Watoto Church

Watoto Church
Watoto Ministries
Watoto
Watoto Children's Choir
Watoto Church
0°19′08″N 32°34′30″E / 0.3189855°N 32.5749527°E / 0.3189855; 32.5749527Coordinates: 0°19′08″N 32°34′30″E / 0.3189855°N 32.5749527°E / 0.3189855; 32.5749527
Location Kampala
Country Uganda
Denomination Pentecostal
Membership 20,000[1]
Weekly attendance 30,000[2]
Website http://www.watotochurch.com/
History
Former name(s) Kampala Pentecostal Church
Founded April 22, 1984 (April 22, 1984)
Founder(s) Gary Skinner, Marilyn Skinner

Watoto Church, formerly Kampala Pentecostal Church (KPC) is an English-speaking cell-based community church located around East Africa and headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. The vision of the church is "an English speaking cell-based community church, celebrating Christ, growing and multiplying as each one reaches one, touching those around us with the love of Jesus, bringing healing to the cities and the nations."[3] Watoto means "the children" in Swahili.

The church has various cell groups in Kampala. Each cell comprises about 7 to 10 members who meet at least once a week in one of the member's home. During the meeting they share fellowship.

The Church was founded by Pastor Gary Skinner and his wife, Marylin Skinner who are the current pastoral team leaders, assisted by various campus pastors and other ministry leaders.

Watoto Church is home to Watoto Child Care Ministries, a ministry that assists vulnerable children and women in Uganda, best known for its Watoto Children's Choir that tours the world every year, spreading the Gospel and raising financial assistance for their fellows back home.

The Church was found in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, with the main branch dubbed Watoto Church Downtown, and has expanded over the years across the city with Watoto Church Kisaasi, Watoto Church Bweyogerere, Watoto Church Lubowa, Watoto Church Kyengera, Watoto Church Kansanga, Watoto Church Bugolobi, across Uganda, Watoto Church Bbira in Wakiso District , Watoto Church Suubi in Mpigi District, Watoto Church Gulu and Watoto Church Laminadera in Gulu District. The vision of the Church is to keep on expanding to cover the entire country of Uganda and possibly across East Africa with a strong standing campus already in war torn South Sudan, Watoto Church Juba.

Watoto Church produces an annual Christmas cantata. And a gospel drama play every four years known as Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames The shows are a mixture of a live performance music, dance, scripted drama, sounds and lighting effects. The cantata historically has run through the week before Christmas.

In 2007, the newspaper Sunday Vision checked the accounts of twelve Pentecostal churches, and noted with favour that KPC (as it was then known) was one of only two that had their accounts professionally audited.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Launch of Watoto
  2. ↑ About Gary Skinner
  3. ↑ Watoto Vision Retrieved December 11, 2012
  4. ↑ Churches declare billions, Sunday Vision, August 18, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2010
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