Pastor Stephen Kaweesa of Yesu Akwagala Church was laid to rest last evening in a 20-feet-deep grave as he had requested before death.
During the burial, his grave was not sealed with cement, another request that he had made so that, his body on decomposition would be a source of soil fecundity.
His burial had been scheduled to take place at 8 am; however, he was buried hours later due to several emotional speakers that turned up to pay homage.
Pastor Kaweesa lost his life in an accident that occurred on Monday, March 28th along Seguku, Entebbe road. He was buried at Buvvi in Kasanje , Wakiso district.
The same accident claimed two other lives of American ministers; Pastor Ed Pohlreich and missionary Scott Volz.
Kaweesa was the founder and pastor of Yesu Akwagala Church in Seguku, Uganda. An active pastor for nearly 30 years, Kaweesa was the vice-chairman of Uganda Christian Outreach Ministries.
The Pastor left behind 9 children who as they paid tribute spoke of the late as an exemplary father.
His sudden death was a heavy shock to the nation and Sarah Kaweesa, widow to the deceased said that her husband had a modest personality and would never stand to meaningless public critic.
Sarah said that a week before, she had received a prophetic caution where the Lord told her that He would be taking the Husband’s life. She passed on this message to the Children and together, they went ahead to fast and pray about it.
Several personalities from the gospel fraternity turned up for the funeral including, Betty Senyonjo, Simon Kayiwa of Namirembe Christian Fellowship, Pastor Imelda Namutebbi of Liberty Worship Center International, Pastor Patrick Makumbi and Pr. Wilson Bugembe of Light of the World church.
During her emotional speech to fellow believers that turned up for the burial, she pleaded with pastors never to take money from believers in exchange for prayers but, do all things for God knowing that there are people who need prayers yet stand financially incapacitated.
Her plea comes in as a number of churches ran persuasive advertisements on several radio and televisions stations asking Christians to attend prayers.
This is not a bad thing, however, the manner in which the pastors approach it, asking Christians to pay a fixed sum for private prayers becomes questionable. These actions are slowly but surely damaging the gospel of Jesus Christ.
aaron@ugchristiannews.com
