Supporting Pastors, Transforming Communities
In the Tanzania Annual Conference, many pastors currently earn as little as $67 per year, and some receive no salary at all. This makes it incredibly difficult for them to provide for their families, care for their own well-being, and serve their congregations with clarity and focus.
Our campaign seeks to change that reality.
When you give, you help empower pastors like Rev. Gilbert John Bagaya to devote their full attention to their ministry contexts. Rev. Bagaya was appointed to serve in the Misungwi District among the Sakuma tribe. When he first arrived, the congregation was small, and the flock had been scattered by past challenges. On his first Sunday, only one member came to worship.
Still, Rev. Bagaya committed himself to being present among the people as one who serves.
In his own words, “I love my community because I learned that to make them love Jesus Christ is to live together with them—learning what they love and what they don’t love and showing them who Jesus is through action.”
Rev. Bagaya’s incarnational ministry reveals the love of Jesus in their midst. Over time, he gathered the people together, and now forty people worship each Sunday morning. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Rev. Bagaya and his congregation are loving boldly and serving joyfully as they address the challenges their community faces.
By contributing to the ForTanzania Campaign, you enable gifted pastors to live fully into their calling without the burden of financial insecurity. Every dollar makes a difference, and every gift is life-giving. By investing in the lives of these pastors, you help ensure that they can continue their ministries, serve their congregations, and care for their families. Every gift makes a difference.
In Rev. Bagaya’s own words, “I want to say thank you very much for how you choose to be with us. We promise to keep you in prayer—in your ministries and in your families. We ask that you also pray with us, share with us, and walk together with us.”
Thank you for all that you do to empower pastors across our United Methodist connection.
- $1,200 provides a full year’s salary for a pastor
- $600 provides half a year’s salary
- $300 provides a quarter-year salary
- $100 helps support one month of a pastor’s salary
Give today at gnjumc.org/fortanzania