 Dan & Rosie Button
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Dan and Rosie are both lecturers in the Theology Department at Uganda
Christian University in Mukono, Uganda, training men and women for
leadership in the church all over East Africa. Our two children are Abigail,
aged 5 and Alex aged 4.
Before working with Global Teams Rosie spent two years in Zambia teaching
under AEF and Dan spent two years in Kenya doing mainly church-planting work
with AIM. In 1995-6 we attended All Nations Christian College, where we met,
both in the midst of gaining a Masters in Missiology (Dan’s from CIU). We
married two years later. We first worked in Harare, Zimbabwe, teaching at
two different theological colleges, and our two children were born there.
Sadly we had to leave Zimbabwe, and then spent a year teaching at Redcliffe
College in Gloucester, UK, a missions training college. During that time we
were invited to come and teach at UCU. We arrived here in 2003.
Uganda Christian University originated as Bishop Tucker Theological
College, all the way back in 1913. Eight years ago it became a university.
As well as continuing to train people for the ordained ministry in the
church, the university seeks to raise up a generation of mature Christian
leaders for Uganda in every field, from Education, to Law, Business, Social
Work, IT and Mass Communications. All 4000 students have to take four
courses covering Bible and Christian Ethics and Worldview. Both of us are
involved in teaching these courses as well as teaching and discipling our
Theology students.
In Theology, our students (men and women) come from Uganda as well as all
the surrounding countries. Some are training for ordination, while others
were ordained long ago but without any formal theological training, so come
to the university when the money or opportunity arises. This means that some
of our students are canons, and even bishops!
As well as teaching, we both lead discipleship groups for theology
students, and Rosie leads a special group for women doing theology. We both
preach from time to time in the university. Dan heads the Department of
General Studies, and in addition is currently doing the huge job of creating
the university schedule, which is another full time job for several weeks
each term. He is also just embarking on a PhD, so his time is pressured and
he definitely needs prayer!
Abigail and Alex go to a small international school in Kampala, where
they are very happy and thriving. There is much for them to enjoy about
living in Uganda, not least that they can play outside the whole time (even
when it rains it is warm!)
Returning from a two month trip to the US made us aware that we do feel
very much at home here in Uganda. Our work here is rewarding, and although
life in Uganda has its frustrations, we know we are where God wants us to
be.
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