Uganda Christian ACTION Network - UCAN

20/08/2016

Pleasant surprise...bumped in Janharmen Drost a great friend and partner of UCAN. He was extremely supportive to us during his time at ICCO Cooperation. He is traveling to Uganda for business with his new organization STOPAIDSNOW. Jan we wish you all the best during your stay in Uganda.

25/07/2016

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. -C.S. Lewis Humility. Humility is a quality many leaders desire to possess, but it is often an illusive yet beautiful idea that sounds great on paper, yet seems mysteriously out of reach to anyone attempting to find it. Humil...

11/07/2016

It is shocking that anyone can make such a reckless statement after all the progress we have made in the response to HIV/AIDS.

The Tororo Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Martin Oroch, has asked parents to stop educating children living with HIV/Aids virus

14/03/2016

Highlights from the Eastern Africa Faith Leaders Symposium on Gender Justice in Nairobi, Kenya.

Uganda was represented by The Church of Uganda and UCAN.

26/02/2016

We celebrate Dr. Jennifer Semakula Musisi for her selfless efforts to transform Kampala Capital City and for all the accolades won for Uganda. No amount of political rhetoric should stand in the way of this progress.

If you stand with Jennifer, make your voice heard and share to all your network with the hashtag

14/02/2016

Uganda is a nation under God and because of that fact, we shall have a peaceful election next week.

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23/11/2015

Group Photo of delegates at the East African Faith Leaders Symposium on Gender Justice

23/11/2015

Reflections from the Plenary

If only we allowed the Word of God to transform us, then the challenges we face would be easier to deal with including gender injustice.

Our faith is practiced in and contextualised according to our respective cultures; how can we transform this as religious leaders.

How do we separate the spiritual from the cultural. When Paul forexample speaks the way he does about women in the New Testament; is his motivation spiritual or cultural!

23/11/2015

Reflections from the Panel Discussion

Can we (as faith leaders) have our own definition of Gender and NOT necessarily what the world order has defined it as! Why should the world impose a particular definition on the church!

Without talking about creation, we cannot talk about redemption; where does the persuit for gender justice fit into God's purpose! The bible says in Gen. 1:27 ...men and women He created them... We therefore, cannot achieve gender justice without reference to this fact.

The Bible can be used to advocate for or against Gender Justice depending on who is reading it. Bible authors wrote the scriptures in view of the socio-cultural context of their time. However, faith leaders today have the capacity to bring about gender justice for both men and women through the interpretation of scripture in view of God's plan and purpose.

23/11/2015

Panel Discussion on the following questions

1. How can we build a community of women and men in the church to serve as a core to the calling, nature and mission of the church, especially as a response to the call for unity?

2. How can we reconstruct an understanding of being men and women that aims at building mutual partnerships for gender justice as part of the justice and peace agenda?

23/11/2015

Reflection Verses on difficult Biblical Gendered Texts by Rev. Doctor Lydia Mwaniki

I Corinthians 11:7: For a man...is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

Genesis 1:27: So God created man in His own image; in His image He Created him; male and female he created them.

What is your take on these two verses?

Other verses for reflection:

I Corinthians 11:1-6
I Corinthians 14:34-35
I Timothy 2:11-12
I Corinthians 11:3
Ephesians 5:22-24

23/11/2015

Day 1: East African Faith Leaders Symposium on Gender Justice in Nairobi, Kenya.

His Grace Stanely Ntagali, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda calls on regional leaders not to only focus on women and girls but to be sensitive to the fact that men are also victims of gender injustice.