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Pastor Charles Mugisha (Blessing) Buregeya was born in 1967 to a Rwandan refugee family living in the nation of Uganda. Charles came to faith in Christ with the help of missionary pastor at 17 and immediately began sharing the Gospel in his village. During the 1990’s Charles co-founded Gaba Community Church in Kampala, Uganda and preached extensively in churches throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. Following the Genocide in 1994 Charles visited his native country of Rwanda for the first time. Deeply touched by the devastation he witnessed Charles and his wife Florence with help from friends in Oregon, Texas and Northern Virginia, founded Africa New Life Ministries in 2001.
Pastor Charles also serves as Chairman of the Forum for Born Again Churches Of Rwanda (FBACOR). A network of approximately 150 emerging evangelical churches and organizations which advocates for the Poor, Freedom to Preach the Gospel and National Christian Unity within the government and among all believers in Rwanda.
Today Africa New Life Ministries employs 115 Rwandans and 5 Americans while maintaining key partnerships throughout the United States and the United Kingdom in pursuit of our vision.
KEY LEADERSHIP
Rwandan Leadership Team:
Founder and President - Charles Mugisha Buregeya
Executive Director - Fred Katagwa
Director of Operations - Emma Batumbya
US Leadership and Staff:
Executive Director - Alan Hotchkiss
Director of Operations - Dave Crosswhite
Community Relations Director - Brooke Gray
Finance Manager - Jennifer Graves
Office Manager - Laura Combes
Board of Directors:
Chair - Marvin Eggleston, San Antonio Texas
Vice Chair - Bill Driggers, Northern Virginia
Treasurer - Larry Aumstutz, San Antonio Texas
Director - Charles Mugisha Buregeya, Rwanda
Secretary - Robert Bauer, Portland Oregon
Member - David Ealy, Northern Virginia
UK Partnerships:
The RSVP Trust
Free Spirit
US Partnerships:
Alabama:
Whitesburg Baptist Church
Martha Pullen Sewing
Connecticut:
Church on the Rock
Idaho:
Boise First Baptist Church
Orchards Community Church
Summit Church
Nevada:
Lake Meade Christian Church and School
Oregon:
Beaverton Foursquare Church
Common Ground Church
Countryside Community Church
Damascus Community Church
Evergreen Foursquare Church
Freeman Motor Company
Grace Chapel
Harbor Baptist Church
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Multnomah University
Portland Christian Schools
Sonrise Church
Willamette Christian Church
Yamhill Christian Fellowship
Texas:
Austin Bible Fellowship
Maranatha Bible Church
Saddleback Leather Company
Wayside Community Church
Virginia:
Gateway Bible Church
Immanuel Bible Church
South Run Baptist Church
Charles Buregeya - President and Founder
