The Uamsho wa Wakristo Tanzania (UWATA) is a religious organization which started more than fifty (50) years ago,
but due to delay in registration procedure during its beginning, it wasn’t known by the majority of society members.
The organization is composed of Christians from various denominations, who are united through salvation of Jesus
Christ. During the beginning, the founder and the first Patron had some inconvenience of how he should call (name)
this religious organization in a right and meaningful manner, and for so long it was called “NJIA HII, NJIA YA FURAHA-
(THIS WAY, THE WAY OF JOY)”. Right now it’s fully registered by the name “UAMSHO WA WAKRISTO TANZANIA (UWATA)”
FOUNDER AND THE FIRST PATRON OF UWATA: THE LATE HARRISON YESAYA MWAKISWALELE (1920-1991).
Dear reader anything proceeding no matter for how long, has got the way it begun and the one who can properly
explain its beginning is its founder(s).Let’s see how the UWATA founder clearly explains its revelation. UWATA
founder was HARRISON YESAYA MWAKISWALELE born in 1920, at MANOW –TUKUYU-MBEYA. The following is the part of
explanation found in his first book namely” NILISUMBULIWA SANA LAKINI NAMSHUKURU MUNGU ALIYENIOKOA (I WAS TROUBLED
A LOT BUT I THANK GOD WHO SAVED ME)” on steps he passed to gain the revelation of Uwata salvation.
Six years after my birth, my mother passed away and I was taken to my grandmother where I got embarrassed and tormented. When I returned to my father’s place the situation was the same as that of the grandmothers place because my father had a lot of wives, in fact my father took me back to the grandmothers place. When I was a school boy I attended classes in mission school where apart from normal education I was deeply taught religious subject though the knowledge couldn’t separate me from sinning. I began reading the Bible to obtain the truth “I did put much effort in reading the Bible, I read from Genesis to the Revelation of John, I read deeply and understood what was meant. The purpose was to know which church really followed the Bible teachings. I managed to read from the book of Genesis to Revelation of John three times.”
Through reading the Bible; I knew the presence of God and how he is clean! And the way he hates sins. I also knew the presence of Lake of fire. Furthermore I knew the effects of sin so I didn’t like it at all, but I used to sin whether I didn’t like it (Romans 7:19-20). Just after sinning I felt unhappy without internal peace at all. I ended up condemning myself and crying as to why am I sinning? The pain I felt from sinning was once the reason for my kneeling when praying before God; though we Lutherans had no habit of kneeling while praying except for those few who are revealed to do so.
During second World war from 1939 to 1945, I was in the war from 1942 in Madagascar just after returning from Buruma in Japan. I committed a very crucial problem (sin) which was unforgettable in my life under the sun, maybe I won’t remember when I have passed away. It was in 1944 when I traveled for holidays. When I arrived home I visited one of witch-doctor (mganga) who was close to my house so that he may give me some medicine for protection against witch-crafts; this was because I was afraid of Nyasa’s, Luo’s and Kamba’s who were well equipped with witch-crafts medicines and they were the once closer to me in the war. Just after taking the first dose of that medicine the problem started, i use to run during sleep time, even during day hours when I attempted to sleep I used to jump from sleep and shout loudly because I was scared of danger I was seeing. I always see a group of soldiers coming to kill and even bury me alive!!
Six years after my birth, my mother passed away and I was taken to my grandmother where I got embarrassed and tormented. When I returned to my father’s place the situation was the same as that of the grandmothers place because my father had a lot of wives, in fact my father took me back to the grandmothers place. When I was a school boy I attended classes in mission school where apart from normal education I was deeply taught religious subject though the knowledge couldn’t separate me from sinning. I began reading the Bible to obtain the truth “I did put much effort in reading the Bible, I read from Genesis to the Revelation of John, I read deeply and understood what was meant. The purpose was to know which church really followed the Bible teachings. I managed to read from the book of Genesis to Revelation of John three times.”
Through reading the Bible; I knew the presence of God and how he is clean! And the way he hates sins. I also knew the presence of Lake of fire. Furthermore I knew the effects of sin so I didn’t like it at all, but I used to sin whether I didn’t like it (Romans 7:19-20). Just after sinning I felt unhappy without internal peace at all. I ended up condemning myself and crying as to why am I sinning? The pain I felt from sinning was once the reason for my kneeling when praying before God; though we Lutherans had no habit of kneeling while praying except for those few who are revealed to do so.
During second World war from 1939 to 1945, I was in the war from 1942 in Madagascar just after returning from Buruma in Japan. I committed a very crucial problem (sin) which was unforgettable in my life under the sun, maybe I won’t remember when I have passed away. It was in 1944 when I traveled for holidays. When I arrived home I visited one of witch-doctor (mganga) who was close to my house so that he may give me some medicine for protection against witch-crafts; this was because I was afraid of Nyasa’s, Luo’s and Kamba’s who were well equipped with witch-crafts medicines and they were the once closer to me in the war. Just after taking the first dose of that medicine the problem started, i use to run during sleep time, even during day hours when I attempted to sleep I used to jump from sleep and shout loudly because I was scared of danger I was seeing. I always see a group of soldiers coming to kill and even bury me alive!!
One day while returning to the war from Dodoma to Mwanza through Tabora we traveled by train; I jumped from
sleep frightened and shouting in a scary way as a result i dropped from my bed (second Decker) to the people
sleeping on the first Decker. Those days trains had double Decker and i was on top Decker. I was troubled and
embarrassed by this disease from 1944 until 1957 after repenting sins of mine including witch doctors
medicine, smuggling, adultery, corruption, anger and others. This was the end of the disease which had
troubled me. Glory to Jesus.
- I started mourning and crying to God since 1950. I use to mourn to God, praying in this way:
- Why I like committing sin which I don’t like?
After having some slight changes for two years I found myself praying in this way:
- What should I do to overcome sin?
After a year I found myself praying this way:
- Lord show me the way, Lord show me the way
- One day I heard a voice telling me, tell your sins to Jesus. I COULDN'T LOSE THIS OPORTUNITY. (Isaiah 43:25-26). Then I started explaining to the Lord all sins I committed and finalising with amen; for the first time in my life I felt very wonderful joy. Finally I heard the voice saying, YOU ARE FORGIVEN!!!!
- THAT WAS HOW I GOT SALVATED!!!!.
- Next day I heard a voice saying, go and farewell all prostitutes you committed adultery with and return anything you took by false accusation, then I did as I was told. Those I stole from them some wanted repayment and others declared forgiveness for me. I thanked God for his greatness, mercy and compassion to human beings.
- The voice of the Lord wasn’t through; the followed day I heard the voice saying, you have gods; then it showed me medicines I took from witch doctors like some kind of fine flour, roots and three charms. These medicines were for protection against witch crafts, for being lucky, for being loved by society, for being promoted at job place e.t.c. I obeyed right that moment and collected and casted all into the nearby toilet; by fear I also casted the medicines from the Hospital.
Later I was revealed that Hospital medicines are not as bad as witch doctors medicines which have demons, because the discovery of witch doctors medicines is led by demons while those from the hospital are scientific discoveries (Ecclesiastes 7:29)
Dear reader if you have read to the above line, I am sure you are now aware of how it's difficult to reach Heaven, badly enough there is no short cut to reach Heaven rather than repenting and forsaking sins as emphasized in (Proverbs 28:13), and (2 Timothy 2:19). If you have understood and agreed to prepare the journey to Heaven while still in this World as the Bible prepares us, then join us in one of our branches which are at every corner of Tanzania as well as abroad. It may happen that you once repented but still sinning, then its obvious that you were not forgiven and Jesus didn't dwell in your heart. Welcome we will give you a clear and proper instruction on how to repent and forsake sins untill you overcome them. Remember the time to prepare is now, after death nothing can be changed except resurrection.
Joining the organization is absolutely free through repenting and forsaking sins, and later
participating in various organization activities. Repenting the sins is the first step of salvation
in which the sinner is familiar with the sins he/she had committed, being troubled, embarrassed
and depressed by those sins and finally reaching the conclusion of releasing them forever and be free as
the word of God says in (John 8:32) ‘Then you shall know the truth and the truth shall
set you free’; releasing the sins is the second step to gain the
true salvation based on the foundation of Apostles’ and Prophets as emphasized in (2 Timothy 2:19).
Dear beloved reader of this history, our God hates evil and in all times while we are in sins, he doesn't see us who are created in his own image but rather he sees the sin which had covered us, which had always led him to destroy the sin contaminated the human kind. Dear reader it’s obvious you have heard or read of how God was angered by sinners during NOAH’s period and destroyed the whole generation of those days by rainy water, also SODOM and GOMORRAH were destroyed by fire and thunderstorm; look how God couldn't locate any rightful person from those cities except Abrahams nephew LOTH and his daughters. People were created in great glory of God and the Creator loves us a lot in such a way he granted us a lot of knowledge and authority over anything he created on the face of earth, but we departed and concentrate on doing what we think is right in our understanding, suprisingly enough him was not through loving us, he restored the lost relationship through the shameful but victorious death of his only begotten son JESUS CHRIST on the cross of Calvary.
Dear reader, we need to understand three necessary things before our time vanishes in this world because the word of God says: "for he says, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you; Behold now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation" (2 Corithians 6:2), remember after death nothing can be done except resurrection for judgment day.
Dear beloved reader of this history, our God hates evil and in all times while we are in sins, he doesn't see us who are created in his own image but rather he sees the sin which had covered us, which had always led him to destroy the sin contaminated the human kind. Dear reader it’s obvious you have heard or read of how God was angered by sinners during NOAH’s period and destroyed the whole generation of those days by rainy water, also SODOM and GOMORRAH were destroyed by fire and thunderstorm; look how God couldn't locate any rightful person from those cities except Abrahams nephew LOTH and his daughters. People were created in great glory of God and the Creator loves us a lot in such a way he granted us a lot of knowledge and authority over anything he created on the face of earth, but we departed and concentrate on doing what we think is right in our understanding, suprisingly enough him was not through loving us, he restored the lost relationship through the shameful but victorious death of his only begotten son JESUS CHRIST on the cross of Calvary.
Dear reader, we need to understand three necessary things before our time vanishes in this world because the word of God says: "for he says, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you; Behold now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation" (2 Corithians 6:2), remember after death nothing can be done except resurrection for judgment day.
THREE VERY IMPORTANT STEPS WE SHOULD CONSIDER ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- To trust and repent our sins to Jesus who forgives freely – bare in your mind that sins are forgiven cost less, maybe the cost you will incur is hating and dropping those sins forever in front of many witnesses of God
- Forsaking and releasing our forgiven sins - (2 Timothy 2:19b)
- To follow the principles and ordinances of SALVATION which leads a forgiven sinner to overcome the evil World and walk with God
Since the founder rested in peace in 1991, the organization has been growing within the country and abroad, currently we have believers who are living oversees like in the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Burundi, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya e.t.c. Currently almost all the branches are fully registered. The organization apart from spiritual activities, also provides social and educational services. You can visit the link "Enterprises" in this website to know more.