Mission Update - Tanzania

Diocese of Gloucester visit to the College students in Tanzania - Feb 2026

In February, a small team from the Diocese of Gloucester visited the theological college in Tanzania where our two sponsored ordinands are studying.

Above you can see our two sponsored ordinands - Obadiah (left) and Redemta (right) receiving, from the very tall Adrian Beere - one of the clergy from the UK, the bibles for which we raised funds around Christmas last year.

The team visited the theological college a couple of times, observed some teaching, and had some conversations with the tutors.

The new college site is beautiful, it has been landscaped well with an avenue of trees and crops growing around the site, and the staff are keeping pigs!

Currently there are 45 students, 7 women, 9 lecturers. Last year there were 32 students. 11 are graduating this year. There should be 60 students next year.

A new tutors’ block is being built. There are also plans to build a larger kitchen area.

The main challenge discussed with the English team was the size of the library, the lack of computers and of internet access. The library is small and most of the books are in English.

Below are some other photos of the recent visit.

For more information on the two students St.Mary’s church supports in the DWT please see our mission pages here.

For the Diocese of Gloucester links with the DWT and the most up to date news and reports please see here.

Lake Tanganyila Theological College, Kasulu on Google Maps here