A Gospel-Centered Church Serving Rural Uganda

Abide in Christ.
Be Fruitful.
Multiply.

Esuubi Baptist Community Church exists to proclaim Christ, make disciples, equip leaders, and serve rural communities with biblical truth and practical mercy.

“Entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” — 2 Timothy 2:2

ChristProclaimed clearly
ChildrenDiscipled daily
PastorsEquipped faithfully
CommunitiesServed with mercy

Our Mission

One Gospel. One Lord. One Mission. Many Avenues.

At EBCC, the local church is the root. From that root flows Christian education, child sponsorship, medical outreach, Vacation Bible School, pastoral training, and mercy ministry. These are not disconnected projects; they are ways the church reaches children, families, pastors, and underserved communities with the hope of Christ.

We believe lasting transformation begins with the gospel and is nurtured through faithful discipleship, biblical teaching, and practical love.

Children reading together outside at Fountain of Life Christian School
Children learning, growing, and hearing the hope of the gospel.

Our Story

How God led us into rural Uganda.

The EBCC story is a testimony of God’s providence: one family’s obedience becoming a doorway for gospel witness, education, medical mercy, and rural church strengthening. During his medical training, he saw the deep needs of rural families—poverty, limited education, preventable sickness, and the desperate need for trained gospel workers.

In 2016, Kenny and Claire prayerfully chose to move toward the countryside, eventually coming to Vumbe in Mityana District. What began with school supplies, basic medicines, and a small children’s camp grew into gospel ministry, medical care, Christian education, and the planting and strengthening of local church ministry.

The story is one of God’s providence: a family obeying God’s call, a community opening its doors, and the gospel creating pathways for discipleship, mercy, education, and hope.

Read the full story
Pastor Kenneth Lule, Claire, and their family
The Lule family’s story is woven into EBCC’s call to serve rural Uganda with the gospel.

About EBCC

A gathered church rooted in the Word of God.

Esuubi Baptist Community Church congregation gathered for the preaching of God’s Word
Esuubi Baptist Community Church gathered around the preaching and teaching of God’s Word.

Christ is central. Scripture is foundational.

Esuubi Baptist Community Church exists to make disciples who make disciples. We are committed to the preaching of God’s Word, the gospel of grace, biblical discipleship, prayer, fellowship, and mission.

Our desire is to see Christ known, families strengthened, children discipled, and rural churches equipped for faithful ministry.

Pastor & Theological Vision Leadership, training, and the burden to equip rural pastors

Pastor & Theological Vision

Dr. Kenneth Lule is equipped to equip others.

Dr. Kenny Lule is a medical doctor (MD) whose ministry brings together medical service, pastoral ministry, and strong theological training. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from African Bible University and is pursuing his Master of Divinity (M.Div.) at Africa Reformation Theological Seminary (ARTS).

His major aspiration is to help restore and deepen the fear of God in the African church through God-honoring theological training. EBCC’s leadership training vision follows the pattern of 2 Timothy 2:2: equipping faithful men who will be able to equip others also.

Ministry Avenues

One Gospel. One Lord. One Mission. Many Avenues.

EBCC serves through several ministry avenues, each flowing from the life and mission of the local church. Here is what happens through each one; explore further wherever you would like to know more.

FOLCS children learning in class

Fountain of Life Christian School

FOLCS provides Christ-centered education for children in rural Uganda, bringing academic learning together with Bible teaching, chapel, daily meals, and care.

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Children sharing a school meal together

Child Sponsorship

Many children at FOLCS come from families that cannot afford the full cost of Christian education. $30/month or $360/year helps provide Christ-centered education, daily meals, basic care, and school supplies. Only 45 of 280 students are currently fully sponsored.

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Rural church leaders and pastors studying the Bible together

Pastoral Training

EBCC helps equip rural pastors and church leaders with biblical and theological training so they can faithfully teach Scripture, shepherd their churches, and strengthen gospel ministry in their communities.

Explore Pastoral Training
Medical team preparing medicines during outreach

Esuubi Medical Outreach

Medical outreaches bring compassionate healthcare to underserved rural communities while creating opportunities for prayer, gospel witness, relationships, and long-term engagement with families.

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Children gathered outside for Vacation Bible School

Children & Vacation Bible School

Through VBS and children’s ministry, EBCC teaches Scripture, shares the gospel, builds relationships with children and families, and encourages young people to know and follow Christ.

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Esuubi Baptist Community Church congregation gathered for the preaching of God’s Word

Local Church & Community Care

EBCC gathers believers around God’s Word, prayer, worship, fellowship, and discipleship, while practical mercy serves families with dignity, love, and gospel hope.

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Explore FOLCS & Child Sponsorship School story, sponsorship, video, and children in the Word
Claire helping a child read the Bible at FOLCS

FOLCS & Sponsorship

Education that points children to Christ.

Many of the children we serve come from difficult and vulnerable homes, and most are still waiting for a sponsor. At FOLCS, sponsorship is not merely school fees; it is partnership in gospel discipleship.

  • $30/month or $360/year helps provide Christ-centered education
  • Daily meals, basic care, and practical school support
  • Chapel, Bible teaching, and one-on-one gospel conversations
  • Only 45 of 280 students are currently fully sponsored

FOLCS Story Video

See how the school began and the value it creates.

This short video gives more background on Fountain of Life Christian School, how it started, and how God is using it to provide education, care, and daily gospel influence for children in the community.

Watch the Video
Children reading the Bible together
FOLCS exists so children can learn, grow, and hear the hope of Christ.

Children in the Word

We long to see children know, love, and obey Scripture.

Pastoral Training

Equipping leaders for faithful ministry.

Training shepherds. Strengthening churches. Advancing the gospel.

Dr. Kenny Lule preaching and teaching from Scripture
Serving and teaching in rural Uganda has deepened my burden to help equip faithful shepherds who can equip others.

For nearly ten years, I have served Christ in the rural communities of Mityana. As I have worked alongside local pastors, one burden has become increasingly clear: many faithful men are shepherding churches with little or no access to sound theological training. In the communities where we serve, as many as nine out of ten pastors we encounter have never received formal theological training. For some, the barrier is financial; for others, limited formal education means they may never meet the academic requirements for admission to a Bible college or seminary. Yet these men are preaching every week and shepherding souls for eternity.

Seeing this need has become one of the main reasons I am pursuing my Master of Divinity (MDiv). In 2026, I began my first year at Africa Reformation Theological Seminary. My desire is to become more deeply grounded in God’s Word and better equipped to take sound theological training to pastors who may never be able to come to a seminary themselves—training them within their own communities, in the language they understand best, and in ways suited to their ministry context.

My prayer is that these shepherds will then equip other faithful men, so that biblical truth multiplies from pastor to pastor, church to church, and generation to generation. The vision is ultimately much bigger than Mityana. Christ has purchased for Himself a people from every tribe, language, people, and nation (Revelation 5:9–10; 7:9). My passion is to see the peoples of Africa represented in that great multitude, worshiping the Lamb—and to serve that mission by helping equip faithful shepherds who will faithfully teach His Word.

Seminary Training Support

First year: 2026 · Master of Divinity

Africa Reformation Theological Seminary

Approximately $6,000 annually

This helps cover tuition and seminary fees, books and study resources, travel for classes, meals while studying, printing and materials, internet, and other related study expenses.

Partner with me in the journey.

This MDiv journey is expected to take about four to five years, and I am praying for partners who will walk with me through it. The annual need is approximately $6,000—about $500 per month. Whether through a monthly commitment, an annual gift, or by helping meet part of the need, your partnership helps make this training possible and, Lord willing, extends its fruit to shepherds and churches beyond me.

To partner, give through our regular giving section and name your gift “Seminary Gift.”

Partner in Seminary Training
Explore Esuubi Medical Outreach Medical care, gospel compassion, and the long-term vision

Esuubi Medical Outreach

Medical care and gospel compassion for underserved communities.

For years, medical outreach has served rural communities where access to doctors, diagnostic tools, and medicines is limited. The church’s mercy ministry opens doors for care, dignity, prayer, and gospel witness.

After years of temporary medical camps, the long-term vision is a permanent medical center that can provide more stable and consistent care.

Medical volunteers preparing medicines during outreach
Mother holding a sick child while medicines sit nearby

Children & Vacation Bible School

Helping children hear, understand, and respond to God’s Word.

EBCC gathers children for Bible teaching, Scripture memory, singing, fellowship, meals, and gospel-centered discipleship, building relationships that also connect the church with families in the community.

Local Church & Community Care

The local church is the root.

EBCC exists to proclaim Christ, teach God’s Word, make disciples, strengthen believers, and serve its neighbors. The other ministry avenues flow from this local-church calling and create opportunities to bring gospel truth and practical love into everyday life.

Local Stewardship & Sustainability

Growing Toward Local Sustainability

We believe gospel ministry should be supported not only through generous partnerships, but also through faithful stewardship of the resources God has placed around us.

EBCC currently cultivates four acres of coffee — two mature acres and two young acres. Under favorable local conditions, a mature acre can generate up to approximately $2,500 per year, helping support ministry locally.

Our long-term goal is to develop 50 acres of coffee by 2037, creating a growing source of locally generated support for the church’s gospel, education, pastoral training, and mercy ministries. With land costs continuing to rise, purchasing an acre currently requires approximately $10,000. The vision is long-term: planting today so that future ministry can increasingly be sustained from within Uganda.

4acres planted today
2 + 2mature + young acres
50acre goal by 2037

Rooted locally. Bearing fruit for ministry.

Church Partnership

Partnering Churches

EBCC is first and foremost a local church, accountable to Christ through His Word and the local congregation. Yet our family is broad, and our gospel fellowship reaches beyond borders. We are grateful for churches God has brought alongside us in prayer, encouragement, friendship, and the shared work of the gospel.

Parker Memorial Baptist Church — Anniston, Alabama
Redeemer Church — Oxford, Alabama
Grace on the Island Church — Texas
North Bridge Church — Albany, Oregon

One Lord. One Gospel. One Mission. One Goal — to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

What Guides Us

The gospel is the hope of the world.

We believe the Bible is the inspired, sufficient, and authoritative Word of God. We believe sinners are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. We believe the local church is central to God’s mission, gathering for worship, preaching, prayer, ordinances, discipleship, fellowship, and mission.

Our ministry of mercy flows from the gospel. We serve because Christ first served us.

Partner With Us

Your giving helps proclaim Christ, disciple children, train pastors, and serve communities.

You can partner with EBCC through prayer, encouragement, sponsorship, and giving toward church ministry, FOLCS, medical outreach, VBS, pastoral training, and urgent community needs. Your giving helps strengthen gospel ministry in rural Uganda.

Ways to give

  • General Church Ministry
  • Sponsor a Child — $30/month or $360/year helps educate, feed, care for, and disciple a child
  • Esuubi Medical Outreach
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Pastoral Training / Seminary Gift
  • School Development

How to give through Redeemer Church:

  1. Click Give.
  2. Select Pillar Fund.
  3. Choose Esuubi Baptist Community Church at the top of the list.
  4. Complete your gift.
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All online gifts are securely received by Redeemer Church (Oxford, Alabama), our partnering church, and are then processed and forwarded to Esuubi Baptist Community Church in Uganda. Thank you for partnering with us in advancing the gospel and making disciples in our community.

Pray With Us Current prayer needs for gospel witness, children, families, and rural pastors

Pray With Us

Current prayer needs.

Faithful Gospel Witness

Pray that Christ would be clearly proclaimed through EBCC, FOLCS, VBS, medical outreach, and pastoral training.

Children & Families

Pray for children to receive education, meals, care, and daily discipleship through the school and church ministries.

Rural Pastors

Pray for pastors and leaders to be trained in Scripture, sound doctrine, biblical preaching, and faithful shepherding.

Contact

Connect with Esuubi Baptist Community Church.

For partnership, sponsorship, pastoral training, VBS, FOLCS, or medical outreach questions, contact us directly. We would be glad to share updates, prayer needs, and ways to partner.

Email:
esbcc2018@gmail.com

WhatsApp:
+256 756 701131

Medical Outreach:
esuubimedic.org

Location:
Uganda

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