Love God – Love People

God loves people. He just can’t help it; that’s who He is. God created you in His image. That means you are designed to love people. It’s that simple. Each one of us wants to become the person God created us to be. All of us want to make a difference. Discover your purpose through Open Chapel International. We can help you love people as God loves them. Can you make a difference with your life? Yes. Definitely – yes.

Who We Are

We’re a team of creative, passionate and knowledgeable individuals who speak the languages, know the culture and live with the people of Uganda. When we speak, people actually listen because we are one of them. We understand where they’re at because it is the same place we came from. Every member of our team has known what it’s like to be hungry and sleep in a mud hut with a leaky grass thatched roof. Each one of us has felt embarrassed because we didn’t have proper clothes to wear. But more importantly we all remember what it was like to be totally lost, without hope and without God in this world. As we are transformed by the love of Jesus Christ, we are effective in sharing that love with others here in Uganda and throughout East Africa.

We have four churches in Uganda each led by an indigenous pastor. Our intercessory prayer teams go out to all areas of East Africa. Bible recordings in local tribal languages are key. Farming and animal husbandry is fundamental to our livelihood. Healthcare is a part of everything we do. We live lives of righteousness in opposition to corruption and witchcraft.

What We Are About

Are you familiar with the metaphor of ripple effect on water? When we use that word picture, we mean our actions, or even failure to act, reverberate throughout the physical and spiritual world. What we do or don’t do has an effect on others. The Open Chapel International logo is a drop of water creating a ripple effect. The design also looks like a person with hands raised overhead in worship. Both convey perfectly how we live our lives. We see life as purposeful and that purpose comes from our creator God. He is not only our Father, but our Savior and His Spirit lives in us. And that’s what makes all the difference. When we live our lives in worship to Him, we automatically reach out to others.

The Bible tells us that it is never enough just to preach to people. We can’t give them a little pat on the head with a trite “Jesus love you.” All of us, who have believed in Jesus as our Lord, have a comfort we can give to others. It is more than food or clean water or antibiotics or education or shelter. Of course we are involved in all those things. But the real answer is love. The love of God has the power to actually save and transform.

What We Do

How do you do that? Isn’t that the big question? Being a river of love seems like a pretty big mission, maybe even just a pipe dream. Wouldn’t everybody love to reach the nations for Christ? Certainly it is a huge task, but we feel God has given us specific ways to reach out . . . little drops of water, if you will, that create ripple effects. Here are our areas of focus:

Evangelize the lost through open air crusades, door-to-door visits, Community Health Evangelism (CHE), public stand for Christ, witness of a righteous life.

Intercede for God’s Kingdom to be established in the land, government, culture and hearts of people through tearing down evil altars in high places and repenting on behalf of our land.

Plant churches led by indigenous pastors to lead communities in worship of God and found a body of believers who will demonstrate God’s transforming power in the community.

Equip Local Pastors and ministers of the Gospel to shepherd, nurture and protect the congregation as well as provide for their own family needs through tent making skills and ecological agriculture.

Record the Bible which has been translated into the local tribal languages of East Africa. Use this tool to help preserve languages and redeem cultures.

Preserve Endangered Languages through language learning materials, audio library content and literacy projects.

Where We Serve

Our Missionary Sending Agency

How You Can Get Involved

So if you’re asking yourself what life is all about, we don’t claim to have the corner market on vision, mission or even happiness. But we are living our life on purpose. And we are asking you to join us in the privilege of living it on purpose for God. The best way to begin is to sign up for our free quarterly newsletter or contact us directly.