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B Ruth presenting a small gift to Peace
Below is information on Victory Community Cares submitted by Edward.
Executive Overview:
The African continent, Uganda in particular is characterized by spiritual and social-economic problems such as wars, poverty, diseases, witchcraft, devil worship, ancestral worship, human sacrifice, child abuse, street children, and orphans. These problems have caused untold suffering to God’s people. As a result, the affected experience rejection, bitterness, hopelessness, and depression.
Because of the status quo the following questions arise; Can the vicious cycle of poverty, apathy, corruption, disease and moral degeneration be broken? Is the Bible relevant on holistic transformation and developmental issues in our community? Can Biblical principles provide lasting solutions to these problems? Is there hope for the transformation and development of our communities? Does the Church or Christians in our communities today have any part to play in directing the course that the communities should take at this time?
Victory Community Care Services as a caring hand of Churches in Kabale has a mandate to answer such questions and find solutions by providing Christ centred services to the community. As the disciples of our Savior Jesus Christ we have to follow His strategic plan of setting man’s soul free from the powers of darkness as it is laid in Luke 4: 18.
Vision Statement:
The vision of the organization is to see that above all things, the people residing in the communities of southwestern Uganda may prosper and be in health, even as their soul prospers.
Mission Statement:
Our Mission statement is to meet the needs of the whole person, in the communities of Kabale District, using integrated programs and services, to work as a team in planning, mobilizing resources, and developing programmes that will bring socio- economic and spiritual transformation in the community, empowering people to stand on their own to fight diseases, poverty and other social evils in the community. This is done without prejudice or favour, giving respect and dignity to all participants.
The Aims and Goals pursued by Victory Community Care Services are:
To help the economically and socially disadvantaged in our community by:
- Introducing projects which enhance self-reliance and empower people to find solutions to the prevailing social economic problems faced individually and collectively as a community.
- Provide skills and knowledge that will give assistance to communities whilst at the same time offering and providing spiritual guidance and counseling where appropriate.
- To help with medium or long term solutions to the causes of poverty, diseases and ignorance.
- Providing educational opportunities to the disadvantaged children and the adults, and providing basic life-sustaining needs to the most severely disadvantaged in the community where possible.
MOTTO:
Building Stronger Communities through Faith, Innovations and Compassionate Services.
Objectives of Victory Community Care Ministry:
To share the love of Jesus Christ in holistically so that many in the community may know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
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Train and make disciples to share the love of God with the community and make disciples in other communities in order to meet spiritual, and social - economical needs.
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Teaching the Biblical principles to the communities so that the Christians live a life of holiness in their daily work or businesses.
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To empower the people in the community with knowledge and skills so that they can utilize God given resources to reduce poverty, ignorance, combat escalating dependence syndrome on foreign donations.
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To develop programs, mobilize resources that will meet the spiritual and social- economical needs of our community.
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To work with other organizations that is aiming at improving the social- economical welfare of the people of Uganda and Kabale in particular.
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Fostering to change the social-traditional beliefs and practices that have caused the people of this community to lag behind. Beliefs like dependence syndrome on foreign donations, looking at women as “burden bearers” girls as a source of wealth, among others.
Why only the church can effectively deal with the community’s problems:
(a) It is because the church can offer the Gospel.
The truest need of every community is the gospel and the poor and the needy need the Gospel. The Gospel provides hope to an otherwise hopeless group of people and answers the most asked questions about our purpose for living. The Gospel offers a new life in Jesus Christ to a people who desperately need a change.
(b) Because the scriptures commends the church to do so.
By meeting the needs of the community the church is obeying Her master and founder Jesus Christ when he said (Matt: 25: 34-46): "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, come ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungred, and ye give meat ……" We are seeing great need in this community and God’s people are in desperate need. We therefore as a ministry, are compelled to help and teach people how they may apply Gods principles to their daily life so that they can prosper in all things (spiritual, socially and economically so that a local Church can support the advancement of the gospel. A church can’ not stand and live on donations for generations she must wake up and do some to her congregation and her Community.
(c) Because the liberation of man from spiritual darkness has many pulls around it.
Therefore every answered need is a step towards knowing the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The person, whose needs have been catered for through wholistic evangelism, sees God’s love in real action. By meeting the needs of a community the church becomes a more meaningful instrument of Gods’ love to his people.
(d) Because the church is an instrument that should bring the love of Christ to the community.
When the Church shows Jesus’ love to the community, people will easily understand and come to believe in Christ because they are attended to, to their problems. God is seen in action through the services they get from the church.
Because Jesus entrusted his mission to the disciples and today the church, its her responsible to carry out this strategy, through evangelism. By evangelizing, the church effects the plan of liberating man from spiritual and physical bondage.
(f) Because the church is a home for the family of God, as a school for training, educating and developing the children of God, a work-shop for equipping trainers, a restaurant for refreshing and rehabilitating the weary and needy.
A hospital for caring of spiritual affirms an army mobilizing workers for the continued massive slaughter of the seats of Satan in the hearts and lives of people since they are inseparable. Every aspect needs special attention because if one is neglected it affects the development or transformation of others. Through wholistic evangelism the church brings the love of God much closer to people and they come to trust Him, grow and become a strong family.
Executive members of Victory Community Care Services
Pastor Edward Kanyesigye, Chairman (Vision bearer)
Pastor Edward Kanyesigye has been a pastor since in 1996, he started by planting a church in Jinja- Kakiira and then he came to Kabale with his dear wife Peace in 1998 to pastor. By then Pastor Edward would give personal help to old people and the Children. In 2000 Pastor Edward got the Vision of helping the poor and the needy but he did not know how to begin so he kept in prayer until September 2003 when the Lord told him that His grace is sufficient for him since then, the vision become clearer. In January 2004 the first event was to give school children scholastic materials, later we encourage our ministry in feeding the hungry and clothing the necked and the needy in the community. Pastor Edward Kanyesigye has a certificate in Christian Service and a Diploma in Business Management.
Manzi Henry, Vice Chairman
A former alcoholic who meet Jesus Christ, since then his life has changed, he is co-pastoring with pastor Edward K. in the same church. He has heart for the lost and desire to see the lost reached at any cost. He is a generous man whose desire is to see people getting saved. He is an engineer and a Director of his own construction company. He looks forward for the fulfillment of this great vision.
Pastor AGABA JOHNSON, Treasurer
Pastor Agaba Johnson is a pastor of a Uganda Baptist Church in Kabale town. He has been in service since 1999 after graduating from a Bible School. He has both postaral and a heart full of passion for the lost man. He desires to see this vision coming to pass for the glory God.
Besigye Robert Peter, Secretary
Received Christ as Lord and savior on the 28th 1987 while a student in College, since then his desire is to participate more in Gods vain yard of winning souls for Christ.
Peter is married to one wife and blessed with three children. He is a Secondary School teacher by profession. He has been serving God in different ministries in the church. Peter has a BA in Education and he is pursuing a course in Public administration management.
Judith Musinguzi, For Welfare and Personnel Development.
Sister Judith desires to see people cared for and attend to. Her father died when she was a young girl in primary four and her mother has to struggle to rise her up together with other four children. Because of this Judith did not attain secondary education, but by Gods miracle she has managed to be the good treasure of our Church and this ministry. It’s from this Background that she desires people reached and helped to be what God wants them to be.
Pastor Victor, For Co-Ordination and Public Relations.
Pastor Tukakira Victor is a very compassionate man, with a passion for the lost, he believes in practical evangelism. He is the founder of Tree of Life Ministries International. He is a person with great talent in bringing people together for a cause. He pastors a church in southern division of Kabale Municipality.
Pastor victor holds a National Diploma in Business Studies.
Pastor Frank Tweheyo, For Strategic Planning & Development.
Pastor Frank got saved on 12/4/1986 while a student at Kigezi college Butobere. Since that time he had a great hunger to seek God and to serve him whole heartedly. He has burning desire to see people growing in both areas of their lives.
He is married to Phobice and they pastor a Christian Fellowship Church in Kabale Town. Frank has been a pastor since 1990.He also oversee Christian Fellowship churches in southwestern Uganda.
Our values:
We value integrity, love, and faith in God, we value excellence, family, respect for one another and the Spirit of unity and servant hood in ministry.
The organization we see in future:
We see an organization that is helping the communities in transforming the spiritual and social economic well-being of the community. Where by God’s people are set free from the bondages of Spiritual darkness, poverty, diseases and ignorance.
A community where the weak are strengthened, the sick and the broken hearted are healed, the hopeless are given hope and direction, the necked are clothed the hungry are feed and the lost are coming back to God. And because of this transformation we see a stronger church, spiritually, socially, and economically rising up and sending out disciples to other communities and nations for the cause of Jesus Christ. Amen. |
