In early 2007 a few individuals started holding prayer meetings over the phone through three-way conference call. As the number of those who were interested in joining prayers coming from all continents grew, on September 23, 2007 God led the group to register and to set up an account with FreeConferencePro. At Umunara, we welcome everybody regardless of their denomination; indeed whether you are a Christian or not please join us every Friday at 10:00 PM Eastern Time (USA & Canada) that is, 0300GMT at 218-548-0820 and the pass code is 13579#.
As time went by, attendees to these conference services came to call this Ministry “UMUNARA” or literally “Watchtower,” a name that got incorporated with the State of Massachusetts on October 02, 2008. Hence, as Prophet Habakkuk asserted in his second chapter verse 1 saying, “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me and what answer I am to give to this complaint,” we have resolved to stand on our watch and to station ourselves on UMUNARA waiting to hear and to know the will of God. In other words, Umunara is a gathering of peoples from all nations who meet primarily on the phone conference call to wait for the Lord God. In the course of waiting, we worship, praise, and pray God and study the word of God.
At Umunara, Inc we believe that the Bible, as it is inspired by God, is the only instrument that helps us to know the will of God and to know where to get our salvation: on the Cross Jesus Christ paid the price on our behalf, imparted on us His righteousness and our responsibility is to impart on him our sins and to receive Him as our personal Savior. Ku Munara duhura na Yesu: Abarushye n’abaremerewe bararuhuka, abarwayi barakira, Impumyi zirahumuka, ibipfamatwi birumva, ibimuga biragenda, kandi abakene baragezwaho ubutumwa bwiza (Yohana 11:5).
A little over two years in existence, God, the Founder of Umunara, has enabled us to reach His people from all continents using His servants stationed in various parts of the world. In addition to conference calls held regularly, Umunara’s website enabled people who were unable to participate live to the conference to listen to the message preached every Friday. Furthermore, Umunara has been able to start a number of departments that help to answer some of the questions believers have. In the interest of strengthening families, youth, female and male departments were established. Once in a while, female and male departments meet together to offer valuable teachings needed for couples and couples to be.
As prayer is the key to the success of Umunara, a Prayer department was established to coordinate the prayer chain 24/7 at Umunara; this helps us to have someone at the rampant all the time (ku izamu ry’Umunara). Mrs. Marie-Therese Gakumba and Ms. Aline Niyonsaba lead this department. Fasting prayers are being organized throughout the month and some over night prayers have been and continue to be held thanks to your commitment. If you want to get involved into this department please be in touch with its leaders mentioned above. As at Umunara we are committed to the thorough learning and/or teaching of the Word of God, various seminars and Bible studies have been organized over the conference calls and experts have given topical teachings. We thank all who have participated into these programs and more participation in the future is requested!
At this particular juncture, it is safe to say that we are looking into the future with great hope and anticipation. In the past, Freeconferencepro has experienced a massive increase in usage of their conference systems that caused our experiencing connectivity problems during our services. Fortunately, they upgraded their systems and have allocated us a new conference access number which is 218-548-0820; the pass cod remained the same. This upgrade corrected our capability issues, and enabled the possibility to connect into our services through one’s internet service. FreeConferencePro also created the video conferencing possibilities which we might start use in the future. God is good; we have decided to upgrade and give a new look to our website thanks the Mr. Jean-Fidele Ntagengwa. In the process Jean-Fidele helped to cut some of our costs by getting rid of the radio which had lots of limitations and started a new program: podcast. You can follow us live on Fridays and you listen to our past message of your choosing anytime you want. If and when the Holy Spirit moves you to support them please make your check or money order to Umunara, Inc and send it at P.O Box 505194, Chelsea, MA 02150, USA and thank you.
Looking at our purpose as stated above, and looking at our vision as stated further below, we have a long way to go to accomplish the task that God entrusted to us. Therefore, Umunara, Inc. is requesting those who want to partner with us as either Active Members or Honorary Members or as partners in fulfilling the Great Commission to fill out the form found on this website...
Thank you so much for your support and may God Almighty bless you in a special way. If you want to contact either of the Committee members, please drop a line at postmaster@umunara.org or send us a written note at Umunara, Inc. P.O Box 505194, Chelsea, MA 02150.
