Africa-Press – Rwanda. American pastor Paula White, who heads the White House Faith Office, is currently in Rwanda with a delegation of top global faith leaders.
The delegation, which includes Jennifer Korn Sporment, Assistant to US President and Faith Director at the White House Faith Office, and Ghanaian Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, met with President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Thursday, November 6.
They attended the Leaders Prayer Breakfast at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village on Friday, where White shared her testimony with government officials, private sector leaders, diplomats, and senior religious leaders.
The pastor and author shared her difficult personal history, which she said shaped her journey to become an advisor to the US President.
“I lost my father at the age of five and was raped and sexually abused at only six. I wish that could be the only dark part of my history, but my life was a mess until I got saved,” White said. “There is no difficult situation that God can’t get you out of.”
White also discussed how she faced criticism from various quarters in the United States before President Trump established the Faith Office at the White House to strengthen ties with religious communities and appointed her to lead it.
Her visit to Rwanda marks a continued engagement between the two countries, highlighting shared interests in fostering spiritual values, social transformation, and global peace initiatives.
Currently, she serves as president of Paula White Ministries, the National Faith Advisory Board, and City of Destiny. She is also a pastor at StoryLife Church and hosts the Christian television program Paula Today.
At the same event in Kigali, Ghanaian religious leader and independent Charismatic preacher Nicholas Duncan-Williams praised Rwanda’s transformation, calling it a chosen nation destined to inspire black people.
“After visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial, I can strongly say that God resurrected this nation that evil had planned to destroy,” said Duncan-Williams.
“I believe this nation is chosen by God to teach other nations that everything is possible. I believe that the black man is not cursed,” the Archbishop said.
Sports Minister Nelly Mukazayire, the guest of honor at the event, also delivered remarks emphasizing the importance of good leadership nation building.
She reflected on Rwanda’s reconstruction from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, which claimed more than one million lives, and the unity and reconciliation journey tha continues today.
“In a complex post-genocide environment, Rwandans have built an uplift nation where, the child of a genocide perpetrator and the child of a genocide survivor have equal access to education, health care, and leadership positions,” said Mukazayire.
She also reflected on her personal story and how it sums up Rwanda’s unique experience: the daughter of a Genocide perpetrator who is now a Cabinet member.
“That is the nation that has transformed its tragedy into a triumph,” she said. “I am just privileged to be standing here sharing my story, but there are a million Rwandans who have made it and have triumphed. And that is due to that inclusive, visionary and selfless leadership by His Excellency Paul Kagame. With God’s hand upon him, he turned bones into armies.”
The Leaders Prayer Breakfast is organised by Rwanda Leaders Fellowship. The organisation also holds monthly gatherings targeting different sectors to pray and reflect on better ways to deliver good governance to the people they serve.
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