Oral History Interviews of Emmanuel Kwizera
Dates
- 2021
Biography
FULL NAME: Emmanuel Kwizera
BIRTH: November12, 1977 in Kigali
FAMILY
PARENTS: Rose and Pierre Gakwandi Kwizera
SIBLINGS: Three sisters (all older) and three brothers (all younger)
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Kinda Theresa (decased), then to Kaligirwa Umuhoza Colette
CONVERSION: January 4, 1998
EDUCATION
2000-2005 National University of Rwanda, Bachelor's degree in History. Was involved in the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students while a student
2008 One month training session in evangelism at the Haggai Institute in Singapo
April 2016- Africa International University (formerly Nairobi Evabgelical Graudate School of Theology) Pursuing master's degree in Organizational Leadership
CAREER
1998-1999 Assisted in his father's evangelistic ministry
2005-2006 On the staff of IFES and worked among high school students
2007-2015 Mission director for Africa Enterprise in Rwanda
2009 Began involvement with the Lausanne Movement
2015- International mission director for African Enterprise, based in Kenya
2015- Global catylast for Proclamation Evangelism, Lausanne Movement
OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: Involved with various international networks of evangelists, including the Global Network of Evangelists (with LuisPalau) and the Global Evangelists Alliance
Extent
2 Sound Recordings
210 Minutes
2010.623 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Brief Description
Oral history interviews of Kwizera in 2021 by Bob Shuster of the Archives staff. Among the topics Kwizera discussed was his family's background in ministry in Rwanda, the Jesus film, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, his own conversion and the development of his faith, his work with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), the state of Christianity in Rwanda; his work as director of African Enterprise's Rwandan branch and his work as AE's missions director for all of Africa; his involvement with the Lausanne Movement, particular as global catalyst for proclamation evangelism; his comments on Michael Cassidy, Festo Kivengire and Antoine Rutayisire; his impressions of the Wheaton College Graduate School.
Accruals
Acc. 21-30, 21-45
Bob Shuster
- African Enterprise.
- Amsterdam 2000 (2000) (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Cassidy, Michael, 1936-
- Conversion -- Christianity.
- Conversion -- Personal narratives.
- Evangelistic work -- Africa.
- Evangelistic work -- Congresses -- Africa.
- Evangelistic work -- Rwanda
- Evangelists
- Genocide -- Rwanda.
- Graham, Franklin, 1952-
- Havugimana, Israel, ?-1994
- International Congress on World Evangelization (3rd : 2010 : Cape Town, South Africa)
- Internet in church work.
- Jesus (Motion Picture)
- Kivengere, Festo.
- Kwizera, Emmanuel.
- Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.
- Palau, Luis, 1934-
- Prosperity gospel
- Reconciliation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- Rutayisire, Antoine.
- Wheaton College (Ill.). Graduate School
Subject
- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Evangelism & Missions Archives Repository