eswatini

The establishment of River of Life Church in eSwatini can be traced back to Botswana. In the beginning of 2017 Pastor Texford, National Director of Ghana, sent Pastor Richard Kwaku Boadu to Botswana to form a daughter church. However, the application process was stalled for many months. Although nearly 80% of the population in Botswana is Christian, the permission to allow a foreign pastor to start a church is extremely difficult, especially a church with charismatic background. Therefore, Pastor Richard went to eSwatini to start a church. eSwatini formally known asSwaziland was declared independent from England in 1968. In 2018, King Mswati III announced that the Kingdom of Swaziland had renamed itself the Kingdom of eSwatini to mark the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence. This is a country ruled by a king, all governance follows traditional beliefs, many traditionalists believe that people's spiritual beliefs originate from the king, and their Christianity is sometimes mixed with traditional beliefs and customs, which is contrary to the way of God. ROLCC in eSwatini was established in early 2018, by the end of 2018 pastor Richard established a hair and clothing training school to train young people to have special skills, and in 2019, he started to establish the Campus Ministry. At present, they have established good news clubs in three high schools and visit the students of these schools twice a month to share the Bible and pray. In May 2019, they rented a church auditorium in Manzini that can accommodate about 100 people. It also has the pastor's office and 2 toilets. Pastor Richard also has a deep missionary burden and they will restructure the youth whomakeupalarge percentage of the congregation to steer them in these directions. During the more than two years of the global epidemic, the church seized the opportunity in the crisis and bravely moved forward in the new season to expand online evangelism. They began broadcasting radio programs on Christian radio stations in April 2020, with praise and worship As well as Bible discussions, their main focus in 2021 is on winning souls through evangelism. In 2024, they established a new branch, Fair View, with up to 160 people meeting every week. Pray that God will continue to fulfill them and realize a new branch and a new pastoral team so that they can continue to spread the gospel in Eswatini. , to achieve more people believing in the Lord.