19/07/2024
A Literate Pastor and a Diploma Teacher Discipled by an Illiterate Woman.
DMM Journey- How Margaret reached out to me
Despite being literate and currently serving as a pastor at X Church in Lodwar, holding a diploma certificate in Early Childhood and Education, the way Pastor Margaret approached me was very different. She is illiterate, but her approach was powerful, and one could not look down upon her because of her illiteracy. The first time she reached out to me, she opened a Bible and asked me to read. She then began asking me what I had learned from the scripture, and I found myself discovering many things. It was as though I was teaching myself, guided by her questions.
ACHIEVEMENT/SUCCESSES
In the church that I am ministering, there are a lot of people and we have divided ourselves into different groups where people meet in their respective groups and study the word of God. It has been our culture to start with a discovery during our church services and on weekly programs that happens every Thursday of the week and any other day if anything arises. People have started being active in God’s work after discovering so many things about Gods kingdom by themselves. Initially, they used to think it’s pastor’s word when he preached to them and become a challenge for them to obey but since when they were introduced to a bible study, they have realized that its God who speaks.
I being a teacher, I have started school for old people to help them to know how to read and write and in that school, I have introduced a discovery Bible studies where we always start with a DBS before we start our actual class. I have 5 active DBS groups, I started one and members from this groups started other 4 DBS and one transitioning church that have stayed for a period of two months as a discovery group before transitioning.
