Biography

Biography:

Pastor Sam Wanume was born in Mbale, Uganda, East Africa. The oldest son of John Wanume, a devout follower of Jesus. As a child, Sam went to church like the rest of his siblings however in his teenage years, Sam went through a season of rebellion.

He lived the life of a partier, serving the two gods in his life; sports and girls. Sam believes that during this season he contracted HIV – the dreaded virus that causes Aids. There in the midst of a life that  headed towards certain destruction both physically and  spiritually, God reached out to Sam and saved him.

In 1993, Sam attended a revival meeting in Mbale, Uganda. He was touched by the power of the Holy Spirit, healed of HIV and set on a new course serving the living God. Filled with joy at the mercy from heaven, Sam set out to spread the good news of this amazing God. “I went everywhere sharing my testimony about my Lord Jesus and of his mercy;” recounts Sam. “I reached out to the hospital with the good news of what God had done in my life, to share with the sick people. And the same Jesus who healed me he healed all of them.“  Sam dedicated his  life to full-time ministry. Attending Mbale Miracle Center Church, Sam grew in the Lord.

In 1998, the Seeds of Gracious End-Times Ministries begun to be sown in Sam’s heart. He describes the supernatural events that led to the start of his ministry. “In January, 1998, I was in the Spirit that day and the Spirit of the Lord took me in the valley, and there was a lifted pulpit in the valley and I was carried on top of it. Then i heard a voice from the clouds; ‘Look East, West, South, North,’ and i saw whites, red people, yellow people and black people hearing the call and coming from all corners of the world like a rushing wind, to hear the word of God.

Then came the year 2000, in December, when i was in Mombasa. In that day I was in the Spirit and I saw a man following me and this man was a flame of fire. He was following me everywhere I went, from place to place. I entered into the house with three others and was separated from the three. The roof opened and I could see up to the clouds on my way to the highway driving a white car. In front of me I saw Jesus, and the Holy Spirit asked me who he was. I called him Jesus, and he smiled then disappeared. The next day, I  was in the Spirit and the Holy Spirit showed me the whole structure of “Gracious End-time Ministries,“ harvesters in the Kingdom business carrying one another’s burden to fulfill the Law of Christ.