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The Churches
of Christ (Kanisa ya Kristo) have had a ministry in Mbarara district
since 1997, but all of the churches have been started in the rural
areas until the year 2000. During that year, God called Shane and
Carole Gage to begin a new ministry in Mbarara town, with the hope
that someday a church would grow. The Gages began a Bible study
in their home that quickly outgrew their living room. So one study
became two Bible studies, and within a few months their home was
filling up on both nights. While all of this was happening, the
Lord called Brett and Diane Lindsey to come to Uganda and begin
an urban development ministry which would include internet access,
computer training, and a library.
In
September 2001 five young men who had been active in the study
from the start were baptized (immersed / dipped) into Christ.
A month later, on October 14, 2001, Mbarara Church of Christ officially
began with its first Sunday worship service. There were over 100
people in attendance on that day!
For
the first nine months of MCC’s life, we met in the conference
room of Hotel Classic. All of the people from that first service
did not come back the following weeks and months – on some
Sundays we had just twenty-five people in attendance, but a few
times it reached fifty. We also changed our Bible studies to meet
in that same room on Saturday nights (it was big enough for several
small groups to meet at the same time). It really was an exciting
time for everyone involved, and a joy to be able to see the Lord’s
hand on this new work He had started!
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