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Sharing Life Stories
Ordinary people share how encountering Jesus has transformed their lives — stories that people can understand, identify with and respond to.
Life Stories in East Africa
Ordinary People.Extraordinary Stories.
Local teams in Kenya and Uganda are sharing stories of the living God and seeing lives transformed through Jesus.
From prisons and communities to sporting events and workplaces, ordinary people are telling others what God has done in their lives.
Lives Being Changed
Since starting outreach work in Kenya and Uganda in 2008, our associate groups have seen more than 150,000 people make commitments to follow Jesus.
At the heart of the work is something very simple: people telling other people what God has done in their lives. Those testimonies are being shared in prisons, communities, universities, businesses, military barracks, sporting events and many other places.
2008
Outreach began
Kenya + Uganda
Locally led teams
150,000+
Commitments to Jesus
Thousands
Reached through outreach
Figures are based on reports supplied by our associate groups in Kenya and Uganda.
More Than Meetings
Evangelism, discipleship and practical acts of kindness work together as local Christians serve their own communities.
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Prison Ministry
Teams regularly visit prisons to share testimonies, pray with prisoners and help those who respond to Jesus continue in discipleship.
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Community Outreach
The work goes wherever people are — into communities, homes, schools, workplaces, sporting events and public meeting places.
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Practical Love
Faith is demonstrated practically too — through food, employment opportunities, soap for prisoners and support for local sports teams.
Kenya
Local people reaching local communities
Samuel coordinates a gifted and hard-working team of local volunteers who organise outreach meetings, build relationships and share their own experiences of God's transforming power.
Recent outreach has taken the team into communities around Kiambu County, meeting casual workers, young men, families and people whose lives have been affected by crime and addiction.
Sporting activities have also provided opportunities to build relationships with young people, including football and volleyball teams.
Community outreachTestimoniesSportDiscipleship
Uganda
Bringing hope inside the prisons
Charles coordinates an extensive programme of outreach and discipleship, with a particular emphasis on reaching men inside Uganda's prisons.
Teams visit prisons to share personal testimonies and the message of Jesus, pray with prisoners and then return for Bible teaching and discipleship.
The ministry is practical too. Visits have included donations of washing soap to prisoners — a simple but important expression of dignity, compassion and Christian love.
Prison outreachBible teachingPrayerPractical help
One Life at a Time
Edwin's Story
Edwin gave his life to Jesus while in prison in Kenya in 2022.
His story did not finish when he left prison. His life was transformed and he became involved with the local team, helping other men discover the same hope he had found.
At a recent outreach held at Edwin's home, men from the surrounding community gathered to listen. Many had been involved in petty crime and were particularly impacted by hearing Edwin tell the story of his own transformation.
Changed lives changing lives.
Faith in Action
Showing God's love in practical ways
The work has always been about more than words.
Through the generosity of members and supporters, local teams have been able to help unemployed people with food, create employment opportunities, provide prisoners with soap and support football teams with strips and boots.
These are often simple things, but they communicate something important: people matter, and Christian faith is something that can be seen as well as heard.
Ordinary people sharing the story of an extraordinary God.
Local people. Local leadership. Life-changing stories.
Support the Work
Be Part of the Story
The work in Kenya and Uganda is led by local people who know their communities and give their time to reach others.
Your support helps teams travel to communities and prisons, organise outreach, provide practical assistance and continue supporting people after they have responded to Jesus.
Your contribution can help make the next life story possible.
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Help our local teams share life-changing stories and provide practical support in Kenya and Uganda.
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Life Stories Worldwide works alongside locally led associate groups in Kenya and Uganda.