Adventists meet in Uganda for gospel work celebrations

Hundreds of people from all over the world will from January 29 to February 1, 2020 converge at Mandela National Stadium Namboole for a 4-day Mission Extravaganza 2020.

While the majority of attendees will be members and friends of the world Adventist Church, there will be delegates that will represent sister Unions, fields and the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Archbishop of the SDA Church in Uganda Dr Daniel Matte s told a news conference on Wednesday that the Kampala 2020 Mission Extravaganza festival will run under the theme: Arise and shine.

The festival is mainly about spiritual renewal through praise, prayer and worship; community service through: helping the needy, promotion of health through: blood donation health checkups and simple treatments, promotion of healthy lifestyles and counseling among others.

The event will also feature high profile talks and workshops on marriage and family life renewal, business skills and personal bible study.

The event will give participants opportunities to network with others and also help participants to celebrate our cultural diversity.

There will be various exhibitions showing the services and ministries of the Seventh-day Advents Church and its members.

The festivities proceeded with over 200 evangelism crusades in Kampala and surrounding areas.  Mission extravaganza celebrates mission harvests in the last five years in East and Central Africa (ECD).

ECD covers 11 countries that include Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo all of which will send delegates.

Flanked by the Central Uganda Conference (CUC) Bishop Samuel Kajoba and other senior Church officials, Matte said President Yoweri Museveni will grace the meeting among other invited dignitaries.

Matte noted that few delegates from Rwanda have confirmed participation due to the tension between the two countries.

"We don't expect many people from Rwanda because of what is happening. Our prayer is that the conflict is resolved as early as yesterday. The tension affects people in both countries," Matte said.

He said the church promotes peace, good governance, co-existence of people of divergent views urging Ugandans and political actors to exercise serenity to enable them go through the political season without injuries and bloodshed.

He said there is so much suffering in the world around us and there is so much opportunity to make a difference for good.