Our Africa Program Director Frank Tweheyo recently had an amazing visit with the Maasai tribe in Kenya this month. As a result of his teaching, the truth really did set people free! The Maasai tribe of Kenya has been called Kenya’s most authentic ethnic tribe. The iconic image we have to the tall, thin African … Read more

The recent sudden passing of Margaret Kiswiriri, President of Empower/Uganda, shocked and saddened all of us. Margaret suffered a stroke and passed away on December 1. (More details here.) The Empower Uganda team met recently to elect a new president to take her place on the board. Frank Michael Tweheyo, Africa Program Director, reported recently … Read more

Pastor Frank Michael Tweheyo is the African Program Director for Empower. This is an edited transcript of a recent letter describing a church leaders’ training event he attended in Northern Mozambique, as the guest of Transforming Nations Alliance, a Ugandan community-transformation organization. Learning about the challenges facing the church in Northern Mozambique, particularly the way … Read more

by Frank Michael Tweheyo February 25, 2014 Over the weekend I visited with our Empower Alumni from Bishop Barham University College, the Reverends Alice Nabirye and Jeneva Terangoma. Each of them was  student coordinators for Empower during their study time at BBUC and each graduated with first class! Alice is now chaplain of Rwenzori High … Read more

On September 23, our team went to Bondo, Kenya. Last year we conducted the New Man, New Woman, New Life there for about 220 clergy and lay readers. This time we had 30 graduates from the 2012 program for the Master Class. We started out in groups discussing how they have been using the NMNW … Read more

We were praying and looking forward to the 23rd September 2013 for the arrival of our guests who were scheduled to facilitate New Man New Woman New life seminars in Bondo and Maseno West Dioceses. Our guests arrived safely, especially at a time as that [Note from Carrie: Terrorists have taken a large shopping mall … Read more