Arua Mission Station in Uganda
Arua is located in the north-west of Uganda and borders the DR Congo and South Sudan. The border to Congo is only 20 kilometres away and to South Sudan it is about 70 kilometres. We are 560 km away from the capital Kampala.
The ‘Lugbara’ tribe who live here find it difficult to subordinate themselves to the government in Kampala. Our station was founded in 1998, when land prices were still very favourable. Work in the Congo came to a stand due to the civil war. Therefore, the search was on for an alternative location. The new station was to be close to the Congo in order to continue the work there. At this time, radio work was established at DIGUNA and we joined forces with the local missionary organisation ‘Here is life’ to build a radio station. As many Muslims live in West Nile, radio is a very good medium for bringing the good news to Muslim homes.
Every week we are allowed to visit the men’s and women’s prisons in the neighbourhood. We preach from the Bible, pray and sing with the inmates. We also offer the ‘Emmaus Bible Course’. This comprises 21 booklets and provides an excellent basis for sound Bible knowledge and the development of personal faith.
The Aru mission station in Congo is only 30 kilometres away from us. We offer ourselves as a temporary storage facility for their material, help with organisational resources and support them wherever possible.
Together with the Anglican church ‘Church of Uganda’ and the local missionary movement ‘Power Partners’, we bring the good news to the entire region, including to the many refugee camps that are housed in ‘West Nile’. Through open-air concerts, door-to-door evangelism and showing the Jesus film, many find their way to Jesus.
We are grateful for the good cooperation with the local population. This helps us to better recognise the needs of the local people.
We have a large number of tracts and flyers in our literature container. We work together with other mission organisations to distribute God’s Word as effectively as possible.