Trinity Baptist Church’s Rwanda Missions began with a prayer by Pastor Keith Boyd for increased personal compassion. God answered that prayer by sending Keith on a World Vision trip to Rwanda in October of 2004. Since then, Trinity’s Rwanda Missions has grown into a strong partnership with the people of Rwanda. Trinity has built homes for 19 families in the Nyamagabe area and has raised financial resources for 30 cows, 5 water wells, 2 vocational centers, a primary school, and child sponsorships through World Vision. Since 2010, Trinity has also trained over 500 pastors and other church leaders on how to run ALPHA, a course that introduces people to the basics of the Christian faith. In addition, since 2012, Trinity has trained pastors and church leaders in the communities it supports on various topics, including effective church ministries, forgiveness, mobilizing for discipleship, and servant leadership. Trinity sends missions teams every year to build relationships, learn needs, and serve the people of Rwanda.
Follow Trinity’s Rwanda Missions Ministry, including daily updates throughout mission trips, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/tbcrwandamissions!
The “All In For Rwanda” campaign, raising support for two schools in Rwanda – The Gitantu Trinity Primary School and the Kigeme Vocational Training Center, raised almost $60,000, bringing the total raised for the two schools since 2012 to $170,000! We are grateful and encouraged by the continued growth we see at the schools each year. Please watch this 5 minute video to see the progress first hand.
Past Mission Trips
If you would like more information or to participate in Trinity’s Rwanda Missions, please contact Sarah Page, Deacon of Rwanda Missions, via email at Rwanda_Missions@TrinityNY.org. You can sign up for the next mission here.
In July 2019, another team from Trinity headed to Rwanda (for Trinity’s 20th mission trip…
In July 2018, the three leaders of Trinity’s Rwanda Missions (Jamie, Sarah, & Amanda) traveled…
In July 2017, a new team from Trinity headed to Rwanda. The team helped build…
In July 2016, another team from Trinity headed to Rwanda. The team helped with building…
In July 2015, a team from Trinity took another trip to Rwanda. The team helped…
In July 2014, another team from Trinity headed to Rwanda. The team helped with building…
In July 2013, another team from Trinity headed to Rwanda. The team helped with building…
In July 2012, another team from Trinity headed to Rwanda and had a packed schedule…
In July 2011, a team from Trinity continued to build upon the relationships that were…
In 2010, Trinity’s Rwanda Mission expanded to include Global ALPHA Trainings (GATs). The ALPHA course…
Only a few short weeks after the medical team returned in February, plans began for…
This year we sent a building team in February and built a duplex house for…
In 2007 we sent two teams to Rwanda—one to continue building homes (neighbors Brigite and Clementine…
This team not only built two houses for beneficiaries Alex and Jamima, but portions of…
Testimonies
Beneficiaries
Since 2005, Trinity has built homes for 19 families in our two adopted villages. Below are pictures of our house beneficiaries. Please pray for them and their families!
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- Annonciata’s house was built in 2005. She has several children who live with her.
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- Juliette’s house was built in 2005. She has five children, three boys and two girls.
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- Alex’s house was built in 2006 when he was sixteen years old and taking care of his younger brother and sister. He’s now married to Monique, has two sons (Kelvin and Samy), has a moto business, and lives in a new home. He uses his Trinity-sponsored home to house relatives.
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- Jemima’s house was built in 2006. She has three daughters (Olive, Eugenie, and Ruth).
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- Seraphine’s house was built in 2007. She has six children, all boys. In 2012, she was a recipient of a Trinity-sponsored cow.
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- Brigite’s house was built in 2007. She has several children and grandchildren.
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- Clementine’s house was built in 2007. In 2012, she was a recipient of a Trinity-sponsored cow. She has one daughter (Josephine).
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- Claude’s house was built in 2008.
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- Rose Mary’s house was built in 2008. She has seven children.
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- Agnes’s house was built in 2009. She has five children. In 2012, she was a recipient of a Trinity-sponsored cow.
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- Pascasie’s house was built in 2009. She has grandchildren and great-grandchildren who live with her and she also takes care of many orphans in her Trinity-sponsored house.
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- Beatrice’s house was built in 2010. She has two grandsons, Ernest and Claude, who live with her. In 2012, she was a recipient of a Trinity-sponsored cow.
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- Wellars’s house was built in 2011. He and his wife (Assumpta) have two sons (Gasongo and Samuel), two daughters (Murekatete and Clarisse), and four grandchildren. In 2012, he was a recipient of a Trinity-sponsored cow.
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- Speciose’s house was built in 2012. She has three daughters (Florentina, Devota, and Olive) and two grandchildren (Debra and Shalom).
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- Genaste’s house was built in 2013. She has two daughters (Immaculee and Eugenie).
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- Innocent’s house was built in 2014. He and his wife (Speciose) have three sons (Jean D’Amour, Jean-Claude, and Jean-Damascene) and a daughter (Julianne).
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- Beatha’s house was built in 2015. She loves to knit!
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- Rose’s house was built in 2016. She and her husband, Albert, have three children (Yvan, Godia, and Elize)
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- Mediatrice’s house was built in 2017. She has five children (Josephine, Emmanuel, Samuel, Florence, and Kevin).