Are you passionate about making a difference in your community?
Do you want to learn more about what the Bible has to say about the role of the church in responding to poverty?
Do you want to learn from and connect with ministries from across East and Southern Africa?
Do you want to be equipped to take action in your own setting?
If you answered yes to any of those questions then Uganda Gathering is the space for you!
The Uganda Gathering will be held in Jinja, Uganda, in May 2015. Whether you're already working with churches and ministries reaching out to the poor, or just sensing God's call to begin, there will be something for you. During five days of teaching, worshp and workshops, we will explore models of community empowerment presented by inspiring, mature and experienced leaders of impactful ministries. Join us and hear what God is doing across the East African region.
These conferences are full of teaching, worship and workshops. Speakers share their heart, experiences and expertise with participants. Everyone leaves inspired with new ideas, models and skills which will enable them to develop their ministries and programmes.
We also make time for delegates to visit, and engage with, work being done locally. Participants observe proven models for action and discuss practical issues based on this living example.
Our most recent gathering was in Durban in 2015. You can watch all the videos here.
Our next conference is in Jinja, Uganda, on 2–6 May. We’ll focus on how the church can respond to the challenges of trafficking, gender-based violence, street children and other issues affecting Uganda today.
More information and register at: http://tilz.tearfund.org/en/resources/conferences/uganda_gathering/
Caleb Rukundo founded the Amahoro Project to cultivate self-worth and opportunity among the homeless children of Uganda. Based on his first-hand experience of life as a street child, Caleb believes that relational and emotional support is crucial and must go alongside practical help. His approach involves mentoring as well as providing education and shelters, resulting in young lives being renewed and transformed in Kampala.
Donald Mavunduse leads Tearfund's work in East and Southern Africa. Donald is passionate about the potential of churches to bring lasting transformation in Africa. He has worked for Tearfund since 2014. Before joining Tearfund, Donald worked for a number of agencies such as ActionAid UK, World Vision and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Matt Bird is the founder of Relationology a unique approach to driving businesses growth through the power of customer and client relationships.
He is an international keynote speaker, trainer and coach whose programmes are renowned for creating lasting change. He is the author of 'Relationology 101' and has written articles for the Harvard Business Review, The Times Newspaper and Sorted Magazine. He epitomises Relationology spending time every day investing in relationships. Campaign Magazine has said, “When Malcolm Gladwell sat at his typewriter and wrote the chapter on connectors in The Tipping Point, he must have just finished a slap-up lunch with Matt Bird.” www.relationology.co.uk
Matt is also the founder of Cinnamon Network which helps local churches make a transforming difference in their communities by working in partnership with local authorities, police, education and health agencies. The Cinnamon Faith Action Audit has provided evidence that the value of the time given by the UK Church in communities each year is worth more than £3billionwww.cinnamonnetwork.co.uk
He lives in Wimbledon, London with his wife Esther and their three children.
Dave and Ali Swann are both British and have been missionaries with YWAM since 1989. They have 2 daughters, Michal and Sophie who are 22 and 19.
They started their missionary life working with refugees on the Thai-Cambodian border. Since then they have lived in Switzerland and South Africa. They currently live in the UK but travel extensively, particularly in Africa and Asia. They have developed various workshops and seminars specifically aimed at non-western audiences. Their mission is to see long term field workers equipped and trained to be more effective in what they do.
David Westlake is a follower of Jesus who is just trying to work it all out. He is married with a daughter who is aged 13. When the world was young he was a youth worker and church planter and pastor in inner London and then Watford. He then joined the leadership team of Tearfund as Youth Director and is now International Director of Global Programmes. His goal is to inspire and equip as many Christians and churches as possible to serve their communities with word and deed in the power of the Holy Spirit.
More information and register at: http://tilz.tearfund.org/en/resources/conferences/uganda_gathering/
