Global Mission Weekend with Compassion UK

Join us for an evening with Philippa Hanna and Lou Fellingham! Come together on Saturday 16 March 2024, 7:30-10pm for worship and inspiration hosted by Compassion UK. 

Having toured with house-hold names and hugely popular in the Christian world, Philippa Hanna often leads worship at large gatherings such as Spring Harvest. 

Lou and her husband Nathan share a desire to serve the church locally and worldwide and they are thankful for the opportunity to minister through word, song and testimony. 

As well as helping us praise God together, this uplifting event will celebrate how the local church is releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name. You'll also learn more about the difference you can make to a child living in poverty. 

Dr Richmond Wandera is on a mission to bring training to untrained African pastors to advance the Gospel through healthy churches. He is the Founder and President of the Pastors Discipleship Network (PDN) - a ministry that has become recognised as the leading voice in East Africa, bringing training to frontline pastors. Dr Wandera believes that training pastors well is the key to preparing the next generation of missionaries from Africa to the world.

Trained in Spiritual Formation & Discipleship from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and later receiving his PhD in Philosophy of Leadership from Lancaster Bible College and Capital Seminary in PA, Richmond is determined to awaken African pastors, scholars, and thinkers to the need for thorough training of kingdom workers. So far, 15 denominations are networked under his leadership through PDN.

Dr Wandera is also passionate about justice. He grew up in one of Uganda’s worst settlements and believes that his life is a testament of the power of justice. He believes that if Compassion International hadn’t intervened at a critical point, he would have lost his life.

I can’t find the words to describe the joy that filled our home when we got the news that I had a sponsor to support me through Compassion’s programme. Hope, which poverty had taken away, was rekindled in our family. He is now on the Board of Trustees for Compassion UK, offering invaluable insight from his perspective as a graduate.

Richmond is also the Senior Pastor of New Life Baptist Church in Kampala city, a fast-growing church ministry at the heart of the toughest community in Uganda called Kireka. Richmond’s heart for his community led him to initiate several efforts to bring hope to vulnerable children, youth, and teenage mothers. Dr Wandera is married to Rosette Wandera. Together with their two children, they make their home in Namugongo, Kampala, Uganda.