- Ministry is founded as NSPN - After years of doing Schools ministry under a local Church Youth Group, Michael Mawa and a group of passionate young people officially founded the Nationwide Schools Prayer Network in Kampala with a vision to mobilize watchmen in Schools around the Country to effectively watch over Schools and keep the enemy at bay. That in turn helped lay the foundation for the Ministry’s Cutting Edge Literature Crusade as effective mobilization of Schools required some kind of publication.
- First Major Mission Outside Kampala - In addition to intensive Schools Outreaches in and around Kampala, the Ministry also conducts its first ever major Schools’ mission outside Greater Kampala Metropolitan area in Nabumali High School, Mbale which is found in Eastern Uganda and that groundbreaking mission immediately makes the School a destination for annual missions.
Our History
A Journey of faith, love, and transformation since 2001
Silver Jubilee 2026
2001
Founding members of NSPN in Kampala, 2001
2003
2003
Western Uganda Breakthrough
Groundbreaking mission to Bweranyangi Girls School, Bushenyi in Western Uganda establishes our second major ministry base for annual Schools missions.
2003
Revival Watch Newsletter Launched
Birth of the Ministry's Termly Revival Watch Newsletter, growing from 4 pages to 8 pages in its second edition, eventually reaching 16 pages.
2003
Love Unconditional Sponsorship Program
Revolutionary program launched to mobilize resources locally by encouraging high school students to give 1,000 Shs per term, inspired by Acts 3:6.
2004
First sponsored students: Apiyo Susan and Boniface Okello
- Strategic Expansion - The Ministry continues to expand its reach around the Country by doing groundbreaking missions to Kabalega SS, Masindi and Bishop's SS, Mukono, securing two more major strategic bases for annual missions.
- First Sponsored Child - Apiyo Susan - Having raised over one million Shs through the Love Unconditional Sponsorship Program, the Ministry takes the radical decision to sponsor Apiyo Susan, a young girl from an IDP camp in Gulu who had earned admission to Gulu High School but couldn't afford it.
- Second Sponsored Child - Boniface Okello - Months later, the Ministry takes on Boniface Okello, a survivor of the infamous Barlonyo Massacre who lost his father in the tragedy.
- Strategic Leadership Forum Born - A significant disruption in weekly outreach to Shimoni Primary Teacher's College triggers the birth of the Strategic Leadership Forum, expanding the Ministry's footprint in higher institutions.
2005
- First SLF Residential Retreat - The Strategic Leadership Forum holds its first ever residential Retreat at the FOCUS Training and Camping Centre, issuing the historic Gerenge Declaration that set out how the Forum wanted to impact the leadership landscape over the next 20 years!
- Schools' Thanksgiving Praise Rallies Begin - The Ministry starts holding annual Schools' Thanksgiving Praise Rallies at the end of each academic year, with the first rally held at Nakivubo Stadium, featuring a live street Praise March from the Constitutional through the streets of Kampala to the stadium.
First SLF Residential Retreat at FOCUS Centre - Gerenge Declaration
2006
Love Unconditional becomes the new Umbrella name
- Ministry Rebranded to Love Unconditional - A catalogue of circumstances causes the Ministry to be rebranded and take on Love Unconditional as the new Umbrella name even as it continued to diligently pursue what had now become an established full annual ministry calendar.
2010
- First SLF Leadership Summit - The Strategic Leadership Forum holds its first ever residential Leadership Summit at Ndejje University Main Campus, Luwero to review the progress of the historic Gerenge declaration at the quarter-way point. The proceedings culminate in the Luwero Declaration, reaffirming commitment and extending the timeframe to 2110, reflecting Proverbs 13:22 - leaving an inheritance for our children's children.
SLF Leadership Summit at Ndejje University - Luwero Declaration
2011
SLF delivering historic Petition to Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah
- Historic Petition to Parliament - Moved by the plight of Primary Teacher Training Colleges which had failed to open due to purported lack of funding, SLF delivered a historic Petition to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah which probably set a record for having remarkably made its way to the floor of Parliament on the same day it was delivered.
2012
SLF Summit commemorating Uganda's 50th Independence
- Uganda's Golden Jubilee Summit - The Strategic Leadership Forum returns to Ndejje University Main Campus for another residential Leadership Summit to commemorate Uganda's year of Jubilee as the Country marked her 50th independence anniversary. This helped launch annual residential leadership Summits which have continued to this day, with the only exception of the Covid disrupted years of 2020-2022 when they were done online.
2015
- Halfway Point Review - The Strategic Leadership Forum holds its annual residential Leadership Summit at Africa Renewal University, Buloba to review the progress of the historic Gerenge declaration at the halfway point of the 20-year time frame.
SLF Summit at Africa Renewal University - Halfway Review
2017
- School Visitations - A Ministry Team visiting Nakkazi Claire - one of the students the Ministry was supporting at St. Lawrence Citizens School, Horizon Campus, Wakiso district during one of the official visitation days.
Ministry Team visiting Nakkazi Claire at St. Lawrence Citizens School, Wakiso - 2017
2020
Commissioning leaders at FOCUS Training Centre - 2020
- Commissioning Leaders - SLF returned to the FOCUS Training and Camping Centre where it issued the historic Gerenge declaration 15 years earlier to commission leaders the Forum had nurtured to stand for various leadership positions in the 2021 general elections.
- Pivoting to Online Ministry - The Covid 19 Pandemic pushes the Ministry to significantly pivot towards online ministry by launching online prayer meetings, digital devotionals, virtual SLF meetings and Summits so as to maintain the connection with key constituencies during the long seasons of the Covid lockdowns.
2021
- Countrywide Prayer Drive - As the Country finally begins to look forward to the reopening of Schools after two years of lockdown, months of prayer culminate into a clear leading to do a groundbreaking Countrywide Prayer Drive specifically aimed at assessing the state of Schools in the new normal environment.
- Karamoja Exodus Mission Born - The Prayer drive brings the Ministry face to face with the unique challenges Karamoja continues to grapple with. This chilling experience leads the Ministry to the conviction that the deliverance of Karamoja will require something of similar proportion to the Biblical Exodus. The Ministry designates Karamoja a Special Ministry Zone needing consistent and sustained ministry attention.
Countrywide Prayer Drive - Karamoja Exodus Mission conceived
2024
School Chaplains and Christian Teachers Empowerment Program
- School Chaplains Empowerment - Informed by strong convictions about how the prevailing environment had given even more importance to the role of School Chaplains, Scripture Union Patrons and Christian Teachers in ministry in their respective Schools, the Ministry launches a Special program to empower these fulltime, resident essential frontline Kingdom Workers.
2025
- Gerenge Declaration 20-Year Culmination - The Strategic Leadership Forum commemorates the culmination of the 20-year time frame set out in the historic Gerenge declaration of 2005 at the annual residential Leadership Summit with a sense of fulfillment at the significant milestones achieved and excitement about the heights it is set to scale over the coming decades.
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SLF Summit - 20 Year Culmination of Gerenge Declaration
2026
Silver Jubilee Anniversary
25 Years of Faithful Ministry
As we celebrate this historic milestone, the Anniversary does not only give us opportunity to reflect on the amazing accomplishments of the last 25 years but also serves to set us up for what we believe are going to be the next 25 years of the Ministry's remarkable journey to its Golden Jubilee in 2051.
By then, our dream is that the Ministry will have spread significantly to reach the rest of Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the uttermost ends of the earth.
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