SDA President, Pr. Ted Wilson visit to Rwanda has resulted over 100,000 thousand people been baptized and others gave their lives to Jesus during the previous baptism that took place all over the country and saw only 6 people giving their lives to Christ.
Wilson has made several visits to Rwanda, among which several projects were initiated, in 2012, 2015, and 2017 being his most recent.
This was revealed by the Onesphore Yadusoneye, the director of communications for Rwanda’s Union Mission for Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
The baptism was in line with the preparation of the 100 years’ celebration of existence of the SDA church in Rwanda, the event that is scheduled.
Tomorrow all church members are expected to meet from 8:00 am for a normal church service, ranging from the Sabbath school ministry to the divine hour.
Wilson will join the Rwandan Adventist family in the community work- Umuganda that will take place in Kimihurura Sector, Gasabo District, besides Rugando Primary School tomorrow, on Sunday where he will deliver his message to the SDA members.
Alongside the church members, the ceremony will be graced by the president of the General conference, Seventh Day Adventist church, Pr. Ted Wilson who is in Rwanda since Thursday together with Rwanda’s church President, Hesron R. Byilingiro.
In what is expected to be a mass gathering, the church members are expected to convene at the Remera Amahoro National Stadium.
His visits also saw many developments according to Onesphore Yadusoneye, the director of communications for Rwanda’s Union Mission for Seventh-Day Adventist Church,
Among these include the nine-storey building in the city centre that accommodates Rwanda’s Seventh–Day Adventist headquarters and the multi-million dollar Adventist University of Central Africa Science and Technology Centre – Gishushu Campus.
“On Monday, he is expected to inaugurate the just concluded Adventist Regional Medical School in Masoro, Gasabo district”, a project that he flagged off in 2015 Onesphore said.
Statistics from last week indicate that the denomination had gained over 962,766, regular church members in 2500 Adventist churches.
100 years down the road, the church has been pivotal in different sectors like education, health community work among others.
In which different secondary Adventist schools have been constructed and equipped with material, primary schools to foster quality education in young children, and the Mugonero Adventist hospital, with 9 clinics and health centres.
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