UGANDA
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa whose diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria. It is abundant in wildlife and has been called the “Pearl of Africa.”
Uganda is roughly the size of the state of Oregon and it has a population of 49 million with Kampala as the capital where 4 million live. Luganda is the most common language spoken.
Uganda won its independence from Britain in 1962 but has faced a multitude of problems ever since. From the brutal dictatorship of Idi Amin, war, violence, mass killings, ethnic genocide, poverty, the abduction of children for use as child soldiers and sex slaves with some 2 million Aids orphans.
Uganda is very poor with the average citizen making only $455 per year or 1% of the USA. Political corruption is rampant.
14% of Uganda is Muslim, many claim to be Christians in Uganda but the majority of evangelicals live in the reached areas and larger cities where it is safer to be a Christian.
There are still hundreds of small villages that have yet to hear about Jesus.
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God is doing great things in Uganda. The church planters in Uganda are passionate and absolutely dedicated to reaching the unreached areas of Uganda with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The average wage in Uganda is $1.50 per day. $50 a month sends one of these Ugandan pastors into full-time gospel ministry where they can focus their attention on preaching the gospel and planting churches among the unreached for the glory of God!