This is the last of the 6 days conference in Kahama. It was so humbling to have evangelists, laymen and young pastors thanking Barry Wood Ministries aggressively saying that they had never been to a bible teaching conference or spiritual conference like this – a place of teaching. We gave teaching to these men and women and they nearly cried. Every person we had
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Key Man Conference in Tanzania Report: Part 3
On Saturday, we taught how to prepare sermon and interpret the word of God. This was a special day for these two lessons. It was good because every participants was very passionate to read and interpret the word. Also preaching was very good. I gave them the book of 2 Kings 5:1-14 as a practical verse. They did a wonderful job. Each attendee was
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Key Man Conference in Tanzania Report: Part 2
I, Renatus, was teaching the Leaders’ Warfare. I spent my time with the group each day. In the chapter, I had so much to teach and God was so faithful and empowered me. I taught the materials in the section 3. I shared with people how to live miraculously, praying in the Holy Spirit how to pray in power and faith, why do we pray
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Key Man Conference in Tanzania Report: Part 1
Last month in Tanzania, the BWM staff hosted an all-African-led Leaders Conference. Below is the report by Renatus Cosmos Kanunu that will bless you greatly. You’ll want to read this and weep for joy! Looking back on the Key Men Conference done in Kahama, I am amazed and humbled that God would allow Barry Wood Ministries to be a part of something so important to
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Enough of the “D” Words
I went to the movies last weekend and saw The Jersey Boys. It is another nice film from Clint, you know the guy with the big pistol, Dirty Harry. This film interested me mostly because it was about my era in high school. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons were a hit when I had a scratchy radio in my 49’ Ford. Like all
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Joy in the Midst of Sadness
Being a preacher/pastor for over half a century means I have led many a funeral. Some are very sad, resulting from circumstances surrounding the death. Those funerals are hard on all who attend. I have observed over the years that other funerals are a “mixed bag” in that there is both sadness mixed with joy. I’ve pondered the difference. Here is what life at
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The Africa I love, serve, and pray for is at war. It is not a conventional war, but it is war none the less. It is being waged by one man’s passion that causes many men pain. New names are appearing on the global landscape as enemies of a peaceful world. You’ve heard about them-al Qaeda, al Shabaab, now it is the ISIS in
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I am thinking today of the horrors of abortion. My reasons for these thoughts are varied. First, one of our dearest friends has a preemie baby grand-daughter struggling to live on a ventilator. Last night I saw pictures of this 1 ½ lb. baby girl in her critical care unit, attached to wires, tubes, and hoses, struggling to breathe. It tugs at your heart.
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I have just returned from a very poor and severely improvised area of Southwest Uganda near the Tanzanian border. As I traveled into the bush visiting villages, I was struck once more by the meagerness of life there. Folks living in mud huts with thatch roofs, one room domiciles with no heat, cooling, stove, or electricity-no nothing. Living dirty, hard lives on dirt floors,
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Kenya is a dangerous place-and I am there! Especially Nairobi, where the “bomb of the week” goes kaboom. Just yesterday in the heart of city center, a terrorist bomb killed 10 innocent shoppers in a market. Next, a “matatu” (a van used as a taxi) was exploded killing even more innocent folks. What madness, what darkness can cause such an act of brutality and
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