Elementor #5397

LWU — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:27:33 +0000

Rooted Student Ministry

In these postmodern times, this generation is so spiritual but one wonders if the spirituality matches with the scriptures, there is little thinking scripturally- thinking with a mind of Christ among the student fraternity. The bible although mostly owned by every student still remains the most unread and misunderstood book in our universities and colleges today- this accounts for higher biblical illiteracy in our time.

With this, Students at universities remain with unresolved questions intensified with the modern culture, there are questions of identity (who am I?) – questions of the meaning of things? Or questions about reality? Questions of belonging – whom should I be with and love? And, in the light of the above answers, what should I do with my life (Looking ahead).

Universities and colleges create environments that encourage students to rethink the beliefs of their upbringing, including their meaning in life, values, and identity. The university remains a place of the free market of ideas and the discussions that follow on inside and outside the lecture room they are not value-neutral exchanges, but rather places of persuasion where students debate and accept differing explanations of the good or the bad, the true and false, and the beautiful and ugly- this definitely forms a pattern of thinking that will inform their lives and shape the societies in which they live.

The exchange of ideas does not only take place face to face but there is an increasing flow of information through the advent of technology, therefore it is a prerequisite of any ministry to use the opportunities that come with it and devise the strategy of employing it for the glory of God

Because students are uniquely open to new ideas and strategically positioned to be shaped for the next course of their lives as they move from home and family to the independence of adulthood, Students need models in the church (chaplaincies) to offer biblical guidance and support as they journey through campus.

What we do

It is in this context that, Living Word Uganda comes to promote faithful bible teaching to the students, on how to handle scriptures correctly so that they understand the mind of God and act as channels to reach their fellow students with the same biblical convictions. As the students study the scriptures rigorously, they build convictions that God is speaking and working in the world today. Therefore: –

- - We Promote among students the earnest reading, studying, and meditation on God’s Word and other biblical literature to shape the Christian world view for wholesome life engagement
  - We challenge students to become committed disciples of Jesus Christ and establish such converts in their (spiritual) walk with Jesus Christ as faithful Christians.
  - We encourage and assist students in witnessing Jesus Christ to others with the underlying objective of such individuals making a commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
  - We encourage as we explain the need and necessity of responsible church membership among the local community of believers where they are edified and where faith is propagated.
  - We model faithful Bible expositions, showing accurately that the bible is the inerrant, authoritative, and infallible word of God

Why we do what we do

Our ministry among students is aimed at;

- - Building character in the students – conformed to Christlikeness
  - Hold strong biblical convictions that they will engage with the Christian worldview – students with a rich, biblically faithful grasp of the gospel
  - Competence – rightly handling the word of God and possessing a deepening knowledge of the context where they serve – students who are able to observe, listen to fellow students and be ready to communicate the gospel.

How we do what we do

1. Partnership

We are work with Bible teaching para churches organizations like FOCUS Uganda, ACFAR, Life Ministry, and other like-minded organizations. We join hands and work with these organizations in achieving our shared value of discipling students. With a conviction that the student work is too big a task to be accomplished by one organization.

2. Rooted Campus Bible Study

Students gather in small groups with guidance from trained staff or volunteers weekly to dig deeper into the word of God. The Campus Bible Study is aimed at getting student leaders to study through books of the bible and equipping them to be able to do the same to other students, as Paul says in 2 Timothy2:2 “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Rooted offers a real opportunity for growth to leaders as they study and understand their Bibles” These Bible studies are currently taking place at Makerere University. They will start soon at Makerere University Business School and Mulago School of Nursing.

If you would like to start Rooted on your university campus get in touch with us at rooted@livingworduganda.org

3. Alive & Active National Conference, Area bible seminars, and Regional Conference

With the help of students, Partners, and volunteers, we mobilize students to come together to learn from biblically faithful preachers/teachers, who teach faithfully with clarity and relevance. These demonstrate to student’s faithful bible handling, they show students how the Bible speaks to current issues in the society like politics, social concerns, and much more, they show how the bible answers their questions and challenges in their spiritual walk. This is done through;

Alive and Active national Students Conference

This is a 5-day residential university student leaders conference in partnership with FOCUS Uganda, ACFAR, and other like-minded organizations. We gather about 200 university student leaders from around Uganda and beyond every other year for a week of teaching to acquaint them with the Bible and the basics of expository preaching. Reputable and faithful church leaders and student workers serve as facilitators and speakers.

click here for the previous conference Video, See the photo gallery here.

Alive and active area Bible seminars

- In a year where we have the alive and active national conference, we carry out a one-day seminar in different regions of the country. This seminar aims at three things;
- Follow up: We hope to meet up with some of the students from the previous conferences for mutual encouragement in the gospel and fellowship
- Tester seminar: We choose one bible book and model faithful bible handling, preaching, and bible studies. We hope this can whet their appetite for more training. These seminars also serve as refresher training for old-timers.
- Building relationships: We hope to interact more closely with student Leaders, Patrons, and Chaplains of different institutions to strengthen our relationships with them and strike new friendships with others.

Alive and active regional conference

Since we have the alive and active national conference every other year, in between we have Regional Conferences. This is 3 days residential student leader’s conference where we gather about 150 student leaders per region. (The same approach used in the Alive and Active National students’ conference is used for the regional conferences)

Research among students.

We think it helps to understand emerging generations of young people in Uganda so that we enrich the evangelical dialogue and support sound decision-making for the church and student workers in Uganda.

Our aim is to inform the interested churches and organizations about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the student and student work in Uganda and discover how to best equip them to grow in understanding scriptures, in the obedience of faith, and how in turn share their faith. we carry out research among the teens and university students to learn more about their worldview, especially surrounding Christianity, religion, and culture.

The research publication will provide a credible, readable forum for critical reflection on student work for effective Christian mission among students. Living Word Uganda envisions creating an information hub on students and student work in the country.

In order to be a credible student ministry at the national and regional level, Living Word Uganda is building capacity to a leader in student research, data generation, and dissemination. This involves but not be limited to; coordinate member’s research activities and with the emphasis on learning, sharing available information relevant to students and how the gospel can be preached and propagated among them, Publishing and availing regular information to members and other stakeholders for informed decision making.

Equip the Church Conference 3rd – 5th Jan 2024

LWU — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:54:32 +0000

Register here

At this – our 3rd pastors Conference –, the Lord willing, we will once again meet pastors, and all who are committed to Bible teaching ministry. We aim as always to model faithful bible handling, bringing lectures that will both equip and feed us to increase our confidence in God’s word.

2024 focus

Last year, our focus was on “Handling Bible Epistles”. The focus for 2024 will be “Prophetic literature”. How can we as bible handlers study and teach prophecy in a faithful manner? But why prophetic literature?

Prophetic literature is a rare genre on our church pulpits (deliberately or not). Therefore how do we increase confidence and encourage this genre on the pulpits?
Secondly, many people find it a difficult genre to study so as to discover its meaning and application for us today. What tools can be at our fingertips to handle this genre?
Thirdly our culture is preoccupied with “prophecy” mainly defined as the ability to tell the future. But is this all that the bible has to say about prophecy? How does the bible define prophecy?

In addition to this, we shall have two sessions on the sufficiency of Christ worked out from the book of Colossians.

The program includes:

Lectures on Prophetic Literature demonstrated from the book of Joel and the Sufficiency of Christ by Nigel Styles, the Director of the Proclamation Trust (UK).
Word work groups, where participants will give a short sermon focusing on how to get a big idea and the aim of passage from the book of Amos. They will then receive constructive feedback from their fellow participants.
Panel discussion focussing on church ministry.
Devotional sermons to nourish, encourage, and model expository preaching from the book of Zephaniah.

Fees

Those who register before November 31^st will pay 100,000 Uganda shillings
Those who register after the deadline will contribute 120,000 Uganda shillings. The conference will run for three full days from 3^rd to 5^th January 2023.

This will cater for meals, and printed booklets with notes. The conference is non-residential and we shall be Eureka Hotel –Ntinda

Alive & Active National Conference 8th -13th Jan 2024

LWU — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:06:21 +0000

This is a 5-day residential university student leaders conference in partnership with FOCUS Uganda, ACFAR, and other like-minded organizations. We gather about 200 university student leaders for a week of teaching to acquaint them with the Bible and the tools of faithful bible handling. Reputable and faithful church leaders and student workers serve as facilitators and speakers.

This will take place at Sufficiency of Scripture in Wobulenzi. The fee is 60,000/-, you register with 20,000/- (This is part of the fee). The deadline for registration is 30th November 2023. Click here to register

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