Mercy Uganda

I wrote about my second mission trip in the post called Mission Trip #2: Uganda. Mercy Uganda is a Christian, humanitarian ministry born from several trips to Uganda. Mercy Uganda was founded by Laura Knetzer and is governed by a board of directors. The ministry is “dedicated to working with women and children to address spiritual, physical, educational, and economic needs, thereby helping alleviate the causes of poverty and injustice, and providing hope and a future.”

Mercy Uganda began their journey through the Africa Christian Training Institute (ACTI), which has served Ugandan's through pastoral training and church planting since 1983. This sister ministry is responsible for arranging short-term mission trips to Uganda. ACTI’s mission includes: partnering with Ugandan churches, enabling evangelists to serve there, arranging for Christians to use their gifts there, encouraging career mission involvement there, and to encourage seeing God at work in Uganda. In summary, ACTI is interested in forming a bridge through which many Christians can become involved in Ugandan ministry.

When I think of the way these two ministries are working together I am reminded that, “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give…And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:6-8).