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Bibleway Baptist Church

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Summerville Baptist Church is grateful to share a lasting partnership with Pastor Jean Baptiste Tuyishimire and Bibleway Baptist Church in Rwanda. What began as an opportunity to help strengthen a local church and provide a permanent place for ministry has grown into a relationship between churches united by a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed and disciples made.

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Bibleway Baptist Church in Rwanda has reached an exciting milestone in the journey toward opening its new church building. The building has passed the required government inspections and Bibleway has received its occupancy permit.

 

One final requirement remains before the church can open for worship. The Rwandan government has required a water well to ensure adequate water distribution for the property. Bibleway is currently working to raise the funds needed to complete the well.

 

After a long journey, the finish line is in sight. Pastor Jean and the leaders of Bibleway are eager to begin worshiping in the new facility and using it to serve their community and share the Gospel. We are grateful for what God has done and continue to pray for Bibleway as they work toward completing this final requirement.

Bibleway Story

On May 5, 1970 a baby boy named Jean Baptiste Tuyishimire was born in the village of Gahara, Rwanda.  He was born into a family that was associated with Baptist Union Church but they didn’t know Jesus.  Jean experienced great suffering as a child and it resulted in a lot of anger.  By the Grace of God, when Jean was 12 the Lord sent someone who shared the love of Jesus with Jean and his life was forever changed.  With his salvation God gave Jean a passion to share his experience with those around him and when he was 19 he surrendered to the call of pastoral ministry.  A turning point in Jean’s life came when at the age of 21 he started a church and in the eyes of most the church was a huge success.  With so many people coming to the church everyone was excited except Jean.  He said, “I personally was not satisfied because I wanted to see true transformation but did not know how to reach that because I lacked the education to help me shepherd God’s people properly.”  At the core of Jean’s salvation and call to ministry was a desire to see lives discipled, to teach people what it truly means to walk with Jesus.  Jean was blessed with education opportunities in the country of Zambia and with that blessing Jean went back to his homeland to pursue God’s call on his life.  Jean began the Bibleway Baptist Church.  His goal was simple, to teach others the Bibleway of life.  In 2018 the Rwanda Government shut down 10,000 churches overnight with new mandated regulations. Jean’s church has been unable to meet since 2018 because their building does not meet government standards.  Since then Jean has continued to shepherd the flock but it has become increasingly difficult and the body is dispersed.  In Matthew 16.18 Jesus said He will build His church and the gates of hell will not stand against it.  We believe that now is the time that God is going to build Bibleway a new building through which the country of Rwanda will be touched. 

 

Summerville Baptist Church had the opportunity to come alongside Jean and Bibleway Baptist Church to help provide a permanent place for the congregation to worship and minister to their community. Through an eight-phase construction project and the generosity of God's people, the new Bibleway church building was constructed to meet the requirements established by the Rwandan government.

 

Today, the building has passed the required government inspections and Bibleway has received its occupancy permit. One final requirement remains before the congregation can begin worshiping in the new facility—a water well to provide adequate water distribution for the property. Bibleway is currently raising the funds needed to complete the well, and we continue to pray with Pastor Jean and the congregation as they approach the finish line of this incredible journey.

Check out the construction process

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