My name is Titus Wamahe. I am married and my wife is called Phoebe Wamahe. She is Kenyan and she’s currently in Kenya visiting some relatives.We got married in 2011 August and this year marks our five year anniversary. We have two children; Gabriel who is three years old and Jude who is one and half years old. I am the pastor of Liberty Worship Center. We are located in Pumude Cell, Northern division, Mbale Municipality. I have been in this Church since 2006. We began in the Northern division hall but because of the limitations of the hall we looked around for a place to put the church. We have been at Pumude Cell since 2013. We have a regular church attendance of over 60 adult members and on the whole, about 80 members. There are so many children that we have not taken count and we even have a challenge of space. We are trusting God to put a structure behind the church for them to have their own space.

I basically work in Church. I was burdened to join the ministry when I was in Senior Six. The burden was too heavy in my heart. I decided to be active in church full time. Of Course at that time I thought that it would be a temporary burden because I had a passion for education, I wanted to study to be a lawyer. I thought that I would be able to accomplish that little burden short time but it has increasingly become the order of my life to be in ministry. So I do full time ministry.

I have no formal theological training aside from a few basic bible correspondence courses. However, there was a need in my life. I had wanted to be part of bible school but here in Mbale the flexibility of the Bible Schools has been a challenge because you have to be there full time and they are also expensive. I do full time ministry and my church is not able to pay for my Bible training.The Facilitator, Peter Makhafu is a personal friend of mine. He told me about Veritas and I loved it. I then invited him to True Worship Church and he shared with the other church members. The church members who were ready, started a class and I joined them. I love to learn a lot and I think learning does not end. Even if I had done a degree in theology I would still have loved to do the Veritas training because of it's flexibility and the opportunity to acquire more knowledge. 

The Impact…

The Veritas Training is so practical. It has widened my perspective. The modules take us through various points in time in which the Bible was written. It is so wide and has thus widened my understanding of the Bible. It has built confidence in my life because I know how to handle given texts in the Bible. There are times, when I would just skip over some things and console myself that after all, "I can share the Gospel from another part of the scriptures and someone understands instead of looking at this complicated part of the scriptures. Why should I go there if I can still share it?" I’ve now got confidence. I can exegete every part of the scriptures and I can understand, interpret and easily share from any part of the Bible. So Veritas has built my confidence in approaching any part of the scriptures. It has really given an overview of the Bible, it has done us good.

 

Even after finishing Module Four, I still have to go back and go through the books. I have asked the facilitator to allow me to sit in for various modules and this will enable me to do my personal revision. I definitely would like to be a facilitator. The opportunity and need for facilitators was communicated by our facilitator. There is need for the knowledge to be passed on across the Church. There is a knowledge gap. People are limited in the interpretation of the Bible for instance people pick out one or two verses and then they run with them and cannot relate them well with the whole counsel of the Bible. It is very important that this knowledge goes all around not only in my church but all over. However, it is my desire that all the members at my Church will have this knowledge. We have a plan to start a Module one class. We also  have a discipleship program however,  the Veritas training does both and put that advantage to use. A person who has acquired this training is easier to pastor because they are self driven and practical.

We hereby inform all our partners especially those in Uganda that we have relocated.God, for over ten years, has sustained us exceedingly well in the office premises at Susie House, Ggaba Road Nsambya. We are now moving to Flat B1, Namungoona National Housing Apartments, Orthodox Road. The new premises are more spacious and more affordable. We thank both the management of Susie House and that of the new premises, Namungoona National Housing Apartment. Do feel free to stop by the new Veritas College Uganda Premises. Karibu!