Rwanda Worship School 2024
January 8 thru January 25, 2024
Training Leaders in Music with a Kingdom Culture in the Presence of God
Oxbow Ministries is partnering with Bishop Pacifique Hakizimana of Fatherhood Sanctuary in Musanze, Rwanda to launch a music school with a 3-credit intensive Worship Leadership class. This will be the first class of the curriculum of the new school, including practical training and workshops.
Our Vision
The long-term vision is to create residential training centers first in Rwanda, for equipping worship leaders in presence-based worship. Eventually, the three centers will be accessible to leaders from central and southern Africa.
The schools will impart Kingdom culture to worship leaders, hosting the presence of God that leads to encounters, thus eradicating tendency toward performance and entertainment.
Bishop Pacifique desires to bring musicians, church leaders and community leaders from all walks of life to host God’s presence and lead people into face-to-face encounters with the Father.
How you can partner with us:
- Please pray for us as we travel in June to minister. .
- Please pray for the students taking the course.
- Please pray for perfect health as we travel and minister.
- Please support us financially for expenses of $15,000 (about $1,500 per team member.)
- Please help us provide instruments and equipment to the leaders in this conference. Email us at info@oxbowministries.com or call us at 276-638-1991 for more information.
To support us financially:
To give online click here.
Mail a check to Oxbow Ministries, 590 Dupont Road, Martinsville, VA 24112. Please include a note indicating your preference. Please do not write on the memo line of the check.
Ministry Team
John Heiss
John Heiss has ministered in the word, worship, and the fine arts as a speaker, pastor, singer, educator, writer, actor, producer, and director. John has been Senior Pastor of Wellspring Fellowship in Martinsville, Virginia, for over 20 years and is the founder of Oxbow Ministries. John and his wife Mary Anne prophetically express the heart of King David through the word and worship. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Alun Leppitt
Alun is a worshipper, songwriter, author and international speaker from the southern England area. After Pastoring for 20 years, he and his wife Donna have been called to the nations with an emphasis on teaching and training the body of Christ in a naturally supernatural lifestyle especially worship, healing, and prophecy.
Paul Jobe
Paul is a graduate of Columbia Bible College and is an accomplished saxaphone player. He has served as a youth pastor, worship leader, prophetic team and healing team equipper in the High Point, North Carolina USA area. Paul and his wife, Paige, have been married for 36 years and have 6 children and 5 grandchildren with one on the way.
Deborah Burgess
In the worship and pastoral ministry for over 40 years, Deborah’s passion is to seek the presence of God in worship and prayer and to see the people of God set free to pursue their destinies. She is presently serving the Church at Mercy Crossing in Martinsville, Virginia USA. She also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary.
Josiah Becsi
Josiah grew up in Australia until age 19 and played football at a semi professional level. He moved to the United Kingdom and now lives in Portsmouth. He interned for City Life Church when he arrived during the pandemic and now is Operations Director and leads the university students. He has a hunger that grows for this generation and really wants to see young people understand who they are and what they are made for.
Jonas Cortes
As a minister’s son growing up in Southern Mexico, Jonas played piano in worship since age 9. He desires that Jesus be exalted always in worship and that the church be fully equipped to exalt him more and more. Jonas is an Associate Pastor and Worship Director at Cross Culture Community Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also is a videographer. Jonas and his wife Bet have three wonderful children.
Shua, Robin & Hazel
Shua Moore is a singer, songwriter, and an accomplished worship leader. He has been greatly used by God to bring His glory in the USA and overseas. People instantly connect with his authenticity and creativity. Robin, his wife, brings a strong, clear voice in worship and song to everyone who hears her. She also powerfully moves in prayer and intercession. Together, they are happy parents to their children Hazel, Virgil, Mercy, and Frances Wilder and live in New Jersey. Their daughter, Hazel is joining them at the Rwanda Worship School. She has a heart for people and loves to worship God in the visual arts as well as in music.
Sibylle Mansour-Bruderer
Sibylle Mansour-Bruderer was born and educated in Switzerland. As an exchange student in Flint, Michigan, she met her future husband, and homeschooled her two children, now adults. These were her most rewarding and most challenging years. Currently attending Christ Church in Martinsville, Virginia, she works at the library, which has become her new passion. She cherishes her quiet time with the Lord in prayer and worship and looks forward to helping create an atmosphere of prayer wherever she goes.