Lukajange District

The church close to the KAD Head office (Photo: Jorg Staehler)Karagwe Cathedral at Lukajange
Lukajange District is the oldest church district in the Karagwe area. The district houses the Diocesan Head Office in Lukajange. The nearby town Kayanga is the governmental district administrative centre of Karagwe.

Lukajange District is composed of six parishes namely Lukajange, Kayanga, Nyakahanga, Nyabwegila, Nyakahanga hospital and Rukole. The district has twenty congregations: Lukajange, Kibombo, Rujebe, Nyakahanga, Nyakiziba, Omurushaka, Kakashombwe, Kabale, Nyakahanga hospital, Kayanga, Karaizo, Rwamguruzi, Nyabwegila, Ndama, Rukole, Ihanda, Cherunga, Chonyonyo, Rularo and Chelima. From the last diocesan Executive Council, which sat at Karagwe Hotel in March 2011, the district is blessed of being allowed to form two new parishes. The proposed parishes are Omurushaka and the other one to be formed by joining up five congregations namely Rwamugurusi, Kakasombwa, Kabale, Rujebe and Kibombo. The construction of the pastors’ houses has to start immediately.

Dean Rev. Emmanuel Ngambeki
Assistant bishop and acting Dean Rev. Emmanuel Ngambeki serves as Lukajange Parish Pastor as well as District Pastor. The other pastors are Rev. Mapinduzi Jonathan (Nyabwegira parish), Rev. Dr. Brighton Simon Kahwa (Kayanga parish), Rev. Leoporld Materu (Nyakahanga hospital), Rev. Eliab Rwenda (Rukole parish), and Rev. Elnathan Rubanga (Nyakahanga Parish). Other district employees are Sr. Ester Kahisi (Deaconess) and Elina Bagoka (Office Secretary).

Activities and Plans

Lukajange choirs are famous. (Photo: Jorg Staehler)
  • The word of God is proclaimed and the Sacraments are administered correctly in church services, weddings and funerals
  • Seminars on stewardship, leadership, marriage and family issues, financial regulation, environmental conservation, Youth age, HIV/AIDS and Childcare are conducted
  • House to house Evangelism is done
  • Christian Education in schools is conducted
  • Sunday School and Confirmation Classes are attended
  • 63 pupils are supported at Tegemeo English Medium Primary School
  • 5 women were given milk cows (see New Life Project)
  • Church buildings are renovated and constructed in order to make it good places for people to come together and worship their Lord. This work is done in Lukajange, Karaizo, Ndama, Omurushaka, Nyakiziba, Kakashombwe, Rukole, Cherunga, Kabale and Rularo
  • Availability of water tanks at Tegemeo English Medium Primary School, Lukajange Orphanage Vocational Training Center, Rularo, Omurushaka and Chonyonyo
  • Kindergarten classes at Kayanga parish and Nyakanaga are doing fine
  • The construction of the pastor’s house at Kayanga parish is at the final stages


Partnership

The partnership between Lukajange district and the German church district (Kirchenkreis) Leverkusen is growing. This partnership unites people who come from different countries and cultures. Together in God’s mission, a lot of activities are taking place. We serve God’s people in terms of spiritual, mental and physical needs. So far we are collaborating together in preaching the Gospel, renovating and constructing churches, delivering seminars to various groups in the church, supporting children who come from very poor families-we support them to get good education as a way of liberating them from poverty. We also share together the “what we have” and the “who we are” through visiting each other, improving the parish centers, exchanging ideas about life and praying for each other. All these activities reveal us as brothers and sisters in God’s mission to the world.

Contact

For further information, please contact district pastor Rev. Emmanuel Upendo Ngambeki by Email engambeki@yahoo.co.uk.


Text: Rev. Emmanuel Upendo Ngambeki