DELIVERANCE CHURCH UGANDA

Written by Administrator Friday, 15 April 2011 22:42

There were four main house groups in Kampala. Each was given a code name to protect its identity. One, meeting at Mr. Wanyama’s house in the flats behind Christ the King Church was called ‘Centre’. The second one, in a workshop run by Dan Naya and Laban Jumba was called ‘The Valley’. The other, in Kamwokya at Mrs. Mary Okot’s house was called ‘The Nile’. The fourth, meeting at Senior Assistant Secretary Ben Oluka’s house on Tank Hill, in Muyenga, was called ‘The Hill’. Ben Oluka, an elder in Deliverance Church, was in charge of religious affairs in the government and therefore responsible for enforcing the church bans. The church office also became a business office with people walking in just like any other office for their meetings and prayer. No one suspected anything of that nature was going on.

Does Nicholas have any other life apart from pastoral and leadership work? “O yes,” he chimes, “I enjoy watching football, although I don’t support any particular team. Of course when Uganda is playing Nigeria, you know where my allegiance falls. I also like listening to music though I am not a singer.”

Pastor Nicholas Wafula is confident that God who will cause the next generation to carry on the mantle. Just as Jesus did, spending time with his disciples and having them continue where he left off, others will carry on.

“I want to be remembered as a man of the people,” says Nicholas.”Some people call me uncle, others call me Nick, others dad, soon I will be granddad…and it is all different. I don’t want to force my way into people’s lives. I want to be remembered as a man who was to people what they wanted him to be to them.”