{"id":4420,"date":"2026-03-21T16:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:52:03","slug":"off-to-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/2026\/03\/21\/off-to-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear ministry partners, I am leaving Sunday March 22 on my next Africa expedition, this time to the East African country of Rwanda. This small country has been through a very challenging season of late. For the past couple years the government has forced over 10,000 churches throughout the country, stating that they needed to comply with a series of requirements that were constantly changing. As you can imagine, this created a huge problem for pastors throughout the country, and many of those with whom we work were forced to change their lives drastically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-934x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4421\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9121198227112945;width:483px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-934x1024.png 934w, https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-768x842.png 768w, https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1401x1536.png 1401w, https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1867x2048.png 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This time I am working with a new gathering of ministry leaders who will be planting churches in unreached areas of the region. This is part of the Tyrannus network of Bible schools that I have worked with in the past. They love the hermeneutical training I offer (Pathways) on how to study, understand, and teach God&#8217;s Word, so I offer that the first week, and the second week I will walk through the book of 1 Peter with them, coaching them to use Pathways principles to catch Peter&#8217;s emphasis passage by passage through the book. Here are some of the key elements for this trip and I would be truly grateful for your prayers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda March 22 \u2013 April 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overview: This is a new Tyrannus Bible School network in Kigali, Rwanda. I will be joined by a pastor from southern Oregon named Chris Sherwood. We will give a week of Pathways training followed by a week of a deeper dive into 1 Peter to church planters going to unreached parts of East Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Itinerary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 22-23 \u2013 Travel to Kigali, Rwanda.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 24-27 \u2013 Pathways training.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 28-29 \u2013 Meetings with several local pastors and preaching in local churches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 30 \u2013 April 1 \u2013 Practice Pathways in study of 1 Peter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 2 \u2013 Travel home.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer Requests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pray that Pastor Chris and I will meet up and both make our very tight connections in Amsterdam on way to Rwanda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pray for coordinator Martin in Kigali and the church planters going through the program that they will be prepared and grasp Bible study principles well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Peter is a particularly useful book for church planters going to unreached areas where they will face persecution. Peter has much to say about suffering. Pray they will apply the message well.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please keep Holly in your prayers while I am away.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png 800w, https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My last trip to Rwanda in July 2025, the final training with a wonderful network of pastors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear ministry partners, I am leaving Sunday March 22 on my next Africa expedition, this time to the East African country of Rwanda. This small country has been through a very challenging season of late. For the past couple years the government has forced over 10,000 churches throughout the country, stating that they needed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/2026\/03\/21\/off-to-rwanda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Off to Rwanda<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mission-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4423,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions\/4423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belzglobal.com\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}