One of the challenges for MTW missionaries Ben and Kim Church in Kampala, Uganda, is reaching a culture where 85% claim to be Christian, but a much smaller percentage have a biblically grounded saving faith. Step one on that journey is helping people see that they’re not actually Christians. This takes time, but with patience, perseverance, and God’s grace, the Churches have seen solid fruit.

They started Christ Our Refuge church plant with Bible studies showing Ugandans the real person of Christ through the Gospel of Mark, His work, His authority, and also His suffering. The fact that He would have all of the authority of God, but He would use that authority to go and suffer on behalf of His people was very intriguing and gripping for many who had been in church all their lives.

Christ Our Refuge’s vision as a church is to be a family of faith that makes disciples of Jesus Christ, not only through preaching and teaching, but also through building a family of faith. Through faith in Christ, believers are brought into His body and are now responsible for each other as fellow members of the body of Christ. That means they care about each other. When a member has needs, others in the church want to help them, pray for them, give toward their needs. According to Ben, this element of family, paired with solid teaching, is what makes Christ Our Refuge unique.