Lifehouse Community Church of Uganda, the national MB conference in Uganda, traces its beginning to 2005 when Pastor Robert and Esther Mponye began a church in their home in Mityana. A month later they moved to a rented room and since 2006 they have helped to start many other churches. LCCU joined the International Community of Mennonite Brethren in 2024.
One LCCU congregation is in Bukoma. Robert Mponye, LCC representative to ICOMB, shares this church’s story.
Planted in 2020, LCC Bukoma has become a testament to the power of community transformation by the grace of God. Bukoma is a little village in Mityana Municipality. Known for stone quarries, witchcraft, alcoholism and drug addiction, this village was not a place any sane person would desire to live.
In 2020, after losing her husband to a horrible motor accident, Hadijah Nakyanzi heard the call to serve her God through pastoral ministry. We prayerfully planted LCC Bukoma. The resistance she experiences has been proven oftentimes when she’s had to fight spiritual battles, especially with the spiritual darkness of overt witchcraft. A number of witches have been touched by the saving grace of God. Others could not stand the power of God, so they had to relocate.
To date, God has made this church into a beacon of fullness of the life that Jesus came to give. Men and women, young and old regularly come to church for prayer and moral support. Lives have been transformed by God because this one woman refused to be taken down by her dire circumstances but rose up to the call. Many are being discipled and becoming disciple makers.
Hadijah has big development pursuits for this community, including a transformational education program through a Christian school and a skill development vocational training center. Your prayer support is greatly appreciated.
LCC Statistics from 2023
41 churches and pastors
1,500-plus members
2,000-plus attendees
200 baptisms
This is typical of many LCCU in various communities. Over the past 15 years, Lifehouse Community Churches Uganda has planted over 120 churches. Most of these church plants have been done in partnership with other ministries and church families. However, to date, LCCU directly oversees 41 churches around the country. Our vision is “Healthy Churches for Healthy Communities.”
Did you know?
Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with about 48 percent being children below 15 years of age.
Uganda is the source of the world’s longest river. Jinja, where the Nile flows out of Lake Victoria, is a popular spot for adventure tourism, including white-water rafting and kayaking.
Uganda, one of only three countries to still have mountain gorillas, is home to half of the total population of these rare primates left in the world.
This article has been posted by Christian Leader staff. The Christian Leader is the magazine of U.S. Mennonite Brethren.
