Overcoming the Powers of Hell: How a Movement of Prayer and Faith Defeated the 'Lord's Resistance Army' in Uganda

John Miles

The answers to Africa's problems are ultimately spiritual not just physical, political and economic.

Beatrice Omese was left to starve after her husband, a well liked pastor, was killed in a road accident. This book shows how one woman refused to be defeated and raised up an association of widows that has helped over 35,000 widows in Uganda to provide for themselves in an economically sustainable way.

The story is told against the backdrop of chronic, systematic child abuse that has left northern Uganda devastated for over 25 years, perpetrated by an evil organisation calling itself "the Lord's Resistance Army." Since the churches in Uganda united in prayer, a situation that had seemed impervious has begun to be driven out by a concerted political and military response.

John Miles has worked as a missionary in Africa for most of his life. He first met Beatrice and John Omese in Soroti in northern Uganda in 1995. He has maintained contact with Beatrice over the years since John died and documents the rise of a movement that has helped many widows put their trust in God and work to achieve prosperity for themselves and their families.

160 pages

9781905991426
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