in crisis.
- Pastor Ochola Bosco uses “Good News Balls” printed with Romans 3:23 to share the Gospel with youth football teams in Kiryandongo refugee settlement, and shares Christ at the poultry trainings he runs for young people of every background.
- Rev Morris Okumu and the Fellowship of Born Again Churches in Anaka visited the hospital’s maternity, children’s and isolation wards, praying with patients and giving soap and sugar.
- Pastor Roselyn Chikwasha in Zimbabwe is holding revival meetings at Gospel Revival International Church, the latest on 23–25 October.
- Pastor Auma Jenty reaches out especially to struggling families in her community. Her congregation in Omoro district still meets under a mango tree.
- Pastor Aita Seith is regularly asked to lead when pastors from different denominations meet, and a compassion ministry reaches people who are hurting.
- Pastor Michael Okema loves preaching in marketplaces, schools and hospitals.
Equipping leaders who will train others
Your pastors are multiplying themselves: what they receive, they pass on to the next generation of leaders.
| Pastor | Training delivered | Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Okema | Six-week Portable Bible School, Lungulu, Nwoya district — graduated 30 August | 23 graduates |
| Denis Ochen | Portable Bible School discipleship class with 4 volunteer pastors — graduated 17 October | 20+ leaders |
| Denis Ochen | Two-day training in Gulu for women leaders, female pastors and pastors’ wives, co-led with his wife | 100+ women |
| Jino Kuluse | Training church leaders in biblical ministry in Pakwach; volunteering with Paul Ocaya | 57+ leaders |
| Paul Ocaya | Full days teaching groups of churches in Agago and Lamwo districts | Several churches |
| Auma Jenty | Three-month Portable Bible Study in her church | Congregation |
| Precious Mwale | Ministered at the Women Empowering Prayer Conference, Polokwane, South Africa | Conference |
| Thomas Adda | Mission conference in Kenya with Pastor Ochola; teaching pastors and youth | Pastors, youth |
| Morris Okumu | One of five pastors chosen nationally for church-growth statistics training in Entebbe; also business-skills and discipleship training in Gulu | National pilot |
| Jimmy Elaton | Travelled Blantyre to Nsanje, Malawi, to mentor the pastor of a church he planted | Nsanje church |
The pastors are growing in their own studies too. Angu Charles is sitting final exams this month. Michael Okema is in the second year of his diploma, learning to rear poultry, rabbits and black soldier flies to share with his community. Ochola Bosco, Denis Ochen and Precious Mwale are studying towards diplomas, and Paul Ocaya towards a Master of Divinity.
Pastors mentored, coached and strengthened
The HHN Community has become a daily place of teaching, accountability and friendship for pastors who often serve alone.
Studying the Trinity together
Pastor Johan opened a series titled “I love the Trinity”. Pastors worked through Matthew 3:16–17 and shared when they first understood God as Father, Son and Spirit. Precious Mwale wrote that in a hard season she learned she was “held by a family”.
Growing in discernment
Pastors studied Ephesians 4:11–16 and what it means for apostles and prophets today. Mentors steered a lively discussion back to humility and the authority of Scripture.
Discipleship Groups
The Network Pastors now meet in two small Discipleship Groups for closer sharing and prayer.
African leadership growing
Pastors Paul Ocaya, Thomas Adda, Michael Okema and Ochola Bosco now serve as the Uganda Area Leadership Team, leading the Discipleship Groups and advising the HHN board.
“It has been a big blessing to fellowship in this platform since I became part of the family … I am blessed because I have now prayer partners.”
Pastor Denis OchenChurches built and communities served
God is providing buildings, and the churches are serving their neighbours.
- A church in Kiryandongo refugee settlement. Land and a church building were donated by another Christian organisation for Pastor Thomas Adda’s congregation. The walls are up, and God provided a borehole at the same time. “There were times we had no place to gather for worship,” he writes. “I am a living witness that God is Jehovah Jireh.”
- A church nearly finished in Zimbabwe. Pastor Roselyn’s congregation is already worshipping in its new building.
- Peacemaking among refugees. Visitors from RETI Gulu University were amazed to see different tribes and faiths working side by side at Pastor Ochola’s farm.
- Children cared for. Pastor Auma Jenty’s church gave exercise books to its Sunday school children for the new school term.
- New life. Pastors Igga Joseph, Michael Okema and Raphael Onyolo all welcomed new babies into their families.
Please pray with us
Give thanks
- For 30 new believers in Pakwach, and 300 children who heard the Gospel in their schools.
- For Bible School graduates in Nwoya and Gulu, 57 leaders in training, and 100+ women leaders strengthened.
- For church buildings rising in Kiryandongo and Zimbabwe, and the borehole God provided.
- For new babies in Igga’s, Michael’s and Raphael’s families, and October support that arrived “at the time I really needed it”.
Ask God
- Pastor Denis Ochen lost his family home to fire on 4 October while he was away teaching at the Portable Bible School. His family is safe, and the graduation went ahead on 17 October. Pray for provision as they rebuild — he says his “faith is strong and stronger”.
- Rain across the region. Northern Uganda has had very little rain. Paul Ocaya lost four acres of beans and Morris Okumu his groundnuts. Pray for rain and for families facing food shortages.
- Pastor Paul Ocaya — strength for long journeys, wisdom as he counsels a divided community.
- Pastor Michael Okema — his diploma exams this month.
- Rev Morris Okumu and Pastor Igga Joseph, who both buried family members this season.
- Pastor Thomas Adda’s church — resources to finish it, and protection against false teaching in the settlement.
- The Pastors’ Wives Conference, 27–28 November, at Victory Christian Center, Olwiyo, with Pastors Precious Mwale and Roselyn Chikwasha among the speakers.
- Pastor Precious Mwale — safe travel home to Livingstone after a family funeral.
- Pastor Aita Seith — the care and compassion ministry; Pastor Angu Charles — final exams.
- Pastor Atim Josephine — getting a new phone so she can join the HHN Community.
- All 17 pastors — humility and wisdom as they study the Word together.
Every story here is fruit of your faithful giving and prayer. When a pastor’s house burns, a harvest fails or a long road wears a servant down, these men and women no longer stand alone. They stand with one another, and they stand with you.
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