What can happen when believers from different parts of the world come together to serve, learn, and encourage one another? This September, TLAfrica’s Rwanda team welcomed eight members of Central Baptist Church in New York for a week of ministry in Musanze. Led by Pastor John Films-Aime, the team came ready to serve—and throughout the [...]
When our team arrived at Lydia's homestead in Kajiado on June 10, we were welcomed by more than a meeting—we were welcomed into a community. Before the women gathered, we visited the group's beekeeping project and Lydia's newly renovated poultry house (read her testimony), made possible through grant support from the Women's Empowerment Program. As [...]
Just a few months ago, Lydiah Naserian wondered if her poultry project would survive. Her chicken house was poorly designed, making it difficult for young chicks to move safely. Eggs often fell and broke before they could be sold, and the small structure could hold only about 20 chickens. Instead of providing a reliable source [...]
What does it mean to build a church that doesn't simply gather people—but makes disciples? That question brought together 22 pastors and church leaders from across Musanze, Rwanda, for a two-day discipleship conference hosted by TLAfrica Rwanda on June 18–19. Led by Rev. Dr. Tamara Mitchell, Associate Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole [...]
With Agape Fellowship Ministries, Florah engaged in a panel discussion with 2 other women that attended the Preaching Biblical Sermons training in April of 2025 in Mukuru, Kenya. "If you don't trouble yourself, you will trouble your congregation." Both women share how the training they received has made a lasting impact in their ministries 4 [...]
Dr. Jacenta Muigai of African International University has recently completed and published a groundbreaking manual for TLAfrica titled Helpers Within Reach: Counseling Skills for Clergy in Africa. Building on this resource, she led TLAfrica’s first conference on biblical counseling skills, held July 14–17 at the new Thousand Hills Conference Center in Musanze, Rwanda. The training [...]
Reflections by Ivan Chung following his trip to Rwanda and Kenya, June 2025 ... The most exciting, striking aspects of this particular trip to Rwanda and Kenya is also precisely the most compelling value that TLAfrica aims to embody – holistic transformation in our ministries, education, services, partnerships, and friendships. In rare moments in later [...]
Transformation is “a discovery that takes place when one’s eyes are opened by a truth, experience or inner reflection” (Ntamushobora, 2015, p. 71). I call this discovery a eureka. Eureka through the Truth: When we encounter a new truth, it opens our inner eyes to a reality that we previously ignored, neglected or simply did [...]