Reconciliation since 2006.
Our mission: to mobilize restless Christian leaders from the Great Lakes Region, create a space for their transformation and empower them to participate in God’s mission of reconciliation in communities, organizations and nations.
Applications are closed. The Institute runs June 13–19, 2027.
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The 16th Leadership Institute is happening now.
Who we are.
A network of Christian individuals and organisations working towards peace and reconciliation in seven countries of the Great Lakes Region.
We seek out restless Christian leaders from across the Great Lakes Region and bring them together across borders.
The annual Leadership Institute creates a space for their transformation, through lament, hope and spirituality for the long haul.
Leaders go home ready to take part in God’s mission of reconciliation in communities, organisations and nations.
Country Working Groups keep Institute alumni together all year, sharing stories and testimonies of hope.
About us.
2006to2026
What began in 2006 as a gathering of Christian leaders from seven countries is now a regional network, registered in Uganda since 2015.
Between 2006 and 2010, four gatherings were co-convened by Duke Divinity School’s Center for Reconciliation, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries (ALARM) and World Vision International. In 2011 the gatherings became the first annual Leadership Institute.
Founding partners
Ways to give.
Sponsor a leader’s week at the Institute, or keep alumni walking together through the year.
Where we work.
In each of the seven countries, Institute alumni meet as Country Working Groups, committed to a vision of reconciled families, communities, organisations and nations.
7
countries of the Great Lakes Region
2006
the year it began
15
annual Leadership Institutes (2011–2026)
4
founding partners
GLI office · Kampala
Since 2011 the annual Leadership Institute has gathered leaders from seven nations. The 16th Institute meets June 13–19, 2027.
Five daily questions
Self-organising, self-sustaining groups of Institute alumni in each country, committed to a vision of reconciled families, communities, organisations and nations.
Stories.
Stories and testimonies of hope from the Country Working Groups and the Leadership Institute.
Despite the war, 25 alumni met in March 2015. They went on to mobilise 30 applicants for the 2016 Institute and found sponsorship for 12 of them.
Two 2015 alumni, a Catholic and an Anglican bishop, joined the Churches’ delegation mediating the conflict in South Sudan. The Anglican bishop also led colleagues on a reconciliation learning tour to Rwanda.
The 15th Institute in Kampala: a week “where conviction becomes clarity, clarity becomes strategy, and strategy becomes transformative impact.”
Voices from the region.
Country Working Groups share stories and testimonies of hope, often where such stories are hard to imagine.
“Hearing their own stories of living in challenging conflict situations has brought me relief and healing… Relationships among the ethnic divide have not hindered our meeting and working together.”
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