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 [...]
Date: May 5–9, 2025 | Theme: Survey of the New Testament | Venue: TLRwanda Conference Centre A powerful week of learning, worship, and transformation unfolded as 56 pastors and evangelists from across the Musanze region gathered at the TLRwanda Conference Centre for an intensive New Testament Survey training. The conference, led by Pastor Wilson Kiuna—author [...]
On May 15th, 2025, the TLAfrica Kenya office had the joy of hosting a dynamic training session for 77 women leaders from the Maasai community in Oltepesi, Kajiado County. These inspiring women—serving as Chairladies, Secretaries, and Treasurers for over 23 self-help groups—came from areas including Otepesi, Emboliei, Ole-kimunke, and Lerujat. Many of the women are [...]
In April 2025, the TLAfrica Kenya team hosted a Pastoral Training Conference in Mukuru kwa Reuben, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements. Known for its economic challenges and lack of access to theological education, Mukuru is home to many faithful, resilient pastors serving under difficult circumstances. The conference was held from April 23–25 at Agape [...]
The journey towards the Vihiga Pastoral training began in August 2024 after the Marriage Enrichment Conference for pastors and their spouses. After hearing about The TLAfrica Material Production Project, the pastors requested training in Counseling Skills. The mobilization exercise began in January 2025, led by our host pastors Eric and Violet Indende of IPHC (International [...]
The Wendo wa aka Ndiwa Women Group in Makueni consists of 15 widows from different denominations. When we visited them for the first time in 2023, the women expressed a desire to support each other in their widowhood and to help each member to be economically stable. To achieve this goal, they desired to meet regularly for [...]
“TLAfrica imeleta uponyaji mahali hapa” (Translation: TLAfrica has brought healing to this place) EVENT DATES: August 29TH TO 30TH 2024 EVENT VENUE: International Prayer House (IPH) Church Banja in Vihiga County, Kenya PARTICIPANTS: 47 Attendees (Over 20 pastors and their wives) FACILITATORS: Benson & Lynette Weru (Friends of TLAfrica) We celebrate our first Marriage Enrichment [...]
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As Ruth Carter Stapleton once stated that “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” In this spirit, on December 19th, 2023, TLAfrica donated thirty-six female goats to thirty-six families in Cyuve, Musanze. These families reside in the areas surrounding the construction [...]