THE TESTIMONY OF GOD’S CALLING IN MY LIFE
I felt to share with you my personal experience in the ministry, it could be of
not much help but it is a
real experience. Let me mention this, some people who are called ‘ministers’ of
the word do not really understand the pain and the hatreds that the devil has
against someone who is ready to deliver a child called Ministry. The devil
watches you all through the time of pregnancy and it’s not one time he desires,
tries lies, incites even your own family members, fellowship and friends to turn
against you, intimidates and even to manipulates you in order to see you abort
your ministry and the vision.
When you think about the people who are close to you, what they think about you
when they see you suffering because of what you are calling ‘the call of God’ in
your life, you will feel like deserting whatever you are doing for God and join
their ideas and make yourself a reasonable person and not to be considered as a
lazy and irresponsible person.
I remember receiving the call of God One time to start a church in the city. I
thought it would be easy
because there is a lot of people, little did I know that it would cost me
heavily. I met with a lot of
discouragements especially from the people who had previously tried once or
twice and they had failed. I remember talking to a very senior false-church
minister my intentions (a Trinitarian pastor) who has a lot of wealth, and he
told me “young man you cannot make it in the city where there is high
competition.
If you don’t have physical miracles that people will see and follow you think
otherwise, or else you will end up like me, using a lot of money and not make
it.” I paused for a while; then I asked him what were the problems. He pointed
out…. Look here! For one, there are no homes in the city, they all go to estates
where they sleep (ii) think of our country economy; people are being paid very
little money, think of extra bus fare for just one Sunday to your service having
left other churches in the estates. “What do you have that will make them come
to your church and expect them to carry with them their tithes, offerings and
pay for church hall? Have you ever thought of that?”
I guess not, this started creating doubts in me if really I had heard from God
or it was just my mind. He then asked me where I lived…whereby now he shot
another killing arrow on me. “How many buses do you see in that area hired by
this ‘big churches’ to ferry people to their churches on
Sundays?” Are you able to so?” He asked. This now convinced me that I had not
been called, that I must have thought about it by myself. Then I confirmed to
him that I keep seeing buses marked PRIVATE FOR CERTAIN CHURCH MEMBERS TODAY
wait a minute! I paused
and thought this man must have been a messenger by God to give an insight.
(Later I learned a reason that human facts will also turn the truth upside
down.) I went home a very discouraged man, who felt that he didn’t hear properly
from God.
The following morning I was encouraged to waste another day, I decided to visit
some few premises to ask just in case they could have a room to hire for church
services. I still had some kind of Yes’s and No’s in my heart. After visiting so
many buildings there was none; and the few that were there the charges were too
high…. that one could just run off and never to come back again.
This one now proved that I was not called to preach into this city; so I went
home and decided not to dare…again. I retired to bed that night, with no
hope and meditating what the great man had told about the city…all of a sudden I
fell asleep…and within a few minutes…a person who I can describe how he looked
like even today appeared to me and he said, “God almighty speaks once and second
command becomes a judgment, remember Adam in the garden of end, ”NEVER EAT FROM
THIS TREE”…”Abraham SACRIFICE YOUR SON”…”Lot GET OUT OF SODOM”…”Jonah GO TO
NINEVE” He never uses the word please go, please do, please
don’t. His is once, you either obey or you face the consequences; especially to
those that know His voice.
In the dream He showed me a place that I could not have thought of and even I
could not dare to visit this part of the city…because mentioning the name of
this place only scares people away. Why??? The name ‘NYAMAKIMA/RIVER ROAD’ the
haven for drug trafficking,
sales of illegal guns, mugging…all sorts of evil activities …its serious such
that all the tour guides
and drivers are warned not to take tourists to this part of town and if caught,
they are fired. People
could not even park their cars in this area…. otherwise within a few minutes,
you find your car
kneeling (as if interceding for this place) …wheels gone!
And this is the place the man in the dream is telling me to go! No..No..No….”it
is not true again” I said. This place. No way! I would better go back to sleep
and dream again a good one but not this one!
Let us all remember the call of God has no repentance; things started falling
apart in my life. I had no
money to start the works (ministry) so what do I have to do? Now I must obey and
go. I had no other option than to sell my family car. The struggle here was to
make the decision as a family man, which took some time. It, is obvious you can
expect some different ideas whether you will make it or not. Is it really from
God? Is it for God? Finally we settled.
The first thing I did was to buy a PA system. Now it is real spiritual war alone
in the Nyamakima.
We had an open air meeting daily as from 1997 to 1999 October at Race Course
Road as from 5:00 to 7:00 pm and after the church was born by the year 2000 I
continued my meetings up to 2002 when the murderous group wanted to finish me. I
thought things would be better because I have obeyed, but things took another
direction. . It was not once or twice that my PA
system was thrown into the city council truck for blocking the way in the name
of preaching. If it was
not the councilmen, the policemen, at times, would disperse my meetings.
Allegedly, there were a number of cases reported to the police station that
people were being pick pocketed during the preaching, which was very true, but
the gospel had to be preached. Brethren of the people the most feared group that
opposed me was the traditional sect the kingdom must be taken by violence! If
you ask me what it meant for the people of God to rebuild the Jerusalem walls
holding weapons I will tell you. The way I am writing is different compared with
what was happening. The traditional sect are dangerous and murderous cult.
After sometime God started saving people. Today one of my assistant pastors
(Pastor Peter) was fished from the same place, he used to carry two guns at any
time he was passing through my preaching ground OTC BUS Stage place on his way
to commit crimes (his testimony will come if God allows).
Through this I became bold enough. Brethren this gospel cannot be preached by
cowards. I decided I must elect an altar of God in this widely feared place. The
question in my heart was, “who will be
completely bold to come and worship with the few?” I believe some people don’t
really understand or know what is happening to the other fellow saints laboring
for the kingdom. Some places we are taking this kingdom by violence (I now
understand why Paul talked of soldiers in the battle field.)
I started looking for a room and I found a big hall on top of a pub (another
scary thing came in here). Are they going to be comfortable passing through the
same entrance as the pub? I started feeling like I needed to look for another
decent place but I could not get any. While my mind was still struggling with
this, I had another dream where I was standing on an ocean of water and I was so
scared of sinking but instead, the water started drying up and it was drawing me
down with it. Finally I was standing on dry land and the Lord said unto me,” I
will make this place dry from all crimes; go ahead, I am with you.” WOW! This
was amazing. I went boldly and negotiated with the
building owner and in the midst of the discussion, the Landlord asked, “Young
man, are you familiar with this place ‘Nyamakima’? Are you going to make it?”
Immediately I realized what he intended to inform me about this place and I
hurriedly told him’ “I am aware of everything; just give us the hall.” He gave
us the hall and some seats and we started our evening prayers with those who
availed themselves.
Believe it or not, if God calls you, never listen to a devil’s voice because a
devil’s voice has a lot of
distortion. If I had obeyed the second voice from the man’s experience in the
city, I would have not
baptized 49 souls in one service that gave birth to our present church.
The first service as a church went out like fire! We started praying and
interceding for this place. Today you can walk freely, park your car anywhere
you want, no more drug trafficking, no more mugging, no more sales of guns,
prayers are changing this place completely. Most people have not whole heartedly
accepted this place and for this reason the growth of the church goes slowly. We
are worshipping in this same place and it has given birth to more than 10
branches. We are trusting God to give us our own premises even though we don’t
know which way God will use to give us. We give all the glory to His name.
We normally meet on Sundays only on a limited time.
(The Red church you usually see, is among the branches)
I could spend a whole day writing my testimony and the doings of the Lord. If
you allow me, I will stop there. If God allows, I will continue with the rest of
my testimony only if it can be of any use, help or encouragement to anybody, I
have not touched on my family agonies and anguish during that period.
My encounter with the Traditional sect, and the reason
why they wanted to kill me.
How God sent His faithful man to our help
Testimonies of notable miracles of how God is moving with us by confirming His
word. E.g. A sister married for seven years without a child, A moving testimony
of a young lady who was brought to
me by her sister who is our Member, having been raped and impregnated by her
biological father, wanted to commit suicide but after repentance and baptism in
Jesus Name guess what happened???? Even today the Doctor is amazed by God’s
doings…
Pastor Duncan