The Andrew Discipleship School – Kampala comes to you from the heart of Africa in Uganda, close to the source of the mighty River Nile.
In 1990 David Masson, who had been a lawyer in Scotland since 1961, received a word of prophecy in Dundee, Scotland that he would be a pastor to pastors. Had the word said that the pastors would be 5,000 miles away in Africa he would have laughed like Sarah. He was not even a member of a Church at that time but he believed the Word and immediately started a small house Church. Each week he prepared teaching for the small group.
In 1994 the Lord dropped into his mind the idea of going to Uganda with a team from the Church in Dundee. While there he met with John Michael Mugerwa, Pastor of Saints Gate Pentecostal Church, Kampala. John was born again of the Spirit of God in 1982 and in 1984 assumed responsibility for a new Church in Katwe, one of the slum areas on the edge of the capital city of Uganda. The Church began with two women. In 2011 there are 2,000 at worship on a Sunday. There are 20 sister Churches in various parts of Uganda. John is well known throughout the country. He has established a School for orphans where 1600 children receive accommodation, education, and training for life.
During the few days David and John spent together in 1994 the idea formed of establishing a Bible School to teach the pastors of Kampala and district. The Andrew Discipleship School – Kampala was established. David sent Bible teaching notes to John in Kampala for translation and use in the teaching of students. Between 1994 and 2011 over 200 pastors have studied at the Bible School and received a diploma.
The Andrew Discipleship School wishes to make Bible teaching notes available to young pastors throughout the continent of Africa. Psalm 138 v 2 says that the Lord exalts above everything else in all creation His name and His word. The teaching notes are not intended to be a comprehensive teaching of Scripture. They are the product of many years of study by David and are designed to help young Pastors in particular and people in general understand the full counsel of God. The Word of God advises that all teaching should be tested against the Scriptures. This applies to all the material on this web site. The thrust of the teaching of Jesus (John ch 8 v 32) was to teach the truth and set men and women free from their sins, liberating them to serve the Living God. This has been and continues to be the vision of the Andrew Discipleship School, Kampala. Sadly John Michael Mugerwa died as a result of a road accident in October 2011 having accomplished much in the service of his Lord Jesus.
J. J. Packer in Knowing God says this: "Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a devout, earnest, continued investigation of the great subject of the Deity."
