THE CHURCH IN KABUBBU

The local community has a strong spiritual emphasis. Christianity, the Muslim faith and the Witchdoctor are powerful influences on life. Coming from a 'Western' background we have greater comfort with Christianity.

We have strong questions of the influence of the Witchdoctor. His hold over the community is based on their fear of him. His cure for a man with AIDS is for that man to have sexual intercourse with a virgin.

He works with charms and animal sacrifices in his compound and sometimes, it is said, even child sacrifice. The 'Night People' meet round a recent grave dancing naked and chanting and then digging up the recently buried body and eating the flesh.

We choose to work with the local church and we act as a bridge between churches in the UK and the church in Kabubbu.

In this way we have been able to support existing churches with new roofs, provide a baptistery where over 200 people were baptised when it was first used in March 2004, provide musical instruments and worship resources. Bibles donated by the Stuart Hine Trust have been presented to the children at the Kabubbu Community Primary School and Trust High School in the local language and many more to the churches enhancing the spiritual life of the community.

A programme of showing inspirational films to the community has started with attendances of 200+ with many making a response. This had only taken place when we visited Kabubbu because of the past needs of technical equipment. This has been overcome through support from the Spring Harvest Charitable Trust providing a grant for data projector and DVD equipment.

A more recent development has been a new church established at Trust High School. As this is a school with boarding pupils there was an identified need to provide specific spiritual oversight and development for them. At the first meeting of the Kabubbu Community Church in November 2007 over 100 people attended and this has continued.

Resources continue to be needed including DVD programmes for outreach training, Bible study and Christian living. Will you help to give them hope for their future?

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