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This week’s Reflection, Remove the Excess Baggage, was written by Method Moyo in Zimbabwe and originally shared on FaceBook.  It has been slightly edited by the Chaplain.  Moyo reminds us of a Christian’s need to remove the excess baggage he or she is carrying around in their life.  Good words, words to act on! Peace…

Daniel Usengimana is overcoming disabilities one at a time. In a recent letter to NationsU he states: My background is from a humble family in the southern province of Rwanda. Ever since I was a child, I have dreamed about serving God. At the age of 13, I applied as a student to a private…

NationsUniversity is pleased to announce the Alumnus of the Year for 2019. Dedication and hard work exemplify NationsUniversity alumni. Completing a degree online is difficult. It becomes more complicated when the courses are in a second language, and having a good Internet connection is not readily available. The Alumnus of the Year awards the student…

Pastoral care is an important part on NationsUniversity’s mission. In January 2019 representatives from NationsUniversity participated in a pastoral care conference in Kisumu, Kenya. NationsUniversity asked the participants, all of them church leaders, to complete an informal survey regarding material and spiritual outlooks. The most surprising result of the survey is that almost 1 in 5 church leaders feel it is acceptable to visit a…

Poverty does not cause corruption. The story as told to me by a Kenyan goes something like this: “A little Kenyan boy is told by his teacher that there will be school pictures next week. He must bring 50 Kenyan Shillings (KSh) if he wants to have his picture made. In reality, the pictures only…

Out in the hill country near Lake Victoria, there is a vibrant bustling city called Kisumu. It is Kenya’s third largest city.

It is the mission of NationsUniversity to “build faith and training Christian leaders around the world.” This mission is in response to call to reach into people’s homes, those who cannot be accessed by regular means; people who have no access to traditional higher education or cannot be reached by the typical missionary. The Challenge…

Though it may not seem like it, you will rise up again. Many are the times when a fervent believer of Jesus Christ is subjected to trials, suffering, and tribulations. Life itself it’s a test, and therefore, a Christian test can be of different forms. This may include economic hardships, chronic illness, termination of a…

Many are the times a Christian faith is put to test. Genesis 21: 8-21 talks about an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar together with her son Ishmael and how they were sent away from Abraham’s family. Uncertain about her future life, Hagar and Ishmael ended up as wanderers in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. Life…

Rejoice in Your Suffering and Finish the Race: A Christian life is entangled with seasons of trials, tribulations, success and jubilation. The Bible tells us about the story of Naomi, who left her native land of Judea due to famine together with his husband and two sons. The family of Naomi thus went and found…