But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and
in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
ACT 1:8
Powerful 1950 Revival Testimonies from Uganda
This is an interview by Pastor David from Kenya with three witnesses of Uganda's revival in 1950.
About Ugandan Revival
The East African Revival was a significant movement in the Protestant churches of East Africa that started in the late 1920s and 1930s, with lasting effects still evident today. Simeoni Nsibambi (1897-1978), hailing from a lineage of chiefs in Buganda, Uganda, played a pivotal role in sparking this revival by confronting the truth of a church lacking spiritual vitality.​​​​
This is the testimony of the revival that Pastor David heard.
THE EAST AFRICA REVIVAL OF 1950s.
I was told by.
1. Muzee Ndege (Uganda) 97 years
2. Satya Nathan (Uganda)
3. Pastor Stephen Anguria Chelangat. (Uganda)
4. Africa Claude Jean (Rwanda)
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Muzee Ndege said, "In 1948, I was 21 years old. This was the time I heard the proclamation of the gospel for the first time. Many people, including myself, had no idea what the gospel was. We had never seen a Bible. Many people worshipped mountains, trees, and other forms of gods.
In 1950, more missionaries from England and a few African preachers came to our village and preached in an open field, several people from near and from as far as Congo and Rwanda came I still don’t know how they were invited to the revival meetings, but thousands attended.
The week-long meeting in our village became a strong revival, and I could feel a strong wind from the west speaking directly unto my heart. I couldn’t sleep; it sat so heavy on me that I was hopeless. On the last day of the meeting. I responded and accepted Jesus and converted to Christianity from Native African beliefs. I and several people were baptized 3 years later. To this day, I am still a believer in Jesus, though I have never experienced a revival quite as powerful as that one."
Africa Claude Jean (Rwanda) said "My grandfather told me in 2003 about the Spirit filled revival movement in the northern Rwanda region. The preachers themselves had a strong desire to spread the gospel, prayed and sang with a strong anointing; they taught them (my grandfather) to open their mouths to pray to God and that they were brave people who encountered opposition and solid resistance with the word of God, often traveling from far-away lands. He always quoted from one missionary, a man named Jack, who said, "We are here to bring hope and love."
Satya Nathan (Uganda) "I was a teenager in the 1950s when British missionaries and some African preachers taught us to read and write the story of Jesus in our language. Many people accepted Jesus during this revival. Hundreds of People in my community believed Jesus was the only hope; this caused much persecution by other people as many other families resisted the revival. Some found it hard to let go of traditional beliefs and customs.
There were also tensions between those who wanted to keep their old ways and those who embraced the new religion. I think of the 1950s revival, I see that the Holy Spirit laid the ground for a deeper understanding of faith in East Africa. I am grateful for the missionaries and preachers who brought the word of life to us. "
Pastor David said after this interview.
"It seemed something remains in those who experienced the revival, they long for a similar experience of hope, joyfulness, and fire of revival in their hearts."