Mission Statement

Our Mission is to reach Africa’s unreached people groups with the glorious Gospel of Jesus by planting Christ exalting churches in their midst. Furthermore, we will endeavor to strengthen local churches and their leaders through careful exposition of the Scriptures in word and deed that they may be strengthened to plant churches in nearby villages with  no church and unreached peoples in their geographical regions.

Vision Statement

Our greatest concern is that Jesus Christ would be exalted and worshiped among all nations, tribes, peoples, and languages (Revelation 5:9-10). We find our motivation to be in God and not man. Jesus has commanded us, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:17-20). The greatest need of every person and of every culture is the clear proclamation of the Gospel!

It is our conviction that the Gospel is the “power of God for salvation” (Romans 1:16) and we have been entrusted to proclaim it passionately and rightly. Our dependence is upon the Holy Spirit for the power to preach, teach, live and endure all things for the sake of the elect. (1 Timothy 2:10). As Christians, we are called to lay down our lives so that the Gospel will be preached to all. As ones who are confident in God’s sovereignty and passionate for His glory we seek to reach the many that have never heard of the Savior and His work of reconciliation.  We understand that this work cannot be accomplished in our own strength but only through the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. The means He uses in His people are cross-centered living, sacrificial and loving service, Bible-soaked preaching/teaching, fervent intercessory prayer, and Christ-likeness.

We hold that the primary work of missions is to plant local churches which in turn plant other local churches. Our goals, therefore, are to see new churches planted in unreached areas and to assist operating local churches through Biblical exposition which is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” ( 2 Timothy 3:16-17).

As much as possible we will seek to instruct church leaders from Uganda, South Sudan,  and the Republic of (North) Sudan who can faithfully teach others (See: 2 Timothy 2:2 & Acts 19:8-10). Multiplication is key! RAU will endeavor to place Study Bibles and sound Christian literature into the hands of these church leaders.

Believers will be trained in a Biblical Worldview that understands the implications Christ’s lordship for all of life. RAU hosts module training for church leaders at RAU for four-ten days for instruction in the “Hall of Tyrannus” in the fundamentals of the faith and Farming as a business. In December 2020 Reaching Africa’s Unreached has joined hands with ABWE in walking out 2 Timothy 2:2 in our Sub-Saharan region.

ABWE “Good Soil” Curriculum in the “Hall of Tyrannus”

In January of 2011 the Lord providentially granted us the opportunity to purchase 12 acres, an additional adjoining 5 acres in October 2012 , and another 3 acres late 2017 one mile south of the border of South Sudan and five miles north of Moyo North Uganda. South Sudan became the world’s newest country in the world in July  2011. In June of 2022 an addition 5.6 acres was purchased on RAU eastern boundary. RAU’s land is within the blue and red boundaries in the satellite photo below. The red line indicates the land purchased in 2022.

At our web site you can find the story of how the Lord connected the many “dots” to make this purchase possible. The Lord is to be praised! This land’s strategic location on the Uganda South Sudan border enhances R.A.U.’s ability to bring in pastors, church leaders, church planters, and evangelists for retreats/conferences for Biblical encouragement with the expressed purpose that local congregations will be strengthened and become multiplying congregations. (See 2 Timothy 2:2 & Acts:19:9b-10). The R.A.U. campus will also serve as a base of operations to launch such conferences throughout West Nile of Uganda, South Sudan, Northeaster part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of (North) Sudan, and Lord willing North Africa so that the unreached and unengaged peoples in these regions will be reached with the glorious gospel (Google Map location).

Furthermore, we will endeavor to place ESV Global Study Bibles, ESV Study Bibles , Reformation Study Bibles, and high-quality doctrinally sound Christian literature into the hands of believers. R.A.U. also continues to partner with Study To Be Approved by placing Kindles loaded with Study Bibles and many sound books into the hands of key Christian leaders/Pastors in the region. In February 2022, a container of 20,861 ESV Global Study Bibles arrived to RAU campus. This brings the total which has come in previous containers and teams to nearly 30,000 ESV Global Study Bibles for leaders. God be praised!  Recently (in 2021), R.A.U. received 16,000 books and Arabic Study Bibles from The Gospel Coalition International Outreach and Christian Book International.  Also 600,000 dual language tracts , Madi, Aringa, Arabic-English and nearly 7,000 Christian books for pastors arrived in 2022 with a balance 0f the tracts and more books for leaders coming later in 2022. 

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Agricultural Training and Empowerment at Reaching Africa’s Unreached

RAU’s nearly 26 acres gives opportunity for hands-on training for church leaders as well for members from the community. Currently, R.A.U. is working along with Missionary Agricultural Resource Service (M.A.R.S) to help equip pastors and their congregations through agricultural development strategies. In 2022 World Vision as well as ZOA together brought 856 farmers from the nearby refugee settlements over several days. Each of these farmers were over groups of farmers.  Also, as the Lord provides, we desire to develop our new 3 acres  for additional agricultural demonstrations, tutoring center  for local primary and secondary school students, and learning center for Adult Literacy (English). The vision for the new 5.6 acres mentioned above is for a specialty hospital and dental center.

We have planted numerous fruit bearing trees (mainly grafted Mango’s ), bananas, grains, and vegetables on the 20 acres. Our 20 acres are also being used as a demonstration plot for the community.

Providing Clean Water

Currently we are seeking funds for water wells in the remote nearby Metu Sub county and Moyo Sub County. At this time (March 2022)  25 bore holes have been done.  Metu Sub County:  Aya (2), Ijujo, Cinyi, Alugodu, Arapi, Duku, Oyo, Pamulu, Meria, Abeso,Padga and Gwere. Moyo District: Fodia, Eria Central, Welle, Pacuawi, Vura Opi, Kendi, Onyire, Wano, Afoji, Lama  and Ittia. In Yumbe District: Aliodranosi  Because of the rough  terrain our costs have  increased to $8,000 per bole hole. Costs continue to rise. We are working closely with a local Moyo driller ,local Metu Community Churches and Metu Sub-County. The community cares for borehore to make sure it is properly used. A small fee is collected from each family, usually on a monthly basis, to hold for any repairs which may be need for upkeep. Please consider helping us drill more boreholes for the villages and Moyo District Water Board requesting help with. This is a wonderful way to show the love of Jesus Christ! The citizens of Moyo District and Reaching Africa’s Unreached are very grateful! Thank you and God bless!

 

 Providing Dental and Medical Care

As funding allows we seek to help children in the area who have disabilities which can be corrected surgically. We are working with several hospitals  to help these children with special needs. Some of the medical assistance provided includes: cleft palate/lip repair (3), heart defect repair (2), bilateral club foot corrective surgery (1) as well as some cases of hydrocephaly. Recently, in cooperation with Pearl Haven Ministries and E5, RAU has held 2 medical outreaches in Afoji and also in the Metu Mountains (2022 & 2023). In 2023, RAU added a new area of healthcare: Dentistry. This was done in partnership with Hope Smiles Dentistry in Jinja, Uganda with a team of 12 Dentists and technicians who came with their equipment and medicines to provide dental care for 487 people from the local community, Metu Mountains and Yumbe. Each clinic costs RAU $5,000 to host and we would like to offer 3-4 per year.

See more on RAU’s Mercy Ministries here.

Please Pray

We welcome and covet the prayers of all faithful Christians. We commit to faithfully use our time and gifts given to us for the glory of Jesus Christ. We understand that mission work is costly. We agree with missionary Amy Carmichael who stated, “Mission work is no more and no less than an opportunity to die”.  The willingness of Christians to suffer for the cause of Christ disarms sin’s power, as well as Satan’s, and shows that the Christian’s purpose in life is to live for God’s will (1 Peter 4:1-2; Revelation 12:11). We understand there are countries and people groups which may well require martyrdom to be reached with the glorious Gospel. Our motto for Christ corresponds with missionary statesman William Borden who said “No reserve, No retreat, No regret.”

The greatest evil is having the gospel and not doing everything within our  power to get it to those who do not have it.

When at least 35% of the world; “the unoccupied fields”, have no access to the gospel, we (believers) must all do all we can to reach them. We who are saved owe the gospel to every lost person, most especially the 2.4 billion who will not hear unless someone breaks into their “unoccupied field” with no thought of their own life.

Sowing seeds of love and kindness should not be separated from preaching the gospel of sovereign grace but completely intertwined with it!

I am sure that none of us will say when in heaven that we prayed too much, we sacrificed too much, proclaimed the gospel too much, and were too passionate to get the gospel to those who have little to no access to this gospel of grace. Let us together press on to make it our  ambition to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named!

Our goal in our gospel witness is to take our eyes off the “risk” and place them on the cause for the risk. When God compels us like this he often will not tell us the risks…after all there are no risks for the all-knowing, all-powerful God. So let us be AMBITIOUS (Romans 15:20) to see that ALL are reached with the gospel of grace (Romans 1:16) in ALL places…there are no closed doors to the gospel, just some which are more difficult to go through!

Jacob W. Lee

Statement of Faith

The Scriptures

We accept the Bible, including the 39 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament, as the written Word of God. The Bible is the only essential and infallible record of God’s self-disclosure to mankind. It leads us to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Being given by God, the Scriptures are both fully and verbally inspired by God. Therefore, as originally given, the Bible is free of error in all it teaches. Each book is to be interpreted according to its context and purpose and in reverent obedience to the Lord who speaks through it in living power. All believers are exhorted to study the Scriptures and diligently apply them to their lives. The Scriptures are the authoritative and normative rule and guide of all Christian life, practice, and doctrine. They are totally sufficient and must not be added to, superseded, or changed by later tradition, extra-biblical revelation, or worldly wisdom. Every doctrinal formulation, whether of creed, confession, or theology must be put to the test of the full counsel of God in Holy Scripture.

God Is Triune

There is one God: infinite, eternal, almighty, and perfect in holiness, truth, and love. In the unity of the godhead there are three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-existent, co-equal, co-eternal. The Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Holy Spirit, yet each is truly Deity. One God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—is the foundation of Christian faith and life.

God the Father

God the Father is the Creator of heaven and earth. By his word and for his glory, he freely and supernaturally created the world from nothing. Through the same Word he daily sustains all his creatures. He rules over all and is the only Sovereign. His plans and purposes cannot be thwarted. He is faithful to every promise, works all things together for good to those who love him, and in his unfathomable grace gave his Son, Jesus Christ, for mankind’s redemption. He made man for fellowship with himself, and intended that all creation should live to the praise of his glory.

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was the eternal Word made flesh, supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. He was perfect in nature, teaching, and obedience. He is fully God and fully man. He was always with God and is God. Through him all things came into being and were created. He was before all things and in him all things hold together by the word of his power. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation, and in him dwells the fullness of the godhead bodily. He is the only Savior for the sins of the world, having shed his blood and died a vicarious death on Calvary’s cross. By his death in our place, he revealed the divine love and upheld divine justice, removing our guilt and reconciling us to God. Having redeemed us from sin, the third day he rose bodily from the grave, victorious over death and the powers of darkness, and for a period of 40 days appeared to more than 500 witnesses, performing many convincing proofs of his resurrection. He ascended into heaven where, at God’s right hand, he intercedes for his people and rules as Lord over all. He is the Head of his body, the Church, and should be adored, loved, served, and obeyed by all.

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Through the proclamation of the gospel he persuades men to repent of their sins and confess Jesus as Lord. By the same Spirit a person is led to trust in divine mercy. The Holy Spirit unites believers to Jesus Christ in faith, brings about the new birth, and dwells within the regenerate. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify the Son, who in turn came to glorify the Father. He will lead the Church into a right understanding and rich application of the truth of God’s Word. He is to be respected, honored, and worshiped as God the Third Person of the Trinity.

Man

God made man—male and female—in his own image, as the crown of creation, that man might have fellowship with him. Tempted by Satan, man rebelled against God. Being estranged from his Maker, yet responsible to him, he became subject to divine wrath, inwardly depraved and, apart from a special work of grace, utterly incapable of returning to God. This depravity is radical and pervasive. It extends to his mind, will, and affections. Unregenerate man lives under the dominion of sin and Satan. He is at enmity with God, hostile toward God, and hateful of God. Fallen, sinful people, whatever their character or attainments, are lost and without hope apart from salvation in Christ.

The Gospel

Jesus Christ is the gospel. The good news is revealed in his birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Christ’s crucifixion is the heart of the gospel, his resurrection is the power of the gospel, and his ascension is the glory of the gospel. Christ’s death is a substitutionary and propitiatory sacrifice to God for our sins. It satisfies the demands of God’s holy justice and appeases his holy wrath. It also demonstrates his mysterious love and reveals his amazing grace. Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man. There is no other name by which men must be saved. At the heart of all sound doctrine is the cross of Jesus Christ and the infinite privilege that redeemed sinners have of glorifying God because of what he has accomplished. Therefore, we want all that takes place in our hearts, churches, and ministries to proceed from and be related to the cross.

Man’s Response to the Gospel

Man’s response to the gospel is rooted and grounded in the free and unconditional election of God for his own pleasure and glory. It is also true that the message of the gospel is only effectual to those who genuinely repent of their sins and, by God’s grace, put saving faith in Christ. This gospel of grace is to be sincerely preached to all men in all nations. Biblical repentance is characterized by a changed life, and saving faith is evidenced by kingdom service or works. While neither repentance nor works save, unless a person is willing to deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow Christ, he cannot become his disciple.

Man’s Inheritance Through the Gospel

Salvation, the free gift of God, is provided by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, for the glory of God alone. Anyone turning from sin in repentance and looking to Christ and his substitutionary death receives the gift of eternal life and is declared righteous by God as a free gift. The righteousness of Christ is imputed to him. He is justified and fully accepted by God. Through Christ’s atonement for sin an individual is reconciled to God as Father and becomes his child. The believer is forgiven the debt of his sin and, via the miracle of regeneration, liberated from the law of sin and death into the freedom of God’s Spirit.

Sanctification

The Holy Spirit is the active agent in our sanctification and seeks to produce his fruit in us as our minds are renewed and we are conformed to the image of Christ. Though indwelling sin remains a reality, as we are led by the Spirit we grow in the knowledge of the Lord, freely keeping his commandments and endeavoring to so live in the world that all people may see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven. All believers are exhorted to persevere in the faith, knowing they will have to give an account to God for their every thought, word, and deed. The spiritual disciplines, especially Bible study, prayer, worship and confession, are a vital means of grace in this regard. Nevertheless, the believer’s ultimate confidence to persevere is based in the sure promise of God to preserve his people until the end, which is most certain.

Empowered by the Spirit

In addition to effecting regeneration and sanctification, the Holy Spirit also empowers believers for Christian witness and service. While all genuine believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit at conversion, the New Testament indicates the importance of an ongoing, empowering work of the Spirit subsequent to conversion as well. Being indwelt by the Spirit and being filled with the Spirit are theologically distinct experiences. The Holy Spirit desires to fill each believer continually with increased power for Christian life and witness, and imparts his supernatural gifts for the edification of the Body and for various works of ministry in the world. The gifts of the Holy Spirit laid out in the Scriptures are vital for the mission of the church and are to be  practiced in accordance with the Scriptures. God’s Word, the Bible, is complete.

The Church

God by his Word and Spirit creates the Church, calling sinful men out of the whole human race into the fellowship of Christ’s Body. By the same Word and Spirit, he guides and preserves that new redeemed humanity. The Church is not a religious institution or denomination. Rather, the Church universal is made up of those who have become genuine followers of Jesus Christ and have personally appropriated the gospel. The Church exists to worship and glorify God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It also exists to serve him by faithfully doing his will in the earth. This involves a commitment to see the gospel preached and churches planted in all the world for a testimony. The ultimate mission of the Church is the making of disciples through the preaching of the gospel. When God transforms human nature, this then becomes the chief means of society’s transformation. Upon conversion, newly redeemed men and women are added to a local church, in which they devote themselves to teaching, fellowship, the Lord’s Supper, and prayer.

All members of the Church universal are to be a vital and committed part of a local church. In this context they are called to walk out the New Covenant as the people of God, and demonstrate the reality of the kingdom of God. The ascended Christ has given gift ministries to the church (including apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers) for the equipping of Christ’s body that it might mature and grow. Through the gift ministries, all members of the Church are to be nurtured and equipped for the work of ministry. Women play a vital role in the life of the church, but in keeping with God’s created design they are not permitted “to teach or to exercise authority over a man” (1 Timothy 2:12 ESV). Leadership in the church is male. In the context of the local church, God’s people receive pastoral care and leadership and the opportunity to employ their God-given gifts in his service in relation to one another and to the world.

Sacraments of the Church

Water baptism is intended only for the individual who has received the saving benefits of Christ’s atoning work and become his disciple. Therefore, in obedience to Christ’s command and as a testimony to God, the Church, oneself, and the world, a believer should be immersed in water in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Water baptism is a visual demonstration of a person’s union with Christ in the likeness of his death and resurrection. It signifies that his former way of life has been put to death, and vividly depicts a person’s release from the mastery of sin.

As with water baptism, the Lord’s Supper is to be observed only by those who have become genuine followers of Christ. This ordinance symbolizes the breaking of Christ’s body and the shedding of his blood on our behalf, and is to be observed repeatedly throughout the Christian life as a sign of continued participation in the atoning benefits of Christ’s death. As we partake of the Lord’s Supper with an attitude of faith and self-examination, we remember and proclaim the death of Christ, receive spiritual nourishment for our souls, and signify our unity with other members of Christ’s body.

The Consummation

The Consummation of all things includes the visible, personal and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead and the translation of those alive in Christ, the judgment of the just and the unjust, and the fulfillment of Christ’s kingdom in the new heavens and the new earth. In the Consummation, Satan with his hosts and all those outside Christ are finally separated from the benevolent presence of God, enduring eternal punishment, but the righteous, in glorious bodies, shall live and reign with him forever. Married to Christ as his Bride, the Church will be in the presence of God forever, serving him and giving him unending praise and glory. Then shall the eager expectation of creation be fulfilled and the whole earth shall proclaim the glory of God who makes all things new.

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The New City Catechism and the The Gospel Coalition is at the heart of what we seek the Church to know and make known.