Shalom my reader!
Today i am presenting a very important minister of God from Burundi,
Bishop Rev.Edmund Kivuye, whom is highly called "Apostle" or "Arcbishop" and much more but he just want to be adressed as Just a "Reverent" or "pastor" of
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION;
Edmond KIVUYE (born October 15, 1966) is the International
Apostolic Leader of Eglise Vivante de Jesus Christ (Living Church of
Jesus Christ)in Burundi, Rwanda, D.R.Congo, and Senegal. It is a non-denominational
church, and one of the fastest growing church in Burundi with more than
8000 members in the city of Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi.
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Children doing dance during Children Conference |
Pastor Edmond KIUVYE's sermon given at the Eglise Vivante
are broadcasted live every Sunday and Wednesday on the church website.
His preachings are also broadcasted for 30 mins once a week on the
national TV (RTNB). He is the only burundian Pastor on the Burundi
National Television so far. He is also on a Christian television in
burundi, everyday of the week and once a week on a secular television
based in Burundi. The media outreach goes also on the national radio
twice a week in Kirundi and Swahili. (National Radio heard in the whole
country, also in Rwanda, D.R.Congo, and Tanzania) Pastor Edmond KIVUYE
through the church he organizes annual conferences where people around
the country and neighboring countries come and meet for 3 great days.
Conferences like "Abagabo b'iteka" (Men of honor) Men conference. "Nyina
Wanje" (Woman) Ladies conference. "Urwaruka rufise intumbero" (Youth
with a purpose) Youth conference. "Banyene Ubwami" (Their's kingdom)
Kids conference.
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Pastor Faith ministering |
Pastor Edmond Kivuye is also the International Director of African Revival Ministiries
A humanitarian organization, which has as goal to proclaim, teach, and
demonstrate the Kingdom of God trough building hospitals, schools,
orphanages, and many more to help people. The African Revival Ministries
is located in Burundi, Rwanda, D.R.Congo, Senegal, and the UK.
LIFE HISTORY
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Rev.Edmund and Pastor Faith Kivuye |
On October 15, 1966, Edmond KIVUYE was born in
Ngagara, Bujumbura.
Raised in a big family, and he was the first one to get saved and was
honored to lead most of his brothers and sisters to the Lord.
Shortly after graduating in
Mechanical Engineering (Heavy duty
engines)in June 1987 he was called to go into ministry under the
leadership of his
uncle David NDARUHUTSE who was the founder of the
African Revival Ministries and Eglise Vivante. These two worked together
since the beginning of the ministry till when Pastor David NDARUHUTSE
went to be with the Lord after a plane crush in the mountains of
D.R.Congo in September 1997.
Before that the Lord led Pastor David
NDARUHUTSE to pass on the mantle of leadership to Pastor Edmond KIVUYE.
At the time, no one undesrtood what was happening, till after the plane
crush. Then Pastor Edmond KIVUYE took over.
God Kept on blessing the ministry even though it was going trough
problems, the church kept on growing almost every 2 months, so it was
with the African Revival Ministries.
HIS FAMILY;
When he was 23 in 1989, he married
Faith Kin Teustin. They have two
children together (
Henoc, and
Anne). Pastor Faith Kivuye also helps his
Husband in the ministry and God uses both of them in a mighty way around
the world preaching the word of God.
ABOUT HIS MINISTRY;
Pastor Edmond's sermons are broadcast nationally through the church
TV and Radio program "Igihe C'Impemburo" which means times of
refreshment on the national radio and television. His sermons are
helping people county wise and even in around the world trough
Live
streaming, DVDs, video's on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter...
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Church Auditorium |
Under the leadership of Pastor Edmond Kivuye, the Eglise vivante de
Jesus Christ helps many people by paying their school fees when they no
longer can afford it, feed the hungry, and helping them getting medical
care. More of these good works are done through African Revival
Ministries
still under Pastor Edmond leadership, where they have two schools in
the capital city of Burundi, Bujumbura. One of them is the only english
speaking school in the country which follows the oxford curriculum
(King's School International). Still in the capital city ARM (African
Revival Ministries) have two hospitals, one which is manly surgical and
has the only X-ray which you can have the result right after they have
taken you the X-ray picture.
In Burundi ARM has other project like one to help HIV positive people
who are hopeless and cannot afford the medicine. In this center, they
just don't give them, food and medicine, but they also encourage them
with the world of God. ARM has a project which helps the pygmies in the
country side. This tribe is one of the three but the least which is only
1% of the population. They teach them to read and write using the
bible, ARM has also built a village for them and recently a clinic, so
that they can be treated equally as other tribes.
After the war which took place in Burundi, many children were left
without parents due the birth of CRIB (Children rescue in Burundi)
orphanage. This orphanage have more than 300 children raised in a God
fearing environment and also speaking English. In 2004 near the border
on Burundi and DRCongo happened a genocide which took many Congolese
refugees lives. At that time the first thing ARM did was to open an
orphanage and taking all the children, because they did not have where
to stay, the orphanage was called "New Hope Center", to give a new hope
to those innocent children.
In Rwanda, ARM and Eglise Vivante helps people with HIV by giving
them hope and encouraging them with the word of God. They do support
them with medicine and food. They also helps different orphans by paying
for their school fees. Eglise Vivante Have more than 50 different
churches around Rwanda.
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Praise Team |
In DRCongo, ARM and Eglise Vivante does continue helping people
mainly on the side of Uvira where a big population of
"Banyamulenge"
still living in the middle age of not having water, House, school, to
get what to eat, women have to work for almost 3 weeks to get only a
meal of 3 weeks. After seeing the need in that Region, Eglise Vivante
and ARM under the leadership of Pastor Edmond Kivuye, they decided to
build houses for the population, school, orphanages. With the help of
some engineers from Canada, they were able to provide electricity in
some houses using the great water falls that are around the mountain of
Uvira. The Eglise Vivante and a number of church members bought machine
so that women won't have to spend 3 weeks making ready a 5 day meal, but
now they produce more for the family and also get time to rest and
being with their families
In Senegal, ARM and Eglise Vivante are doing a great work knowing
Senegal as a Muslim country, when people receives Christ as their
savior, they are persecuted, so ARM established a refugee center for
women, because women are persecuted to the point of being Killed. So
that refugee center receives them and help them by giving them job...
ARM do have another center for young boys called "Talibe" These young
boys, are not sent to school by their parents so that they won't learn
about the western education. They send them to the Muslim school to
learn about the Koran, their teachers send them during the day to beg
for money (without their parents knowing) and there is a certain amount
they have to reach if they don't they are severely punished. ARM takes
those young boys, first teach them about the word of God and put them in
schools.
HOPE YOU ARE CHALLANGED BY THIS YOUNG SUSSESSFUL BURUNDIAN BISHOP COMPARED TO OTHER BISHOPS; IF HE IS AN OVERSEER OF 300 CHURCHES WITH A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN WHICH HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI DO ATTEND SERVICES REGULARLY AND SOMETIME MINISTER TO THE CHURCH AT THE HEAD QUARTER.
PERSONALLY I KNEW THIS PASTOR WHEN HE CAME TO TANZANIA AND MINISTERED TO VICTORY CHRISTIAN CENTRE TABERNACLE FOR FOUR DAYS; HONESTLY I CAN TESTIFY THAT THIS MAN OF GOD IS LOADED WITH LIFE REALITY AND FUTURE ORIENTED PRINCIPLED SERMONS AND THAT IS WHAT HAS PUSHED ME TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MAN OF GOD!! IF REAL WISH TO HEAR ABOUT THIS MINISTER THEN JUST GOOGLE THE WILL GET HIM IN WEBSITES,TWITTER,BLOGS,YOUTUBE and to mention a few!!
MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU ALL!!!
Written by
King Chavala
(MC/Stand Up Comedian)
+255 713 883 797
*From different trusted sources of informations