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March 24th, 2025

Q1 Newsletter

A Note from Bruce

Imagine being a young believer, eager to be part of a vibrant community where you could worship, learn, and grow, but having no church of any kind anywhere close to your neighborhood. For thousands of Christians in Rwanda, such a scenario requires no imagination; it’s their very present reality. In the past year, government regulations have forced the closure of more than 10,000 churches in a country the size of the state of Maryland. While a few churches have reopened, registration requirements for places of worship are growing increasingly stringent.

Nehemie (pictured above), TCWM’s country director in Rwanda, had planted and pastored one of those closed churches. He is asking the Lord to open the door for a new, legally licensed church on the property where his wife Jackie operates an elementary school. More than 200 people would love to be a part of this new work. Would you pray with Nehemie and Jackie that the Lord would allow their vision to become reality? Proverbs 21:1 says, “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.” Pray that God would so work in the lives of the government officials to grant permission for this Biblical and Reformed church, and that many believers from the surrounding area will join with those from every nation, tongue, and tribe, singing, “Worthy is the Lamb!”

-Bruce Sinclair, Vice President, TCWM

An Update from Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya!

Doug with Will Savell (our partner at The Grace Institute)

Students at our brand new TBI Tanzania Campus

Doug with Dr. Joseph Mutei (one of our new site coordinators) 

Doug with a local TZ Member of Parliament who loved the TCWM pen!

Greetings TCWM Family!

Last month I got to travel to Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Below are updates from my time in each country.

1) Rwanda. With much prayer & consideration, we have decided against continuing the pursuit of accreditation at our Rwanda Trinity Biblical Institute campus at this time. People close to the government, some of whom are Christians & actually care, have warned us that the government would immediately reject an application for a seminary, as they are actively shutting down evangelical ministries throughout the country. This decision came with the understanding that seeking accreditation could risk extra attention to our existing conferences. We came up with a contingency plan to still faithfully fulfill our mission to the country of Rwanda in a 3-fold strategy:

1- Create a special scholarship program to send Rwanda students (full-ride plus transportation) to TBI Kapchorwa. We hope to send 10 this year and 20 next year. Please let us know if you would like to contribute to this special fund of sending Rwandan students to Uganda so that they may continue to further their education despite the opposition from their government!

2- Double the number of TBI non-accredited conference classes on campus to continue teaching the Word of God to pastors and church leaders. This is our bread and butter and we will never stop doing it! This is one of the major reasons of why we are not pursuing accreditation, as we do not want to risk the current ministry opportunities we have through TBI conferences already taking place in Rwanda!

3- Let other reformed ministries such as MTW, ARP and Al-Massirah (a PCA group that teaches people how to evangelize Muslims) use our campus in order for it to be a hub of reformed activity in the country.


2) Tanzania. Time for some good news! Our physical campus is officially open in Tanzania, and it is currently being used by our sister ministry, The Grace Institute. We will thereafter use it for our conferences, and seek to begin offering a diploma program within the next year or two. We are actively talking with potential faculty who are considering moving to Tanzania full-time to serve as principal and/or teachers and administrators. We praise the Lord that the work is moving forward very nicely there. We still are in need of $35,500 to finish the campus. If you can donate a one-time gift toward that again this year (or your church!) that would be very helpful as we add the final touches to the campus!


3) Kenya. I went to Nairobi for two purposes: A) Meet with our new site coordinator for our northern Nairobi site, Dr. Joseph Mutei, who is one of the leaders in the African Evangelical Presbyterian Church based in Kenya. We had a successful two days spent together discussing and making plans for his denomination for both non-accredited and accredited education. B)Then I attended an East-Africa wide conference that ELI (Equipping Leaders International) was hosting in Nairobi and was able to network with their top leaders to invite them and their networks to TBI Kapchorwa Seminary.

We praise God for all the good things He has done for us in Christ, despite our sins and unbelief. Let us pray together that He may help our unbelief and increase our faith, so that we might continue to see Him do mighty things!

Thank you once again for your collective wisdom, prayers, donations, leadership, and service.

God Bless you all, IN Christ Alone,

-Doug McNutt, President, TCWM

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