{"id":1510,"date":"2026-02-13T19:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/?page_id=1510"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:45:42","slug":"rwanda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Rwanda-GLBS-theological-education-2.jpg\" alt=\"People standing in front of buildings in Rwanda\" class=\"wp-image-1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Rwanda-GLBS-theological-education-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Rwanda-GLBS-theological-education-2-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Rwanda-GLBS-theological-education-2-768x338.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/Rwanda-GLBS-theological-education-2-560x246.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"feedzy-710ec3ebb14c5ac397b36e61d8e88a24 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/gfi-grants-to-burundi-rwanda-uganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Global Food Initiative grants support church-based ministries in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>The latest set of grants from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Global Food Initiative (GFI) have been announced. They support ministries in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda that are connected with Church of the Brethren denomination in each country including the Great Lakes Bible School, Farming God's Way training, and a goat and chicken farming livelihood project.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/gfi-closes-out-2025-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Global Food Initiative closes out 2025 with last set of grants for the year\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/global-food-initiative-logo-150px.jpg\" title=\"Global Food Initiative closes out 2025 with last set of grants for the year\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/gfi-closes-out-2025-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Global Food Initiative closes out 2025 with last set of grants for the year<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>The last set of grants for 2025 from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Global Food Initiative (GFI) rounded out the year by supporting needs around the world, from Honduras to Rwanda, Nigeria to Ecuador, as well as local projects in Pennsylvania.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/global-mission-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"New executive director speaks at Global Mission Dinner\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/NigerianContingentwithSharonNorton-DSC_1370-byDonnaParcell-600px-150x150.jpg\" title=\"New executive director speaks at Global Mission Dinner\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/global-mission-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">New executive director speaks at Global Mission Dinner<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>There were many languages spoken around the tables at the Global Mission Dinner held during Annual Conference, as international guests from several countries joined Sharon Brugger Norton, the new executive director of Global Mission for the Church of the Brethren, under the umbrella of Rev. 21:1-5, \u201cThe leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/latest-round-of-gfi-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Latest round of GFI grants support agricultural training and farming in Africa, clean water in Haiti\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/global-food-initiative-logo-150px.jpg\" title=\"Latest round of GFI grants support agricultural training and farming in Africa, clean water in Haiti\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/latest-round-of-gfi-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Latest round of GFI grants support agricultural training and farming in Africa, clean water in Haiti<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>The Global Food Initiative (GFI) has given its latest round of grants to support well drilling by the Haiti Medical Project, an agricultural training component for students at the Great Lakes Bible School in Rwanda, and \u201cFarming God's Way\u201d in the Church of the Brethren in Burundi.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/edf-grants-since-start-of-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">EDF grants since start of year fund Nigeria Crisis Response and aid responses to wars in central Africa, Gaza, and Ukraine<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>Brethren Disaster Ministries has directed grants from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to continued support for the Nigeria Crisis Response, to aid those affected in three central African countries by the warfare in Goma and the surrounding area, to aid those affected by the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, and to aid those affected by the war in Ukraine, among others.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/l-e-a-d-conference-gathers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"L.E.A.D. Conference gathers in Ephrata to learn to \u2018Listen, Equip, Adapt, Disciple\u2019\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/LEAD-DSC_0387-600px-150x150.gif\" title=\"L.E.A.D. Conference gathers in Ephrata to learn to \u2018Listen, Equip, Adapt, Disciple\u2019\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/l-e-a-d-conference-gathers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">L.E.A.D. Conference gathers in Ephrata to learn to \u2018Listen, Equip, Adapt, Disciple\u2019<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>Keynote speaker Dennis R. Edwards of North Park Theological Seminary, and preachers Etienne Nsanzimana of the Church of the Brethren in Rwanda and Jeff Carter of Bethany Theological Seminary, led the main sessions at the first-ever L.E.A.D. Conference of the Church of the Brethren on Nov. 15-17.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/how-can-i-keep-from-singing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"How can I keep from singing?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/BibleSchoolStudentsAssistWithDailyTaskofFoodPrep-byChrisElliott-150x150.jpg\" title=\"How can I keep from singing?\" style=\"height:150px;width:150px;\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/how-can-i-keep-from-singing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">How can I keep from singing?<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><p>During the early hours of a recent morning, I was awakened by the sound of bombs exploding some distance away. Across the border from us, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there are frequent skirmishes between rebels and the government forces. It is not uncommon for us to hear gunfire and explosions. There is no imminent danger to us here, but knowing that others are facing death and destruction is disconcerting to say the least.<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1510","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1513,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1510\/revisions\/1513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}