Over two hundred clergy and lay leaders from every diocese in the Anglican Church of Rwanda (PEAR) and representatives of churches in North America gathered to celebrate their common journey, to encourage one another, and to begin to dream about the way forward.  Meeting in the capital city of Kigali, the two-day event featured bible [...]

A special friend of Redeemer, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda, entered his new role as leader of the Anglican Church of Rwanda this summer, and with it took up the leadership of the Gasabo Diocese. According to the canons of the Rwandan church, Archbishops assume leadership not only of the Province, which covers the entire country, but [...]

It was Meister Eckhart, the medieval theologian and mystic who reflected on the way we often enter into new things— “and suddenly you know: its time to start something new, and trust the magic of beginnings”. Sunday the 18th of November was a day of new beginnings, in both life and vocation. A day not [...]

11.18.18 An ordination service in Rwanda is something of a mixture between a wedding and graduation. For the ordination service today, of which Ethan Carlson, was one of several people being ordained to the Deaconate and others to the Priesthood, the cathedral was packed. People were sitting outside of the cathedral to be part of [...]

My trips to Rwanda are mostly about people.  Friends we have made over the years here in the Shyira Diocese and in Kigali, in the other intrepid pilgrims you meet along the way in airports and security lines, and especially our own families who have come to live here for a season, whatever time that [...]

It can be hard, sometimes, for those of us from more ‘flat’ organizational structures to understand how hierarchy functions in the church in many places.  Its a good reminder, actually, that the church is not a democracy—was never intended to be, and that godly authority is important to healthy community and faithful gospel ministry. It [...]

On my journey over to Rwanda I stopped for a couple of days in the UK.  I wanted to adjust to the time change, and also seek some contemplative space at Canterbury Cathedral.  Its hard to put into words the impact that a building can have—-in a place that has drawn pilgrims for almost 1500 [...]

By Jake Slaughter I’ve been in Rwanda for five days now. I find it hard to believe even as I type it out. It certainly hasn’t felt like five days. Since the moment we landed I’ve been trying to keep up with the whirlwind of information being thrown at me. I desperately don’t want to [...]