Rwanda

The International Anglican Church is a missionary outpost in Colorado Springs of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, where Christian orthodoxy and missionary zeal are combined in ways reminiscent of the early church.

We gladly follow Rwandan church leadership in our desire to learn from these brothers and sisters whom God has used in the remarkable work of reconciliation after the 1994 genocide. Here we see the Gospel at work: those who murdered others coming to repentance and faith, the survivors of the genocide forgiving and embracing the very people who brutally slaughtered their families, whole communities being transformed by God from fear and hate to reconciliation and peace.

This relationship gives us perspective – it helps us to step out of entitlement into repentance; out of self-indulgence into serving; out of a consumer driven numbness into the true joy of walking with Jesus.

This relationship teaches us that the Kingdom of God is not about programs, but about a relationship with the One who gives life and with those He has given us on the journey.

This relationship reminds us that we have not arrived, but we belong to the One who has – and with Him there is life and joy in the journey.

This relationship engages us with brothers and sisters half way around the world in seeking the same Jesus.

Our relationship with Rwanda is a foretaste of the world to come when people will be gathered from every tribe, tongue, and nation.

A letter from Bishop John Rucyahana

To the Reverend Kenneth Erik Ross, Anglican Priest,

Greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ.

On behalf of the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Rwanda, the Most Reverend Emmanuel M. Kolini and our House of Bishops, I, the Rt. Rev. John K. Rucyahana, Bishop of the Shyira Diocese, hereby authorize your work of planting an Anglican Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

I commission you to proclaim the Gospel, to raise up a faithful and biblical church devoted to evangelism and discipleship as our Lord Jesus Christ commanded in Matthew 28:18-20. Your congregation is meant to be a part of the Anglican Mission in America and an authentic and biblical representation of our true Anglican heritage. It has both our full support and our prayers.

I commend you to the grace of God and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to bless you, your leaders, and your church members to reach many people in the Colorado Springs area with the saving Gospel. I ask you to also remember the international community represented in Colorado Springs.

In His Name,

The Right Reverend John Kabango Rucyahana
Bishop of Shyira Diocese, Rwanda