Boniface’s Ministry

The head of our family, Boniface, is dedicated to serving people in Christ’s name.  He pastors the church he planted in 2017, and frequently travels to minister to his denomination’s rural congregations.  He runs a Christian school and preschool to train the next generation in God’s ways.  And he meets spiritual and practical needs for a dozen elderly widows.

Among his other projects, Boniface organizes a yearly denominational conference for hundreds of youth from across the province.  I first visited this gathering in 2018, and with Stephanie I taught its girls’ sessions in 2022 and 2023.  Though my massive to-do list didn’t permit my participation in this year’s tenth annual event, I stopped by for lunch on Saturday and was pleased with the participants’ descriptions of its sessions:  Christ as the Origin of all Things, Christ as Head of the Church, Christ as the Lamb of God, and Christ-Centered worship.

There are numerous obstacles to ministry in Africa, and for someone with as many outreaches as Boniface, the challenges are formidable.  Pray for financial provision, wisdom in resource use, effective mobilization of co-laborers, and clear proclamation of the gospel.  Pray also that urgent community needs wouldn’t oust priorities of personal spiritual growth and family leadership.  May God be praised for the tireless work of His servant Boniface!