White Fields has a long history of working in Africa. In our early years, our focus was on Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Today, we work in East Africa in the Southwest region of Uganda, which gives us access to train pastors from across the border of Congo and Rwanda. Thanks to partnerships with individuals and churches, such as the Shadow Mountain Mission Committee, our Field Director for Uganda, Onesimus Ngoboka, graduated with his M. Div. from Southern California Seminary in El Cajon, CA.
The Library is Open and Available
The Cargo Container Arrived (See below for a history of the Four-Year Project)
Our post in January 2024: We have a cargo container with nearly 15,000 theological volumes that will soon reach the port in Mombasa, Kenya. Over the next three months, our Short-Term Mission teams will collaborate with our Ugandan Librarian to set up the library and organize all the books on the shelves. The container is expected to arrive by the end of May. Please pray for continued safe journeys and for everything to go smoothly during the transportation by truck from the port all the way to Rukungiri.
Back in January 2024, we were praying that all the hard work being done would arrive safely. Thank you for your continued support and prayers.
Highlights of the cargo container workers gathering and preparing the library in the USA.
Our US Librarian met Joan, our Ugandan Librarian, and they began setting up the library
After the Container Arrived, the work in the Uganda Library began.
The Uganda Bible College provides a tremendous setting for pastors to gather and fellowship, pray together, study the Word of God, and learn to better shepherd God’s flock.
Stephen Wheeler and Pastor Onesimus teach a class on hermeneutics at the Bible College.
Taking a break from classes for lunch.
A View at the beginning when construction of the first classroom building was completed in August 2019.
White Fields Ministry is dedicated to training and equipping new pastors to bring the message of Jesus Christ to the most remote and neglected communities. Since the establishment of the Uganda Bible School in August 2019, we have been actively educating and empowering our pastors and church leaders. James Fazio Th.M., D. Min., Ph.D., Dean of Bible and Theology, and Professor of Biblical Studies, along with Jeremiah Mutie Th.M, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Church History from Southern California Seminary, journeyed to Uganda to instruct our church leaders during the inaugural week of the Bible school.
Burdened for his people and blessed with a gift of teaching and training young men and their families to become pastors, Onesimus leads our church planting efforts in Africa. Onesimus is pictured with his wife, Betty.
Our pastors may not serve in large cathedrals surrounded by crowds of admiring church attendees, but they are diligent ministers going right into the villages to the homes of people who need the Lord. They stand up to persecution and boldly proclaim biblical truth against all opposition. Through our faithful partners in prayer and finances, we see how God has blessed this area with our gifted leaders, who will have the opportunity to keep growing in their biblical knowledge and, in turn, go out and keep preaching the gospel.
White Fields Ministry looks to transform an entire community, and as part of the local church’s outreach to the community, they have created a government-certified school in their district. Graceland Elementary School. The school has Bible-based courses that teach children the word of God as well as traditional classes like science, reading, math, English, etc. This investment in the future will allow correct theology, discipleship, and Bible teaching to continue for years to come. Some of the children that attend our Elementary school will be our future leaders!
