Uganda | A Gospel Movement Among Muslims
Faisal grew up as a Muslim in Uganda. But then he encountered Jesus in a vision. He began to follow Jesus, and told his family about the vision. But nothing like this had ever happened in his family before. He was rejected by his family and had to leave home. A local church took him in, but he found himself torn about his Muslim background and everything he was hearing in the church—there was such a long history of opposition against Muslims in the church.
Eventually Faisal was able to attend University. He longed for fellowship and to find answers to his questions about how to follow Jesus as a Muslim-background believer. So he invited other Muslim students to join him in studying the Bible. As they read scripture together, many of his Muslim friends committed their lives to Jesus. Their small group began to multiply because people were encountering Jesus. There weren’t other ministries in Uganda effectively reaching Muslims. The groups exploded like wildfire, and took off at other Universities and even in other countries.
Then Faisal had a divine encounter with Novo staff who were visiting Uganda. He learned about Discovery Bible Study and gospel movements, and knew this is what he’d been longing to be a part of. As they began to use gospel movement tools, their groups went from 150 to 209 in just eight months. Now there are 1052 groups in Uganda and Tanzania. Faisal realized he was in the midst of a gospel movement among Muslims in East Africa. He joined Novo and continues to find support through this partnership as he shepherds this move of God.
