Draft:Moses Mukisa

Moses Mukisa, born on March 29, 1978, is a Ugandan architect, pastor, author, and gospel artist who founded Worship Harvest Ministries; a global church-planting movement focusing on catalyzing spiritual, social, and economic renewal in communities.

Early life and education

Moses Mukisa is the last born amongst a family of six children. In 1984, a tragedy unfolded with the murder of his father, leaving his mother, a teacher at a rural primary school as the sole care taker of the family. In spite of the adversity , Mukisa succesfully completed his primary education and was accepted at Busoga College Mwiri. He studied, Physics, Mathematics and Fine Art for his Advanced Level of education. Growing up, he dreamed of becoming an architect and was motivated by the successful career that one of his uncles had in architecture. Unfortunately, just before sitting for national examinations, his mother passed away, leaving him extremely devastated. In one of the articles published in 2020 in the Daily Monitor, he recalled, “My mum was my world.”

When the results for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) Exams were announced in 1996, Moses had the best performance at his school with an A in Mathematics, Economics, B in Physics and Fine Art plus a distinction in General Paper; he had emerged as the 4th best student nationwide.

Career

Moses studied architecture at Makerere University on government sponsorship in 1996 after which he got a job with an architecture firm called Kiggundu and partners architect, now called Arch Forum Limited. After 2 years, he sat for professional examinations with the Uganda Society of Architects after which he started his own innovative design business called Living Space.

Church Ministry

In 1996, while studying architecture at Makerere University, Moses joined the Come Alive Experience, at St. Francis Chapel located at the university. Later on, in December 2000, he began Come Alive Ministries with a group other students. Christians from different denominations joined them and embraced their vision of transformation through music and other spiritual gifts.

In 2006, he started a fellowship called House of Praise at the then Al Fiesta Restaurant, in Lumumba Avenue. While there, a discipleship evangelism course by Andrew Wommack and Don Krow was introduced. In September of the same year, the church moved to Kati Kati Restaurant where “Worship Harvest Ministries” was birthed.

In 2019, the church purchased 0.8 acres of land in Naalya, and began construction in June 2011. In the following years, the church started its expansion across the country (2012 Jinja, 2014 Entebbe, 2015 Gayaza, Bugolobi & Mukono, 2017 Kibuye, 2018 Makerere, 2019 Kungu & Down Town of Kampala, 2021 Garuga, Kamuli, Nansana, Wairaka, Joggo, Busega, Kira, Matugga, Seguku, Kajjansi, Njeru, Muyenga & Kyebando). From 2020 Worship Harvest Ministries started expanding beyond Uganda, establishing the first international church in June in Nairobi, Kenya. By 2025, Worship Harvest Ministries has planted over 200 churches and more than 4,000 missional communities in 11 countries with Moses as the lead Pastor, apostle and vision bearer of the movement.

In 2022, Moses was nominated by Daniel Bwabale, the senior principal magistrate and head of Uganda Legal Information Institute, as one of Uganda's unsung heroes of 2022. One of the reasons he mentioned for his nomination was the social corporate responsibility that his ministry took on to ensure that some that some families were provided for during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Personal life

Moses Mukisa is married to Sarah Mukisa, who also serves alongside him as pastor at Worship Harvest Ministries and together they have 3 children.

See also

1. https://www.youtube.com/mosesmukisa
2. https://www.worshipharvest.org/
3. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B014PDOIDC

External links

1. 52 Lessons To Teach Your Growing Disciples, by Moses Mukisa
2. Called To Greatness: Embracing the Journey to Purpose and Identity, by Moses Mukisa