Greetings Beloved Partners,
I greet you in the mighty name of Jesus and Pray that all is well.
As we finalise on this year 2015, the year of the Lord, I would like to bring to you the summary of all our ministry activities for this year. Below are the ministry activities and statistics corresponding to the ministry activities
THE MERCY LINK EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY PROGRAMS FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2O15
|
NO |
PROGRAM |
FREQUENCY |
TOTAL No REACHED |
TOTAL No OF PEOPLE SAVED |
|
1 |
School outreaches done New Schools 21 Old Schools 22 |
43 |
17,101 |
8,537 |
|
2 |
Prison outreach Done New Prisons 12 Old Prisons 20 |
32 |
18,952 |
8,419 |
|
3 |
Film outreach Done |
5 |
3,645 |
1,124 |
|
4 |
Trainings conducted |
21 |
630 |
|
|
5 |
Church Planter Program National Leaders Trained Regional Leaders Trained Churches Planted People Reached Baptisms Made Adult Cell Groups Started Children Cell Groups Started |
1 5 |
23 197 17 10,956 321 142 4 |
2,022
4,781
96 112 |
|
6 |
Districts Reached
|
13 |
– |
– |
|
7 |
Children and Youth Groups New Cells 6 Cells 18 |
12 |
5322 |
1,754 |
|
8 |
Churches Reached |
– |
139 |
– |
|
9 |
People with Disabilities |
62 |
244 |
123 |
|
|
TOTAL |
194 |
57,693 |
26,966 |
WAY FORWARD
We are set to continue building the different programs established this year. Among the strategies to be undertaken include
1. Church Planting: Strengthening the viability of the church planters program through training and expanding the scope of the church planter programs.
2. Leadership Develop in Prisons: we have received an invitation to train approximately 700 prison cadets at the prisons training school with leadership and discipleship skills to establish small groups and churches upon being passed as prison workers at the different prison facilities around the country. This is an opportunity to reach and engage inmates with the Gospel and disciple them while still in prison through and by the Cadets.
3. Establish Training and Guest House Facilities. This is a plan we look forward to implement in the near future on the 10 acre piece of land the Lord has blessed the ministry with. This will cut the cost of hiring training and guest house facilities for the different programs but also enable the ministry grow its magnitude of impact through its training programs but also boost its income through the commercial use of the guest house facilities.
4. The Disability Ministry: We are set to boost the disability ministry we undertake through the “Hidden Children” program through advocacy and outreach programs. We currently work with 165 children at the Kampala School of the handicapped discipling and empowering them through different life skill programs.
CHALLENGES
We are faced with a number of challenges in these undertaking among which include;
1. The Budget: our scope of reach and impact has for far been limited by our monthly and annual budgets. The current budget has greatly affect our evangelistic, church planter, children ministry, trainings, outreach and discipleship programs. Our prayer has been and still is for the Lord to enables us receive adequate funding.
2. Christian Literature: this has still been a great challenge in as far as our ministry programs are concerned. We have and are in constant need of Bibles/ study bibles, Story of Jesus (SOJ) booklets, Manga Messiah booklets, leadership books for the leaders, tracts and booklets for evangelism.
As we conclude this year 2015 and look forward to embrace 2016, we are looking forward to yet another year of partnership with you. Partners like you are the life blood for the mission work here and it’s because of your prayers, support and encouragement that we have had the courage and determination to keep keeping on. May Jesus therefore fill you with blessings and increase you in every area of your life.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2016
Sincerely yours,
Robert Sebunya
DIRECTOR