Eglise Presbyterienne au Rwanda
 
Rev. Dr. Elisée Musemakwele, President
 
Pastor Eugene Rubanda, President of Gitarama Regional Synod
 
1 General Synod
16 Regional Synods
102 Parishes (each can include several worshipping communities)
82 Ordained pastors
evangelists & catechists

Programs and ministries

 
Communication
Evangelism
Development
HIV/AIDS
Diaconal
Medical
Education
Women and families
Youth

Eglise Presbyterienne au Rwanda  Educational Ministries

 
100 primary schools
15 secondary schools
Ecumenical Partner in theological seminary
Ecumenical Partner in continuing theological education
 
Literacy (age 15 and over who can read)
Male – 76.3%
Female – 64.7%

Rwanda is home to one of the world’s largest proportions of child-headed households, with an estimated 101,000 children living in 42,000 households. These children are on-their-own either because their parents were killed in the genocide, have died from AIDS, or have been imprisoned for genocide-related crimes. Rwanda has about 6,000 street children, mostly in Kigali. The Rwanda Presbytery helps to serve these children through Centre Presbyterien d'Amour de Jeunes (Presbyterian Center for the Love of Youth) in Kigali.

Violence against women and girls constituted a well-documented and tragically widespread component of the genocide and war strategy in 1994. According to the Center for HIV Information, as of 2003, 130,000 women were HIV/Aids infected. Children with HIV/Aids is estimated at 22,000. Some of the key programs of the Rwanda Presbytery are in HIV/Aids, Medical, and Women and Families work.

It costs an average of $40 per year for a primary school student to attend, but many cannot afford that. The Rwanda Presbytery’s Educational Ministries supports 100 primary schools, 15 secondary schools.

The Rwanda Presbytery also has an active program of evangelism and church growth in their Regional Synods, and has proposed an increase in their evangelism budget by 350%.

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