User:Edmond Kivuye

Edmond KIVUYE (born October 15, 1966) is the International Apostolic Leader of Eglise Vivante de Jesus Christ (Living Church of Jesus Christ)in Burundi, Rwanda, D.R.Congo, and Senegal. It is a non-denominational church, and one of the fastest growing church in Burundi with more than 8000 members in the city of Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi.

Pastor Edmond KIUVYE's sermon given at the Eglise Vivante are broadcasted live every Sunday and Wednesday on the church website. His preachings are also broadcasted for 30 mins once a week on the national TV (RTNB). He is the only burundian Pastor on the Burundi National Television so far. He is also on a Christian television in burundi, everyday of the week and once a week on a secular television based in Burundi. The media outreach goes also on the national radio twice a week in Kirundi and Swahili. (National Radio heard in the whole country, also in Rwanda, D.R.Congo, and Tanzania) Pastor Edmond KIVUYE through the church he organizes annual conferences where people around the country and neighboring countries come and meet for 3 great days. Conferences like "Abagabo b'iteka" (Men of honor) Men conference. "Nyina Wanje" (Woman) Ladies conference. "Urwaruka rufise intumbero" (Youth with a purpose) Youth conference. "Banyene Ubwami" (Their's kingdom) Kids conference.

Pastor Edmond Kivuye is also the International Director of African Revival Ministiries A humanitarian organization, which has as goal to proclaim, teach, and demonstrate the Kingdom of God trough building hospitals, schools, orphanages, and many more to help people. The African Revival Ministries is located in Burundi, Rwanda, D.R.Congo, Senegal, and the UK.

Early life and history
On October 15, 1966, Edmond KIVUYE was born in Ngagara, Bujumbura. Raised in a big family, and he was the first one to get saved and was honored to lead most of his brothers and sisters to the Lord.

Shortly after graduating in Mechanical Engineering (Heavy duty engines)in June 1987 he was called to go into ministry under the leadership of his uncle David NDARUHUTSE who was the founder of the African Revival Ministries and Eglise Vivante. These two worked together since the beginning of the ministry till when Pastor David NDARUHUTSE went to be with the Lord after a plane crush in the mountains of D.R.Congo in September 1997. Before that the Lord led Pastor David NDARUHUTSE to pass on the mantle of leadership to Pastor Edmond KIVUYE. At the time, no one undesrtood what was happening, till after the plane crush. Then Pastor Edmond KIVUYE took over.

God Kept on blessing the ministry even though it was going trough problems, the church kept on growing almost every 2 months, so it was with the African Revival Ministries.

Family
When he was 23 in 1989, he married Faith Kin Teustin. They have two children together (Henoc, and Anne). Pastor Faith Kivuye also helps his Husband in the ministry and God uses both of them in a mighty way around the world preaching the word of God.

Christian ministry
Pastor Edmond's sermons are broadcast nationally through the church TV and Radio program "Igihe C'Impemburo" which means times of refreshment on the national radio and television. His sermons are helping people county wise and even in around the world trough Live streaming, DVDs, video's on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter... 

Under the leadership of Pastor Edmond Kivuye, the Eglise vivante de Jesus Christ helps many people by paying their school fees when they no longer can afford it, feed the hungry, and helping them getting medical care. More of these good works are done through African Revival Ministries still under Pastor Edmond leadership, where they have two schools in the capital city of Burundi, Bujumbura. One of them is the only english speaking school in the country which follows the oxford curriculum (King's School International). Still in the capital city ARM (African Revival Ministries) have two hospitals, one which is manly surgical and has the only X-ray which you can have the result right after they have taken you the X-ray picture. In Burundi ARM has other project like one to help HIV positive people who are hopeless and cannot afford the medicine. In this center, they just don't give them, food and medicine, but they also encourage them with the world of God. ARM has a project which helps the pygmies in the country side. This tribe is one of the three but the least which is only 1% of the population. They teach them to read and write using the bible, ARM has also built a village for them and recently a clinic, so that they can be treated equally as other tribes.

After the war which took place in Burundi, many children were left without parents due the birth of CRIB (Children rescue in Burundi) orphanage. This orphanage have more than 300 children raised in a God fearing environment and also speaking English. In 2004 near the border on Burundi and DRCongo happened a genocide which took many Congolese refugees lives. At that time the first thing ARM did was to open an orphanage and taking all the children, because they did not have where to stay, the orphanage was called "New Hope Center", to give a new hope to those innocent children.

In Rwanda, ARM and Eglise Vivante helps people with HIV by giving them hope and encouraging them with the word of God. They do support them with medicine and food. They also helps different orphans by paying for their school fees. Eglise Vivante Have more than 50 different churches around Rwanda.

In DRCongo, ARM and Eglise Vivante does continue helping people mainly on the side of Uvira where a big population of "Banyamulenge" still living in the middle age of not having water, House, school, to get what to eat, women have to work for almost 3 weeks to get only a meal of 3 weeks. After seeing the need in that Region, Eglise Vivante and ARM under the leadership of Pastor Edmond Kivuye, they decided to build houses for the population, school, orphanages. With the help of some engineers from Canada, they were able to provide electricity in some houses using the great water falls that are around the mountain of Uvira. The Eglise Vivante and a number of church members bought machine so that women won't have to spend 3 weeks making ready a 5 day meal, but now they produce more for the family and also get time to rest and being with their families

In Senegal, ARM and Eglise Vivante are doing a great work knowing Senegal as a Muslim country, when people receives Christ as their savior, they are persecuted, so ARM established a refugee center for women, because women are persecuted to the point of being Killed. So that refugee center receives them and help them by giving them job... ARM do have another center for young boys called "Talibe" These young boys, are not sent to school by their parents so that they won't learn about the western education. They send them to the Muslim school to learn about the Koran, their teachers send them during the day to beg for money (without their parents knowing) and there is a certain amount they have to reach if they don't they are severely punished. ARM takes those young boys, first teach them about the word of God and put them in schools