We recently completed yet another Jesus Conference in the community of Busia, Kenya. I want to share some of the pictures that were taken during this mission to give you a little insight as to what goes on in the missions.

The centerpiece of a Jesus Conference involves twenty videos produced by our ministry featuring Benedicta and me as we teach about the greatest subject of the Bible – God’s love and provision for us through His Son Jesus Christ. Many of these videos feature Benedicta and me doing Bible studies at our dining room table, and they are all related to Jesus. Specifically, we address the need of pastors and evangelists to incorporate Jesus in every sermon and every Bible lesson, and the need of all Christians to abide in Jesus and look to Him continually for strength, power, anointing, victory, wisdom, and direction.

Jesus told His Jewish audience: “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” (John 5:39). And that is the point of this Jesus Conference – to show how the Scriptures testify of Jesus, and to demonstrate that all effective ministry and effective Christian living have their roots in a knowledge of Jesus and a life of abiding in Him. This affects the way we see the Bible. When we understand these things, we open our Bibles, not merely to learn some Bible facts, or to study the history of the nation of Israel, but to feed upon Jesus, who is the Bread of life.

One of the things that has amazed me about this Jesus Conference is that I hear so often that these church leaders and ministers are often so impacted and touched by the videos that they frequently beg that certain videos be played again, even after spending nearly the whole day watching videos and discussing them. And yet, when evening comes, rather than heading home, they ask that certain videos be played again, so they can absorb these truths more completely. The two videos that were requested in this last mission in Busia, Kenya were the teaching on abiding in Jesus, and the teaching on the most important components of effective evangelism.

Many, probably most pastors in Africa do not have a seminary of Bible College degree. Many of them have only a very few Christian books to read other than the Bible itself. And while these 20 video teachings cannot substitute for a two- or four-year Bible college program, they are, in a sense a mini-Bible College over the course of four days. And these church leaders demonstrate their love for God’s word in the way they listen so eagerly and constantly take notes about what they are hearing. In America, many Christian leaders might find it painful to spend the better part of a day listening to Bible teachings and studies on a widescreen television, but in Africa, they just love it. Almost always we fill up our list of registered attendees, and yet others will come and beg to be allowed to attend.

Our participants are provided with meals and we even have a teatime break between two of the sessions. So they not only have the opportunity to hear and learn, but to fellowship with each other, something that does not happen a lot between pastors of different churches and denominations. These four-day conferences provide a delightful break in their ordinary work routines and give them a chance to enjoy a conference which is fully paid for, including the food and drinks. Although these meetings were held in Kenya, some pastors came from Uganda and afterwards begged our team to bring this same thing to their own nation.

Amazingly, one Bishop who had over 100 churches and pastors looking to him for leadership, declared how that he, himself, had learned so much, and realized that his own ministry needed to change, so as to reflect more of Jesus.