{"id":8273,"date":"2025-08-01T19:38:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/?p=8273"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:07:33","slug":"april-may-news-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/rw\/april-may-news-report\/","title":{"rendered":"April &#038; May 2025 News Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Mobilizing ADEPR and Anglican College Students with Sesengura Bible Study<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8274\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-1.png 713w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-1-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 713px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rwanda\u2019s 2022 census shows that ADEPR and Anglican churches are among the largest denominations, with ADEPR alone comprising 21% of Rwandans. To mobilize these groups for missions, we focused on their college ministry associations, CEP (Pentecostal) and RASA (Anglican).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In April, we trained student leaders from these associations using the\u00a0<strong>Sesengura Bible Study<\/strong>\u00a0(translated from\u00a0<em>Xplore<\/em>). Unlike other mission mobilization courses, Sesengura is easy to replicate and equips Christians to participate in missions through going to the Unreached people, prayer, supporting the missionaries, welcoming internationals and Mobilization of their friends to do the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obed, a Tubasange board member, has seen the transformative impact of Sesengura. He introduced it in his Anglican church\u2019s youth discipleship program at Remera Parish, where it cultivated a deep mission focus. The group now actively prays for and supports missionaries. Obed also uses Sesengura at Kigali Christian School, where he serves as a chaplain, discipling students with a heart for missions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have done two retreat trainings for leaders of CEP and leaders of RASA separately. We taught them how to lead Sesengura in Small group training sessions of each lesson. We started with leaders Colleges in Kigali. This September, we\u2019ll expand to colleges outside Kigali. We envision these students becoming mission mobilizers in their churches after graduation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also pursuing a formal partnership with ADEPR leadership to deepen our collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2.png 533w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 533px, 100vw\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-3.png 533w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-3-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 533px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Women in Mission Conference<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1280x729.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-980x558.jpg 980w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-480x273.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 3rd,\u00a0<strong>Assumpta<\/strong>\u00a0led the second\u00a0<em>Women in Mission Conference<\/em>, a biannual event inspiring women to embrace their role in God\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speakers included\u00a0<strong>Rhoda<\/strong>, leader of Youth for Christ\u2019s School of discipleship and Leadership, and\u00a0<strong>Abir<\/strong>, a missionary from Tunisia serving in Rwanda. Alongside their stories, Tubasange missionaries Rachel and Emily shared practical insights, creating a balanced, impactful conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference empowered women to navigate cultural and theological challenges, fostering a biblically grounded approach to their role in missions<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8278\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8278\" class=\"wp-image-8278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-1280x1037.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-980x794.jpg 980w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-1-480x389.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Women in Mission Conference had a powerful Panel Discussion<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8280\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8281\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-6-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tubasange Missionary Retreat<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In May, we hosted a rejuvenating 4-day retreat at Kingfisher Beach Resort, Lake Muhazi. This gathering brought Tubasange missionaries together for spiritual, emotional, and physical renewal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Assumpta and Leah Bright\u00a0<\/strong>organized the event. We invited an experienced missionary couple from Trinidad and Tobago and Germany, who shared 20+ years of wisdom and had a time to listen to each one who attended the retreat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attendees included:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-7.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-7-980x1121.jpg 980w, https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-7-480x549.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1056px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The retreat was filled with prayer, devotional teaching, laughter, encouragement, and personal support for each missionary. We are thankful to everyone who had a part of making this retreat possible .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8285\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-6-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8286\" src=\"https:\/\/tubasange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-5-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Prayer and Praise Points:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>\u00a0Praise God for His provision for the retreat and the encouragement it brought to our missionaries.<\/li>\n<li>Pray for the mobilization of ADEPR and Anglican churches, beginning with college students, and for the formal partnership with ADEPR leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Thank God for the success of the Women in Mission Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobilizing ADEPR and Anglican College Students with Sesengura Bible Study Rwanda\u2019s 2022 census shows that ADEPR and Anglican churches are among the largest denominations, with ADEPR alone comprising 21% of Rwandans. To mobilize these groups for missions, we focused on their college ministry associations, CEP (Pentecostal) and RASA (Anglican). 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